LEBRON JAMES HAS TRIPLE-DOUBLE, LEADS LAKERS PAST KNICKS IN OT

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) —

LeBron James moved within 89 points of breaking the NBA’s career scoring record and climbed into fourth place on the assists list, finishing with a triple-double in his return to Madison Square Garden as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 129-123 last night.

James had 28 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, with the points giving him 38,299 for his career.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the leader with 38,387.

But James’ game has always been about more than scoring, as he proved again yesterday. He fed Dennis Schroder for a 3-pointer that snapped a 118-all tie with 3:13 remaining, grabbed his 10th rebound later in the extra period and then powered to the basket for a 127-121 lead with 19 seconds to go. He had earlier moved ahead of Mark Jackson and then Steve Nash into fourth place on the assists list during his first game at Madison Square Garden in three years.

Anthony Davis added 27 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who had dropped two straight to open their trip. Both James and Davis had sat out their loss Monday in Brooklyn.

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FROM PAGE 13 the seven media areas offered during the World Athletics Relays will be at the media’s disposal during the three days of activity.

These areas include:

The Media Press Center, which will be a co-shared space with the Copy Centre.

This space will be available for the media to work their news stories and receive results.

The Center will be equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi, concierge check-in service and timely results.

The media tribune or press boxes located in the spectator’s stands, with direct view of the finish