Score: POR 63 LAL 61
Alright welcome in to the halftime report of the game between the Lakers and the Portland Trailblazers where the Blazers are top by two, but the Lakers continue to hang around.
The Positives
Nick Young, 21 points, 8-9 shooting. Wow, what a 2nd quarter for Swaggy P. Like I said countless, ever since Young returned from injury, he feels like he hasn't missed a beat putting up double-figure points regardless of shooting percentage. But this game, he got hot and he got hot in a hurry and his 21 point outburst in the quarter is one of the couple reasons why we're making this a game.
Steve Nash, 7 points, 7 assists. Obviously he left the game with a ankle injury early on in the 2nd quarter and hopefully not all is serious. At age 40, he hasn't had the game he once had a couple of years ago, but with Nash on the floor, he gets teammates involved creating open shots. Other than that, he contributed decent numbers the minute he's on the floor and was another intricate part on why the Lakers managed to rally and continue to hang around with the Blazers.
The Negatives
I haven't seen a lot of negatives, surprisingly, aside from the offensive rebounding, Pau Gasol having a bad game back, I don't know if there are is enough evidence for negatives here in this halftime post. So not a lot of negative happening, but if things get ugly in the 2nd half, then they will be addressed in the full recap.
Bottom Line
Nothing much to say on this halftime post. The Lakers just need to continue to hang around and continue to keep playing spoiler to alter the playoff picture. The Blazers are leading, but they are shooting poorly from the field and that's one of the reasons why they've been on a slump down the stretch and hopefully the Lakers can continue to take advantage of that, while at the same time, box out to finish the defense and start mustering more offense.
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