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Anthony Davis channels Kobe Bryant with game-winning 3 to put Lakers up 2-0 in West finals


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-- After his shot dropped to beat the buzzer, win the game and lift the Los Angeles Lakers to within two victories of their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010, Anthony Davis shouted out one word that said it all: "Kobe!"Davis' 3-pointer from the left wing won the game 105-103 as time expired, put L.A. up 2-0 over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals and improved L.A.'s postseason record to 3-0 when wearing the alternative "Black Mamba" uniforms, which Kobe Bryant helped design several years before his death."Obviously we're representing him," said Davis, who scored 10 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter. Denver's Nikola Jokic scored the Nuggets' final 12 points, including a hook shot over Davis with 20.8 seconds left to give his team the lead.That's when Rajon Rondo, who wasn't in the game at the time, told Davis that it was time for him to get Jokic back. Both Rondo and Jokic called Davis, who is averaging 34 points on 52.3% from the floor, 42.9% from 3 and 86.4% from the foul line in the series, the best offensive player in the league.James recalled a shot from the left wing that Davis missed on March 10 that would have won the Lakers a game against the Brooklyn Nets -- that ended up being L.A.'s last game before the league went on hiatus because of COVID-19 -- as evidence of the big man's growing confidence."It's not about making a shot.

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