Luka scores 60, LeBron ties record<\/p>\n
From Thuc Nhi Nguyen<\/a>: On the same night he tied Robert Parish for the NBA record in regular-season games played, ageless wonder LeBron James<\/a> had a 19-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in Thursday\u2019s 134-126 win<\/a> over the Miami Heat. The 41-year-old playing in his 1,611th game helped the Lakers<\/a> (45-25) win their season-best eighth consecutive game while star guard Luka Doncic<\/a> poured in a season-best 60 points, including 20 points in the final quarter.<\/p>\n James became the oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, besting the mark he set last month.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a psycho,\u201d coach JJ Redick<\/a> said with affection, awe and respect.<\/p>\n James, Doncic and guard Austin Reaves<\/a> were all questionable to play in their second game in as many nights. Doncic was dealing with right hip soreness and Reaves was battling a right forearm contusion after Wednesday\u2019s physical win over Houston. James, who took a hard spill in the fourth quarter and banged his right elbow, was officially nursing left foot arthritis. Earlier this season, James characterized his ailments as being simply \u201cold.\u201d<\/p>\n But before Redick could even check on the status of his stars Thursday afternoon, he learned they already decided on their availability. The players huddled in the locker room after Wednesday\u2019s game before the coaches entered and decided they would all play against Miami (38-32).<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he said he was playing, I was like, I can\u2019t let a 41-year-old play and I not play,\u201d said Reaves, who battled through a bruise on his shooting wrist to finish with 18 points. \u201cSo [I] signed up to play and so did Luka and we went and grinded the win out.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Lakers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n NBA standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Go beyond the scoreboard <\/p>\n Get the latest on L.A.’s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.<\/p>\n By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service<\/a>, which include arbitration and a class action waiver. You agree that we and our third-party vendors may collect and use your information, including through cookies, pixels and similar technologies, for the purposes set forth in our Privacy Policy<\/a> such as personalizing your experience and ads. <\/p>\n Clippers lose to Pelicans again<\/p>\n Trey Murphy III scored 27 points and the New Orleans Pelicans extended their home winning streak to seven games with a 105-99 victory<\/a> over the Clippers<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n Saddiq Bey had 20 points and Zion Williamson added 15 for the Pelicans, who swept the two-game set against the Clippers after a 124-109 win<\/a>, also at home, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Dejounte Murray was held out to rest as part of his comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon. He had 17 points and a season-high 11 assists Wednesday night in his ninth game since making his season debut last month.<\/p>\n Derrick Jones Jr. scored 22 points, John Collins had 18 and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 for the Clippers, who lost their fourth in a row<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Clippers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n NBA standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Kings lose to Flyers<\/p>\n Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov scored in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers their fourth victory in five games, 4-3<\/a> over the Kings on Thursday night.<\/p>\n Noah Cates had a goal and an assist, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim also scored, and Samuel Ersson made 22 saves. The Flyers remained six points behind Boston and Detroit for the two Eastern Conference wild-card spots.<\/p>\n On Wednesday night against the Ducks, Cates scored in overtime in the Flyers\u2019 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n Adrian Kempe<\/a> and Artemi Panarin<\/a> failed on their shootout attempts for Los Angeles, though the Kings still moved into the second wild-card in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Kings summary<\/a> <\/p>\n NHL standings<\/a> <\/p>\n USC reaches settlement<\/p>\n From Ryan Kartje<\/a>: USC has settled a lawsuit with a former high-ranking athletic department official who alleged the university allowed former athletic director Mike Bohn<\/a> to racially harass and discriminate against her, then fired her when she voiced concerns about Bohn\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n Joyce Bell Limbrick was the highest-ranking Black and female official in USC\u2019s athletic department when she was fired by the university in September 2023, four months after Bohn resigned amid an internal investigation into his conduct<\/a> and the culture of the department. Bell Limbrick filed suit early last year<\/a>, accusing USC of wrongful termination.<\/p>\n That dispute was settled out of court this week. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n This day in sports history<\/p>\n 1897 \u2014 Yale beats Penn 32-10 in New Haven, Conn., in the first men\u2019s intercollegiate basketball game.<\/p>\n 1918 \u2014 The Toronto Arenas (who would become the Maple Leafs) are the first NHL team to play in the Stanley Cup Final. Toronto\u2019s Reg Noble scores two goals with an assist in the first period of a 5-3 win over Vancouver of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.<\/p>\n 1939 \u2014 In a game of unbeaten teams, Long Island U. defeats Loyola of Chicago 44-32 to win the National Invitation Tournament title.<\/p>\n 1954 \u2014 In the first televised NCAA championship game, La Salle defeats Bradley 92-76 and sets a record for most points in the title game.<\/p>\n 1965 \u2014 Gail Goodrich\u2019s 42 points lead UCLA to a 91-80 victory over Michigan in the NCAA basketball championship.<\/p>\n 1965 \u2014 St. John\u2019s sends Joe Lapchick out a winner, as the Redmen beat Villanova 55-51 to win their fifth National Invitation Tournament championship.<\/p>\n 1965 \u2014 Bill Bradley scores 58 points to lead Princeton to a 118-82 rout of Wichita State in the NCAA third-place game. UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 to win its second National championship.<\/p>\n 1968 \u2014 Dave Bing of the Detroit Pistons finishes the season with a league-leading 27.1 average, becoming the first guard in 20 years to lead the NBA in scoring.<\/p>\n 1969 \u2014 Less than two months after she becomes the first woman to ride in a pari-mutuel race in America, Diane Crump rides her first winner at Gulfstream Park.<\/p>\n 1976 \u2014 Boston\u2019s John Havlicek becomes the first NBA player to score more than 1,000 points per season for 14 consecutive years.<\/p>\n 1988 \u2014 Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in the second round to retain his world heavyweight title in Tokyo.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2014 Liz Johnson becomes the first woman to advance to the championship match of a Professional Bowlers Assn. tour event, but loses by 27 pins to Tommy Jones in the final of the PBA Banquet Open.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2014 LeBron James, 20, becomes the youngest player to score 50 points in an NBA game, when he scores 56 in the Cavaliers\u2019 105-98 loss to the Raptors.<\/p>\n 2006 \u2014 Japan beats Cuba 10-6 in the title game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n 2010 \u2014 Northern Iowa pulls off one of the biggest NCAA upsets in years by knocking No. 1 overall seed Kansas with a 69-67 win. Ali Farokhmanesh buries an open three-pointer with the shot clock still in the 30s to give the Panthers a four-point lead with 35 seconds left.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 Bernard Tomic loses the shortest completed ATP match on record, lasting only 28 minutes at the Sony Open in his first tournament since having surgery on both hips. Ending a two-month layoff, Tomic wins just 13 points and loses to Jarkko Nieminen 6-0, 6-1. It\u2019s the quickest match since the ATP started keeping such records in 1991.<\/p>\n 2020 \u2014 After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n Until next time…<\/p>\n That concludes today\u2019s newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you\u2019d like to see, email me at houston.mitchell@latimes.com<\/a>. 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