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LeBron James scored 30 points on his return for the Los Angeles Lakers at they won 123-118 at home to the San Antonio Spurs.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Denver Nuggets, the NBA’s defending champions, won again at the Portland Trail Blazers while Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points as the Philadelphia 76ers won 104-97 at the Cleveland Cavaliers in a game shown live on the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n And Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler was one of four players to be ejected following a melee during their 106-95 win at the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n Butler scored 23 points before being sent to the locker room in the fourth quarter, along with Miami reserve Thomas Bryant and Pelicans players Jose Alvarado and Naji Marshall.<\/p>\n Bam Adebayo had 24 points as Miami improved to a 31-25 record to join the Orlando Magic atop the Eastern Conference Southeast division.<\/p>\n James added nine assists and seven rebounds for the Lakers after missing their past two games to rest a sore ankle, although the played in the All-Star Game in between.<\/p>\n Anthony Davis added 28 points and 13 rebounds as the Lakers improved to 31-27, while Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and added five blocked shots and five steals.<\/p>\n That made last year’s number one draft pick the youngest player in NBA history to achieve the rare ‘5×5’ statistical performance – including at least five points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals in the same game.<\/p>\n “He doesn’t have a ceiling,” James said of the French rookie. “He can do whatever he wants to do in his career. I said a long time ago how special he was, and it’s really that simple.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n