Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:50 am

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM PDT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Referees: Monty McCutchen (#13), Karl Lane (#77), Tre Maddox (#73)

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GAME PREVIEW: NYETS AT LAKERS

BY NBA.COM

LOS ANGELES -- After getting blown out by the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Los Angeles Lakers will try to regroup at home.

The Lakers open a four-game homestand Tuesday night beginning with the Brooklyn Nets at Staples Center.

Energy was an issue for the Lakers during their last outing, which resulted in a 126-99 loss Sunday to the host Timberwolves behind a career-high 47 points from Andrew Wiggins. Although the Lakers finished the three-game trip with a 2-1 mark and earned double-digit victories over the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings, the journey took its toll in Minnesota.

"There's not many teams in the NBA that go three in four nights on the road and can bring it on that last night," Lakers coach Luke Walton said, according to the Los Angeles Times, referring to the debacle against the Timberwolves. "We'll continue to get better. At that point it becomes more mental than anything else. We didn't have that (Sunday)."

Despite the defeat, the Lakers (6-5) have been one of the NBA's early surprises. Los Angeles didn't record its sixth win until Dec. 30, 2015, at Boston en route to a franchise-worst 17-65 campaign.

Their improved play has been mainly the by-product of their up-tempo offense, a system Walton incorporated here after two seasons with the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers ranked fifth in points per game (108.6) heading into Monday's games. They also were third in field-goal percentage (47.6), a category they trailed the Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks, two teams they beat earlier this season. Los Angeles also was the third-best free-throw shooting club at 81.7 percent.

However, the Lakers have been careless handling the basketball. They were 25th in turnovers at 16.6 per game before Monday.

They've also experienced problems defensively, allowing 107.5 points per game, which ranked 20th. Opponents have shot 46.6 percent (25th) against Los Angeles.

Brooklyn (4-6) will be playing the second game of a back-to-back. The Nets were handed a 127-95 spanking by the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.

"It happens in the NBA. The good thing about it is you play the next night," said Nets forward Trevor Booker, who managed just four points and a first-half technical foul for his frustrations during the rout.

Against the Clippers, the Nets played without center and leading scorer Brook Lopez, who the club rested because of the back-to-backs it is playing.

"It's just our plan for him, big picture," Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said of the team's plan to consistently boost Lopez's peak performance level, according to Newsday.

Lopez appears to be on board with the plan.

"We've been having meetings throughout the process," Lopez told Newsday. "We had a schedule kind of planned out, but it's pretty tentative. We've mostly been playing it by ear. We felt it would be best to take one of these (two games in Los Angeles) off and just go for it after that."

The Lakers swept the Nets in their two meetings last season.

After Tuesday's contest, the host the San Antonio Spurs on Friday and the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. They cap their stay at home with a contest Nov. 22 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:52 am

Sammy's in town and dying to go to a game, so I bought a couple of tickets and will REPRESENTING tonight! Let's get to 7-5.
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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:02 am

KobeMVP888 wrote:Sammy's in town and dying to go to a game, so I bought a couple of tickets and will REPRENETING tonight! Let's get to 7-5.


Great game to take him too Ken. I think we will win this game easily so it should be a fun time for you guys! 7-5 through 12 games is pretty Good compared to what has went on the last 3 seasons. Luke will have us ready for this one and the Nets played last night too so they will have tired legs.
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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:16 am

3Peatkb24 wrote:
KobeMVP888 wrote:Sammy's in town and dying to go to a game, so I bought a couple of tickets and will REPRESENTING tonight! Let's get to 7-5.


Great game to take him too Ken. I think we will win this game easily so it should be a fun time for you guys! 7-5 through 12 games is pretty Good compared to what has went on the last 3 seasons. Luke will have us ready for this one and the Nets played last night too so they will have tired legs.


I wouldn't count my chickens, 3Peat. We are still a young, mistake prone team and really haven't hit a funk period yet. I'm hoping we can put Sunday in the rearview mirror and hit the re-set button, but you never know with a team that is still finding out who it is.

HAVING SAID THAT, yes I do believe that the playoffs are NOT out of the realm of possibilities.
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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:34 am

KobeMVP888 wrote:
3Peatkb24 wrote:
KobeMVP888 wrote:Sammy's in town and dying to go to a game, so I bought a couple of tickets and will REPRESENTING tonight! Let's get to 7-5.


Great game to take him too Ken. I think we will win this game easily so it should be a fun time for you guys! 7-5 through 12 games is pretty Good compared to what has went on the last 3 seasons. Luke will have us ready for this one and the Nets played last night too so they will have tired legs.


I wouldn't count my chickens, 3Peat. We are still a young, mistake prone team and really haven't hit a funk period yet. I'm hoping we can put Sunday in the rearview mirror and hit the re-set button, but you never know with a team that is still finding out who it is.

HAVING SAID THAT, yes I do believe that the playoffs are NOT out of the realm of possibilities.


Yeah to me the Minny game wasn't surprising, playing at Minny and they are super talented with Wiggins and Towns. I am shocked they aren't much better record wise actually but that benefits us if they underachieve. If I was to class the teams in the West it would go:
Class A = Warriors/Spurs/Clippers
Class B = Blazers/Thunder/Rockets
Class C = would be Grizzlies/Jazz/Lakers/and Wolves despite their record
Class D = Suns/Nuggets/Kings/Mavs/Pelicans - I think we at least have moved up from this tier and have a shot at the 8th Seed for the Playoffs. Kings to me should be better than what they are because they have Cousins, same for the Pelicans because they have Davis but both of those teams will be lucky to win 30 games. I bet Mark Cuban is hating life about now as the Mavs are just down right putrid and his #1Ace Dirk is over the hill.
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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby lakerevolution » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:33 pm

Us at home with a shoulder chip from Minny, vs. a sub-.500 team who played last night . . BUT Brook Lopez rested against the FAKE L.A. team so he can be fresh for us. What a slap.

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Re: Gm 12 - 11/15/16: Nyets at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:51 pm

D'Angelo Russell = 4-4 on 3-Pointers has 12 points!!!
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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:53 pm

Make that 5 for 5 for Russell (15 points)!!!
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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:56 pm

D'Angelo Russell with 5 THR333 Pointers with 5 minutes still left in the 1st period!!! (I think that he's going after Curry's record!!!)
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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:52 pm

Lakers 56
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At the half
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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:19 pm

End of 3rd

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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:23 pm

Our bench play is having a flat night compared to the rest of the season
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Postby Lakers4Life » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:24 pm

That was a big mans play by Black!!
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