Buddy Hield explodes for career-high 51 points as Spurs crush Lakers.

After a first quarter that saw them trailing by 13, the Spurs responded ferociously thanks to Buddy Hield, who absolutely shot the lights out, splashing in an NBA regular season record of FIFTEEN THREE-POINTERS for a career-high 51 points.

The Spurs won the second quarter, 45-20, cinching down on defense to cause 20 turnovers by the Lakers. LA only hit 5-16 three-pointers, as the Spurs lead grew to 35. San Antonio, mostly due to Hield, made a team-high 24 shots from deep, en route to a 96-131 thrashing for a season series sweep of 4-0.

In the huge win, Brandon Ingram scored 18th, Trey Burke scored 15 and hit a trio from long range, with Porter, VanVleet & Murray combining for 30 points.

Spurs survive again in LA, win thriller 106-101.

The Spurs cruised past the Phoenix Suns, and then? NBA fans were in for a treat as the Lakers welcomed back Anthony Davis (28 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks) and almost snapped the 25-game win streak of the Spurs.

However, an alpha performance by Dejounte Murray (26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists) and clutch execution by Otto Porter (15 points, 3-4 3PT), Fred VanVleet (14 points, 4-9 3PT) & Brandon Ingram (20 points) proved to be the difference. The Lakers had taken the lead after a 31-24 surge in the 3rd Quarter and the Spurs began to falter, until a timely 3PT strike by Buddy Hield (18 points, 6-10 3PT) kept the Spurs in it, with Andre Drummond hoisting 13 rebounds and 3 blocks, giving the other AD enough resistance down low.

A quiet scoring night by LeBron James (8 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 0-3 3PT) and cold shooting by Carmelo Anthony & Talen Horton-Tucker (1-13, 0-4 3PT) only helped the Spurs succeed as road villains.  In the loss, Russell Westbrook had 25 points with 7 assists, but LA fell to 32-27 on the season.

As the Spurs win another big time game against a championship contender. San Antonio has just 23 games remaining, with an unprecedented infallible home win record. Past Spurs teams in the dynastic reign had mighty win streaks and tremendous resilience at home, but with just 12 games left at the AT&T Center this season, this incarnation may very well go undefeated at home, which would make for quite the highlight for the history books.