Spurs 116 vs 118 Lakers summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA

The Lakers looked like they had the game won. They were up 4 with a few seconds left and Kelley Olynyk hit a two point bucket with 1.2 on the clock. Marcus Smart inbounded it quickly to Rui Hachimura all the way on the other side of the court but stepped on the baseline while inbounding and SA got the ball. Julian Champagnie was fouled on the inbound and went to the line with a chance to tie the game, but missed the first FT and his second miss was almost tapped in. The Lakers hung on for their fifth straight victory. 

Luka had a great night passing the ball, but with a chance to take the lead he put the ball in his hands, and made the big money shot to put the Lakers ahead with just over 2:00 to go in the 4th. 

The tides started to turn when Wemby picked up his 5th foul early in the 4th quarter, and suddenly there was space down low for Hayes and company to operate. 

The Spurs saw Stephon Castle step up with Wemby on and off the bench. He carried them during a big run to end the 3rd quarter, and at one point the Spurs led by 12 in the fourth. 

With no LeBron or Reaves, Luka had to spread it around because he wasn't going to be able to do it all on his own. He ended up with 13 assists, but this one to Hachimua was the highlight of the night. 

Wemby had a slow start to the night, and was battling foul trouble in the second half. Even when he's struggling, he's still spectacular. He ended the night with 19 and 8 but fouled out with just over a minute to go. 

The Los Angeles Lakers took it to the final buzzer, but ended up holding off the San Antonio Spurs from the Crytpo.com Arena. Luka Doncic had a monster game, going for 35, 9, 13, 5 steals and 2 blocks. 

He got going early but it was the Spurs who were in control for most of the first half. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!!!

THE LAKERS COME BACK FROM 12 DOWN IN THE 4TH AND HOLD OFF THE SPURS!!!

CHAMPAIGNE GOES TO THE LINE AND MISSES HIS FIRST FT!!!

They are reviewing the play to see how much time is going to be left. 

Lob up to Champaigne on the inbound and he got fouled by LaRavia!

 The in bound bounces off Smart and goes out of bounds with 0.3 to go. 

Smart stepped on the line on the inbound and that's going to be San Antonio ball with 1.2 to go!

Olynyk hits the two point bucket off the offensive rebound with 1.2 to go. 

Smart to the line after the foul on Sochan and e hits both FTs. 

Johnson to the rack and he makes the tough lay up in traffic. 

Hachimura to the line after the foul on Champagnie and he hits one of two FTs with 35 to go.

LA win the challenge so they get the ball with over a minute to go. 

Champagnie missed the three and the Spurs were awarded the possession after a scramble for the rebound goes out of bounds, but LA is going to challenge the call with 1:06 to go. 

Ayton to the line after the foul on Barnes and he hits both FTs. 

Wemby called for the charge on Hachimura, and that is his sixth foul of the night! 

SA will challenge but that call is going to stand with 1:39 to go. 

Doncic on the step back and he puts the Lakers up with a deep three ball!

Wemby to the line after the foul on Smart, and he hits both FTs. 

Smart to the line after the foul on Champagnie and he hits both FTs. 

Wemby pulls up and hits the FT line jumper, and the Lakers call a timeout with 3:02 to go in the third quarter. 

Luka missed the three, but there was Smart streaking in for the rebound and the lay up. 

Wemby to the line after the foul on Hachimura and he hits one of two FTs. 

Doncic with the steal and he gets fouled by Barnes. He goes to the line where he hits both FTs. 

Ayton sends Castle to the lien where he hits one of two FTs. 

Luka finds Hachimura on the wing and he bangs home a three! Timeout Spurs with 5:15 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Doncic to the line after the foul on Sochan but he misses both FTs. A lane violation give Luka another chance and he hits it. 

Smart with the steal on Castle and he dumps it off to Doncic trailing for the lay up. 

LaRavia to the line after the foul on Barnes and he hits one of two FTs. 

Sochan comes out of the timeout and hits the three ball off the dish from Vassell. 

