The Lakers started their road trip with an amazing comeback win over the Bucks. They came back from being down 19 points to beat the Bucks 128–124 in double overtime, even though LeBron James wasn’t there.

Anthony Davis once again dominated. He scored 34 points, grabbed 23 rebounds, blocked four shots, stole two, and gave out two assists. D’Angelo Russell got going in the second half and finished the game with 29 points, 12 assists, and seven boards. He made 5-12 3-point shots.

Austin Reaves made some big shots in the fourth quarter, even bigger free throws in overtime, and the biggest shot of the night in double overtime. He scored 29 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and gave out 10 assists, for a triple-double. Rui Hachimura scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, which was the most in his career. He also made some big baskets when they mattered.

Spencer Dinwiddie stayed in the starting lineup to take LeBron James’ place, and Russell came back after missing one game because of a non-COVID sickness. Davis, Rui, and Austin, who play for them often, joined them.

This is one of the squads that has done well without LeBron, but they couldn’t get off to a good start on Tuesday. Before the first break, Los Angeles was down 1–10 and soon after was down 12–2.

In the first frame, things didn’t get better because the team had trouble finding flow and working together. They only made 28% of their shots in the first half and were down by as many as 19 points. In the first quarter, Anthony Davis’ late slam made the score 32-16, which was a little better than the loss.

It looked like the Lakers’ attack was coming back to life in the second quarter when Rui scored his first 10 points. Davis helped cut the lead to just 10 points for a short time in the middle of the quarter.

Unfortunately for Los Angeles, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a great first half. He finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, which gave the Bucks most of their lead back after they went on a 17-6 run to end the quarter. The Lakers scored 48 points in the first half, which was their lowest total of the season. This was a big change from their last game when they scored 150 points.

At the start of the third, Los Angeles fought hard, and D’Lo was making a lot of 3-point shots. The team is once again within ten points thanks to the new club leader in made threes for the Lakers.

The Lakers poorly ended the third quarter by turning the ball over several times. The Bucks punished them by making two important 3-pointers by Bobby Portis and Jae Crowder in the last few minutes of the third. Milwaukee had a 14-point lead again after Giannis scored at the horn.

The Lakers needed to make a push in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter if they wanted to have a chance to come back. There were 12 minutes left and they were down by 10 points.

In the first quarter, Davis was on the bench getting his usual rest, so that didn’t happen. Instead, Milwaukee scored the first four points. Davis came back at 9:52, and the Lakers still had one more chance to win. They scored 16 points in a row to get within five points and ask Doc Rivers to take a break.

It took a clutch 3-pointer by Khris Middleton to stop the run and cut the Lakers’ lead back to ten, but they wouldn’t go away. Davis and Reaves both made three-pointers, and the game was tied after Prince made two free throws.

Both teams missed chances to win the game. Giannis missed a close shot at the basket, and Reaves missed a 3-pointer, which sent the game to overtime.

In extra time, Davis hit one of his three 3-point shots to stay hot from deep. With 2:17 left in overtime, Dinwiddie made a three-pointer that gave the Lakers their first lead.

After Dame made a three-pointer, the Bucks went ahead by two again with 13.6 seconds left. Lillard and Reaves turned over free throws. Russell got called for a foul on the next play and made two free throws to tie the game.

Milwaukee had a chance to win, but Davis blocked Dame’s last-second shot, which saved the game.

No one scored in the first three minutes of double overtime because both teams were too tired. Finally, Dame scored a fastbreak dunk to break the tie, but Reaves scored a layup to make the score even.

He hit a pair himself, and with 1:17 left, the game was tied again. The Lakers took the lead when Reaves made a long 3-pointer. Giannis missed both free throws on the other end and Austin grabbed the rebound, putting the Lakers in charge.

Los Angeles was only ahead by two points after Malik Beasley made a three-pointer. Reaves then made his free throws. They were successful at bringing the ball in, and Davis’s free throws sealed the win for the Lakers.