2nd Half Analysis: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks
Start of 3rd Quarter
Ron Artest missed a jump shot for the Los Angeles Lakers and Andrew Bogut grabbed a rebound for the Milwaukee Bucks to start the third quarter with a great frequency. Pau Gasol committed a shooting foul and John Salmons captured one of the two free throws
given to them.
After seeing two quarter leads from the Milwaukee Bucks, the Lakers could not reconcile an attack against the Bucks even in the third quarter. The Bucks led the Lakers at the end of the 1st two quarters; they were 25-22 in the 1st quarter
and 25-24 in the second one.
Bynum grabbed a jump hook shot that gave the Lakers one point lead at 3:56 on the clock. Derek Fisher miscalculated a move and gave a turnover to the Bucks as Ilyasova dished out a three pointer and Dooling gave him an assist to move two points further in
just a single move from the Lakers 44-42.
Shannon Brown committed a shooting foul when the 3rd quarter was taking its last breaths. Salmons grabbed both of the free throws that came Bucks way after the foul from Lakers.
End of 3rd Quarter
The Bucks edged past the Lakers 72-66 after the third quarter.
Start of 4th Quarter
Salmons missed a fade away jump shot to start off with. The Lakers grabbed a team rebound after that. Brown advanced Lakers to 72-68 as he made a layup shot as Odom gave him an assist.
Brown clinched a driving reverse layup shot and Gasol assisted him in getting that.
Mbah a Moute made a layup shot and Bogut produced an assist to trample 77 against Lakers 70 with 9:32 on the clock.
Lakers witnessed another foul on behalf of Odom and Salmons grabbed one of the two free throws the Bucks savoured.
Final two minutes of the game experienced a lot of fouls on part of the Lakers. With 1:19 in game Lakers had their last try at saving the game for them as Gasol made a reverse driving layup shot assisted by Odom but that didn’t save the Lakers from their
destined loss at hands of the Bucks. The NBA Champs failed to block a victory for the Bucks and were trampled at dispense of them, 79-98.
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