D’Angelo Russell scored a playoff-career-best 31 points on 12–of–17 shooting and the Los Angeles Lakers punched their ticket into the Western Conference semifinals with a 125–85 trouncing of the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Friday in Game 6 of their series.
LeBron James scored 22 points for the Lakers, who won four of the six games of the first-round matchup. Anthony Davis added 16 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots for seventh-seeded Los Angeles, which ambushed the second-seeded Grizzlies in spectacular fashion.
The Lakers, who shot 53.8 percent from the field, will play either the Sacramento Kings or Golden State Warriors in the conference semis. Those teams play Game 7 of their series on Sunday….