The (0-3) Los Angeles Lakers are back in downtown Los Angeles, at the Staples Center, to battle the (1-2) Denver Nuggets. The Lakers are facing the unenviable task of changing the narrative and after three straight losses, attempting to remove the stench that is emanating from their defense.
The Lakers are 21-8 against the Nuggets all-time at the Staples Center, in the regular season, 4-6 in their last 10 games. The purple and gold lost the four-game season series (1-3) to the Nuggets last season. In 62 career games, Kobe Bryant is averaging 25.2 points versus the Nuggets.
The Los Angeles Lakers look to avenge a 119-101 loss in Denver. The main thing stopping the purple and gold from winning is their defense. The Lakers have given up an
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Oh by the way, the 15 boards were defensive rebounds. In the process, Randle joined Vlade Divac (2-24-95) and Lamar Odom (3-25-07) as the only Lakers to post such a stat line since the 1985-86 season and the second-youngest player in the NBA to do so in the last 30 years as well.
The 20+ point/15 rebound game came in Randle’s fourth career game, allowing him to join a short list (Shaquille O’Neal, Sharone Wright and Marc Gasol) of players to post that stat line, in their fourth career game, in the last 20 years.
The Nuggets had an impressive 105-85 win in their season opener over the Houston Rockets and then proceeded to drop their next two games. Denver went into Houston, shot 50.6-percent from the field and an amazing 48.1-percent (13-of-27) from three-point range.
Emmanuel Mudiay averaged 5.9 turnovers per game in the pre-season and that trend has continued in the regular season as the rookie point guard is averaging 6.3 turnovers. Mudiay had 11 of his 19 turnovers on opening night, but Mudiay also posted 17 points and nine assists while playing aggressively and continuously attacking the
Westbrook, the league’s second leading player in assists, finished with 15 points, 10 boards and 11 assists for
For the 2006–07 college season, Durant performed with an average of 25.8 points, 1.3 assists, and 11.1 rebounds and led the freshman class in scoring average.
This is the biggest reason why the Lakers are considered to be so great. Only one other team has won a similar amount
Even though the Timberwolves lost 109-105, it was impressive to see LaVine knock down three-pointers consistently with his quick release.
Starting guard DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points and Argentine veteran forward Luis Scola contributed with 20 points to lead the Raptors to their 48th win in 69 games played this season to pull a game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
On Jan. 8, Brown scored 10 points and had five rebounds and one block in a loss to Sonora. And on Jan 1, Brown recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a home loss to Summerville.
This whole rivalry started in 1984 when the Clippers moved to L.A. The Clippers originally played their games in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, while the Lakers were winning championships in the Forum. In their first matchup the Lakers won 108-103, and with that a “crosstown rivalry was born” the Associated Press wrote. While the Clippers were rebuilding, the Lakers had put together a super-team dubbed “Showtime.” With Magic Johnson running the whole thing and 38 year old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the post, and with that duo the Lakers won the championship in the 84-85 season.
None of that carried over to 2014-15, though, with the Raptors dropping all the way to 23rd (104.8). It became clear that a majority of players on the team were incapable of executing on the defensive end, which was surprising considering a large percentage of the roster returned from the year before.
After a complete fail last season the Denver Nuggets come back with 5-wins strait. Who is the the fifth team? The Chicago Bulls! They were expecting it would be EASY because of the Denver Nugget’s epic fail last year, but the past is the past and the Nuggets will not let anything stop them this year. The Denver Nuggets are ruthless for revenge and will not rest until victory has awarded them.
He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2
In four games against Chicago in 2014-15, LeBron James averaged 28.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.8 steals in 37.2 minutes per game. In the most recent win over the bulls on april 5 (99-94)James registered a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists and three steals in 37
The win marked the Spurs 42nd victory of the season and matched the team’s best 50-game start record set in the 2010-11 season. The Spurs have dominated the Mavericks, winning 14 games of the 16 matches against their Texas rival Dallas.
He walks on the court telling himself he is the best. He truly believes his is the greatest of his generation. I remember the first time I heard about Kobe Bryant. It was in 2006 after one of his games. January 22nd, 2006 Kobe dropped 81 points in one game on the Toronto Raptors.
The (9-34) Los Angeles Lakers face the (17-23) Sacramento Kings at the Staples Center in the third game of their four game season series. The Lakers wasted a fast start (shot 74-percent from the field in the first quarter) and surprisingly competitive first half before the Rockets turned up the heat defensively, dropped a nine – 0 scoring run on the purple and gold to start the third quarter en route to a 22 point lead in a 112-95 victory.
National Basketball Association and Western Conference second leading team San Antonio Spurs handed New Orleans Pelicans their 36th defeat of the season with the 94-86 victory at the Smoothie Kind Center on Thursday night.