LeBron pushes Lakers past Jazz for 7th win in 8 games, 90-83

Although the Los Angeles Lakers haven't won many games with defense over the last half-decade, LeBron James can inspire his new teammates to all sorts of feats that seemed impossible not too long ago. James had 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and he seized control of an ugly game with nine points in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' seventh win in eight games, 90-83 over the Utah Jazz on Friday night. Brandon Ingram scored 24 points while the Lakers struggled in their first game back from an Eastern Conference road trip, but still persevered to earn the final win in this franchise's first 7-1 stretch since the last eight games of the 2012-13 season.