The Lakers led for three and a half quarters but faded down the stretch, as Ja Morant led a fourth-quarter comeback to beat L.A. 104-99. The purple and gold dropped to 17-19 with the loss despite another phenomenal scoring performance from LeBron James and triple-double from Russell Westbrook.
On the eve of his 37th birthday, James caught fire from three-point range, finishing with 37 points. He tied a career-high with eight made three-pointers on 14 attempts, but also failed to get a shot off and turned the ball over in a disastrous final Lakers possession where a three could have tied the game.