The Destiny To 17 - Los Angeles Lakers Association

[8KB24]

Wow, how is Pau shooting so bad? I mean, that's Brandon Jennings level bad.

[StraightBaylien]

Okaro White Not Offered 2nd 10-Day Contract From Lakers
Kai Osmond, for Lakers.com
Posted Wed March 7, 2015 2:22 PM

The Lakers have decided to not offer a second 10-day contract to rookie Okaro White and are almost undoubtedly going to use this roster spot for some frontcourt depth as Pau Gasol went down with injury.

The Lakers are scheduled to hold work outs for Jason Maxiell, Metta World Peace and Boris Diaw on Sunday.

[StraightBaylien]

Quote: Originally Posted by 8KB24

Wow, how is Pau shooting so bad? I mean, that's Brandon Jennings level bad.

Wow HAHA Thank you for that, that's actually a typo. It should be 49.6%

[StraightBaylien]

Boris Diaw To Sign With Lakers
Kai Osmond, for Lakers.com
Posted Tue March 10, 2015 2:22 PM

The Lakers held work outs for Jason Maxiell, Boris Diaw and Metta World Peace on Sunday, the latter of who did not even bother showing up. Out of Diaw and Maxiell, Diaw stood out most for the Lakers as his basketball I.Q. and all-around game, Los Angeles felt, would benefit the Lakers both in replacing Gasol in the lineup, as well as pairing another smart, passing big man alongside him.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed and an official statement is being delayed, pending a physical.

Diaw averaged 9.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.7 APG in 24.4 MPG last season with the Spurs.

[StraightBaylien]

Matchup Preview: Lakers vs. Celtics

Matchup Preview: Lakers vs. Celtics | March 12, 2015 | TD Garden | Boston, MA.
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Los Angeles Lakers (37-27, 6-4 L10)		Boston Celtics (31-32, 5-5 L10)
Projected Starters - Lineup subject to change Marcus Smart Point Guard Rajon Rondo Kobe Bryant Shooting Guard Lance Stephenson Trevor Ariza Small Forward Jeff Green Boris Diaw Power Forward Jared Sullinger Robert Sacre Center Joel Embiid Injury Report Pau Gasol / OUT Knee / Indefinitely Hedo Turkoglu / OUT Back Spasms / Indefinitely LeAndro Barbosa / OUT Ankle / Indefinitely Joel Anthony / OUT Knee / 1-2 Weeks Game Notes This storied rivalry heats up as the Lakers look to even season series with Celtics at 1-1. SPRITE® Key Matchup: Marcus Smart vs. Rajon Rondo

[8KB24]

Quote: Originally Posted by StraightBaylien

Wow HAHA Thank you for that, that's actually a typo. It should be 49.6%

Oh, makes sense. Nice signing in Diaw, he's LeBron stopper.

[INeedMoney]

Curious to why Diaw went unsigned for this long. Still a reliable guy off the bench. Was hoping you would bring Metta back though lol

[StraightBaylien]

Notebook: Lakers 89, Celtics 96

Kai Osmond, for NBA.com
Posted Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:22 PM


The Celtics' Jeff Green celebrating after hitting late three pointer against Lakers.

THE FACT: The Lakers have been swept 0-2 in their season series with the Celtics as they drop tonight's game at TD Garden in Boston, MA. Kobe Bryant lead all scorers with 24 points in a losing effort. Bryant also tallied up 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. An MVP-caliber performance from Bryant was not enough as the Celtics edged the Lakers 96-89. Off the bench for the Lakers, MarShon Brooks scored 17 points on 8-for-11 shooting in just 21 minutes. For the winning squad, Jeff Green scored a team-high 18 points. Rookie center Joel Embiid put up yet another double-double in his dominant rookie campaign with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Star point guard Rajon Rondo put up a respectable stat line of 9 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and a whopping 6 steals.

THE STAT: Free throws were hard to come by in such a physical game and for the Lakers, makes were even more rare. The Lakers shot an abysmal 6-for-14 at the free throw line which in no doubt lead to their eventual loss.

QUOTABLE: "It's the Lakers. It's always gonna be a scrappy, important game. It never really matters the context of the rest of the season when the Lakers and Celtics play each other, its a season within itself, and we're the champions this year."
-- Celtics coach Brad Stevens

TURNING POINT: The Lakers only scored 33 points in the second and third quarters combined. The Lakers matched this point total in the fourth quarter alone in a vicious comeback effort that fell just short.

