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LeBron James scored 37 points as the Los Angeles Lakers clawed back a 25-point half-time deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-112.<\/span><\/p>\n Trailing 71-46 at the break, the Lakers outscored the Trail Blazers 75-41 to equal the second-biggest second-half comeback in franchise history. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “You can either go out, lay down and get ready for the next game or you can see what happens in the third quarter, make a game of it,” James said. <\/span><\/p>\n “We’re not a lay-down team.”<\/span><\/p>\n James, 38, is now just 233 points short of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points. <\/span><\/p>\n Anfernee Simons top-scored with 31 points for the Trail Blazers, who suffered a third straight defeat and have lost 12 of their last 16 matches.<\/span><\/p>\n There was another dramatic comeback in San Francisco as Kyrie Irving scored 38 points to inspire the Brooklyn Nets to a 120-116 victory over NBA champions the Golden State Warriors.<\/span><\/p>\n Two free throws by Stephen Curry gave the Warriors a 116-115 lead with just one minute 12 seconds to go.<\/span><\/p>\n However, Irving’s ninth assist of the night set up Royce O’Neale for a three-pointer before he scored a pair of free throws himself to seal the win.<\/span><\/p>\n “Kyrie had been getting to the basket, hitting tough shots and at that moment, he drove, two people double-teamed and he found me open,” said O’Neale. “I just needed to have the confidence to knock it down.”<\/span><\/p>\n