LeBron James liked what Taurean Prince did on Saturday.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks in an exciting game on the road at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. It was their second straight win. James led the way with 24 points, and Austin Reaves added 22 of his own. The Lakers beat the best team in basketball going into the game, and it took a team effort to win.

Before the game, Los Angeles head coach Darvin Ham made a big deal out of replacing forward Taurean Prince, who had been having a rough patch lately, with Rui Hachimura, who the Lakers got at the trade deadline last year.

Prince answered with a great game against the Knicks, scoring 16 points, including several key baskets in the fourth quarter that helped the Lakers pull off an impressive win.

L.B. James told the truth about what he saw from Taurean Prince in his new job for the team after the game.

“It was big for us when he came off the bench and gave us that spark,” James told Lakers Daily on X, the social media site that used to be called Twitter.

The Lakers brought in a lot of new players over the summer to help improve their depth, which became clear when they lost to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.

Now, Los Angeles only has one more game left on their current road trip. It will be Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets.