The Avengers | Los Angeles Lakers 2K13 Association

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Lakers take it to another level, run wild over stunned Pistons
Bryant leads way with 31 as Lakers win fourth straight

LOS ANGELES, Well if this is how they expected to begin the season after a winless pre season then the Lakers are on their way to achieving expectations and possibly setting some new ones in the process. Following their fourth straight victory to begin the season by defeating the Pistons on Sunday night 105-89, the Lakers are off to their best start since they went 8-0 to start the 2010-11 season. What makes things even more successful is that everyone is sharing the ball and they are taking the lead from their leader, the Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant. Bryant once again led the Lakers in scoring with a game high 31 points and grabbing 4 rebounds and dishing out 5 assists and Pau Gasol added 17 points on 8-11 shooting from the field and Dwight Howard put up a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash finished with 9 points and 8 assists but his presence on the court has been a blessing for the Lakers triggering when to run the ball and when its time for them to set up in the half court and go to the hot hand. The Lakers jumped out to a 26-15 lead after the first quarter and the Pistons never got any closer then 8 points the rest of the game. Brandon Knight had a big second half for the Pistons finishing the game with 29 points and 5 assists while Greg Monroe added 18 points and 9 rebounds and Corey Maggette had 14 points off the bench. For the Lakers it was another step in the right direction as they travel to Salt Lake City to take on the Jazz before returning home for a season long six game home stand.

 

DETROIT PISTONS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Nov 4, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Detroit Pistons 15 28 20 26 89 Los Angeles Lakers 26 26 26 27 105 Top Performers Brandon Knight - 21 Pts, 9 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl Greg Monroe - 18 Pts, 9 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl Kobe Bryant - 31 Pts, 4 Reb, 5 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk Pau Gasol - 17 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Ast	Team Stats Comparison   DET LAL FG Made-Att 36-85 38-81 3PT Made-Att 7-11 5-17 FT Made-Att 10-11 24-25 Rebounds 41 49 Assists 26 21 Turnovers 13 9 Steals 4 9 Blocks 2 4
DETROIT PISTONS (1-2) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Brandon Knight 37 11-26 5-8 2-2 4 5 1 0 4 29 Rodney Stuckey 37 4-10 0-1 0-0 6 3 1 0 1 8 Tayshaun Princer 31 1-7 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 2 0 2 Jason Maxiell 31 3-7 0-0 2-3 6 3 0 0 0 8 Greg Monroe 34 7-12 0-0 4-4 9 4 1 0 3 18 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Corey Maggette 18 5-10 2-2 2-2 4 4 0 0 3 14 Kyle Singler 12 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Andre Drummond 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 4 Charlie Villanueva 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Will Bynum 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 0 1 0 Jonas Jerebko 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Austin Daye DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 36-85 7-11 10-11 41 26 4 2 13 89
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (4-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 34 3-8 1-1 2-2 4 8 2 0 3 9 Kobe Bryant 40 11-24 1-5 8-8 4 5 2 1 0 31 Metta World Peace 36 3-8 0-2 3-4 7 2 1 0 2 9 Pau Gasol 32 8-11 0-0 1-1 5 2 0 0 0 17 Dwight Howard 34 6-10 0-0 0-0 11 2 1 0 0 12 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Antawn Jamison 24 1-5 1-1 4-4 10 0 1 1 0 7 Steve Blake 12 2-5 1-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 2 5 Jodie Meeks 12 2-5 0-3 4-4 1 1 0 1 1 8 Jordan Hill 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 0 Devin Ebanks 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Darius Morris 6 1-1 1-1 2-2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Chris Duhon DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 38-81 5-17 24-25 49 21 9 4 9 105

[Segedoo]

Lakers are pretty much a beast. I wish the real season started like this!

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Matchup Preview *|* November 7, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers (4-0, 1-0 Away)	EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT	Utah Jazz (3-1, 1-0 Home)
Projected Starters Steve Nash Point Guard Mo Williams Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard Gordon Hayward Metta World Peace Small Forward Marvin Williams Pau Gasol Power Forward Paul Millsap Dwight Howard Center Al Jefferson Injury Report Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day   Jeremy Evans/Inactive Day-to-Day Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day   Kevin Murphy/Inactive Day-to-Day Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day   DeMarre Carroll/Inactive Day-to-Day Game Notes The Lakers make their first visit to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz. Utah has been one of just a few places over the past few years where the Lakers have had little to no success playing in the regular season. The Jazz are hoping to be a factor in the Western Conference this season following their unexpected, but yet short playoff run last year being swept in the first round. The Jazz also changed point guards over the offseason trading point guard Devin Harris to the Atlanta Hawks for forward Marvin Williams and also made a trade with the Clippers to bring back an old face to run the point, Mo Williams. Series Matchup Game 1: November 7, 2012 @ Utah, 6:30pm Game 2: December 9, 2012 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 6:30pm Game 3: January 25, 2013 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm

