Lakers win in-season tournament final behind Anthony Davis' 41-20 - ESPN

LAS VEGAS — The Los Angeles Lakers are tied with the Boston Celtics for the most championships in NBA history. But after Saturday night, they are the only team in NBA history to have won the NBA Cup.

Behind a masterful performance from Anthony Davis, who had 41 points, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, the Lakers won the inaugural in-season tournament with a 123-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

LeBron James, who added 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, was named tournament MVP.

«We've been doing it together for a long time, five years now, and we just figure it out,» Davis said afterward of his interplay with James. «We know each other's tendencies, what we like to do. Obviously in crunch time, we get to our infamous pick-and-roll and it's tough to stop.

»We feed off one another. Thursday, LeBron had it going. Tonight, it was me, and he still did his thing."

These two teams entered Saturday's championship game with matching 6-0 records in the in-season tournament, and did so employing radically different styles. The Lakers, behind the size and strength of James and Davis, punished opponents, entering the game having outscored their opponents by more than 20 points per game. Indiana, meanwhile, had knocked off the four top seeds from last year's Eastern Conference playoffs — the Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks — on their way to the title game behind the league's fastest pace and best offense.

Not surprisingly, Saturday's game played out with both teams leaning into those strengths. The Lakers, one of the league's worst 3-point shooting teams, essentially gave up attempting them, failing to make one until Taurean Prince hit a corner 3