The Avengers | Los Angeles Lakers 2K13 Association

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Sliders have been tested and made specifically for this roster set. It's not that I'm dominating the CPU at all, it's that I know my team inside and out and with a winning streak comes momentum and your players ratings rise as well as team chemistry. The San Antonio game was tied going into the fourth quarter and it was 93-93 with 2 minutes to go, but the Spurs missed two mid range jumpers and I was able to outlet the rebound and get up in transition and escaped with the victory. Also, look at the teams I've played so far, other then the Spurs, Clippers and Knicks and maybe the Warriors, not playing the upper echelon teams.

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Matchup Preview *|* November 20, 2012
Brooklyn Nets (6-3, 0-3 Away)	STAPLES Center Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Lakers (10-0, 8-0 Home)
Projected Starters Deron Williams Point Guard Steve Nash Joe Johnson Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant Gerald Wallace Small Forward Metta World Peace Kris Humphries Power Forward Pau Gasol Brook Lopez Center Dwight Howard Injury Report Tornike Shengelia/Inactive Day-to-Day   Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day Tyshawn Taylor/Inactive Day-to-Day   Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day Mirza Teletovic/Inactive Day-to-Day   Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day Game Notes The Lakers continue to their best start in team history and look to sweep this homestand as the Brooklyn Nets come into town. The Nets are coming in winners of 3 of their last 4 games. Series Matchup Game 1: November 20, 2012 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm Game 2: February 5, 2013 @ Brooklyn, 4:30pm

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Lakers streak rolls on, wrap up home stand undefeated
Six game home stand results in key victories with road trip ahead

LOS ANGELES, Chemistry is suppose to take time to spread over a group of players who have never played together before, especially when those players are five all-star players at one point in their career. In 2003-04 the Lakers were hoping that the joining of future hall-of-famers Karl Malone and Gary Payton paired up with Shaquille O'Neal and a young Kobe Bryant would bring the Lakers their fourth title in five years and while that team did succeed in making it to the NBA Finals, they were outplayed, outmatched and outworked by a hungrier and tougher Pistons team in five games. In 2007-08 the Lakers pulled off one of the most lopsided trades in history by acquiring all-star power forward Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies for practically nothing and teamed up with a very young and upcoming Andrew Bynum along side a older, wiser, mature Kobe Bryant the Lakers exceeded expectations and made it to three straight NBA Finals, winning back-to-back in 2009 and 2010. Now for the third time in his hall of fame career, Kobe Bryant has the pleasure of being surrounded by four future hall of famers and five players who have been an all-star at one point in their career. And here we thought the Lakers and Celtics of the 1980's was a coup. Along side Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Steve Nash and Antawn Jamison, Kobe Bryant has turned the Lakers who were the laughing joke of the league going winless for the first time in team history during the pre season into the most dominant and most intimidating team in less then a month. Think about this, former coach Mike Brown went 0-8 with these stars including a 1-4 second round elimination from the playoffs last year when the Lakers had their big three of Bryant, Bynum and Gasol and since the coaching change that saw the Lakers bring in Mike D'Antoni, he has with the same group that Brown had at the start of October gone a perfect 11-0 to start the season. Wrapping up a six game home stand with the Brooklyn Nets, the Lakers were battled tested early and often, but eventually pulled away in the second half with an explosive offensive attack. Pau Gasol was at the head of that attack leading the Lakers with 24 points and grabbing 6 rebounds and handing out 8 assists on the night behind a 9-13 performance from the field and Kobe Bryant put in 23 points while Dwight Howard added 22 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists ensuring the Lakers perfect home stand and that they remained unbeaten this season defeating the Nets 98-88 infront of a sold out STAPLES Center crowd. Steve Nash had a quiet night scoring finishing with 6 points, but pulled down 5 rebounds and handed out 5 assists running the Lakers offense to perfection, minus the 24 turnovers the team had throughout the night. Joe Johnson led the Nets with a game high 28 points, but was 13-28 from the field including 2-9 from the three point line. Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace each had 11 points apiece as no other starter scored in double figures. Deron Williams was hounded by the Lakers young quick guards all night finishing with just 7 points and dishing out 8 assists, but those 7 points, he had to work for them against guys like Nash, Bryant, Morris, Meeks and Blake at times. For the Lakers the earlier schedule has been home friendly to them, but now they set out for a short three game road trip that starts tomorrow night in Sacramento before playing a back to back this weekend against the Grizzlies and Mavericks. We'll have to see if the Lakers make it back to STAPLES next Tuesday to face the Pacers if they are still undefeated or if they were able to go on the road and dominate.

