Score: LAL 47 CHI 58
Alright welcome in to the halftime post of the Lakers' Christmas Day matchup with Pau Gasol and the Chicago Bulls where the Bulls have the upper hand with a 47-58 lead at the break
The Positives
Ed Davis, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block. Ed Davis is a rebounding machine. I think I may have to relinquish Jordan Hill's nickname of Mr. All-Out Hustle to Davis now because that's what he's been doing. He's managing to hold his own down low against the size of Gasol and Joakim Noah, he's out-rebounded both of them by two, Noah and Gasol just combined for 7 rebounds.
Ronnie Price, 7 points, 3-4 shooting. Like I said in the Warriors' game, Price is mostly known for his scrappy defense, but not so much for his offense, but this is the second game in a row that he's had an efficient night scoring and shooting the ball. He's following it up quite well, picking up the offensive slack and moving the ball when needed.
The Negatives
Nick Young, 3 points, 1-3 shooting. Is this the first time Swaggy P has been held to a single digit game by halftime? It's a testament to the Bulls' defense because they were planning for Kobe Bryant and when they found out he was not playing, they shifted that defensive gameplan to Nick Young and they're letting him have it.
Bench play. It's not just Nick Young who's had a off game currently, but the bench as a whole. Lin managed just 2 points on 1-5 shooting. Only Carlos Boozer seems to be shooting the ball well on the 3-5 field goals, but hasn't picked up the scoring and rebounding. Compared to the Bulls bench, the Laker bench is being outscored at a close margin 18-13.
Bottom Line
Slow start to begin with for the Lakers, but they are picking it up steadily. Now, the offense has got to pick up and hey have to start playing defensively like they did against the Warriors. The only catch is, they have to contain the Bulls' 2 bigs, but they've done a good job of that so far, allowing only Gasol to put up double figure points. Let's see what happens.
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