Listless Lakers staring down elimination after blowout loss to Suns
by Guardian sport and agencies from on (#5JHZB)
- Defending champions one win from first-round elimination
- Lillard's 55 (and playoff-record 12 threes) not enough in loss
- Nets head to second round, beat Celtics 123-109 in Game 5
Devin Booker scored 30 points after two quiet games and the Phoenix Suns sent LeBron James to the locker room early, dismantling the Los Angeles Lakers 115-85 Tuesday night to take a 3-2 first-round series lead.
The Suns won in Los Angeles on Sunday to tie the series and went right at the Anthony Davis-less Lakers in front of a revved-up crowd in Game 5.
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