On a night that will be remembered for Pau Gasol’s jersey going up to the rafters, the Lakers stayed focused and beat the team Gasol was originally drafted by, the Memphis Grizzlies, 112-103. And in the fourth, with the game still very much up in the air, Anthony Davis and the Lakeshow closed out the road-struggling Grizzlies.
In what’s become more of the norm than an anomaly, Davis was great tonight. He followed up his 38-point performance against the Warriors with 30 points and 22 rebounds tonight. His dominance in the paint got Jaren Jackson Jr.