Spurs explode in second half of Kobe's return
Spurs pound Lakers and get that much closer to clinching the West's top seed.
| Final - 4.20.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 25 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 97 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 32 | 24 | 35 | 30 | 121 |
Stories
Western Conference Playoff Thread - Friday Night Scoreboard Watching
Memphis is definitely going to beat the hapless Bobcats, which will move them within a game of the Clippers. Spurs-Lakers is the big game.
Analyzing the Spurs Pick And Roll Attack: Part 2
Part two of a two part series examining the different ways that the Spurs use the pick and roll. And just how it works.
Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers Expert Gives Popovich Props, And Talks Movies
Are there games not worth winning simply because of the effort required to win them?
Analyzing the Spurs Pick And Roll Attack: Part 1
Part one of a two part series examining the different ways that the Spurs use the pick and roll. And just how it works.
GameThreads
Spurs Fans GameThread on Pounding The Rock
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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 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 97 |
| San Antonio | 32 | 24 | 35 | 30 | 121 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 30 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Pau Gasol | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Andrew Bynum | 29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 17 |
| Kobe Bryant | 29 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Ramon Sessions | 24 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Matt Barnes | 25 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Steve Blake | 20 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Troy Murphy | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Josh McRoberts | 18 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Devin Ebanks | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hill | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Darius Morris | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Christian Eyenga | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-76 | 6-14 | 25-30 | 29-10 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 14-0 | 97 | |
| .434 | .429 | .833 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 3 (16 pts) | |||||||
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 18 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Tim Duncan | 26 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Tiago Splitter | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Danny Green | 26 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Tony Parker | 27 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 1-0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 20 |
| Manu Ginobili | 25 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 6-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 20 |
| Matt Bonner | 18 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Stephen Jackson | 21 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Gary Neal | 19 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Boris Diaw | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| DeJuan Blair | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| James Anderson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Patrick Mills | 2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Cory Joseph | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47-77 | 10-15 | 17-18 | 42-11 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 22-0 | 121 | |
| .610 | .667 | .944 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (22 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Monty McCutchen, Mark Ayotte, David Guthrie
Duration:2:20
Officials: - Monty McCutchen, Mark Ayotte, David Guthrie
Duration:2:20