 

BROOKLYN NETS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Nov 20, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Brooklyn Nets 26 20 20 22 88 Los Angeles Lakers 27 24 28 19 98 Top Performers Joe Johnson - 28 Pts, 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk Gerald Wallace - 11 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Stl Pau Gasol - 24 Pts, 6 Reb, 8 Ast, 1 Stl Kobe Bryant - 23 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk	Team Stats Comparison   BKN LAL FG Made-Att 38-98 40-78 3PT Made-Att 3-15 5-14 FT Made-Att 9-13 13-16 Rebounds 42 56 Assists 23 27 Turnovers 9 24 Steals 16 7 Blocks 1 3
BROOKLYN NETS (6-4) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Deron Williams 36 3-10 1-3 0-0 3 8 1 0 1 7 Joe Johnson 36 13-28 2-9 0-0 5 5 3 1 1 28 Gerald Wallace 30 5-12 0-0 1-1 5 0 3 0 2 11 Kris Humphries 35 5-13 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 0 2 11 Brook Lopez 35 4-10 0-0 1-1 11 1 1 0 2 9 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS MarShon Brooks 17 1-7 0-1 1-2 4 6 1 0 1 3 Andray Blatche 14 5-7 0-0 0-1 5 0 2 0 0 10 Reggie Evans 12 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 0 0 2 C.J. Watson 11 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 2 Josh Childress 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keith Bogans 7 1-2 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 Jerry Stackhouse 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 240 38-98 3-15 9-13 42 23 16 1 9 88
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (11-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 35 2-5 0-2 2-2 5 5 0 0 9 6 Kobe Bryant 38 9-20 2-4 3-3 4 2 3 1 4 23 Metta World Peace 31 2-3 1-2 0-0 6 1 1 0 4 5 Pau Gasol 38 9-13 0-1 6-7 6 8 1 0 0 24 Dwight Howard 34 10-19 0-1 2-4 17 4 0 1 1 22 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Antawn Jamison 21 1-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 1 4 2 Jordan Hill 14 2-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 1 0 0 4 Jodie Meeks 13 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 1 0 Steve Blake 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 1 0 Devin Ebanks 7 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4 Darius Morris 6 3-3 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 8 Chris Duhon DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 40-78 5-14 13-16 56 27 7 3 24 98

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Matchup Preview *|* November 21, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers (11-0, 2-0 Away)	Sleep Train Arena Sacramento, CA	Sacramento Kings (3-7, 3-3 Home)
Projected Starters Steve Nash Point Guard Aaron Brooks Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard Tyreke Evans Metta World Peace Small Forward John Salmons Pau Gasol Power Forward James Johnson Dwight Howard Center Jason Thompson Injury Report Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day   DeMarcus Cousins/Broken Back 2-4 weeks Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day   Tyler Honeycutt/Inactive Day-to-Day Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day   Game Notes The Lakers begin a short three game road trip following their six game home stand and their first destination is the state capital, Sacramento to take on the Kings. The Kings (3-7) and Lakers (11-0) squared off ten days ago with the Lakers coming out victorious in a rout 100-73. Series Matchup Game 1: November 11, 2012 @ Los Angeles Lakers, Win 100-73 Game 2: November 21, 2012 @ Sacramento, 7:00pm Game 3: March 17, 2013 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm March 30, 2013 @ Sacramento, 7:00pm

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Lakers begin road trip on high note, streak now reaches twelve
Howard and Bryant make quick work of Kings, now ready for big test

SACRAMENTO, Ten days ago the Lakers and Kings squared off at STAPLES Center with the Lakers coming away with a 27 point win 100-73. Tonight in Sacramento, the result was generally the same, the way they got there was different, but in the end the Lakers walked off the court with their winning streak now standing at twelve games and the only remaining unbeaten team in the league after about three weeks of the regular season come and gone. The Lakers used the second and third quarters to extend the small lead that they had by outscoring the Kings 63-41 in that stretch leading to a 109-85 victory over the Kings. Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard each finished with 21 points apiece with Steve Nash adding 17 points and 7 assists. John Salmons was high point man for the Kings finishing with 13 points and Aaron Brooks added 12 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the loss. The Lakers defense held the Kings to a mediocre 34% from the field for the entire game, but allowed the Kings 19 offensive rebounds which they were able to overcome. The Lakers get a rest day tomorrow before heading into the weekend to finish up the trip with a back-to-back against Western Conference rivals the Grizzlies and Mavericks.

