Los Angeles Lakers take their seventh win over the New Jersey Nets 99-92
The Los Angeles Lakers flew past the New Jersey Nets showing them a 99-92 show down Sunday night at the Prudential Center, Newark.
Box score
Players’ stats
Los Angeles Lakers (17-7)
Kobe Bryant was as always fun to watch as he scooped 32 points and dished out a sizzling six assists, Lamar Odom added 22 points and Pau Gasol dished out 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Lakers.
The team grabbed 10 rebounds.
New Jersey Nets (6-18)
Brook Lopez scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds; Devin Harris scored 16 points and dished out 10 assists whereas Anthony Morrow added 15 points to the final Nets score.
The team grabbed 12 rebounds even more than the victorious team.
Game stats
The Los Angeles Lakers grabbed 42 rebounds whereas the New Jersey Nets had 45. The Lakers reconciled to grab nine offensive rebounds whereas the Nets had 15. The Lakers gave away 13 turnovers and the Nets gave away 14.
The Lakers and the Nets both took 14 fast break points. The Lakers took the biggest lead with 12 points and the New Jersey Nets took seven. The Lakers scored 32 points in the paint and the Nets accomplished 58 marvelous ones.
Game scoring
The game changed its lead nine times and was tied five times, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats.
Both the teams watched their steps and were cautious enough not to commit any technical fouls in the game.
Replay
As the 2 hours, 20 minutes game made progress and moved forward, the Lakers were being driven forward by Bryant. They won their third game of a seven game road swing as Bryant succeeded in making the 16,561 basketball fans echo
the arena with applause and surrender to the charm of this charismatic player.
Somewhere in the arena
Queen Latifah incited the Nets fans into standing up and making noise before the game started and they did as per the Queen’s order. Magic Johnson was also present there to dazzle around as if Bryant was not enough.
Worth quoting
"All you gotta do is go out there and play and stay with it and good things happen." Ron Artest chanted.
Shooting percentage
The game was an amazing one, with both the teams chasing the ball like anything. The Lakers did not win this game that easily. The Nets did give them a hard time as they shot 40.4 percent against the Lakers’ meagerly high 41.5
percent.
Better among the worst
Lopez scored team high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Nets who are now down with their seventh loss and have lost their 9th game out of 11.
Turning point
Lamar Odom was assisted by Bryant as he drove the baseline and gave him an easy dunk that ascended the Lakers to a 92-87 lead. Steve Blake added fuel to the already burning fire as he reconciled to grab a rebound with 2:28 on the
clock. This kindled an up heave in the game with a 5-0 run led by the Lakers and so the game took a turning point.
Bryant, as quoted by Avery Johnson (Nets)
"Kobe Bryant, that's the difference. They threw him the ball and he made some plays. He beat some of our coverages and he made the right passes at the right time. We forced him into a few turnovers, but he's a great closer." Said
Nets coach Johnson and sounding like he meant every word.
Coming up next
For the Lakers, Tuesday @ Washington, Wednesday @ Indiana, Friday @ Philadelphia.
For the Nets, Tuesday vs. Philadelphia, Thursday vs. Washington, Friday @ Toronto.
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