Doncic leads Ayton to the rim with a pass and he floats it up and in. 

Timeout Spurs with 7:39 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Castle missd the three but Sochan was there for the rebound and put back. 

Ayton with the offensive board and put back off the missed Hachimura lay up. 

Doncic threw it away and Castle ran the break before lobbing it up to Sochan on the alley oop slam. 

Doncic with the alley and up goes Hayes for the oop and the foul! FT is good to complete the three point play. 

Castle on the kick out and he finds Waters with a three ball from the top of the key. 

Wemby just picked up his fifth foul after putting his shoulder int the chest of Smart. 

LaRavia with a mid range jumper off the dribble. 

WE ARE HEADING TO THE THIRD QUARTER FROM LA!!!

Hayes to the line after the fourth foul on Wemby, and he hits both FTs. 

Vassell pulls up and drills the mid range jumper. 

Smart to the line after the foul on Waters and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic to the line after the foul on Castle and he hits both FTs. 

Smart got T'd up for arguing the call, and Wemby makes the FT. 

Smart sends Sochan to the line where he hits one of two FTs. 

Castle to the line after the foul on Knecht and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic puts it on a string for Hayes who smashes it home. 

Castle drives on Hayes, double clutches, gets the foul and the bucket! FT is good. 

Castle sinks the triple try from the wing  off the dish from Olynyk. 

Vassell fouled by Ayton and he hits both FTs. 

Vandebilt with the kick out and he finds LaRavia for a three ball in the corner!

Vanderbilt sends Wemby to the line where he hits both FTs. 

Wemby to the line after the foul on LaRavia and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic finds Vanderbilt in the corner and he beats the shot clock buzzer with a three ball!

Castle to the line after the foul on Smart and he hits one of two FTs. 

Barnes steps into a three ball off the feed from Castle and he splashes it. 

Ayton sends Barnes to the line and he hits both FTs. 

Quick in bound pass to Ayton who beat everyone down the floor for the jam. 

Luka with the steal and he takes it on the break and lobs it up for Ayton on the alley oop!

Timeout Spurs with 7:23 to go in the 3rd quarter!

Doncic on the step back and he drops the three ball!

Barnes with an offensive board and he takes it to the corner where he drills the three ball!

Wemby going coast to coast and takes it in for the one handed slam. 

Champagnie drills the three ball from the wing off the feed from Castle. 

Three ball from Smart and he's got back to back buckets!

Wemby kicks it out to Barnes who knocks down the three ball from the wing. 

Smart down the lane and he floats up a tear drop from inside the FT line. 

Champagnie had his shot blocked by Smart but got the rebound and put it back up. 

Ayton scoops up Luka's missed three and puts it up and in down low. 

WE ARE BACK IN LA FOR THE 2ND HALF OF ACTION!

Luka has 22, 6 and 7 assists with 3 steals and two blocks through the first half and the Lakers lead by a point in this battle of Western Conference giants. 

Wemby's had a quiet night so far. He's been in foul trouble with three early fouls in the second quarter, but he did get going with this monster slam. He's got 7 and 4 rebounds 

Luka got hot early and didn't slow down until the break. He had 13, 5 and 3 in the first quarter and added to those numbers in the second. 

Luka missed last game with a leg injury but he wasn't going to miss this one against Wemby and the Spurs. He's done a little bit of everything tonight including this alley oop to Jaxson Hayes. 

It's a matchup full of stars in LA but it wasn't Wemby or Luka getting into the action early, it was Julian Champagnie with 9 points in 6 minutes on a couple of corner threes. 

WE ARE HEADING TO THE HALFTIME BREAK FROM LA!!!

Wemby to the line after the foul on Vandebilt and he hits one of two FTs. 

Smart  to the line after the foul on Johnson and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic to the line after the foul on Vassell and he hits both FTs. 

Sochan lays it up and in off the dribble. 

Smart missed the three but Ayton was there and he tips it up and in. 

