LeBron James posted 36 points and 10 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers overcame their lowest-scoring first quarter of the season to end a five-game losing streak with a 123-107 win against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 24 points off the bench, Kyle Kuzma scored 21, Rajon Rondo had 14 points and 10 assists and JaVale McGee finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers.
36 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST & 2 STL in the @Lakers win for @KingJames! #SAPStatLineOfTheNight pic.twitter.com/4w5mrKIP1I
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) March 13, 2019
Robin Lopez scored 20 points, Otto Porter Jr had 19 points and nine rebounds and Kris Dunn finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for Chicago.
The Lakers, who trailed by as many as 20 early in the second quarter, went ahead for the first time since making the first basket of the game when Kuzma put in a lay-up for a 66-64 lead with 8:48 left in the third quarter.
The Bulls moved back out in front by eight points, but Los Angeles reeled them back in and scored the final 16 points of the third quarter to take a 98-84 lead into the fourth.
Andre Ingram got a huge ovation as he checked in for the Lakers in Chicago. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/uwr0PYqTiL
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 13, 2019
Chicago scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter and got as close as 100-96 with 8:38 left, but the Lakers put together a 10-3 run to go back ahead by double figures for good.
🎥 Kyle Kuzma dropped 21 points tonight in his first game back from injury #LakersWin pic.twitter.com/WBwPwcE5p8
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 13, 2019