LeBron James tips in game-winner to lift Lakers over Pacers

LeBron James played the leader for the Los Angeles Lakers connected Wednesday nighttime successful the team’s triumph implicit the Indiana Pacers.

Los Angeles trailed Indiana 119-118 with a fewer seconds near successful the game. Luka Doncic dribbled into the lane and tried his champion to get his squad the win. The changeable was disconnected and James came into the overgarment and tipped the shot into the handbasket earlier the buzzer sounded.

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James celebrates his game-winning changeable against the Indiana Pacers with teammates astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, March 26, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

The Lakers won, 120-119.

"I was conscionable trying to work the shot disconnected the rim," James said. "It benignant of looked similar it was a small short, but I knew it had a accidental to bounce successful if it deed the beforehand rim. Once it came out, I benignant of wanted to pat it with capable time. Obviously, you could astir apt spot maine looking implicit astatine the Jumbotron to spot if I really got it successful clip and it was a bully play for us."

James finished with 13 points and extended his double-digit scoring streak to 1,283 consecutive games.

"It's immoderate it takes to assistance your teammates win," helium said. "I tin bash different things to interaction the game, that’s the quality of my game, I’ve ever built it my full beingness arsenic acold arsenic being three-dimensional, being capable to get my guys involved, being capable to rebound, support and sprinkle immoderate points successful present and there."

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James pulls successful a rebound successful beforehand of Indiana Pacers defender Bennedict Mathurin successful Indianapolis, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

The Lakers allowed the Pacers backmost into the crippled successful the 3rd quarter. Indiana was down by arsenic galore arsenic 17 points but were down lone 3 earlier the last play began.

"Obviously, I cognize I tin people the ball," helium said. "But until we find a small bushed offensively oregon immoderate the lawsuit whitethorn be, the antiaircraft broadside is the astir important for our shot club."

James tried to drawback the Lakers retired of the funk aboriginal successful the 4th with a fewer speedy baskets and built the pb backmost to 13 points with conscionable implicit 9 minutes near successful the game

Los Angeles Lakers caput manager J.J. Redick questions a telephone during the Indiana Pacers crippled successful Indianapolis, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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Tyrese Haliburton helped get the Pacers backmost into the game, but successful the end, it was the Lakers’ night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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