The Legend of Kobe Bryant 2K12: Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty

[CoachGreg]

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Matchup Preview | November 13, 2011
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Detroit Pistons (1-4, 1-2 Away)		Los Angeles Lakers (5-2, 3-1 Home)
Starting Lineups Rodney Stuckey (5th year - Eastern Washington) Point Guard Derek Fisher (16th year - Arkansas Little-Rock) Richard Hamilton (13th year - Connecticut) Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant (16th year - Lower Merion HS) Tayshaun Prince (10th year - Kentucky) Small Forward Ron Artest (13th year - St. John's (NY)) Jason Maxiell (7th year - Cincinnati) Power Forward Pau Gasol (11th year - Spain) Ben Wallace (16th year - Virginia Union) Center Andrew Bynum (7th year - St. Joseph's HS (NJ)) Game Notes The Lakers continue their five game home stand looking to rebound from their first home loss of the season in their previous game against the Nuggets. The Pistons come in, last place in the Central Division. The Lakers won both meetings last year against the Pistons. Kobe Bryant continues to lead the league in scoring averaging 32.3 points per game.

[CoachGreg]

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Lakers rebound from loss to Nuggets, put Pistons away in fourth quarter

LOS ANGELES, CA - Continuing their home stand the Lakers looked to rebound from the loss they suffered at the hands of the Denver Nuggets Friday night and they found the answer in their next opponent, the Detroit Pistons. Although it wasn't an easy task, the Pistons did put up a great fight including taking the lead into the fourth quarter, but the Lakers jumped on the back of their leader Kobe Bryant and rode him to the final buzzer and took a 101-93 victory. Kobe led all scorers with a game high 31 points, including 4 rebounds and 8 assists while hitting 16-17 from the free throw line. Pau Gasol added 20 points and 11 rebounds for another double double in this early season. The Lakers led 48-44 at halftime, but the Pistons were able to take a 71-70 lead going into the fourth quarter outscoring the Lakers 27-22 in the third, but the Lakers defense buckled down and their offense heated up putting up 31 points in the fourth and final quarter. Richard Hamilton led the Pistons with 17 points , hitting 7-10 shots from the field and Tayshaun Prince added 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss. The Lakers have won two of the first three on this home stand will play host to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, and then setting up a matchup that could be an NBA Finals preview of sorts when they take on the New York Knicks on Thursday.

Detroit Pistons (1-5) at Los Angeles Lakers (6-2)
Nov 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 Final Detroit 22 22 27 22 93 Los Angeles 26 22 22 31 101 Top Performers Richard Hamilton - 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals Tayshaun Prince - 16 points, 7 rebounds Kobe Bryant - 31 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists Pau Gasol - 20 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks	Team Stats Comparison DET LAL FG Made-Att 33-75 32-63 3PT Made-Att 4-17 5-16 FT Made-Att 23-29 32-43 Rebounds 33 42 Assists 20 23 Turnovers 12 13 Steals 10 8 Blocks 5 7
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Tayshaun Prince 36 5-12 0-0 6-7 7 0 0 0 1 16 Jason Maxiell 37 5-11 0-0 2-3 9 0 2 3 0 12 Ben Wallace 30 0-2 0-1 0-0 7 3 0 1 3 0 Richard Hamilton 33 7-10 1-3 2-3 4 1 2 1 1 17 Rodney Stuckey 36 4-18 0-5 7-8 0 8 2 0 5 15 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Austin Daye 19 4-6 1-2 2-2 2 1 2 0 0 11 Ben Gordon 13 6-10 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 14 Greg Monroe 12 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 0 0 2 Tracy McGrady 12 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Brandon Knight 11 0-3 0-1 2-4 0 4 1 0 1 2 Kyle Singler 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Will Bynum 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 240 33-75 4-17 23-29 33 20 10 5 12 93
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ron Artest 30 3-5 1-3 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 8 Pau Gasol 34 7-11 0-0 6-7 11 3 1 3 0 20 Andrew Bynum 35 7-10 0-0 3-10 12 3 2 2 2 17 Kobe Bryant 35 7-18 1-5 16-17 4 8 1 1 5 31 Derek Fisher 29 3-6 1-3 3-4 1 3 1 0 0 10 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Lamar Odom 25 3-6 1-1 1-2 5 1 0 0 2 8 Steve Blake 20 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 1 1 2 Matt Barnes 20 1-1 1-1 2-2 3 1 0 0 1 5 Shannon Brown 14 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 2 0 Derrick Caracter 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Devin Ebanks -- DID NOT PLAY -- Darius Morris -- DID NOT PLAY -- Totals 240 32-63 5-16 32-43 42 23 8 7 13 101

