Ingram's 3-Pointer Lifts Lakers Over 76ers

By ESPN

on added 16 points apiece for the Lakers, who snapped a five-game losing streak.

On the winning play, Ball drove to the basket before dishing back to Ingram on the right wing.

"He already saw it before it happened," LaVar Ball said of his son's assist.

Ingram calmly drained what he called the biggest shot of his young NBA career.

"I think he made a great pass," Ingram said. "I had the confidence to shoot it."

Lonzo Ball finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

The winning basket sent Ball's dad, LaVar, into a wild celebration in a suite.

"When I come this far of a distance, it's hard to beat him," LaVar Ball said. "I don't like all them losses. So, he'll do whatever it takes to get that `W."

LaVar Ball later embraced his son outside the Lakers locker room and told him how proud he was.

"Keep doing what you're doing," he said. "You're going to figure it out. You're going to have more fun than you've ever had."

The game was the first for the Lakers since LaVar Ball criticized coach Luke Walton and the Lakers offense in a radio interview, saying son Lonzo was "very disgusted." It has been a tumultuous week for the Ball family, as LaVar withdrew another son, LiAngelo, from UCLA stemming from his suspension by the school for his involvement in a shoplifting incident in China.

LaVar Ball recently withdrew youngest son LaMelo from Chino Hills High, where he was a junior, and said he was going to home school him.

On Thursday LaVar Ball told ESPN that LiAngelo and LaMelo have signed with Harrison Gaines, the same agent who represents Lonzo Ball. That ends the amateur status of both.

Lonzo Ball was loudly booed every time he touched the ball. And Philadelphia fans gave the elder Ball even worse treatment when he began hooting and hollering from his suite in the fourth quarter.

"They don't know the boos make my son stand up because I've been teaching him since he was a baby boos mean ball," LaVar Ball said.

Lonzo Ball said he enjoyed the atmosphere.

"Right when they called my name, they were ready to go," Lonzo Ball said of the fans. "They were going after us. It's always fun playing like that though."

Joel Embiid scored 33 points and Ben Simmons had a triple-double with 12 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists for Philadelphia.

"I never really felt we started playing until halfway through the third," Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said.

The 76ers battled back from a 16-point second-half deficit to tie the game on Embiid's two free throws with 39.8 seconds remaining.

Lonzo Ball missed a 3 on Los Angeles' ensuing possession and Embiid then missed a chance to give Philadelphia the lead.

After a timeout, Richaun Holmes' tying attempt at the buzzer was way off.

Thursday, December 7 Scoreboard

Los  Angeles Lakers 107, Philadelphia 104

Washington 109, Phoenix 99

Brooklyn 100, Oklahoma City 95

Houston 112, Utah 101

Friday, December 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Chicago at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Bosdton at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 9 Schedule (All Times Central)

Washington at Los Angeles Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles Lakeres at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Utah at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, December 10 Schedule (All Times Central)

Toronto at Sacramento, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Denver at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m.