LeBron James helps Lakers to impressive victory over the Warriors

LeBron James returned from injury to help the Los Angeles Lakers to an accomplished win over reigning NBA champions Golden State Warriors, a victory that fans of the Crypto.com Arena side will hope can reignite their belated push for a post-season berth.

Eight Lakers players hit double figures in their 124-111 win, with Malik Beasley top scoring with 25 and LeBron James managing 13 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists. He was, however, five of 20 from the floor, showing that he is still a little rusty and no doubt still smarting from a hand injury suffered during the All-Star game on Sunday.Lakers fans who feel that Darvin Ham’s side may still feature in the play-off set-up, perhaps after the play-in tournament, would do well to keep up to date with the best NBA bets today, where the selection of the right sportsbook can definitely be crucial to your endeavors.

The Lakers are still bottom of the Pacific Division and are at a less than impressive .475 but are not that far off the top ten spots, which would earn them a shot at the play-in tournament, and even a strong end-of-season run could put them in the top six of the Western Conference, but they will need to end very strong indeed if they are to fulfill that lofty goal.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won three of their last four, and the departure of troublesome influence Russell Westbrook from the dressing room may well be a real factor in their ongoing progress.

The win over the Warriors could be significant, and Ham will hope it bodes well for the final stretch of the regular season;

“Just overall great team win. Everybody contributed, everybody had different moments and guys stayed aggressive,” Darvin Ham stated.

“I feel great about what we’ve been able to do (since the trade deadline). It’s paying dividends right now and we’ve just got to continue to get more and more familiar with one another.”

The loss, which is further evidence of how crucial Steph Curry is to the Warriors, is one that head coach Steve Kerr took on the chin;

“We were fouling, had some disjointed offensive possessions, some turnovers, and some difficult shots that were basically shot/turnovers,”

“There were several key stretches where we had a chance to get back in the game but couldn’t put it together.”

The Lakers followed up this win with an even more impressive victory on Sunday as they came back from 27 points down to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 111-108 at the American Airlines Center.

James bagged 26 points in what was the biggest comeback win of his glittering career and another big step for Ham’s team as the Lakers push to extend their campaign.

After the win, LeBron was seen limping away, but Ham was quick to calm fears of another injury issue for the 38-year-old.

“He’s good, our medical people are looking at him right now, and we’ll get a reevaluation in the morning,” Ham added.