Las Vegas Summer League: Lakers vs. Bucks Recap

Dan Duangdao
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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

The Los Angeles Lakers (3-1) defeated the Milwaukee Bucks (2-2) in a thrilling 72-68 victory to advance to the quarterfinals of the NBA Summer League 2013 Championship.

After the Bucks went on a 6-0 run with less than three minutes in the fourth quarter, point guard Lester Hudson was able to tie the game at 66-a-piece.

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The Lakers were then able to force a turnover on John Henson, which led to Robert Sacre’s would-be game-winning shot. Sacre converted on the three-point play to give the Lakers the victory.

Marcus Landry led the Lakers with a game-high 18 points while Sacre chipped in with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Henson had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Bucks.

The Lakers will return to action on Saturday evening at 7:00 pm PST against the winner of the Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks game.

Here’s a video recap of Thursday’s Summer League game for the Lakers.

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Dan Duangdao was the managing editor at Lakers Nation (2013-16, 2018-20). He is currently the founder at LA Sports Media, Lake Show, Raiders Nation, Rams Nation, Kings Nation, Galaxy Nation, and MMA Rumors. Born and raised in Southern California and a lifelong Los Angeles sports and mixed martial arts fan, his first NBA game was Kobe Bryant and the Lakers against the Golden State Warriors with Michael Jordan in attendance during the 1998-99 NBA season. He was previously a contributor at HOOPSWORLD (now Basketball Insiders) and an NBA editor at ClutchPoints. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @DanDuangdao.