Lou Williams attempts a layup against the Utah Jazz on October 28, 2016.
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The Lakers almost carried that momentum all the way through, taking a 76-72 lead with eight minutes remaining before Utah overwhelmed them with 11 unanswered points.
Against the Rockets, Russell was excellent scoring 20 points on 16 shots while shooting 40% from three, albeit being guarded by James Harden. “Whatever he needs, I’ll be ready to do what I need to do out there and help out the team”. After being attended to in the locker room, he returned in the second but checked out after only three minutes, saying that he felt a bit of pain when running. BUZZER BEATERS1. The Thunder are 11-of-43 from 3-point range through the first two games. 2. Los Angeles took two of three in the series last season, though the lone loss came at home 102-91 on November 25.
Lou Williams scored 17 points off the bench to lead Los Angeles. Nick Young had 13, while Deng had 12 and 12 rebounds. Los Angeles refused to be knocked around by the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday and ended up with a 114-106 victory in a game that featured two technical fouls and two flagrant fouls.
Ingles said they pushed for Basketball Without Borders, which involved camps and promotions with NBA players and within months it became a reality. That showed how keyed in the offenses were early in the night, as the two sides blitzed each other for 55 total points in the first quarter. It just didn’t go our way tonight. “It’s better to be cautious about it and come back and try to run on it again”.
“I’ve been dealing with the injury the whole training camp and the whole preseason”, Favors said. “I just felt like I needed to be out”.
“They don’t want to throw me into the deep end straight away”, Exum, who joined Ingles on the conference call, said.
In the second quarter, the Jazz pulled ahead slightly as their defense tightened up.
Then, Rodney Hood extended Utah’s lead to double digits when he made an attempt from the floor. He also sat on the Lakers’ bench during the second half and walked without limping during timeouts.
Walton said he will stay flexible on Calderon’s workload depending on what happens in the game, though he added he won’t play 30 minutes. We had a fourth quarter lead. They are well coached. “We can’t feel good”.
The Lakers are young and exciting and should be a fun watch for all the Jazz fans in blue, but the Jazz have an advantage at every position and should handle the Lakers pretty easily. He already has two this season.
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The Lakers lost Brandon Ingram to a knee problem. The No. 2 overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft was asked whether he would play on Saturday (Oct. 29) against the Oklahoma City Thunder. I think that calling them “a top-four team” is outrageous as I see them missing the playoffs by a fair margin. The Jazz held on to give the Lakers their first loss of the season. Luke Walton is the eighth person to both play for and coach for the Lakers.
