Hard for me to believe that Lakers won in OT last night. Without LeBron and AD , lakers are really a total different team that can't even fight for playoffs but with them in the court , everything changes for Lakers.

Also , with this W from last night , their chances to catch playoffs are once again in their hands but still , if AD or Lebron will miss some games due to injuries , I'm afraid Lakers dream of catching playoffs will be crushed.

Sad for Bulls too , as my team simply doesn't have the same chemistry between players like they had last year and I think it's all to LaVine as even last night he had a poor performance.

They really need this win and some wins in their next games because they are really left behind and they blurring their chance to get their playoff spot due to the result of their games this season. If they don't want to jeopardize their chance, they need to be healthy and continue winning games no matter who will be their opponent is and as we can see in the last game against Boston Celtics, they are really capable of beating them if only not to the cause of blindness of the ref and they were really doing double works because of their rank's situation and they really wanted to gamble in the NBA playoff since they're one of the superteams in the NBA if not only for the injuries.

Still, plenty of games, if they can't make it to the top 6, I'm sure they'll make it to the play-in tournament, and when that happened as long as Davis is healthy, I believe the Lakers have a decent chance of getting to the playoffs. Look at the Warriors and Clippers now, they are behind in standing before but they are already now in the top 5 and top 4 respectively, it's because of the close competition in the West.

Yeah, but Davis is still very fragile, there are some scary moments when you see him limping after a rebound. So still very dangerous for Lakers if he will be injured again or later when they are trying to make a playoff/playin position.

Obviously Lebron is not going to slow down, on the contrary you can see that he has someone got his second wind. It's probably he is excited to break the all time record of Jabbar. I think he already carved his name as one of the greatest Lakers if he did that. With Kareem, Shaq, Kobe, Magic and him at that Mt. Rushmore of Lakers great.

I think Luka is next to that, or Embiid, or Giannis, these young players are putting points in their stat sheets like it is a normal day in the office. 
The key for this to happen again or break Lebron's (after he did it) record is the health issue. He is known to be a player that is not lazy to play the game, he loves it so much that an absence might not complete his day.
Luka had his share of injuries, Embiid worst, Giannis though, with that kind of body and toughness, I bet he can make it to the top too as long as he doesn't retire early and find ways to still play the game even at an old age. Lebron did it, I think he can too although it requires being a flexible player. Luka on the other hand plays like Jason Kidd (better) even if he becomes a veteran there will be a big market for him.

Even the commentators are a bit surprised because Randle took the final shot and didn't take any shot at all which is kind of embarrassing if you are a Knick fan. I mean Brunson can be a better pick than Randle on that game because Randle shot very awful on that game. 6/19 from the field and Coach Thib picked him as the one who will take the final shot?

This is why I'm always thinking, why did the Knicks gave this player a huge contract where in fact, he is only good the season before they gave them a huge contract. He might be averaging at 20's and 10's, but his shooting selection is one of the worst (at least for me). He hold the ball, he will shoot it even though he is having a bad night.

As for the Lakers, they really needed it after what happened to them against the Celtics. Unfortunately, they are still at the bottom spot of the standings (currently at 13th) though they are just 2 games behind the 8th seed Timberwolves. Many are waiting for Lebron to surpass Kareem's scoring record that he held for more than 3 decades. I'm pretty sure it's not only the Laker fans or Lebron fans are waiting for this significant achievement to happen. All NBA fans around the world are waiting for this.

Lakers will have to perform better and consistently, if they want to keep the hopes alive of playing in the playoffs. Otherwise, it is not happening. They cannot just win one and lose one. They will have to win consistently. They have had five wins in the last five games. That is just simply not good enough.

And it's the same with the Bulls as well.



For Lakers to succeed, Anthony Davis and LeBron James have to stay healthy. Because right now these two are the biggest contributors to the team. If any of these two somehow get injured, I honestly do not see a way for Lakers to reach the playoffs. They have laid well in the last game. But because of some mistakes, it almost cost them the match. I know LeBron James is going to be named one of the best of all time for the Lakers. But I think he still has a lot to give to the team.


Regards

Duke

But they still get the job done, because Randle missed that shot on the other end. Maybe Lebron will not get the whistle that's why he opted to pass, but still the referee has to call an offensive foul on that play.

That 3 of Westbrook though, he seems to be also playing very good, maybe the effect of Lebron's chasing that record? because for sure he knows that feeling when he himself broke a record that seems to be untouchable.

Probably, that was a call from coach Thibodeau because he wanted Randle to take the shot to see if how well he is in handling the pressure, you know just to see if he had some changes while they are still playing in regular games as it's better to know first who are the players that will be reliable enough when situations got tough because I reckon not all the time Brunson will be with the team and healthy.

And don't forget the fact that Kareem will get dethroned by another player who is on the same team like he was when he got that all-time scoring title, the Los Angeles Lakers. Surely it's not an easy feat to get but LeBron managed to do it anyway and now, he's just few scores away from breaking that record that has been hanging in the league for some decades already.