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Lakers flex their muscles in rout against Jazz
Starters able to sit and watch game in second half

SALT LAKE CITY, It doesn't usually happen that often, but when it does it sure can look like nothing can stop them. When the Lakers have everything clicking and everything going their way they look like a well built machine that can't be stopped and tonight in Salt Lake City against the Jazz they showed just how well built they could be. Disregard the fact that the starters took the second half off for the most part and watched from the sidelines with smiles all around and disregard the fact that a Mike D'Antoni team was more focused on stopping their opponent from scoring rather then running the score up, but this Laker team through five games has shown that they are capable of playing both a run and gun style and half court style game when needed. Dwight Howard recorded another double double with a team leading 22 points and 11 rebounds in only 27 minutes and Kobe Bryant added 19 points in just 24 minutes leading the Lakers to a blowout victory over the Jazz by the final score of 92-62. Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks who both played most of the second half added 12 points each off the bench. Steve Nash led the Lakers with 12 assists in 27 minutes while scoring just 3 points, but also grabbed 8 rebounds in the process. Pau Gasol finished with just 4 points but also grabbed 8 rebounds in just 25 minutes of action. It is just showing game after game that the Lakers have more offensive weapons that are capable on any given night to strike while the others take care of the other areas on the floor. On the other hand it was a nightmare of game for the Jazz who couldn't put the ball in the basket from the start. Finishing up the game shooting a dismal 26-88 (29%) and were down by 24 at halftime, 51-27. Enes Kanter led the Jazz with 11 points and 13 rebounds off of the bench and was the only Jazz player to score in double figures. Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap combined for 9 points and 11 rebounds on 3-14 shooting from the floor and point guard Mo Williams went scoreless with just 3 assists in 24 minutes of action. The Lakers (5-0) return home to start their six game homestand beginning with the Golden State Warriors on Friday.

 

LOS ANGELES LAKERS @ UTAH JAZZ
Nov 7, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Los Angeles Lakers 26 25 25 16 92 Utah Jazz 16 11 20 15 62 Top Performers Dwight Howard - 22 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Blk Kobe Bryant - 19 Pts, 4 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl Enes Kanter - 11 Pts, 13 Reb Mo Williams - 9 Pts, 7 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl	Team Stats Comparison   LAL UTA FG Made-Att 38-86 26-88 3PT Made-Att 6-23 3-10 FT Made-Att 10-10 7-10 Rebounds 57 50 Assists 29 19 Turnovers 7 7 Steals 5 5 Blocks 3 1
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (5-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 27 1-7 0-3 1-1 8 12 1 1 1 3 Kobe Bryant 24 8-15 1-3 2-2 4 3 1 0 3 19 Metta World Peace 24 4-12 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 9 Pau Gasol 25 2-4 0-0 0-0 8 1 1 0 1 4 Dwight Howard 27 9-11 0-0 4-4 11 1 0 1 0 22 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jordan Hill 22 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 Jodie Meeks 21 5-12 2-7 0-0 5 0 1 0 0 12 Devin Ebanks 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 0 Steve Blake 20 4-8 1-2 3-3 7 5 0 0 1 12 Antawn Jamison 19 4-6 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Darius Morris 16 0-4 0-2 0-0 5 6 0 0 1 0 Chris Duhon DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 38-86 6-23 10-10 57 29 5 3 7 92
UTAH JAZZ (3-2) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Mo Williams 24 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 Gordon Hayward 20 3-14 0-3 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 6 Marvin Williams 26 3-12 1-1 2-2 7 1 2 0 0 9 Paul Millsap 26 1-8 0-0 2-3 4 1 1 0 1 4 Al Jefferson 23 2-6 0-0 1-2 7 0 0 0 0 5 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Alec Burks 27 2-9 0-2 1-2 5 1 1 1 0 5 Enes Kanter 25 5-8 0-0 1-1 13 0 0 0 0 11 Jamaal Tinsley 22 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 5 0 0 2 3 Earl Watson 19 1-6 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 0 1 2 Randy Foye 17 4-11 1-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 1 9 Derrick Favors 17 4-8 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 8 Raja Bell DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 26-88 3-10 7-10 50 19 5 1 7 62

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Matchup Preview *|* November 9, 2012
Golden State Warriors (2-3, 1-2 Away)	STAPLES Center Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Lakers (5-0, 3-0 Home)
Projected Starters Stephen Curry Point Guard Steve Nash Klay Thompson Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant Harrison Barnes Small Forward Metta World Peace David Lee Power Forward Pau Gasol Andrew Bogut Center Dwight Howard Injury Report Charles Jenkins/Inactive Day-to-Day   Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day Draymond Green/Inactive Day-to-Day   Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day Kent Bazemore/Inactive Day-to-Day   Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day Game Notes The Lakers open up their season long six game homestand taking on division rival, the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors have high expectations this season especially with a healthy Stephen Curry to start the season and a healthy Andrew Bogut to establish their low post game with David Lee. Series Matchup Game 1: November 9, 2012 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm Game 2: December 22, 2012 @ Golden State, 7:30pm Game 3: March 25, 2013 @ Golden State, 7:30pm Game 4: April 12, 2013 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm

