Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:49 am

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 4:30 PM PDT
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Referees: John Goble (#30), Kane Fitzgerald (#5), CJ Washington (#53)

Line: Nyets -1.5


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GAME PREVIEW: LAKERS AT NYETS

BY NBA.COM

NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn Nets were glad to get Jeremy Lin back. Now they will be even more pleased if they can start getting some wins.

The Los Angeles Lakers will take a win regardless of who is on the court.

Lin makes his first home appearance in over a month Wednesday night when the Nets face the Los Angeles Lakers, who will be looking to stop a seven-game losing streak.

Lin returned from missing 17 games with a strained left hamstring Monday night in a 122-118 loss to the Houston Rockets. He was initially injured during the first half of a 109-101 win over the Detroit Pistons and the Nets lost 13 times with Lin watching games from the bench in various suits.

In his first live action following one practice, Lin was used as reserve. In 20 minutes, he scored 10 points and handed out seven assists as the Nets were a plus-17 with Lin on the floor.

"He fit in, and there was no rust," Nets center Brook Lopez said. "He was in at crunch time making big plays time and again. He had a great night."

Lin played nearly five of those minutes at the end of the game. The Nets trailed by six but scored 12 of the next 17 points before Lin shot an air ball 3-point attempt in the final minute.

"It helps having Jeremy back," Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson said. "It just organizes us."

With Lin coming off the bench, Sean Kilpatrick and rookie Isaiah Whitehead were Brooklyn's starting backcourt. They combined for 30 points while Lopez scored 26 and the Nets piled up 68 points in the paint.

"For me and our whole team, we played aggressive and we played confident and we played to win," Lin said. "I'm OK with that."

Like the Nets, the Lakers are re-integrating a guard into their offense as they continue a seven-game road trip.

D'Angelo Russell will play his third game since returning from missing 11 straight games and 12 of 13 contests with a sore knee. He played 17 minutes and shot 1-of-8 during Sunday's six-point loss to the New York Knicks and Monday, Russell scored 17 points in 20 minutes.

Russell's production was not nearly enough as the Lakers were handed a 116-92 loss at Sacramento on Monday. Los Angeles is on its eighth losing streak of at least seven games since the start of the 2013-14 season after giving up a 23-2 run in the third quarter and picking up six technical fouls.

During their losing streak, the Lakers have allowed an average of 115.7 points and teams to shoot 50.6 percent. Opponents also are shooting 40.8 percent from 3-point range and the Lakers have allowed 12 30-point quarters.

"We're talking but the next step is just doing," Russell said. "We're listening to each other but we're not making the adjustments."

Even with Russell producing in limited minutes Monday, the Lakers still shot 38 percent and gave up 66 points in the paint in the opener of its longest road trip of the season.

"I felt like for the first time this season, we caved in," said Lakers coach Luke Walton, who was ejected in the first quarter. "We gave up, and that's disheartening."

If Walton gets ejected again Wednesday, he will be the third visiting coach to get thrown out this season in Brooklyn. On Nov. 29, Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was tossed in overtime after his team blew an 18-point loss and last Wednesday Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone was ejected with his team down 21 in the third quarter.

The Lakers have won the last three meetings and 16 of the past 20. On Nov. 15 in Los Angeles, Russell scored 32 points and Julius Randle had a triple-double (17 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists) in a 125-118 victory.

Russell has scored more than 30 points three times in his career. The first instance was a career-best 39-point showing March 1 when Russell made eight 3-pointers in a 107-101 win over the Nets in Los Angeles.


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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Wed Dec 14, 2016 3:04 pm

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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:13 pm



I wish he was playing. I want to see if I think he still sucks.
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:15 pm

Lakers up 30-27 after the 1st Qtr, who knows maybe this is the night we end this ugly losing streak?
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:55 pm

Playing like shit for damn near 10 games. Tired of the losing effort and the selfish play.
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:44 pm

We need to stop the losing streak
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:02 pm

No more passes for this team. Time to put pressure on the team, management, coaching, players, organization
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:26 pm

Julius Russell wrote:We need to stop the losing streak


This losing streak is something I didn't see coming, not 8 in a row. We played like shit in the 4th Qtr.
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:32 pm

No heart.
No scrap.


We think we can outskill teams
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:13 pm

Julius Russell wrote:No heart.
No scrap.


We think we can outskill teams


First 20 games from what I watched we gave 100% effort and came out of that 10-10. These last 8 games we have looked lost. Tonight was a team we should've beat. Not sure when this losing streak will end?
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby Julius Russell » Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:46 am

We just need to play hard for a purpose
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Re: Gm 28 - 12/14/16: Lakers at Nyets GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:25 am

I forgot to record it and unfortunately only caught the end of the game. Then I watched UCLA toy with UCSB. Lonzo Ball is going to be a Hall of Fame NBA guard. Maybe we should lose the rest of our games to try to get him. I kid.
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Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 7:30 am

Julius Russell wrote:No more passes for this team. Time to put pressure on the team, management, coaching, players, organization


I think that one of the problems is that Randle and Clarkson fall back to their natural instincts, which is to go 1 on 5. Randle will eventually be fine, but I don't think Clarkson will ever be much more than what he is already. Sharing the ball is critical and he just makes dumb decisions with it. D'Angelo Russell is not a natural point guard either. He'd be perfect with a player like Lonzo Ball next to him, but good luck with finding one. No, these guys need to nut it up, get back to what they were doing and regain some confidence. The problem is that everyone has plenty of film on us now. It was only a matter of time until we were disrupted from what we were doing successfully at both ends.
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