[CoachGreg]

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Matchup Preview | November 15, 2011
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Washington Wizards (1-4, 0-2 Away)		Los Angeles Lakers (6-2, 4-1 Home)
Starting Lineups John Wall (2nd year - Kentucky) Point Guard Derek Fisher (16th year - Arkansas Little-Rock) Nick Young (5th year - USC) Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant (16th year - Lower Merion HS) Rashard Lewis (14th year - Alief-Elsik HS) Small Forward Ron Artest (13th year - St. John's (NY)) Andray Blatche (7th year - South Kent Prep HS) Power Forward Pau Gasol (11th year - Spain) Javale McGee (4th year - Nevada) Center Andrew Bynum (7th year - St. Joseph's HS (NJ)) Game Notes The Lakers set to play the fourth game of this five game home stand hosting the Washington Wizards. Getting back on the winning track with a 101-93 victory over the Pistons on Sunday, the Lakers improved to 6-2 on the season and the Wizards off to the opposite start come in with a record of 1-4. The Wizards currently have lost three straight are 0-2 on the road so far in this young season.

[CoachGreg]

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Lakers offense returns against Wizards, use second half to widen margin for win

LOS ANGELES, CA - Nearly two weeks completed in the early season and the Lakers have established their dominance when it comes to teams that can't matchup with them physically or athletically even when their opponents have some pretty athletic players like the Wizards have in Javale McGee, Andray Blatche, Nick Young and John Wall, but the Lakers took command in the second half led by Kobe Bryant who finished with 31 points and 9 assists leading the Lakers to a 107-82 victory over the Washington Wizards. Andrew Bynum recorded his first double double of the season with 20 points and 14 rebounds and Pau Gasol added 20 points and 7 rebounds. Rookie of the Year John Wall led the Wizards with 24 points and 5 assists and Nick Young added 17 points and 4 rebounds, but the Wizards could only put up 35 points in the second half not even close to the 55 that the Lakers put up which stretched a 52-47 halftime lead to a blowout win. The Lakers have now won three of their first four games on this home stand and will wrap it up on Thursday in a high profile contest against the New York Knicks.

Washington Wizards (1-5) at Los Angeles Lakers (7-2)
Nov 15, 2011 1 2 3 4 Final Washington 22 25 20 15 82 Los Angeles 22 30 28 27 107 Top Performers John Wall - 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists Nick Young - 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist Kobe Bryant - 31 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 blocks Andrew Bynum - 20 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist	Team Stats Comparison WAS LAL FG Made-Att 30-75 42-80 3PT Made-Att 2-10 2-8 FT Made-Att 20-22 21-29 Rebounds 34 49 Assists 11 20 Turnovers 7 4 Steals 3 5 Blocks 7 4
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Rashard Lewis 34 3-7 1-3 0-0 5 1 1 0 1 7 Andray Blatche 37 4-14 0-0 2-2 5 1 0 3 3 10 Javale McGee 36 2-7 0-0 0-0 9 1 1 1 0 4 Nick Young 39 6-18 1-4 4-4 4 1 0 0 0 17 John Wall 37 8-14 0-2 8-9 3 5 0 0 0 24 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jordan Crawford 21 5-5 0-0 4-5 2 1 1 0 2 14 Josh Howard 15 1-6 0-1 2-2 3 0 0 0 0 4 Trevor Booker 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Yi Jianlian 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 0 Jan Vesely 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Singleton -- DID NOT PLAY -- Maurice Evans -- DID NOT PLAY -- Totals 240 30-75 2-10 20-22 34 11 3 7 7 82
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ron Artest 30 3-8 0-3 1-2 8 1 2 0 0 7 Pau Gasol 29 8-14 0-0 4-6 7 2 0 1 1 20 Andrew Bynum 32 8-15 0-0 4-8 14 1 0 0 2 20 Kobe Bryant 34 12-18 0-0 7-7 4 9 0 2 0 31 Derek Fisher 16 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 5 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Lamar Odom 24 2-7 0-0 4-4 5 1 0 0 0 8 Steve Blake 23 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 4 Matt Barnes 22 3-5 1-2 0-0 4 1 0 1 0 7 Shannon Brown 20 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 2 Derrick Caracter 10 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 3 Darius Morris 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devin Ebanks 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 240 42-80 2-8 21-29 49 20 5 4 4 107

[CoachGreg]

