“Can't wait to see the Lakers vs Knicks in Finals”: Fans react after Los Angeles Lakers recent push towards securing place in top-six with thumping win over Cleveland Cavaliers

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a bit of a roll as they continue to push for a place in the top six ahead of the playoffs.

The Darvin Ham’s men produced another impressive performance, this time in the match against the Cleveland Cavaliers where they came out on top in a thumping manner with a score of 116-97 at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

With that result and with the Sacramento Kings suffering a heartbreaking loss to the Boston Celtics in their match, the Lakers jumped to the eighth spot in the Western Conference table with 45 wins and 33 defeats.

It was the Lakers’ ninth win in the last 10 matches which excited the fans on the social media platform X. "Can't wait to see the Lakers vs Knicks in Finals this year," one user wrote. “Heat vs Lakers rematch otw,” another one wrote.

The star of the show for the winning team on the night was point guard D'Angelo Russell who registered 28 points to go with five rebounds and two assists.

He was well-supported by veteran forward LeBron James who registered 24 to go with five rebounds and 12 assists and power forward Anthony Davis who contributed 22 points to go with 13 rebounds and four assists.