This was, in virtually every way, an extremely ugly basketball game. But it was also incredibly exciting, and in the end, it was one in which the greatness of LeBron James, clearly exhausted playing heavy minutes in his 20th season, came through. 117-111, Lakers to win Game 4 and take a 3-1 series lead. James struggled most of the night to get space to score, but managed to get into the paint on the team's final possession in regulation to tie the score and send the game to overtime. In the OT, he drove on Dillon Brooks to draw a critical and-one that essentially sealed the game.

22/20/7 with a pair of blocks.

It was a memorable stat line on a night where James, like everyone else on both teams, struggled on offense. Anthony Davis was 3-14 from the floor (though he did have a huge tip in OT). Rui Hachimura was 2-9. D'Angelo Russell wasn't great until he was, hitting three straight triples in the fourth quarter to bring the Lakers back to life.

It was a gritty win against a younger Memphis team that looked ready to squeeze the game away from the Lakers.

The Lakers have stuff to worry about. LeBron's fatigue, Anthony Davis's health (he took a bad fall on the hip that has bugged him for the last few weeks) just to name a couple. But they have a 3-1 lead, and three cracks to close this series out, including one more in Los Angeles.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: LeBron James digs deep to lead the Lakers late, doing things he's never done before. Which is saying something.

SEGMENT 2: Russell wasn't perfect, but he carried the Lakers through critical sections of the game, offensively.

SEGMENT 3: Breaking down a fascinating game from Anthony Davis.

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