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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Anthony Davis scored 41 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers to victory against the Indian Pacers in the NBA’s first in-season tournament final.<\/p>\n

Davis also registered 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, while team-mate LeBron James added 24 points and 11 rebounds in a 123-109 win.<\/p>\n

James was also named the most valuable player of the inaugural NBA Cup.<\/p>\n

“Records will be broken but one thing that will never be broken is being the first to do something,” said James, 38.<\/p>\n

“We’re the first champions of the in-season tournament and nobody can ever top that.<\/p>\n

“It’s great to be able to do it with such a historical franchise and even better to do it with a great, great cast of funny, engaged, competitive men over here.”<\/p>\n

The Pacers closed to within three points with just over six minutes remaining, only for the Lakers to produce a run of 13 unanswered points on the way to victory.<\/p>\n

Austin Reaves scored 28 points off the bench for the Lakers, while Tyrese Haliburton and team-mate Bennedict Mathurin top-scored for the Pacers with 20 points each.<\/p>\n

The final of the NBA Cup took place in Las Vegas and is the only game of the tournament that does not count towards the regular season standings.<\/p>\n

“We’re sick, frustrated,” Haliburton said. “We just got outplayed tonight from the start of the game to the end of the game.<\/p>\n

“Just didn’t do the job on loose balls, didn’t rebound, didn’t get enough stops when needed. They just outplayed us, and it’s frustrating.”<\/p>\n

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