Scott goes down early and it looks bad. He was undercut and his knee is hurt..
Thabeet into the game and he fouls George hard. George is hurt (but not as bad.) A very chippy physical game early.
7:27 - Thabeet picks up his 2nd foul and he is tired. DeAndre Jordan into the game. We are up 10-7.
1:20 left - George returns and gives them a huge lift and they close the quarter on a 7-0 run.
At the end of 1, we are up 31-24.
Mayo had 11 points including one sweet spin off his defender for a reverse baseline dunk.
A much more physical game as both sides are playing hard and fouling a lot.
With 6 minuts to go, we are up 42-31.
They close within 5, before Walsh and Redd hit a pair of shots to end the half and stretch our lead to 10. We are up 55-45 at the half.
Mayo with 20 points. Turner with 10.
Henry leads them with 12 points.
Mayo comes out on fire in the 3rd. 6 straight points to get us going.
Midway through the 3rd, we lead 66-59.
They close out the 3rd strong with scoring from George and Henry.
At the end of 3, we are up 79-75. Mayo had a huge quarter and now has 36 points for the game.
10:40 - They foul Walsh hard and his back is hurt. He has been our most productive bench player and will be a big loss if he can't get back in there. We lead 83-77.
6 minutes to go: We lead 92-87. Mayo with 39 points.
3:00 - They close within 3, before Mayo hits a traditional 3 point play and Schultz hits a nice floater in the lane. We lead 100-92.
Henry with a 3 and Turner misses an open 14 footer.
Hayward with a 3 and Mayo misses an 18 footer. We are up 100-98.
They get a FT. 100-99.
Turner with a 12 footer. 102-99. 1:20 left...
Henry gets to the line with a nice drive. 102-101.
Mayo with a drive... and Noah blocks his shot! They get a fastbreak basket from Warren. Down 103-102. 55 seconds left.
Mayo misses a 14 footer. We have to foul with 23 seconds left...
Warren makes both FT's. Down 105-102.
15 seconds... Schultz drives.. kicks out to Mayo for an open corner 3... he swishes it! Tied at 105.
Mayo with a steal... we hold it... Schultz finds Mayo... he gets a decent look.. shoots.. and just rattles out. 2 seconds left as they get the rebound.
Henry gets a look at a 3 as the buzzer sounds.. he shoots just before the buzzer... and it is short! We are going to OT!
Mayo leads all scorers with 45 points...
Turner with the first points in OT. He draws a foul and makes both FT's. 107-105.
3:33 - Schultz draws a foul and makes a pair of FT's to make it 109-105. He has 23 points now.
3:20 - Schultz fouls out! Gregory into the game.
2:49 - Warren gets a 3 for them. 109-108.
2:25 - Noah with another block on a Mayo shot. Shot clock violation as a result.
1:50 - Turner with a 3 on a nice dime from Gregory. 112-108.
Henry with a jumper and then Mayo finds Turner for a nice elbow jumper.
Hayward with a quick jumper. 3 baskets in a 20 seconds span. We lead 114-112.
Mayo with his first points of OT on a nice fade-away jumper from 10 feet. 55 seconds left...
Wow. Henry with Mayo all over him but he hits a fade-away 3. 116-115.
Turner draws a foul. Misses the first FT.... sinks the 2nd. 117-115. 30 seconds left.
Turner with a steal! They have to foul him. He makes both FT's. 119-115. 16 seconds left.
Henry misses a quick 3. Mayo with the board and they foul him. He swishes them both.
Turner steals a long in-bounds pass to end it.
We win the game in LA, 123-115!
Mayo is the player of the game with 49 points, 9 board, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 15 of 32, 2 of 4, and 17 of 23 from the line.
Turner with 26 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 22, 1 of 3, and 7 of 8.
Schultz with 23 points, 8 assists, 4 boars, 1 steal, and only 1 turnover. He shot 8 of 12.
Kelley with 10 poins, 5 boards, 3 assist, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 5 of 9.
Thabeet with 6 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks in 38 minutes.
Walsh led our bench with 5 points.
Henry led them with 28 points. 22 points for George.
The news isn't good on Walsh. He is done for the year with a severe back strain.
Scott is done with a partial tear of his MCL!
Ball is still out with his full MCL tear.
Our depth is now very thin.
Our starting 5 will be Schultz, Turner, Mayo, Kelley, and Thabeet.
C Jordan (70), PG Gregory (64), Rookie SG Redd (58), and C Page (65) are our top 4 off the bench.