Road To Redemption

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Up Next: @ PHX

	Lakers (0-0, 0-0 away)	Wednesday October 29, 2014 7:30 PM
	Suns (0-0, 0-0 home)

Los Angeles

Phoenix

Jeremy Lin	PG	Eric Bledsoe
Kobe Bryant	SG	Goran Dragic
Wesley Johnson	SF	Marcus Morris
Carlos Boozer	PF	Markieff Morris
Jordan Hill	C	Miles Plumlee
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

J. Lin Points: 17.0 Reb: 2.0 Ast: 5.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 0.0	E. Bledsoe Points: 0.0 Reb: 0.0 Ast: 0.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 0.0
The Los Angeles Lakers hit the road to take on the fast paced offense of the Phoenix Suns and their dynamic backcourt of Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic. Lakers Inactives: Nick Young (Finger) - OUT Steve Nash (Back) - OUT Julius Randle (Leg) - OUT Ryan Kelly (Hamstring) - OUT Suns Inactives: T.J. Warren (Finger) - OUT P.J. Tucker (Suspension) - OUT

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Kobe Nails Game-Winning Three To Top Suns
By: ESPN.com
Posted October 29,2014

Wed, Oct 29, 2014 | Recap

	106	STAT LEADERS
		Bryant 40	PTS	Bledsoe 23
	105	Davis 11	REB	Morris 11
		Lin 8	AST	Dragic 5

Top Performers

Los Angeles	Phoenix
K. Bryant Pts: 40 Reb: 2 Ast: 6 Stl: 0 Blk: 2	E. Bledsoe Pts: 23 Reb: 2 Ast: 5 Stl: 2 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 LAL

Hot: Kobe Bryant. Bryant bounced back from a horrible shooting game on opening night with a vintage 40 point explosion against the long time rival Suns. The Mamba shot 15-of-29 from the field and added 6 assist and 2 blocks to his scoring outburst. And the icing on the cake was his game winning three in overtime.

Not: Goran Dragic. The reining most improved winner was completely shut-down by Wesley Johnson. Lakers coach Byron Scott wanted to conserve Kobe's energy so Johnson got the defensive nod. Dragic finished wit 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assist, but only went 3-of-18 from the field including 1-of-6 from behind the arc.

Quotable: "I had a lot of good looks all game long. They singled covered me the entire night even after the big first quarter I had. Guess they thought they were guarding the 40th best player in the league." Lakers SG Kobe Bryant.

X-Factor: Wesley Johnson. The former lottery pick exploded for 19 points and 6 rebounds while going 7-of-12 from the field and 50% from three. Johnson also brought it on the defensive end as he contained Goran Dragic to just 8 total points.

Rookie Watch: Tyler Ennis. In 9 minutes off the bench. Ennis finished with 4 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assist. Impressive numbers in limited action.

Up Next: The Lakers will now have a day off before they head back home to take on the Los Angeles Clippers in act one of the Battle of LA.

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Up Next: vs LAC

	Clippers (0-1, 0-0 away)	Friday October 31, 2014 7:30 PM
	Lakers (1-1, 1-0 home)

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Chris Paul	PG	Jeremy Lin
J.J. Reddick	SG	Kobe Bryant
Chris Douglas-Roberts	SF	Wesley Johnson
Blake Griffin	PF	Carlos Boozer
DeAndre Jordan	C	Jordan Hill
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

B. Griffin Points: 12.0 Reb: 9.0 Ast: 5.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 1.0	C. Boozer Points: 9.5 Reb: 9.5 Ast: 2.5 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 0.5
This will be the first game of the Battle for LA for the 2014-15 season with the Lakers hosting the Clippers on Halloween. The Clippers won the season series last year 3-1. Clippers Inactives: Glen Davis (Groin) Matt Barnes (Knee) Lakers Inactives: Steve Nash (Back) Nick Young (Hand) Ryan Kelly (Hamstring) Julius Randle (Leg)

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Clippers Outlast Lakers 113-105
By: ESPN.com
Posted October 31,2014

Frig, Oct 31, 2014 | Recap

	113	STAT LEADERS
		Paul 33	PTS	Bryant 31
	105	Jordan 16	REB	Boozer 11
		Paul 8	AST	Bryant 9

Top Performers

Los Angeles	Los Angeles
C. Paul Pts: 33 Reb: 4 Ast: 8 Stl: 0 Blk: 0	K. Bryant Pts: 31 Reb: 2 Ast: 9 Stl: 0 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 LAC

Hot: Chris Paul. Paul absolutely had his way with the Lakers points guards on his way to a season high 33 point performance on 15-of-25 shooting from the field. CP3 also showed his teammates some love by dishing about a team high 8 assist in the shootout win over their hallway rivals.