 

LOS ANGELES LAKERS @ SACRAMENTO KINGS
Nov 23, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Los Angeles Lakers 23 26 37 23 109 Sacramento Kings 22 16 25 22 85 Top Performers Kobe Bryant - 21 Pts,7 Reb, 6 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk Dwight Howard - 21 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast John Salmons - 13 Pts, 2 Reb Aaron Brooks - 12 Pts, 6 Reb, 7 Ast	Team Stats Comparison   LAL SAC FG Made-Att 45-81 30-87 3PT Made-Att 7-13 4-24 FT Made-Att 12-15 21-24 Rebounds 48 43 Assists 33 16 Turnovers 9 8 Steals 6 5 Blocks 2 1
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (12-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 30 8-9 1-1 0-0 3 7 1 0 0 17 Kobe Bryant 34 9-14 1-1 2-2 7 6 1 1 1 21 Metta World Peace 27 1-3 0-0 0-0 8 3 0 1 1 2 Pau Gasol 29 3-6 0-0 5-5 6 2 3 0 2 11 Dwight Howard 25 10-16 0-0 1-3 7 2 0 0 0 21 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Antawn Jamison 21 3-9 1-2 0-1 3 5 0 0 0 7 Jordan Hill 19 2-4 0-0 4-4 2 0 0 0 1 8 Jodie Meeks 14 5-9 3-6 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 13 Steve Blake 14 0-3 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 0 Devin Ebanks 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4 Darius Morris 14 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 3 5 Chris Duhon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 240 45-81 7-13 12-15 48 33 6 2 9 109
SACRAMENTO KINGS (3-8) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Aaron Brooks 28 4-13 0-6 4-4 6 7 0 0 1 12 Tyreke Evans 29 4-11 0-0 2-2 6 1 1 0 0 10 John Salmons 25 4-11 1-4 4-4 2 0 0 0 1 13 James  Johnson 26 4-9 0-1 2-4 6 0 0 0 1 10 Jason Thompson 29 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 1 1 4 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Chuck Hayes 20 2-2 0-0 4-4 6 1 1 0 0 8 Terrence Robinson 17 2-5 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 4 Isaiah Thomas 17 3-10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Marcus Thornton 17 2-11 1-7 1-2 0 1 0 0 3 6 Travis Outlaw 14 0-2 0-1 2-2 3 2 1 0 1 2 Francisco Garcia 12 1-2 0-1 2-2 3 1 1 0 0 4 Jimmer Fredette 11 2-7 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 5 Totals 240 30-87 4-24 21-24 43 16 5 1 8 85

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Matchup Preview *|* November 23, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers (12-0, 3-0 Away)	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN	Memphis Grizzlies (6-4, 4-1 Home)
Projected Starters Steve Nash Point Guard Mike Conley Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard Tony Allen Metta World Peace Small Forward Rudy Gay Pau Gasol Power Forward Zach Randolph Dwight Howard Center Marc Gasol Injury Report Darius Johnson-Odom/Inactive Day-to-Day   Hamed Haddadi/Inactive Day-to-Day Earl Clark/Inactive Day-to-Day   Robert Sacre/Inactive Day-to-Day   Game Notes The Lakers are wrapping up their brief three game road trip with the first game of a back to back taking on the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies (6-4) should be a tough matchup for the Lakers who come into the game still undefeated. Series Matchup Game 1: November 23, 2012 @ Memphis, 5:00pm Game 2: January 23, 2013 @ Memphis, 5:00pm Game 3: April 5, 2013 @ Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30pm

