LeBron's game-winner lifts Lakers past Jazz in OT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — LeBron James scored 37points – including the game-winning basket – to lead the LosAngeles Lakers to a 135-133 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz onTuesday night.

Anthony Davis tallied 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Lakers.Austin Reaves added 28 points. Five players scored in doublefigures to help Los Angeles win for the seventh time in eightgames.

Kelly Olynyk finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and sevenassists to lead Utah. Talen Horton-Tucker added 23 points and sevenassists for the Jazz. Horton-Tucker has scored 123 points over hislast four games. Ochai Agbaji chipped in 22. The Jazz lost for theseventh time in eight games.

James drove for a go-ahead layup with 27 seconds left to helpthe Lakers escape with a win. Los Angeles held Utah without abasket over the final 1:38 after Olynyk gave the Jazz a 132-129lead on a three.

Utah rallied from a double-digit deficit after shooting 71% fromthe field in the third quarter. The Jazz finally took their firstsecond-half lead on back-to-back baskets from Collin Sexton andLuka Samanic, going up 99-97 early in the fourth quarter.

Los Angeles retook the lead on back-to-back baskets from DennisSchroder and James and went up 124-114 with 1:43 left in the fourthquarter on eight straight points from Reaves.

Utah countered with an 10-0 run to force overtime. Olynyk scoreda basket and assisted two others and Jones knotted the score on apair of free throws with 11.4 seconds remaining in regulation.

TIP INS

Lakers: Reaves is averaging 20.5 points over his last eightgames. Los Angeles has lost once in that stretch. … James, Davis,and Reaves combined for 18 assists, dishing out six apiece.

Jazz: Samanic made his first start of the season, finishing with12 points. … Sexton returned to action after missing 18 games witha hamstring strain. He scored 15 points and had three assists in 16minutes.

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Lakers: At Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.

Jazz: Host Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday.