LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond played together for the first time as teammates on Friday night, with the Lakers dropping a 110-106 home contest to the Kings.
Drummond, who signed a free-agent deal to join the Lakers in March, had yet to play with the superstar duo together as they recovered from injuries. The 28-year-old finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and 24 minutes in the losing effort against Sacramento.
“He makes the game very easy for everybody,” Drummond said after his first game with James, according to Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times. “I feel like he sees everything. He’s like a quarterback, so having him out there’s been really fun — my first game being on the same side as him. It’s definitely been a great learning experience for me, I’m looking forward to being on the court with him more to do better things.”
There’s more from the Pacific Division today:
- Kings center Chimezie Metu underwent an X-ray on his lower back that came back0 clean on Friday, Sean Cunningham of ABC10 Sacramento tweets. Metu is experiencing back soreness after experiencing a hard fall in the contest. He left in the second quarter and didn’t return.
- Marvin Bagley III‘s recent time away from the Kings was something that he and the team both agreed on, Jason Jones of The Athletic tweets. Bagley returned on Friday after missing 23 games due to a fractured left hand, noting that his absence wasn’t a vacation and both sides felt it would be best.
- Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is continuing to accelerate his team’s timeline, Ethan Strauss of The Athletic writes. Curry has put forth an MVP-caliber season despite Golden State owning just a 31-32 record, averaging a career-high 31.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game.
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