He played his high school basketball in the Dallas suburb of Plano….
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Zaza Pachulia notched his sixth double-double in 9 games & the Dallas Mavericks beat the Lakers 90-82 on Friday. night for L.A.’ fourth straight loss.
“My numbers don’t count; they don’t matter without the win”, Pachulia said. “Thank you to my teammates for finding me”. “I said, ‘I’m just so frustrated.’ We all were frustrated”.
Bryant finished with 18 points, far off the 30.7 per game he had been averaging here and fewer than half the 40 or more he managed on three occasions during a series of highlights in the arena. “It’s frustrating… but I thought we took a step in the right direction”.
The Los Angeles Lakers scheduled a second meeting with LaMarcus Aldridge, in which the organization’s general manager Mitch Kupchak and head coach Byron Scott went over in detail how they planned to use the power forward in Byron Scott’s system, but it was little too late.
Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 21 points and was 3 of 5 on 3-point shots.
Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez and Langston Galloway all scored 14 points for the Knicks, who snapped a three-game losing streak with their first home victory of the season.
In the fourth quarter, they got the deficit down to 71-70, but guard Lou Williams missed a short jumper on the next possession. They shot 36.6 percent compared to the Lakers’ season-low 33.0.
On the other hand, the Mavericks are starting the season relatively well despite a depleted cast surrounding leader Dirk Nowitzki. “Take it game by game and see how the knee responds”, Parsons said.
Will Julius Randle be able to have his way with Dirk on the offensive end like in their first match up? “It was just two old guys having fun”, Bryant said. If Larry Nance, Jr.’s emergence forces the team to give him minutes, as it clearly has, it does not mean the team has to play Bass at center just to get him on the floor. Said Nowitzki: “It’s always great to see him. And even the last game against Dallas, I thought we did a much better job of moving the ball”. Los Angeles wanted to sell Aldridge on the advantages of moving from a small market like Portland to a big city like Los Angeles, including global marketing opportunities. 500 at 5-4 and will have a crucial road game coming up tomorrow night against their Texas rivals, the Houston Rockets.
“I love the way Larry plays”, Scott said.
He slightly led Kevin Durant for the highest scoring average among active players, but in his first game here in three years, was just 6 for 19 from the field.
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His unofficial farewell tour, which was in Dallas this night, was back on track after missing the last two stops in Miami and Orlando due to a stubborn stiff back.
