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Anthony Davis was, once again, unstoppable on Sunday night.
The Los Angeles Lakers center went off in Washington, leading them to a 130-119 win over the Wizards at Capital One Arena with an incredible statline. Davis dropped 55 points in the win while shooting 22 of 30 from the field. He added 17 rebounds, too, and was a perfect 9 of 9 from the free throw line.
Davis’ 55 points were just four shy of his career high. He has 99 points over his last two games now, too — following the 44 he put up against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday. That is the most scored by a Lakers player in that period since Kobe Bryant did so in 2007. He’s also the first Lakers player to score at least 40 points and have at least 10 rebounds in consecutive games since Shaquille O’Neal did so in 2000.
The Lakers led almost all the way on Sunday. They took the lead on a Troy Brown 3-pointer, and never looked back. They had an 18-point lead at halftime, and then held on after the Wizards cut it to single digits briefly in the fourth quarter to take the 11-point win. LeBron James added 29 points and Lonnie Walker dropped 20 for the Lakers — who shot better than 54% from the field as a team.
It hasn’t just been the past two games that Davis has looked great in. He’s averaged 34.2 points and 15.4 rebounds while shooting 63.3% over the Lakers’ past 10 games. The Lakers went 8-2 over that stretch.
Though it’s still early in the year, Davis’ play is certainly a welcome sign for a team that opened the season on a five-game losing skid and lost 10 of its first 12 games.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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