LAKERS vs THUNDER (POST-GAME REPORT)

LAKERS 105 - THUNDER 98

The Lakers continue with their streak as the other top tier teams start to falter with losses(Boston to Spurs on Sun, and Cleveland to Indiana today). It was what most has suspected, and almost everyone thought it would be a let-down game at the beginning when Lakers struggled to hold Oklahoma from scoring. But once again they rose to the occasion and came out victorious.

Once again it was Kobe who led all scorers(even feeling a bit low due to sickness), with 34pts and 7rebs. Kobe early in the game hitting 18pts, reached the 23,000 point milestone. Kevin Durant had himself quite a game, again scoring 31pts, and also filling up the box with 10rebs, 4asts, 4stls, and 1blk. Rookie Russel Westbrook filled up the boxes with 17pts, 9rebs, 7asts, and 2stls. Not bad for some young'ins. Jeff Green added 16pts, and 8rebs to his Thunder team score.

Gasol another efficient night 22pts, 14rebs, 2blks and 4asts. But it was Lamar who seriously crashed the boards tonight with 18rebs while also managing to put up 12pts, all which came only in the first half. Second half, Lamar was scoreless. It was also production in the Lakers bench that kept them in the game with Farmar, Sasha, and Ariza, all finishing with 9 points a piece. Not to mention Powell's 4pts on 2 of 4 shooting.

With time on their hands, with most of the minutes being eaten up by the core Laker players, Morrison and Brown have time to learn(the triangle offense) and develop a place in this Laker roster. And if they do so, expect them to make big contibutions to the Laker organization. Up next, out to Utah where the fans are just loud and horrible. Good Luck!