Monday, December 15, 2008

Lakers just good enough to win again

By Elliott Teaford, LA Daily News


Maybe this is as good as it gets right now. Maybe this is the best the Lakers can do. Maybe winning ugly games against bad teams is their method of operation.

That certainly seemed to be the case again Sunday night, when the Lakers rumbled, bumbled and stumbled their way past the Minnesota Timberwolves, 98-86, in front of a sellout crowd of 18,997 at Staples Center.

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Lakers beat Timberwolves, 98-86

By Mike Bresnahan, LA Times



Lakers deliver another subpar effort, waiting until the fourth quarter to put away the 4-19 Timberwolves in a 98-86 victory that improves L.A.'s record to 20-3.

The Lakers finally revisited the concept of holding a team under 100, but there was a glaring omission of something equally important -- an offense.

The Lakers sputtered and coughed their way to a 98-86 victory Sunday night over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center.

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Lakers beats Kings, 112-103

By KEN PETERS, AP Sports Writer, December 13, 2008


LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Lakers didn’t look like world beaters, but were good enough to beat the Kings this time.

Avenging their loss at Sacramento three days earlier, Los Angeles survived a late charge to hold off the Kings 112-103 on Friday night.

“We did better playing against them tonight,” said Kobe Bryant, who led the Lakers with 32 points. “In Sacramento we weren’t able to contain them in any stretch.

“They made a couple of big 3s down the stretch on a couple of blown assignments. But still in all, we did OK.”

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Gasol leads Lakers to 115-110 win over Suns

By JOHN NADEL, AP Sports Writer - December 11, 2008



LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Los Angeles Lakers battled like crazy to put the short-handed Phoenix Suns away.

That’s precisely what Kobe Bryant expected they would have to do.

Pau Gasol scored 28 points, Bryant had seven of his 18 in the last 6 1/2 minutes, and the Western Conference-leading Lakers struggled to a 115-110 victory Wednesday night.

Andrew Bynum added 17 points and 11 rebounds, Sasha Vujacic scored a season-high 15 points and Derek Fisher had 13 for the Lakers (18-3), who were coming off a lethargic 113-101 loss at Sacramento on Tuesday night and didn’t clinch this victory until the final minute.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Kings stunned the Lakers 113-101 for its third loss in the season

December 10, 2008 at the Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA.



Francisco Garcia and John Salmons scored 21 points apiece, and Sacramento snapped an eight-game losing streak with a surprising 113-101 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

Kobe Bryant scored 28 points while Pau Gasol played 43 minutes and had 25 points with 12 rebounds in the losing effort, only their third this season. But they are the only starters in double figures. Derek Fisher, Andrew Bynum and Vladimir Radmanovic shot a combined 9-for-22 from the field. Lamar Odom contributed 11 points and 8 rebounds off the bench.

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