HOT: Reigning Sixth Man of the Year winner Jamal Crawford shot the lights out to the tune of 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting in 23 minutes.

NOT: Trevor Ariza struggled from the field on the night, going 2-for-9 with just 6 points. More importantly, Ariza was thoroughly aggressive in the fourth, earning three separate trips to the line but was unable to capitalize going 1-for-5 on free throw attempts.

GOOD MOVE: Joel Embiid became the Celtics #2 option on the night and for good reason. With such limited size inside for the Lakers with Pau Gasol out, the Celtics fed Embiid early and often and the rookie was quite successful. The interior scoring was too much for the undersized Lakers to handle.

BAD MOVE: To begin the fourth quarter, both teams had only attempted a combined 19 free throws so the foul line was either team's for the taking. The Lakers attempted to take advantage but everyone except for Trevor Ariza appeared quite content shooting long jump shots.

SPRITE® KEY GAME MATCHUP: Marcus Smart 10 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK vs. Rajon Rondo 9 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 6 STL (Advantage: Rondo)

UP NEXT: For the Lakers, Sunday @ Chicago, Monday @ Oklahoma City, Wednesday vs. Charlotte. For the Celtics, Saturday vs. Indiana, Sunday vs. Dallas, Tuesday @ Indiana.

Boxscore: Lakers vs. Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers (37-28) at Boston Celtics (32-32)
Mar 12, 2015 1 2 3 4 Final Los Angeles 23 18 15 33 89 Boston 26 29 20 21 96 Top Performers Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant - 24 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 10-21 FG MarShon Brooks - 17 PTS, 2 AST, 8-11 FG Boston Celtics Jeff Green - 18 PTS, 2 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 6-13 FG Joel Embiid - 15 PTS, 13 REB, 1 BLK, 7-14 FG	Team Stats Comparison LAL BOS FG Made-Att 39-83 / 47% 42-94 / 45% 3PT Made-Att 5-19 / 26% 5-18 / 28% FT Made-Att 6-14 / 43% 7-10 / 70% Rebounds 11 OFF / 36 DEF 16 OFF / 37 DEF Assists 30 22 Turnovers 15 9 Steals 6 8 Blocks 7 8
Los Angeles Lakers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kobe Bryant 35 10-21 2-7 2-3 8 6 2 2 4 24 Marcus Smart 34 5-9 0-1 0-0 4 7 3 2 2 10 Boris Diaw 25 2-7 1-5 2-2 5 7 0 1 0 7 Trevor Ariza 33 2-9 1-4 1-5 6 4 1 0 2 6 Robert Sacre 2-6 0-0 0-2 0-0 6 0 0 1 3 4 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS MarShon Brooks 21 8-11 0-1 1-2 0 2 0 0 1 17 Elton Brand 26 6-12 0-0 0-0 7 0 0 1 1 12 D.J. Augustin 16 2-3 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 0 2 5 Kent Bazemore 18 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 4 Kenyon Martin 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Rodney Stuckey -- DID NOT PLAY -- Greg Smith -- DID NOT PLAY -- Colton Iverson -- DID NOT PLAY -- LeAndro Barbosa - OUT -- DID NOT PLAY -- Pau Gasol - OUT -- DID NOT PLAY --
Boston Celtics STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jeff Green 33 6-13 2-4 4-4 2 2 2 1 1 18 Joel Embiid 33 7-14 0-1 1-2 13 0 0 1 2 15 Lance Stephenson 37 5-12 1-3 1-2 9 6 0 1 0 12 Rajon Rondo 39 4-13 1-5 0-0 5 9 6 0 2 9 Jared Sullinger 31 3-12 0-1 0-0 9 1 0 1 2 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jamal Crawford 24 7-9 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 15 Brandon Bass 16 5-9 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 2 1 10 Kelly Olynyk 11 3-7 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 1 0 7 Gerald Wallace 17 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 1 0 4 Wayne Selden -- DID NOT PLAY -- Vitor Faverani -- DID NOT PLAY -- Phil Pressey -- DID NOT PLAY -- Hedo Turkoglu - OUT -- DID NOT PLAY -- Joel Anthony - OUT -- DID NOT PLAY --