The (5-23) Los Angeles Lakers play the (19-9) Oklahoma City Thunder for the second time in five days, in a back-to-back contest as well as in OKC’s second-straight game at the Staples Center. OKC beat the Los Angeles Clippers on a Kevin Durant game-winning shot at the buzzer.
Just as sure as driving slightly more than seven miles south on the 110 Freeway and seven miles west on the 105 Freeway in L.A. you’ll reach the Los Angeles International Airport; the OKC Thunder will have something to say about who walks away as the Western Conference Championship this season.
Kobe Bryant erupted for 31 points (matching his season-high), five assists and three rebounds in Denver, his 427th career 30-point game, helped the Lakers overcome a 21 point first half deficit (the lead was cut to 13 by …show more content…
10 points), but it does not happen without the impact of Brandon Bass’ 11 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots performance off the bench.
Clarkson leads the Lakers in field goal percentage at 46.2-percent. As a matter of fact, Clarkson the 46th pick in the 2014 draft with a 15.1 points per game scoring average, trails only T-Wolves Andrew Wiggins (21.3), the 1st overall pick in the 2014 Draft in scoring among the sophomore class.
The Northwest Division leading Oklahoma City Thunder rank 2nd in the NBA in scoring (107.4 points per game), 2nd in rebounding (47.8 rebounds per game), tied for 16th in assists (21.3 assists per game) and 11th defensively (allowing 99.5 points per game).
The numbers you need to know; 16, 50, 56, 57, 47, 29 and 21. After their previous meeting the Lakers were called out by Head Coach Byron Scott for playing ‘scared’ or ‘in awe’ of Oklahoma City it will be interesting to witness the energy, effort, aggressiveness, mentality and pride that the Lakers put on display
Just as sure as driving slightly more than seven miles south on the 110 Freeway and seven miles west on the 105 Freeway in L.A. you’ll reach the Los Angeles International Airport; the OKC Thunder will have something to say about who walks away as the Western Conference Championship this season.
Kobe Bryant erupted for 31 points (matching his season-high), five assists and three rebounds in Denver, his 427th career 30-point game, helped the Lakers overcome a 21 point first half deficit (the lead was cut to 13 by …show more content…
10 points), but it does not happen without the impact of Brandon Bass’ 11 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots performance off the bench.
Clarkson leads the Lakers in field goal percentage at 46.2-percent. As a matter of fact, Clarkson the 46th pick in the 2014 draft with a 15.1 points per game scoring average, trails only T-Wolves Andrew Wiggins (21.3), the 1st overall pick in the 2014 Draft in scoring among the sophomore class.
The Northwest Division leading Oklahoma City Thunder rank 2nd in the NBA in scoring (107.4 points per game), 2nd in rebounding (47.8 rebounds per game), tied for 16th in assists (21.3 assists per game) and 11th defensively (allowing 99.5 points per game).
The numbers you need to know; 16, 50, 56, 57, 47, 29 and 21. After their previous meeting the Lakers were called out by Head Coach Byron Scott for playing ‘scared’ or ‘in awe’ of Oklahoma City it will be interesting to witness the energy, effort, aggressiveness, mentality and pride that the Lakers put on display