The Philadelphia 76ers remained injured without three of their big players, and the Los Angeles Lakers turned the team’s poor start to 1-7 with a 116-106 win on the west coast on Friday night.

Paul George scored nine points for the Sixers, while rookie Jared McCain scored 18 points in the Sixers’ fifth consecutive loss.

Former league MVP Joel Embiid played the second game of his three-game suspension For pushing a newspaper columnist while he was an All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey missed first game due to knee injury This will keep him out of action for at least two weeks.

LeBron James achieved his second triple-double of the season with 21 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds.

Anthony Davis scored 31 points, Austin Reaves scored 20 and D’Angelo Russell scored 18 points for the Lakers, who remained undefeated at Crypto.com Arena after losing 1-4 this season.

James, 39, notched his 114th career triple-double early in the fourth quarter.

James has seven triple-doubles since a year ago, passing Tim Duncan to become the second-oldest player in NBA history to achieve the feat. Karl Malone was 40 years and 127 days old when he became the oldest player to record a triple-double in November 2003.

Bronny James played 1:28 of the final.

76ers: Winning without Embiid and Maxey looks very difficult, and the Sixers haven’t been able to play enough defense to stay competitive.

Lakers: Cam Reddish replaced Russell in the starting lineup, and rookie coach JJ Redick’s strategy appeared to be working. The mercurial Russell played comfortably and aggressively as a substitute.

Philadelphia erased a 13-point lead shortly before halftime, but the Lakers went on an 8-0 run at halftime and took control with a 10-0 surge shortly after halftime.

The Lakers will host Toronto on Sunday night. The 76ers return home to face Charlotte on Sunday night.