Road To Redemption

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2014-2015 Los Angeles Lakers



G | Jeremy Lin | 6-3, 200 lbs | Harvard
G | Kobe Bryant | 6-6, 212 lbs | Lower Marion (HS)
G | Wesley Johnson | 6-7, 215 lbs | Syracuse
F | Carlos Boozer | 6-9, 258 lbs | Duke
C | Jordan Hill | 6-10, 235 lbs | Arizona



G | Jordan Clarkson | 6-5, 185 lbs | Missouri
G | Ronnie Price | 6-2, 190 lbs | Utah Valley
G | Wayne Ellington | 6-4, 200 lbs | North Carolina
F | Xavier Henry | 6-6, 220 lbs | Kansas
F | Julius Randle | 6-9, 250 lbs | Kentucky
C | Robert Sacre | 7-0, 270 lbs | Gonzaga
C | Ed Davis | 6-10, 240 lbs | North Carolina



F | Nicky Young | 6-7, 210 lbs | USC
G | Steve Nash | 6-3, 180 lbs | Santa Clara
F | Ryan Kelly | 6-11, 230 lbs | Duke

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Headlines 2014-2015 Season Lakers Interested In Quincy Miller Boozer Out With Torn Meniscus

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Draft 2015

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Opening Night: vs HOU

	Rockets (0-0, 0-0 away)	Tuesday October 28, 2014 7:30 PM
	Lakers (0-0, 0-0 home)

Houston

Los Angeles

Patrick Beverly	PG	Jeremy Lin
James Harden	SG	Kobe Bryant
Trevor Ariza	SF	Wesley Johnson
Terrence Jones	PF	Carlos Boozer
Dwight Howard	C	Jordan Hill
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

J. Harden Points: 0.0 Reb: 0.0 Ast: 0.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 0.0	K. Bryant Points: 0.0 Reb: 0.0 Ast: 0.0 Stl: 0.0 Blk: 0.0
Kobe Bryant makes his return to the court for a opening night matchup against the dynamic duo of James Harden and Dwight Howard and the rest of the Houston Rockets. Injury Report: Steve Nash (Back) Out Nick Young (Hand) Out Wayne Ellington (Head) Out Ryan Kelly (Hamstring) Out

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[Game Links: Lakers Boxscore | Rockets Boxscore | Team Comparison]
Lakers Fall To Rockets On Opening Night
By: ESPN.com
Posted October 28,2014

Tue, Oct 28, 2014 | Recap

	110	STAT LEADERS
		Ariza 26	PTS	Bryant 25
	102	Howard 11	REB	Hill 15
		Beverly 6	AST	Bryant 7

Top Performers

Houston	Los Angeles
T. Ariza Pts: 26 Reb: 7 Ast: 5 Stl: 3 Blk: 0	K. Bryant Pts: 25 Reb: 2 Ast: 7 Stl: 1 Blk: 0
SEASON SERIES 1-0 HOU

Hot: Trevor Ariza. The Rockets top free agent pickup proved he was worth the money on opening night leading the Rockets with 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assist, and 3 steals wgile going 11-of-18 from the field including 4-of-8 from three. If Ariza plays like this all season long, ther Rockets will be representing the West in the NBA Finals.

Not: Kobe Bryant. The Black Mamba had a rough night shooting in his first regular season game since December 17, 2013. Bryant shot a woeful 10-of-27 from the field in the opening night loss. To Bryant's credit, he constantly attacked the basket but wasn't given a lot of calls only taking two free throw attempts compared to five taken by Rockets' 6th man Troy Daniels.

Quotable: "Our gameplan was to let Kobe get his so his teammates couldn't get going and it worked pretty well for us. Also James and Trevor played some great defense on him and Dwight protected the paint well every time Kobe attacked." Rockets HC Kevin McHale.

Rookie Watch: Julius Randle. The 7th overall pick looked impressive in his 16 minutes of action finishing with 15 points and 2 assist off the bench.

Up Next The Lakers hit the road to take on the upstart Phoenix Suns.

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ESPN Scoreboard 10/28/14
Games	Hi Scoring	Hi Rebounds	Hi Assist
Pelicans 114 Magic 81	Anthony Davis 28	Omer Asik 16	Jrue Holiday 11
Mavericks 95 Spurs 92	Chandler Parsons 27	Brandan Wright 13	Devin Harris 8
Rockets 110 Lakers 102	Trevor Ariza 26	Jordan Hill 16	Kobe Bryant 7

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Updated: October 29, 2014, 1:27 PM ET

Julius Randle breaks leg in debut
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ESPN.com news services

LOS ANGELES -- Lakers rookie forward Julius Randle, the team's top draft choice in June, broke his right leg midway through the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's 110-102 loss to the Houston Rockets.

Randle

The Lakers said the initial diagnosis by team doctors at Staples Center was a broken tibia. Randle was to undergo further evaluation, and the Lakers said they would provide an update on his status Wednesday.

A source told ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne that Randle suffered a clean break of the tibia and was having surgery Wednesday morning.

A timetable for Randle's recovery won't be known until he's evaluated after surgery. But the Lakers' initial fear was that he'd miss 4-6 months, according to sources.

"It is heartbreaking, because I saw him all summer," coach Byron Scott said. "I saw the work that he was putting in. I saw the progression that he was making, the steps that he was taking to get better. And his first game, he goes down. I don't think anybody in that locker room is happy about the way we played, but we're even more saddened about the fact that we lost one of our young guys."

Randle, the 19-year-old former University of Kentucky standout who was selected seventh overall in June, was driving to the basket when his right foot buckled and he collapsed on the court. Scott said he was told that other players heard a "pop" when Randle went down.

The Dallas native held his leg for several minutes while medical officials tended to him. The Staples Center crowd fell quiet as a stretcher was brought out, and Randle's teammates huddled around him beneath the basket. Lakers star Kobe Bryant comforted him and shook his head in disbelief.

"Even for myself, being a veteran and dealing with something like this, it's tough," said Bryant, who missed most of last season with two major injuries. "For him being a 19-year-old kid, it's tough. That's what we're here for. We're here to pick him up and take it day by day."

"It's a fluke injury," he added. "There's nothing you can do about that. He worked extremely hard, he trained extremely hard. Then something like this happens, so you've kind of got to give yourself up to that and control what you can control, and what happens, happens. And now it's on him to control how he handles this."

Randle scored 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting in 16 minutes. Scott said he spoke with the rookie after the game.

"I just told him to stay strong," Scott said. "Adversity tests the true character of a man. This is some adversity that we're facing with a young guy being out, and obviously, it's something that he's facing. I feel for him. I feel extremely bad for him. He was kind of crying, and I just told him to stay strong and that it's going to make him a better basketball player."

Bryant agreed that losing a lottery pick to serious injury during his debut was a hard blow for a rebuilding franchise.

"I think what this franchise has always been good about doing is surrounding young players with players who have come before," he said. "He has a great cast around him -- myself and James Worthy and AC Green and Magic [Johnson]. We're all here. We'll help him through this. He'll come back a basketball player. That's the goal, is to try to find a silver lining within anything."

Worthy, whose 1983 rookie season with the Lakers ended prematurely because he broke his leg, tweeted words of encouragement to Randle.