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SPORTS TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2020
Davis hits 3 at buzzer, Lakers edge Nuggets for 2-0 lead

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) edge with 31 seconds to
— Anthony Davis has never play. Davis put the Lakers
been this deep in the play- back on top with a bas-
offs, never had the chance ket in the lane, but Jokic
to take such an important backed him down on the
shot. other end to put the Nug-
It's nothing new for the Los gets back on top with 20
Angeles Lakers, though. seconds remaining.
So when Davis' 3-pointer James started 5 of 6 while
swished through the net the rest of the Lakers missed
as time expired to give the their first 12 shots before
Lakers a 105-103 victory Green's layup 7 1/2 minutes
over the Denver Nuggets in gave them a 14-12 lead.
on Sunday night and a 2-0 The lead was five midway
lead in the Western Confer- through the second quar-
ence finals, coach Frank ter before the Lakers had
Vogel thought of a Laker an 11-0 run that featured
who had done it before. a steal and dunk and a
"That's a shot Kobe Bryant 3-pointer by Alex Caruso
would hit," Vogel said. "To that pushed it to 52-36 with
me, AD coming off, just fly- about 4 minutes remaining
ing to the wing like that, in the half. Denver trimmed
catch-and-shoot with the it to 60-50 at the break.
biggest game on the line Los Angeles Lakers' Anthony Davis (3) shoots a 3-point basket over Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic TIP-INS
of our season, nothing but (15) at the end of an NBA conference final playoff basketball game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Nuggets: Denver is 8-8 in
net, it's a Mamba shot." Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Lakers won 105-103. this postseason. ... Michael
The Lakers were wearing Associated Press Porter Jr. had 15 points. ...
their Black Mamba jerseys. Dozier was 1 for 5 from the
They were co-designed by James, who had 26 points communication on the fi- and appeared it would be foul line in the fourth quar-
Bryant, their Hall of Fame and 11 rebounds. nal play, when it appeared another huge rally by the ter.
guard who died Jan. 26 in The Nuggets had trailed by center Mason Plumlee let Nuggets, who were down Lakers: Los Angeles missed
a helicopter crash. Davis as much as 16, but Nikola Davis drift free believing 16, 19 and 12 in the final nine of its first 10 shots. ...
said wearing the jerseys Jokic scored 11 straight there was going to be a three games against the Green and Caldwell-Pope
that mean so much to the Denver points down the switch. Jokic raced out to Clippers, when they erased both scored 11 points.
team made his winner feel stretch, including a basket him, but too late. a 3-1 deficit. BUZZER BEATERS
even better. that made it 103-102 with "Great players make great They had climbed all the The Lakers said Davis was
"In the jersey we wore to- 20 seconds to play. shots and he did it, so he's way out this hole when just the seventh Laker to
night, it just makes it even Alex Caruso then missed a a really good player," Jokic Murray scored for an 87- make a buzzer-beater in
more special," he said. 3-pointer and Jamal Mur- said. Jokic had 30 points 86 lead with 7:26 to play. the playoffs, a list that in-
Davis finished with 31 points. ray blocked Danny Green's and nine assists, and Mur- But Green and Rondo hit cludes Bryant. Also on the
He scored Los Angeles' last shot out of bounds with ray scored 25 points. 3-pointers and, after a bas- list: Jerry West, Elgin Baylor,
10 points and had 22 in the 2.1 seconds to play. Rajon Game 3 is Tuesday night. ket by PJ Dozier, Kentavious Derek Fisher, Robert Horry
second half to help the Rondo inbounded under James carried the Lak- Caldwell-Pope made an- and Metta World Peace.
Lakers avoid becoming the the basket and found Davis ers early, with 20 points in other 3 to make it 95-89. THROUGH THIRTY
latest victim of a Denver curling toward the sideline, the first half. But they went It was 100-92 after another This was the 30th postsea-
comeback. and the All-Star forward more in the second half to 3 by Davis before Jokic an- son game between the
"Special moment for a spe- swished it to put the Lakers Davis, who had 37 in an swered with nine straight, Lakers and Nuggets. The
cial player. Happy to be halfway to the NBA Finals. easy Game 1 victory. tipping in a miss by Murray Lakers lead 23-7 and have
a part of it," said LeBron Jokic said there was mis- This one was much tighter to give Denver a 101-100 won all six series.q
England's Georgia Hall wins Portland Classic in playoff

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — matched Buhai with a par "The pins are so tricky to-
Georgia Hall won the Cam- on 18 on the first extra hole day," Hall said. "I knew the
bia Portland Classic on Sun- and won on the par-4 first scoring wouldn't be a low. I
day for her first LPGA Tour at Columbia Edgewater. had a really good run in the
victory in the United States, "Definitely a relief," Hall middle there, three or four
beating Ashleigh Buhai said. "I was pretty nervous in a row. Had to hold on the
with a par on the second the last six holes and defi- last few holes.
hole of a playoff. nitely in the playoff, but I'm The 31-year-old Buhai, from
Hall won after falling into really happy to kind of fin- South Africa, birdied four of
a tie with a bogey on the ish and get the job done. ... the last five holes for a 65 —
part-4 18th in regulation. I'm happy to get over the matching Danielle Kang for
"To bogey the last I was line and get my first Ameri- best round of the day.
quite upset about that," can win." Hall closed with a "Hit good shots coming
Hall said. "I had to refigure 4-under 68. She bogeyed down the stretch," Buhai
myself and get back to try the par-4 third, birdied Nos. said. "You know, adrena-
and win that playoff." 5-7 and 10-12 and made line. It's difficult to really cal-
Georgia Hall, of England, watches her tee shot on the 11th hole The 24-year-old English- five straight pars before culate. Not much you can
during the final round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic golf
tournament in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. woman, the 2018 Women's closing with bogey to fall do, and just a misread putt.
Associated Press British Open champion, into the playoff. Just misread it a little bit."q