Vassell pulls up and he hits the high arching mid range jumper. 

LaRavia gets the dump down from Vanderbilt and he lays it up and in. 

Wemby lays it off from Sochan on the baseline and he lays it up and in. 

Vanderbilt sends Johnson to the line and he hits both FTs. 

Doncic with the step back three ball and he hits it from the wing! He's got 20 on the night. 

Sochan to the line after the foul on LaRavia and he hits both FTs. 

Luka to the line after the foul on Olynyk and he hits both FTs. 

Castle pulls up and hits the mid range jumper from the FT line. 

Timeout SA with under 5:00 to go in the half. 

LA get the ball back off the missed FT and Luka finds Hachimura with an over head pass and he drills the three ball!!!

Hachimura to the line after the foul on Vassell but he misses both FTs. 

Extra pass on the break from Vessell down to Olynyk and he lays it up and in. 

Hachimura with the pump fake and pull up from the elbow. 

Doncic splits a double team and lays it up and in from the left side. 

Vassell to the line after the foul on Bronny and he hits one of two FTs. 

Lakers timeout with 6:50 to go in the second quarter. 

Doncic with a long offensive board and he hits Ayton down low for the lay up. 

Castle kicks it to Barnes who hits the corner three ball!

Doncic finds Ayton down low and he lays it up and in with Wemby on the bench. 

Vassell dills the high arching three ball from the win. 

Ayton to the line after the foul on Olynyk and he hits both FTs. 

Wemby picks up his third foul and sends Smart to the line and he hits both FTs. 

Wemby going strong to the iron and he slams it home on the baseline. 

Hachimura with a step back from the mid range. 

Smith with another turnover and Johnson takes the steal for a slam. 

Hachimura stops on a dime and he turns and gets the fader to go. 

Bronny gets inside the paint and he hits it off the glass. 

Castle fouled by Bronny and he hits both FTs. 

Wemby barrels over Bronny and hits the bank shot from outside the paint. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. 

San Antonio lead 29-26, but Wemby has just 2 points. Luka has 13, 5 and 3 rebounds. 

Luka kicks out and he finds Knecht for the three ball in the corner!

Smith had his pass picked by Sochan and he takes it all the way off steal and score. 

Johnson to the line after the foul on Doncic and he hits both FTs. 

Luka fouled by Sochan on the three ball and he hits one of three FTs. 

Luka follows up his own miss and he hits the baseline fall away. 

Luka got bumped on the way up and he put it and and some how made it and somehow didn't get the foul call. 

Johnson off the glass down low off the feed from Wemby. 

Smith with a fall away jumper in the lane and the Spurs will take a time out with 2:33 to go in the 1st quarter. 

Vassell finds Waters in the corner and he hits the quick trigger three. 

Luka to the line after the foul on Olynyk and he hits both FTs. 

Vanderbilt puts it on the deck and blows past his defender for the lay up. 

Doncic draws the defense, lobs it up and finds Hayes with the alley oop down the lane. 

Johnson drives on the right side and he lays it up and in off the glass. 

Castle to the line after the foul on Knecht and he hits both FTs. 

Timeout from LA with the Spurs taking the early lead six minutes into this game. 

Vassell spots up and drills the three from the top of the key. 

Doncic on the pull up and he hits the mid range jumper from the top of the key. 

Champagnie drills the three ball fom the corner, that's his second and he's got 9 already. 

Hachimura fouled by Wemby down low and he hits both FTs. 

Luka to the line after the foul on Barnes and he hits one of two. 

Luka finds Ayton over the top with an alley oop. 

Champagnie into the lane, pump fakes, and puts the short jumper off the glass and in. 

Castle kicks to the corner fo Champagnie who hits the three ball and got fouled by Smart who was called for a wreckless foul because he was in the landing zone. He hits one of two FTs. 

Mid range jumper from the elbow and he's on the board for the first time. 

Doncic missed his first three but Smart tracked down the long rebound and found Luka for the second three point attempt and he sinks it. 