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Lakers are able to rise to the challenge by beating young Warriors
Lakers put together a solid fourth quarter to win sixth straight

LOS ANGELES, The Lakers seem to know to take advantage of situation and it's usually the first two months of the season that gives the Lakers a much needed advantage as their schedule consists primarily of home games and it's never been a surprise to anyone that the Lakers take care of business at home. Despite them having to endure two long lengthy road trips in the month of February, they are able to counter that with a sizeable homestand , which for them started tonight against the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers began a six game stay at home and brought in with them a five game winning streak to start the season. What they didn't count on was the Warriors putting up a fight like they did pushing the Lakers to the limit and forcing them to earn everything they would get. In the end however, the Lakers made the plays they needed to make down the stretch and were able to pull away and defeat the Warriors 99-90 for their sixth straight win to start the season. Kobe Bryant finished with a game high 36 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists while Dwight Howard recorded a double double with 24 points and 12 rebounds along with 2 blocks. The Warriors controlled the tempo of the game and were able to keep the Lakers from getting out in transition thanks to their aggressive offensive rebounding in the first half that found them leading the Lakers 54-51. Andrew Bogut led the Warriors with a team high 24 points along with 14 rebounds, hitting 10-15 shots from the field. Jarrett Jack off the bench for the Warriors added 17 points and both Klay Thompson and David Lee each had 12 points apiece. The Lakers will host another divisional rival on Sunday when the Sacramento Kings come to town.

 

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Nov 9, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Golden State Warriors 30 24 19 17 90 Los Angeles Lakers 26 25 24 24 99 Top Performers Andrew Bogut - 24 Pts, 12 Reb, 3 Ast Jarrett Jack - 17 Pts, 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl Kobe Bryant - 36 Pts, 7 Reb, 5 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk Dwight Howard - 24 Pts, 12 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Blk	Team Stats Comparison   GSW LAL FG Made-Att 40-97 42-86 3PT Made-Att 3-15 3-14 FT Made-Att 7-9 12-14 Rebounds 54 46 Assists 23 23 Turnovers 12 11 Steals 5 6 Blocks 3 4
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (2-4) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Stephen Curry 32 4-19 0-4 0-0 2 7 1 0 1 8 Klay Thompson 34 5-13 1-3 1-2 5 2 0 0 3 12 Harrison Barnes 34 1-7 0-1 2-2 7 1 2 0 3 4 David Lee 34 6-9 0-0 0-0 9 1 0 2 0 12 Andrew Bogut 34 10-15 0-0 4-5 14 3 0 0 2 24 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jarrett Jack 24 8-14 1-2 0-0 5 5 1 0 3 17 Carl Landry 14 3-6 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 6 Brandon Rush 13 2-6 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 5 Festus Ezeli 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 1 0 0 Richard Jefferson 11 0-6 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Andris Biedrins 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Jeremy Evans DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 40-97 3-15 7-9 54 23 5 3 12 90
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (6-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 36 5-9 0-0 0-0 5 6 2 0 1 10 Kobe Bryant 39 15-28 0-2 6-6 7 5 2 1 5 36 Metta World Peace 34 1-6 1-2 0-0 6 1 1 0 0 3 Pau Gasol 31 2-9 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 4 Dwight Howard 35 10-14 0-0 4-5 12 4 0 2 1 24 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Antawn Jamison 22 2-4 0-0 1-2 7 1 1 0 0 5 Jordan Hill 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jodie Meeks 11 4-6 1-2 1-1 1 1 0 0 1 10 Steve Blakel 10 1-6 1-5 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 3 Devin Ebanks 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Darius Morris 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Chris Duhon DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 42-86 3-14 12-14 46 23 6 4 11 99

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Matchup Preview *|* November 11, 2012
Sacramento Kings (0-6, 0-3 Away)	STAPLES Center Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Lakers (6-0, 4-0 Home)
Projected Starters Aaron Brooks Point Guard Steve Nash Tyreke Evans Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant John Salmons Small Forward Metta World Peace James Johnson Power Forward Pau Gasol Jason Thompson Center Dwight Howard Injury Report Tyler Honeycutt/Inactive Day-to-Day   Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day DeMarcus Cousins/Broken Back 6-8 weeks   Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day   Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day Game Notes The Lakers host another division rival as the Sacramento Kings travel to STAPLES. The Kings are still looking for their first win of the season while the Lakers have yet to lose a game. Series Matchup Game 1: November 11, 2012 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 6:30pm Game 2: November 21, 2012 @ Sacramento, 7:30pm Game 3: March 17, 2013 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 6:30pm Game 4: March 30, 2012 @ Sacramento, 7:30pm