Not: Carls Boozer. Boozer pulled a no show as he finished with just 2 points in nearly 30 minutes of action. Boozer did have 11 rebounds but it doesn't hid his pitiful shooting and pitiful defense performance. Also didn't help that he let Blake Griffin stroll right to the basket all game long.

Quotable: "I wasn't really aggressive in our first game of the season so I decided that to put the team on my back and lead the way. No rah rah speech, just wanted to lead by example." Clipper PG Chris Paul

By The Numbers: 51. The Clippers shot 51% from the field and probably could've shot a higher percentage if they didn;t miss a lot of wide open three balls.

Rookie Watch: Jordan Clarkson. The Lakers 2nd round pick had his best game as a pro finishing with 10 points and 2 assist off the bench, leading a Lakers bench that finished with 45 points from their reserves.

Up Next Things don't get any easier for the Lakers has they hit the road tomorrow night to take the Splash Brothers and the Golden State Warriors.

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Up Next: @ GSW

	Lakers (1-2, 1-0 away)	Saturday November 1, 2014 7:30 PM
	Warriors (1-0, 0-0 home)

Los Angeles

Golden State

Jeremy Lin	PG	Stephen Curry
Kobe Bryant	SG	Klay Thompson
Wesley Johnson	SF	Andre Iguodala
Carlos Boozer	PF	Draymond Green
Jordan Hill	C	Andrew Bogut
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

K. Bryant Points: 32.0 Reb: 2.0 Ast: 7.3 Stl: 0.3 Blk: 0.7	K. Thompson Points: 19.0 Reb: 7.0 Ast: 0.0 Stl: 2.0 Blk: 0.0
The Los Angeles Lakers head to the bay area to take on the Splash Brothers and the rest of the Golden State Warriors in a pacific division matchup. Warriors Inactives: David Lee (Hamstring) Lakers Inactives: Steve Nash (Back) Nick Young (Hand) Ryan Kelly (Hamstring) Julius Randle (Leg)

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Davis' Career Night Leads Lakers Past Warriors
By: ESPN.com
Posted November 1,2014

Sat, Nov 1, 2014 | Recap

	104	STAT LEADERS
		Davis 32	PTS	Curry 27
	96	Hill 16	REB	Bogut 13
		Price 6	AST	Curry 9

Top Performers

Los Angeles	Golden State
E. Davis Pts: 32 Reb: 11 Ast: 0 Stl: 0 Blk: 0	S. Curry Pts: 27 Reb: 4 Ast: 9 Stl: 0 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 LAL

Hot: Ed Davis. The former lottery pick had a career night against the Warriors bigs as he finished with a career high 32 points to go with 11 rebounds in 28 minutes. Davis and the Lakers guards ran the pick and roll to perfection, getting Davis a lot of easy looks, hence his 15-of-18 shooting from the field. Davis was playing so well he regulated Carlos Boozer to just 17 minutes.

Not: Andrew Bogut. The Warriors' defensive anchor was nowhere to be found has Davis had a field day scoring inside. Bogut was quiet on the offensive end to with just 2 points on 1-of-7 shooting in 31 minutes. The lone bright spot for the Aussie was his team high 13 rebounds in the losing effort.

Quotable: "Man I was just out there playing ball like I always do you know, nothing special. Props to my teammates for getting the ball in easy position to score." Lakers C Ed Davis.

X-Factor: Kobe Bryant. You usually don't see the Black Mamba here but against GSW he was played the role as a decoy to the tee. Bryant had a great all around game with 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assist while shooting 50% from the floor and from three point land.

Rookie Watch: Jordan Clarkson. Clarkson had another efficient night off the bench pumping in 10 points while grabbing 2 rebounds and dishing out 2 assist.

Up Next: The Lakers head back home to host the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.

[Knickerbocker91]

What are you plans for this season? The West is extremely tough and I highly doubt the Lakers will even contend for the eighth seed. Are you looking toward free agency or do you think the team they currently have just needs to develop?

Good luck.