Wemby follows up his own miss and tips it in off the glass. 

WE ARE UNDER WAY FROM LA!!!

Reaves breakout week 

The Lakers early seasons injury problems have given birth to a new star in LA. We already knew that Austin Reaves was a great player but last week without Luka or LeBron on the court, he went off. He set a career high in points dropping 51 against the Kings, followed by a 41 points performance and then tied a career high with 16 assists in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves which he ended with a buzzer beating game winner. He was listed as questionable before the game with a groin injury, but he will be itching to play against a top team in the West tonight. 

Waiting on the King 

He’s the games all time leading scorer a four time champion and one of the NBA’s greatest players ever. He is also over 40 years old, and his body needs some maintenance from time to time. LeBron James has yet to make his debut this season as he continues to deal with sciatica problems that will keep him out of tonight’s game. He has no timeline for his return at the moment, but the Lakers won’t rush him back to the court, especially if LA continue to win games. Sir Charles Barkley seems to be a bit skeptical of the diagnosis, but doesn’t doubt the 40 year olds back pain. 

Standings in the West 

I know it’s early, but these big games against teams that figure to be fighting for playoff position later in the season may seem insignificant but they could have a huge influence on where these teams fall in the standings later in the season. Taking a look at the West, the Thunder remain undefeated with a perfect 8-0 start to the season while the Spurs and Lakers sit right behind them. San Antonio is 5-1 and the Lakers are 6-2 sitting in 2nd and 3rd respectively. It’s going to be a season long battle in the West, but both these teams will be expecting to be at the top of the standings until spring. 

Spurs star watch 

After missing a big chunk of the last part of the season with a deep vein thrombosis blood clot in his right shoulder, Wemby spent the offseason recovering, getting in shape and even training with Shaolin monks. Whatever his method was worked wonders for him. He has been sensational this season averaging 30.2 points, 14.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 4.8 blocks. He had his first off night of the season against the Suns in the last game, so you can bet he’ll be back to his best tonight from LA. 

Lakers star watch 

Luka Doncic is listed day to day with a leg injury, but you would think after getting some rest and sitting for the Portland game Luka will be back for the big match against the Spurs tonight. He’s played in four of the eight games the Lakers have played, but he has been spectacular when on the floor. The Slovenian got his first triple double against the Heat over the weekend and is averaging 41.3 points a game to go with his 11.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists, and has been carrying the Lakers when healthy. Tonight against the Spurs he’s going get plenty of different defensive looks, and might even have Wemby shadowing him. It should be quite the matchup between two of the league’s best players. 

Spurs last game 

The Spurs were handed their first loss of the season in their last game. After starting the season on a five game roll, they went to Phoenix and had an off night as Victor Wembanyama went just 4/14 from the floor and was held to less than 10 points for the first time this season. Stephon Castle had 26, 7 and 5 assists, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with Phoenix who built up a 24 point lead heading into the final quarter and cruised to the win behind Devin Bookers 28 points. 

Lakers last game 

With no LeBron, or Luka or Austin, it was up to the Lakers big man Deandre Ayton to carry the load against his former teams, the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers got up early, but it was a tight game thought and the Lakers took control and didn’t let go of the lead midway through the 3rd quarter. Ayton had 29 and 10 while Rui Hachimura posted another 28 points as the Lakers continued their great start to the season despite their growing list of injuries. 

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Hello everyone and welcome to LA where the Lakers are back home after heading to Portland without LeBron James, Luke Doncic and Austin Reaves but still pulled off the win. Now they are back home with Doncic and Reaves still questionable for the game against the San Antonio Spurs who come into tonight’s game trying to stop the Lakers who are on a four game win streak. It’s a clash of titans from the City of Angeles so sit back relax and enjoy the coverage of this early season showdown. 

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Two of the top teams in the Western Conference and two teams with the most star power in the league face of in a primetime matchup from the City of Angeles. It’s Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs taking on Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from Crypto.com Arena.