Tuesday, April 7, 2015

04/07: LAKERS @ LA Clippers Q-by-Q Reaction


Q4:

Score: LAL 100 LAC 105

Well, it was a nice effort. The Lakers did all they can to pull off an upset after being embarrassed by the same Clipper team at home, but the Clippers just responded well when it mattered the most down the stretch. Stay tuned for the full recap.

Q3:

Score: LAL 69 LAC 76

It's been the Jordan Clarkson and Tarik Black show for the Lakers in this quarter. Clippers defense slept on Black a couple of times inside the paint and Lin and Clarkson were able to feed him the ball for a wide open dunk as they drew the double teams. Clarkson though, he's attacking the Clippers defense hard and once again, single handedly keeping the Lakers afloat, especially when it looked like the Clippers were going to run away in this quarter when Chris Paul and Blake Griffin got their game going.

Q2:

Score: LAL 39 LAC 50

Not a bad first half for the Lakers facing the Clippers back-to-back. The effort is there, it's just that the shots aren't falling and when the shots aren't falling, the Clippers go for a quick strike to extend the lead. Only Jordan Clarkson managed to get into double figures, everyone else has work to do. Onto the halftime report.

Q1:

Score: LAL 21 LAC 23

Hanging around there are the Lakers. The only problem that quarter was trying to stop J.J. Redick. The dude is just hitting shots everywhere whether on transition or off a screen, but other than that, the Lakers are making this competitive. Defensively, they only allowed one lob from Lob City in that quarter and that's a plus for now. Let's see if the Lakers can keep pace unlike last game.

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