The hottest stretch of Lou Williams’ career began with a blunder. Shortly after checking into the fourth quarter, the 11-year veteran coughed up a turnover, which led to an Oklahoma City score that increased the Lakers’ deficit to 11.
From there, the basket may as well have been as wide as the ocean. He hit five straight shots, scoring Los Angeles’ next dozen points, as the home team suddenly had a three-point lead over the team that thrashed them by a combined 78 points in their first two meetings just three weeks ago.
However, in spite of Williams’ herculean 23-point fourth quarter the Lakers were unable to close out on the Thunder, who pulled out a 117-113 win in the final minute.