LOS ANGELES -- As sick as LeBron James felt coming into Wednesday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans -- bed-ridden with a virus that even caused him to miss the team Halloween party -- he surely would have felt sicker if the Los Angeles Lakers blew a 16-point lead and fell to 1-6.
Turns out that Matt Ryan was just what the doctor ordered.
Ryan hit a game-tying corner 3-pointer off a pinpoint crosscourt inbounds pass from Austin Reaves at the end of regulation, and L.A. held on in overtime, 120-117, to win its second game in a row.