The Los Angeles Lakers look for their second straight victory on Monday when visiting the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers are fourth in the Pacific division at 28-35 and 23 games behind first place Phoenix. Los Angeles defeated the Golden State Warriors on Saturday 124-116 behind 56 points from LeBron James. The victory snapped a four game losing streak for Los Angeles.
LeBron James is the leading scorer for Los Angeles with an average of 28.8 points per game, while Anthony Davis is the second leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 23.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Russell Westbrook is the leader in assists with an average of 7.3 assists per game the Lakers have five players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team are scoring an average of 110.4 points per game.
San Antonio looks to snap a four-game losing streak when hosting Los Angeles on Monday. The Spurs are fourth in the Southwest Division at 24-40 and 19 ½ games behind the first-place Memphis Grizzlies. San Antonio was defeated by the Charlotte Hornets 123-117 on Saturday. Keldon Johnson was the leading scorer for San Antonio with 33 points.
Dejounte Murray is the leading scorer and leader in assists for San Antonio with averages of 20.3 points and 9.4 assists per game, while Jakob Poeltl is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.2 rebounds per game. San Antonio has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 112.7 points per game while shooting 46.8% overall and 35.4% from 3-point territory.
