Briefing: Unfortunately, there are no mulligans for bad quarters
Links and reaction from Washington's 115-103 loss to Los Angeles.
| Final - 1.26.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 30 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 115 |
| Washington Wizards | 29 | 15 | 28 | 31 | 103 |
Stories
Lakers control game, beat Wizards comfortably
The Wizards really didn't do that much wrong tonight. The Lakers are just a much, much, much, much better team right now. Honestly, Flip and company should be able to find some positives in...
The "Soft" Tag, Hard Fouls and the Intimidation Factor
The Lakers typically aren't the aggressors. This gets confused for being soft. They're reactive rather than proactive. Sometimes, this is where the Lakers are lacking, and nothing shows this more than their inability to commit the good ole fashioned hard foul.
GameThreads
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Lakers Fans GameThread on Silver Screen and Roll
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 30 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 115 |
| Washington | 29 | 15 | 28 | 31 | 103 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Artest | 26 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Pau Gasol | 39 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 10-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-1 | 26 |
| Andrew Bynum | 29 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Kobe Bryant | 37 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 8-9 | 4-0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2-0 | 26 |
| Derek Fisher | 23 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| Shannon Brown | 30 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Lamar Odom | 26 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 8-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Jordan Farmar | 21 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Luke Walton | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Josh Powell | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Adam Morrison | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 44-75 | 9-22 | 18-22 | 33-4 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13-1 | 115 | |
| .587 | .409 | .818 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
| Washington | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 35 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 8-1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 18 |
| Antawn Jamison | 45 | 11-23 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 27 |
| Brendan Haywood | 31 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 8-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Mike Miller | 36 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Randy Foye | 31 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 14 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Earl Boykins | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Andray Blatche | 18 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-1 | 10 |
| Mike James | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Dominic McGuire | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| JaVale McGee | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Arenas | DNP - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Fabricio Oberto | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nick Young | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Javaris Crittenton | DNP - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 43-87 | 7-20 | 10-14 | 43-15 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20-1 | 103 | |
| .494 | .350 | .714 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 3 (15 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Greg Willard, Courtney Kirkland, Leon Wood
Duration:2:10
Officials: - Greg Willard, Courtney Kirkland, Leon Wood
Duration:2:10
