Thursday, January 28, 2016

01/28: LAKERS vs. Chicago Bulls Q-by-Q Reaction

Q4:

CHI 114 LAL 90


The broken record above symbolizes another Lakers game on national TV, another loss. Stay tuned for the full recap.

Q3:

CHI 90 LAL 71

Despite the Bulls continuing their dominance here this quarter, it's been the Julius Randle show this quarter. His game right now is attacking the rim on the open floor as displayed with his dunk early in this quarter. Randle is turning in a solid stat line right now, closing in on yet another double-double with 14 points and 8 rebounds. 4th quarter is expected to be garbage time for the Bulls, but let's see if the Lakers have one last run in them because in the last few games, 4th quarter turns out to be a spark plug for the Lakers to turn a game from a blowout to a competitive game.

Q2:

CHI 58 LAL 40

Better effort from the Lakers this quarter, but it's still not good enough. Nick Young, coming off the bench, provided some spark for the Lakers offense and they pulled within 12 at one point of this quarter. However, the turnovers, the points in the paint are killing them right now and the Bulls continue to have their way with them. Onto the halftime report.

Q1:

CHI 32 LAL 15

Without Lou Williams in the starting lineup to provide scoring, the Lakers' offense is just stagnant. That was an atrocious display of offense. In fact, both teams struggled to find offense until the Bulls finally hit their stride when Aaron Brooks came off the bench. To make matters worse, two consecutive turnovers to give Jimmy Butler 4 easy points. I highly take back what I said about D'Angelo Russell's play off the bench in the quick recap against the Mavs. First, taking some questionable shot selections, then mishandling the ball twice. He has to do better job and the rest of the team has to do a better job, point blank.

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