Nov

21

Hot shooting Lakers slam Pacers 134-114

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main 

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant puts up a shot during the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers-Indiana Pacers game, played on Tuesday night. Bryant scored 32 points as Los Angeles beat Indiana 134-114.

?More often than not, if your team shoots better than 50% from the field, chances are very good that your team will win; tonight was no different.? The Los Angeles Lakers shot a blistering 58% from the field (including 52% from 3-point range) as they destroyed the Indiana Pacers 134-114 at a stunned Canseco Fieldhouse Tuesday night.? The 20-point loss at home by Indiana was their worst home loss since they lost to the New Jersey Nets by 24 on March 4, 2001.

Los Angeles, shooting 61 percent from the field, led Indiana 71-63 at halftime.? Pacers forward Danny Granger tried to get Indiana back in the game, as he made a layup to cut the Lakers’ lead to 87-74.? He then proceeded to block Los Angeles’ guard Kobe Bryant’s shot and converted a layup to narrow the Laker lead to 11.? Los Angeles quickly recovered to lead 104-90 going into the 4th quarter.

The Lakers scored the first 12 points of the 4th quarter, which gave Los Angeles a lead they would not relinquish.? Los Angeles’ high scorer of the 8 players in double-digits was the aforementioned Bryant with 32 points, including 5-for-9 from beyond the 3-point arc.? Reserve G Jordan Farmar added 18, while center Andrew Bynum chipped in 17 and 10 rebounds; he also blocked 4 shots.

Indiana was led by reserve F Shaune Williams, scoring a career-high 24 points from off the bench; Granger added 17 while F Jermaine O’Neal had a subpar effort, scoring only 14.? Los Angeles (7-3) next game is on Wednesday, when they fly north to Milwaukee to face the Bucks.? Indiana (4-7) travels south to take on the New Orleans Hornets, also on Wednesday.


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