Bobcats Vs. Lakers: Kobe Bryant Strikes Early, Charlotte Folds Quickly In Blowout
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers (13-9) dominated the hapless Charlotte Bobcats (3-19) on Tuesday night at Staples Center.
| Final - 1.31.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Bobcats | 18 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 73 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 30 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 106 |
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Much Needed Practice Time
Much Needed Practice. The Lakers housed the Bobcats in a glorified scrimmage. Now look to ride the momentum of two straight wins heading into their annual Grammys road trip.
Lakers 106, Bobcats 73: It's Raining Threes
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Lakers Vs. Bobcats: NBA's Worst Team Comes To Staples Center
The Los Angeles Lakers look for their second straight win on Tuesday night, facing the lowly Charlotte Bobcats, a team that has beaten the Lakers in eight of their last 11 meetings.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 18 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 73 |
| LA Lakers | 30 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 106 |
| Charlotte | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrus Thomas | 28 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Boris Diaw | 27 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| DeSagana Diop | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Gerald Henderson | 30 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 14 |
| Kemba Walker | 34 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 6-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 |
| Byron Mullens | 17 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Derrick Brown | 19 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 |
| Matt Carroll | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| D.J. White | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Cory Higgins | 13 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 13 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Corey Maggette | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eduardo Najera | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| D.J. Augustin | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-89 | 2-9 | 9-13 | 34-12 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 14-1 | 73 | |
| .348 | .222 | .692 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (21 pts) | |||||||
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 21 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Pau Gasol | 29 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Andrew Bynum | 31 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 11-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 20 |
| Kobe Bryant | 27 | 9-21 | 2-11 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-1 | 24 |
| Derek Fisher | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 25 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Troy Murphy | 27 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Matt Barnes | 22 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Jason Kapono | 19 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Josh McRoberts | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Luke Walton | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Darius Morris | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Devin Ebanks | 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Steve Blake | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Derrick Caracter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42-76 | 12-26 | 10-11 | 47-7 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 16-1 | 106 | |
| .553 | .462 | .909 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (8 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Tony Brown, Brian Forte
Duration:2:00
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Tony Brown, Brian Forte
Duration:2:00
