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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Sport
Dan Woike

Lakers need 43 points from LeBron James to hold off Hornets rally

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LeBron James roamed the baseline near the Lakers bench, most seats still empty after the halftime intermission.

He'd just scored — again — and barked at no one in particular, almost annoyed at the strategy being employed against him. This big, this strong, this skilled and this is how you try to stop him?

James had that kind of attitude about him against every defender Charlotte put in front him, asserting the kind of physical dominance that helped the Lakers wrap a five-game road trip with an unlikely winning record after beating the Hornets 121-115.

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