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Lakers winning ways continue as streak now reaches 13
Kobe goes for 34 in victory over up and coming Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, Winning consistently in sports is an extremely hard thing for any professional team in any professional sport to do. Baseball you play every day with probably just one day off every two weeks. Football you practice and prepare all week long to take the field every Sunday for four months. Hockey you play a schedule much like that of the NBA just to make sure that hockey/basketball teams that share the same arena during their seasons are able to avoid double headers. But when it comes to winning consistently where could you turn to and point to give someone an understanding about that philosophy from a teams point of view. Look back at the 1971-72 season where the Lakers set quite possibly the one professional sports record that will never be broken given the amount of teams in todays leagues and the travel schedule. That record is for most consecutive victorys in a season and the Lakers proudly have the honor of holding that mark with 33 consecutive victories. Fast forward to almost forty years later and this current Lakers team following a 112-93 victory over the Grizzlies just need 21 consecutive wins to reach a new place on the list of all-time greats. The victory was the Lakers 13th straight win and all smiles and high fives around the Lakers locker room after the game til they boarded the bus to hop on a plane and head for Dallas to face the Mavericks in the second game of a back to back. Kobe Bryant put up a game high 34 points and grabbed 5 rebounds and passed out 6 assists including strong aggressive defense that resulted in 3 steals. Dwight Howard added a double double with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Pau Gasol added his own double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies with 20 points and Rudy Gay added 19 points and 4 rebounds in the loss. It was the second loss at home this season while the Lakers remain undefeated after tonight. In a rematch of opening night in what was a really really close game, the Lakers will take on the Dallas Mavericks tomorrow.

 

LOS ANGELES LAKERS @ MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
Nov 23, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Los Angeles Lakers 26 35 27 24 112 Memphis Grizzlies 25 20 25 23 93 Top Performers Kobe Bryant - 34 Pts, 5 Reb, 6 Ast, 3 Stl Dwight Howard - 19 Pts, 11 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl, 2 Blk Zach Randolph - 20 Pts, 6 Reb, 3 Stl Rudy Gay - 19 Pts, 4 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk	Team Stats Comparison   LAL MEM FG Made-Att 48-90 34-84 3PT Made-Att 5-9 2-12 FT Made-Att 11-11 23-25 Rebounds 43 37 Assists 27 17 Turnovers 13 12 Steals 8 8 Blocks 4 2
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (12-0) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 30 8-9 1-1 0-0 3 7 1 0 0 17 Kobe Bryant 34 9-14 1-1 2-2 7 6 1 1 1 21 Metta World Peace 27 1-3 0-0 0-0 8 3 0 1 1 2 Pau Gasol 29 3-6 0-0 5-5 6 2 3 0 2 11 Dwight Howard 25 10-16 0-0 1-3 7 2 0 0 0 21 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Antawn Jamison 21 3-9 1-2 0-1 3 5 0 0 0 7 Jordan Hill 19 2-4 0-0 4-4 2 0 0 0 1 8 Jodie Meeks 14 5-9 3-6 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 13 Steve Blake 14 0-3 0-2 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 0 Devin Ebanks 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 4 Darius Morris 14 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 3 5 Chris Duhon DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 48-90 5-9 11-11 43 27 8 4 13 112
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (6-5) STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Mike Conley 35 3-10 1-3 4-5 4 8 0 0 1 11 Tony Allen 33 3-8 0-0 5-5 1 1 1 0 1 11 Rudy Gay 36 7-14 0-2 5-5 4 3 2 1 4 19 Zach Randolph 36 9-18 0-0 2-2 6 0 3 0 2 20 Marc Gasol 36 3-6 0-0 3-4 12 2 1 1 0 9 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jerryd Bayless 17 4-8 1-4 2-2 1 0 0 0 2 11 Darrell Arthur 14 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 4 Marreese Speights 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 1 0 Quincy Pondexter 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Wayne Ellington 10 3-7 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Josh Selby 6 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Wroten DNP COACH'S DECISION Totals 240 34-84 2-12 23-25 37 17 8 2 12 93

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You ever gonna lose! Haha.

What's up with Darius getting like 10 minutes haha dudes a monster!
Your Darius Morris is probably tweeting his *** off in the 2K world hah.

The continuity of your Laker team seems to be impressive. All of these victories have like 4 guys over 12, that's gonna be huge in the long run, especially if Kobe will be rested for you!

Pfft!