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6A — BAKER CITY HERALD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 NBA PLAYOFFS: EASTERN CONFERENCE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS: WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Lakers take 2-1 lead over Rockets LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James added another record to his resume as he continues his chase for a fourth career title. Nobody has played in as many NBA playoff victories. James scored 36 points, Rajon Rondo sparked a fourth-quarter rally and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 112-102 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their Western Confer- ence playoff series. The triumph gave James his NBA-record 162nd post- season victory, surpassing former Lakers guard Derek Fisher’s 161. “It’s very humbling,” James said. “It’s something that I never dreamed of.” James had seven re- bounds, fi ve assists and four blocks as he helped lead the Lakers’ second-half defensive surge. The Rockets had 64 points at halftime but were held to 38 the rest of the way. “Nobody impacts winning more than LeBron James,” Giants end Mariners’ win streak assisted on the other basket during that stretch. “I just took what was given,” Rondo said. “It started on the defensive end for me. Guys found me when I was open, and I took the shots with confi dence. And I got some easy layups.” Anthony Davis had 26 points and Kyle Kuzma added 14. James Harden scored 33 points and Russell Douglas P. DeFelice / Getty Images-TNS Westbrook had 30 for the Anthony Davis (3) of the Los Angeles Lakers and James Rockets. Harden (13) of the Houston Rockets react during the Rockets forward Robert fourth quarter in game two of the Western Conference Covington was taken to the semifi nals. The Lakers won game three on Tuesday. locker room after colliding with Davis in the fourth Lakers coach Frank Vogel fi rst player to have at least quarter. The left side of Cov- said. “That’s true for this 12 points and fi ve assists ington’s face hit Davis’ right season. That’s why he should in the fourth quarter of a arm, while Covington’s left be MVP. Honestly, it’s prob- playoff game since James for elbow hit Davis’ right side. ably true in the history of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Houston coach Mike the game. Nobody impacts April 22, 2010, according to D’Antoni didn’t have an winning more than LeBron STATS. update on Covington after James. To see him have that Rondo fi nished with 21 the game. actual numerical statistic is points and nine assists. He The game featured 16 lead just indicative of that.” scored eight straight points changes and 15 ties, with James reached the mile- during a 10-0 run early in neither team pulling ahead stone with plenty of help the period that put the Lak- by more than six points until from Rondo, who became the ers ahead for good. Rondo the Lakers took control late. Dubón also went deep for the Gi- ants, who erased a 5-1 defi cit to win SAN FRANCISCO — Pinch- for the seventh time in nine games. hitter Darin Ruf homered with one First-year San Francisco man- out in the seventh inning and the ager Gabe Kapler had to use fi ve San Francisco Giants beat Seattle pitchers to keep his club on a roll 6-5 on Tuesday night, ending the and got another big night from the Mariners’ six-game winning streak. offense. Alex Dickerson and Mauricio Donovan Solano had three hits By Michael Wagaman Associated Press Heat tops Bucks, on to East finals By Tim Reynolds AP Basketball Writer LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jimmy Butler set the tone for the Miami Heat season on the fi rst day of train- ing camp. He got to the gym at 3:30 a.m., letting teammates know how hard he expected them to work. And then he fi lmed himself singing throughout the drive to the team hotel, letting teammates know how much fun they were going to have. The formula is already a success. The Heat are headed to the Eastern Conference fi nals, after ousting the top-seeded — and ailing — Mil- waukee Bucks in fi ve games. Miami went up 3-0 when the Bucks had reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, lost Game 4 when he couldn’t play anymore, then fi n- ished the series off Tuesday night with Milwaukee’s best player only able to watch. But Butler wants much more than just getting to this point. “We’re a close group,” Butler said. “We like being around one another, constantly talking about how we can make each other better. And what we see out there on the fl oor ... we’re legit in it to win it. We don’t care about stats, we don’t care about fame, we don’t care about none of that. All that we all care about is winning the championship. And I’m telling you, that’s why we’re playing this style of basketball that we’re playing right now.” The Heat have seven players — Udonis Haslem, Andre Iguodala, Goran Dragic, Jae Crowder, Kelly Olynyk, Meyers Leonard and Solomon Hill — who have appeared in conference fi nals games. Butler won’t be in that club until early next week when the Heat open the East title series against either Boston or Toronto. and scored twice. Brandon Belt singled twice and had two RBIs. “We have guys that can hit the ball out of this ballpark, out of other ballparks,” Kapler said. “One of the things that we continue to say and that we’ve seen play out is that we’re not out of games so we can handle an early defi cit and trust ! l l a F s i h T g n i m o C that we have the guys who can hit singles but also hit balls in the gaps and sometimes in the seats.” J.P. Crawford drove in three for the Mariners. 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