The Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers will play for the In-Season Tournament Championship on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis linked for an alley-oop in the second half that is gaining a lot of attention on social media.
Davis completed the play with a slam dunk as James drove to the hoop and lobbed him.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament Champions will be determined by the outcome of Saturday’s match, and each player (as well as the head coach) will get a $500,000.
In their fifth season as teammates, Davis and James guided the Lakers to victory over the Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Championship.
They are coming off a season in which they made it to the Western Conference Finals and have qualified for the NBA playoffs in three of the previous four seasons.
Before the game, Davis had averaged 22.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.0 steals, and 2.7 blocks per game in 22 games. She had also shot 23.1% from three-point range and 53.3% from the field.
James, meanwhile, has participated in 22 games and averages 25.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 1.5 steals, and a 55.3% field goal percentage and 40.7% three-point shooting percentage per game.
With a 14-9 record through 23 games, the Lakers are currently riding a three-game winning streak and are ranked as the fifth seed in the Western Conference.
They travel to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in Texas on Tuesday night for their next game.