D'Angelo Russell joins Kobe Bryant, LeBron James in unique record for Los Angeles Lakers

Point guard D'Angelo Russell was the star performer for the Los Angeles Lakers as they secured a nail-biting win against the Milwaukee Bucks with a score of 123-122 at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Friday.

The 28-year-old had a fabulous night for the winning team and while doing so, he achieved a milestone as well. He registered a career-high nine triples and became only the third player from the Lakers to achieve that in a single match.

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Previously, only legendary Kobe Bryant managed to register the feat four times whereas LeBron James only managed to achieve against the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2022-23 season.

Russell ended up registering 44 points for the winning team to go with six rebounds and nine assists. It was his best outing this season for the franchise as well.

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He was well-supported by power forward Anthony Davis who registered 22 points to go with 13 rebounds and five assists. Russell is having a more than decent season for the Lakers where he is contributing 17.7 points per game to go with 2.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists.

The result was an important one as it pushed the Lakers to the ninth position in the Western Conference table with 35 wins and 30 defeats.