Friday, October 31, 2014

10/31: Battle: LA '14 Part I LAKERS vs. Clippers Q-by-Q Reaction

Q4:

Score: LAC 118 LAL 111

Kobe haters have a reason to smile considering he shot the Lakers out of this game. But other than that, it was a better effort from the Lakers than the last two, you can't go wrong without that. A lot of experts thought this would be a cakewalk for the Clippers, but so far they've found ways to play down to their to level of competition. First against the Durant-less Thunder last night and against an anemic Laker team tonight. Gave em all they can handle, but the effort just didn't hold up down the stretch. Stay tuned for the full recap.

Q3:

Score: LAC 86 LAL 90

The illegal screen by Sacre definitely hurt some momentum and Jamal Crawford nailed a three before the buzzer to cut the Laker lead to 4. We can live with Blake Griffin going off as long as his teammates don't go off as well. What a quarter for Jordan Hill though, scoring 13 points and it played an integral part for the Lakers to be up by 4 heading into the 4th. To quote the NBA Jam announcer, Jordan Hill this quarter, "he's on fire!"

Q2:

Score: LAC 62 LAL 56

Now that was an entertaining quarter of basketball. The Lakers built a lot of momentum here to cut the deficit, the Clippers responded with a couple of baskets, then it turned into an all-out shooting exhibition. Lakers were clearly the aggressor here and that's a good thing as to why they are down by 6. Onto the halftime report.

Q1:

Score: LAC 31 LAL 22

Offense was anemic yet again to start, but it's kind of funny that once Kobe got onto the bench, the offense started rolling. Lucky enough that was the case and the Lakers managed to get in a little bit of rhythm to get themselves out of a hole early. However though, somebody please stop J.J. Redick and Blake Griffin.

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