They also won the rebounding battle 46-39.
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The Los Angeles Lakers could use a win after losing 10 of their last 11 games.
The main story of the night was Kris Humphries taking the floor for the first time as a Hawk. “We try to come in and all do our parts and do our jobs and hopefully overwhelm them over a 48-minute game”. “When we get the rebound and get out and run, that’s when we’re at our best”. “That’s our style of basketball”. He was just 3-16 from the field (including a brutal 1-6 from downtown).
Defense and 3-point shooting boosted the Atlanta Hawks to a dominating win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The stats of course show that Warriors can be the favorite of the game however Lakers is a team which you must be very careful.
D’Angelo and Los Angeles couldn’t sustain the magic against Atlanta’s balanced attack.
“Just one of those nights for me”, Russell said. The Warriors are 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings. Horford dunked twice, including on a backward pass from Bazemore, Millsap dunked and Thabo Sefolosha capped it with a 3-pointer. The Hawks got the job done against a short-handed Lakers team on Friday night at Staples Center. LA allowed 27 fast-break points against the Nuggets showing just how inexperienced this young squad is in understanding the value of transition defense.
It was a 54-36 lead for Atlanta at halftime.
Atlanta was led by Dennis Schroeder who pitched in 16 points on six of ten shooting from the field for the Hawks. “He knows how to play, and he’ll fit in with our team”. The Lakers had just two.
The Clippers forward will be serving a four-game suspension as a result of that altercation, meaning the team will still have to wait some more until they can get Griffin to help out their cause. They improved to 7-6 against the West.
Kobe Bryant is questionable for what would be his final game against the Warriors due to a sore shoulder. Starting guard Jordan Clarkson strained his left knee Wednesday and did not return. “My fear is putting him back out there when he’s not a hundred percent”, Scott said….
Besides the 10 rebounds Randle collected, Larry Nance Jr. had nine and Brandon Bass had seven.
With Bryant’s career ticking down, he isn’t always in attendance when he’s not playing.
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Blake Griffin could be suiting for the Los Angeles Clippers soon, although there is no actual date on when he will be cleared to play as of now.