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Matchup Preview | November 17, 2011
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New York Knicks (7-1, 4-1 Away)		Los Angeles Lakers (7-2, 5-1 Home)
Starting Lineups Chauncey Billups (15th year - Colorado) Point Guard Derek Fisher (16th year - Arkansas Little-Rock) Landry Fields (2nd year - Stanford) Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant (16th year - Lower Merion HS) Carmelo Anthony (9th year - Syracuse) Small Forward Ron Artest (13th year - St. John's (NY)) A'mare Stoudemire (10th year - Cypress Creek HS) Power Forward Pau Gasol (11th year - Spain) Ronny Turiaf (7th year - Gonzaga) Center Andrew Bynum (7th year - St. Joseph's HS (NJ)) Game Notes The Lakers finish up this home stand with a great matchup that pits the two best teams (record wise) in the NBA to this point. The Lakers (7-2) against the Knicks (7-1). The Lakers are coming off two straight wins over the Pistons and Wizards while the Knicks suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday night against Carmelo Anthony's former team, the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers won both meetings last season.

[CoachGreg]

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In a possible NBA Finals preview, Lakers make short work of Carmelo and Knicks

LOS ANGELES, CA - The final game of their five game home stand was saved with their most worthiest opponent, the New York Knicks. The Knicks started out by winning their first seven games to begin the season, but came into the game following a loss to the Denver Nuggets. It was obviously the first big test of the season for the Lakers with an opponent from the Eastern Conference and from the opening tip the league's leading scorer, Kobe Bryant was focused and could not to be sidetracked from what he wanted to do on the court. Bryant finished leading the Lakers with 26 points and 5 rebounds hitting 11-21 shots from the field and Pau Gasol added 20 points, 6 rebounds en route to the Lakers taking a convincing 108-95 victory sending the Knicks to their second straight loss. Carmelo Anthony put in 19 points to lead the Knicks hitting 8-12 shots from the field and Amar'e Stoudemire finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, but the Knicks were unable to keep up with the Lakers first half offensive onslaught. The Lakers put up 35 points in the first quarter and 31 in the second quarter giving them a 66-53 lead at halftime. Shannon Brown added a season high 18 points off the bench and Matt Barnes added 10. The Lakers will now enjoy a nice four day break before heading back on the road for a back-to-back road trip against the Grizzlies and Thunder.

New York Knicks (7-2) at Los Angeles Lakers (8-2)
Nov 17, 2011 1 2 3 4 Final New York 28 25 21 21 95 Los Angeles 35 31 22 20 108 Top Performers Carmelo Anthony - 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals Amar'e Stoudemire - 17 points, 11 rebounds, 1 steal Kobe Bryant - 26 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal Pau Gasol - 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block	Team Stats Comparison NYK LAL FG Made-Att 37-78 37-74 3PT Made-Att 8-19 10-20 FT Made-Att 13-19 24-27 Rebounds 36 41 Assists 14 23 Turnovers 7 4 Steals 3 5 Blocks 7 4
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Carmelo Anthony 38 8-12 1-1 2-2 2 3 2 0 0 19 A'mare Stoudemire 40 7-15 0-0 3-4 11 0 1 0 2 17 Ronny Turiaf 28 2-5 0-0 0-0 8 1 0 1 1 4 Landry Fields 35 3-5 1-2 2-2 1 2 0 0 1 9 Chauncey Billups 23 4-12 0-1 0-2 5 1 0 0 0 8 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Toney Douglas 23 4-12 0-3 2-2 1 4 0 0 1 10 Shawne Williams 20 6-8 4-5 1-1 1 0 1 0 1 17 Derrick Brown 11 1-2 1-2 1-2 2 0 0 1 0 4 Bill Walker 11 1-4 1-3 1-2 2 1 0 0 0 4 Iman Shumpert 9 1-3 0-2 1-2 2 2 0 0 0 3 Renaldo Balkman 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Mason 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 240 37-78 8-19 13-19 36 14 4 2 6 95
STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ron Artest 34 3-4 1-1 4-4 6 7 2 0 0 11 Pau Gasol 36 9-14 0-0 2-4 6 2 0 1 2 20 Andrew Bynum 29 2-4 0-0 0-0 10 2 0 1 0 4 Kobe Bryant 28 11-21 1-7 3-4 5 0 1 0 1 26 Derek Fisher 31 2-9 2-5 0-0 3 2 0 2 1 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Lamar Odom 27 2-8 1-2 4-4 3 4 0 1 0 9 Shannon Brown 21 5-8 3-3 5-5 4 0 0 0 1 18 Steve Blake 18 0-2 0-0 4-4 1 5 0 0 1 4 Matt Barnes 15 3-4 2-2 2-2 3 0 0 0 0 10 Derrick Caracter 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Devin Ebanks -- DID NOT PLAY -- Darius Morris -- DID NOT PLAY -- Totals 240 37-74 10-20 24-27 41 23 3 5 6 108

