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LeBron James scored a season-high 39 points, 16 of them in a decisive stretch bridging the third and fourth quarters, and added 11 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 143-138 on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back between the teams.
The Lakers played without Anthony Davis, who has a left calf contusion, and Patrick Beverley, sitting out the second of a three-game suspension. But James and Dennis Schroder were plenty tough to handle as Los Angeles won for the fifth time in its past six games.
On the other hand, the Spurs are in a downward spiral, losing their eighth straight contest (three of them against the Lakers) and for the 13th time in their 14 games in November.
