Basketball

Lakers Crush Defending Champions, Advance to Conference Finals

By AFP - May 13, 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers are heading back to the Western Conference Finals after a dominant win over the Warriors.

The Los Angeles Lakers ran defending champions Golden State out of the NBA playoffs in dominant style on Friday, beating the Warriors 122-101 to advance to the Western Conference finals.

LeBron James delivered a masterful 30-point performance as the Lakers won the semi-final series four games to two and booked a clash with Nikola Jokic and the top-seeded Denver Nuggets for a place in the NBA Finals.

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