SAN ANTONIO — — Anthony Davis had 40 factors and 12 rebounds, LeBron James had 15 factors, 16 rebounds and 12 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers opened protection of their Emirates NBA Cup title with a 120-115 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday evening.

James had his career-high fourth straight triple-double.

Victor Wembanyama had 28 factors, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks for San Antonio. On Wednesday evening, he had a career-high 50 factors in a 139-130 dwelling victory over Washington.

Davis shot 14 for 26, making 2 of 4 3-pointers, in his highest-scoring recreation of the season. Austin Reaves added 19 factors, Dalton Knecht had 14 and D’Angelo Russell 13.

San Antonio raced to an 11-0 lead, together with an alley-oop dunk by Wembanyama from fellow 20-year-old Stephon Fortress. Davis scored 16 factors within the opening quarter as Los Angeles closed the interval on a 21-8 run to take a 31-30 lead.

Fortress had 22 factors, and Devin Vassell added 15 for San Antonio.

Takeaways

Lakers: Davis had 30 factors for the seventh time in 11 video games this season. He’s averaging a career-high 31.1 factors.

Spurs: Chris Paul had 11 factors and 11 assists, giving him 12,008 profession assists. Paul joins John Stockton (15,806) and Jason Kidd (12,091) as the one gamers with 12,000 assists.

Key second

With the Lakers main 116-115, Paul was referred to as for an offensive foul after making an attempt to display screen Davis following a handoff to Wembanyama for a 3-pointer. The turnover led to a layup by James that gave the Lakers a 118-115 lead with 25 seconds remaining.

Key stat

The Lakers had a 15-6 benefit on second-chance factors, together with an 8-0 benefit within the first quarter.

Up subsequent

The Lakers are at New Orleans on Saturday evening to shut out a back-to-back. The Spurs are at Dallas on Saturday evening earlier than returning for a three-game homestand.

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