[CoachGreg]

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Welcome to the NBA Roundtable, a new addition to the "Legend of Kobe Bryant, NBA 2K12 Dynasty" thread. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the fellow members here and those who visit the site for coming by and viewing my dynasty thread. I hope that you have enjoyed what you have read so far, but now it is time to introduce to you an all new feature...NBA DAILY. What NBA DAILY is going to consist of is after every 10 games up to season statistics will be posted as well as league leaders, rookie leaders, current standings, rumor mill, injury report to go along with the NBA power rankings that have already been introduced at the beginning of the season. If you have any suggestions or thoughts of anything that you might want to see in this section please feel free to post your ideas and I will do my best to post it up.

This will begin the third week of the season and with most teams having played a minimum of 10 games I have sufficient statistics to post for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy and thanks for continuing to follow the thread.

"You always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

[CoachGreg]

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NBA League Leaders - Updated: Nov 19, 2011
Points Per Game		PPG	Field Goal Percentage		FG%
	1. Kobe Bryant	31.6		1. Pau Gasol	58.3%
	2. Dirk Nowitzki	30.7		2. Glen Davis	56.7%
	3. Derrick Rose	27.7		3. Kevin Garnett	56.1%
	4. Carmelo Anthony	25.9		4. Baron Davis	54.8%
	5. Dwyane Wade	25.8		5. Elton Brand	54.6%
Three Point Field Goal Percentage		3P%	Free Throw Percentage		FT%
	1. Grant Hill	56.5%		1. Sasha Vujacic	1.000%
	2. Jared Dudley	56.0%		2. Jodie Meeks	1.000%
	3. Sasha Vujacic	55.0%		3. Jason Kidd	96.4%
	4. Martell Webster	53.8%		4. Anthony Morrow	95.7%
	5. Nate Robinson	53.8%		5. Stephen Curry	94.2%
Rebounds Per Game		RPG	Assists Per Game		APG
	1. Dwight Howard	12.5		1. Jose Calderon	9.1
	2. Kevin Love	11.9		2. Jason Kidd	8.7
	3. Anderson Varejao	11.0		3. Russell Westbrook	8.6
	4. Dirk Nowitzki	10.8		4. Rajon Rondo	8.5
	5. Blake Griffin	10.6		5. Derrick Rose	8.4
Steals Per Game		SPG	Block Shots Per Game		BPG
	1. Chris Paul	2.4		1. Tim Duncan	2.1
	2. Darren Collison	2.3		2. Amir Johnson	1.9
	3. LeBron James	2.3		3. Marc Gasol	1.9
	4. Russell Westbrook	2.1		4. Tyrus Thomas	1.9
	5. Hedo Turkoglu	2.1		5. Pau Gasol	1.7

NBA Rookie Leaders - Updated: Nov 19, 2011
Points Per Game		PPG	Field Goal Percentage		FG%
	1. Kyrie Irving	17.3		1. Jordan Hamilton	59.3%
	2. Derrick Williams	13.7		2. Enes Kanter	56.0%
	3. Kemba Walker	12.2		3. Malcolm Lee	52.9%
	4. Enes Kanter	8.6		4. JaJuan Johnson	52.9%
	5. Ricky Rubio	7.9		5. Alec Burks	52.5%
Three Point Field Goal Percentage		3P%	Free Throw Percentage		FT%
	1. Jordan Hamilton	71.4%		1. Jimmer Fredette	93.5%
	2. Marshon Brooks	43.8%		2. Marshon Brooks	89.5%
	3. Derrick Williams	42.9%		3. Keith Benson	88.9%
	4. Jimmer Fredette	39.3%		4. Tristan Thompson	88.9%
	5. Kemba Walker	31.8%		5. Chris Singleton	88.2%
Rebounds Per Game		RPG	Assists Per Game		APG
	1. Derrick Williams	7.0		1. Ricky Rubio	7.1
	2. Kawhi Leonard	4.7		2. Kyrie Irving	5.9
	3. Chris Singleton	4.1		3. Iman Shumpert	3.0
	4. Kenneth Faried	4.1		4. Kemba Walker	2.9
	5. Enes Kanter	4.0		5. Klay Thompson	1.9
Steals Per Game		SPG	Block Shots Per Game		BPG
	1. Kemba Walker	1.4		1. Enes Kanter	1.1
	2. Derrick Williams	1.0		2. Tyler Honeycutt	0.9
	3. Ricky Rubio	1.0		3. Derrick Williams	0.9
	4. Kyrie Irving	0.9		4. Chris Singleton	0.7
	5. Chris Singleton	0.6		5. Kenneth Faried	0.6