By CLINTON GOLDIE, FreshSportsDaily.com Lakers Beat Writer
Game Info: 10:30 PM EST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009TV: FSOK, FSW
Los Angeles, CA. - The Lakers have been dominant thus far, while the Thunder have been inconsistent. Yet don't rule out Oklahoma City Thunder and their leader Kevin Durant as he tries to lead his team above the .500 mark when in town against the Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles, CA. - The Lakers have been dominant thus far, while the Thunder have been inconsistent. Yet don't rule out Oklahoma City Thunder and their leader Kevin Durant as he tries to lead his team above the .500 mark when in town against the Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers have won 15-16 games and won 4 out of the 5 on their first real road trip this season. The Lakers currently hold the best record in the NBA at 22-4.
The Thunder meanwhile have dropped 4 out of the last 5 and are struggling a bit to find some rhythm. Durant especially struggled for his standards going 6 for 18 from the field for 16 points. Durant, fourth in the NBA at 27.2 points per game, has been inconsistent of late. Durant had 27 points in a 109-98 win over Detroit on Friday, two nights after tying his season low with 12 points on 4 for 18 shooting in a 100-86 loss to the Mavericks.
The Lakers can't afford to let their guard down. Laker fans expect them to get up by 20 or so by the 2nd quarter. Then the Lakers will let their bench squander the lead away trying to learn the complicated Triangle system. You would think after watching the Triangle from the bench for three quarters a night and then practicing it that the bench players could run it efficiently. Yet, more times than none this year, Kobe has had to come back into a game in the 4th quarter and bail them out.
Clinton Goldie you sly fox !
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