Los Angeles Lakers: Evans, Kings stun Lakers in Sacramento

[Psychedelic™]

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~ A Quest for Three-Peat ~



(3-2) 3rd Pacific

Next game: November 5, 2010 10:30 PM (ET): Lakers vs Raptors (2-2), First meeting this season.
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Platform: NBA Live 08 PC | Difficulty: Superstar | Minutes (In-game/Simulation): 10/11 minutes | Sliders: Personal Sliders

TEAM STAFF

Team Owner: Jerry Buss

General Manager and President of Basketball Operations: Patrick Basilio

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach: Phil Jackson
Assistant Head Coach: Ignacio Ibanez
Assistant: Troy Gutierrez
Trainer: Malik Omar
Scout: Troy Diez

2010-2011 ROSTER




Starters

C - Andrew Bynum
PF - Pau Gasol
SF - Ron Arterst
SG - Kobe Bryant (C)
PG - Derek Fisher

Bench

Lamar Odom
Matt Barnes
Steve Blake
Shannon Brown
Theo Ratliff
Sasha Vujajic
Luke Walton

Reserves

Devin Ebanks (R)
Derrick Caracter (R)

(C) - Team Captain
(IN) - Injured
(R) - Rookie
(FA) - Free Agent


2010-2011 SCHEDULE

OCTOBER ______________________________ NOVEMBER


DECEMBER ______________________________ JANUARY


FEBRUARY ______________________________ MARCH


APRIL

First things first, NO FLAMERS, NO HATERS (sarcastically) To start it off, This is my first dynasty using the Los Angeles Lakers in-quest for a three-peat with Phil Jackson returning as the head coach and with the addition of key players I think we still have a shot for another title. I'm gonna play whole 82 games in-game and I won't change my roster until off-season.

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[Psychedelic™]

TEAM REPORT


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NOVEMBER

November 1, 2010 --- Bynum's wrist injury
November 2, 2010 --- Ratliff to start at center

GAME RECAPS (SEASON/PLAYOFFS)


SEASON

October 26, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET) --- Lakers beat Rockets 103-92 in Season Opener (W)
October 29, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET) --- Lakers fell short against the Suns (L)
October 31, 2010 - 9:30 PM (ET) --- Lakers win but lose Bynum to wrist injury (W)
November 2, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET) --- Pau Gasol leads LA past Grizzlies (W)
November 3, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET) --- Evans, Kings stun Lakers in Sacramento (L)

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PLAYOFFS

AROUND THE LEAGUE


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NOVEMBER

November 1, 2010 --- Larry Hughes signed with the Kings and Bulls point guard injured knee.

[rise]

Damn it! I hate the Lakers! Good luck anyway. lol

[Psychedelic™]

First things first, NO FLAMERS, NO HATERS! To start it off, This is my first dynasty using the Los Angeles Lakers in-quest for a three-peat with Phil Jackson returning as the head coach and with the addition of key players I think we still have a shot for another title. I'm gonna play whole 82 games in-game and I won't change my roster until off-season. Season Opener against the Rockets coming up.

[Bucket]

You play with Lakers some play now games?

[Psychedelic™]

Hahaha, This is gonna be exciting. A lot of Lakers haters in here huh.

[rise]

First things first, NO FLAMERS, NO HATERS!

No flaming, just hating.

[Keef]

Following this

[Psychedelic™]

Houston Rockets (0-1) @ Los Angeles Lakers (1-0)
October 26, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET)
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(Pau Gasol goes for a two-handed dunk and Kobe Bryant with a fade away jumper against Kevin Martin. Lakers won 103-92.)

Lakers beat Rockets 103-92 in Season Opener
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- There was no championship hangover for these Lakers. Kobe Bryant missed a triple double with 35 points, 10 assist and 9 rebounds and Pau Gasol added 23 points and 7 rebounds as the reigning NBA champions opened defense of their title Thursday night with a 103-92 victory over the new look Houston Rockets.

Yao Ming who came back with the Rockets played last night after having a season ending surgery with a broken foot last season. The Lakers began the evening with a ceremony unveiling the franchise's 16th gold-and-purple championship banner, earned four months ago after defeating Boston in game 7 of 2010 NBA finals. Commissioner David Stern handed out diamond-encrusted rings to almost everyone from last season's team. The last time the Lakers opened a title defense was last October 27, 2009 when they host their Staples Center co-tenants Los Angeles Clippers with a 99-92 win.

Bryant was 15 of 24 from the field but he committed 4 of 15 Lakers turnovers, while Gasol was 11 of 19 from the field and had 7 rebounds.
Barnes scored 6 points and had 3 assist while Steve Blake contributed 5 rebounds and 3 steals in their debut game as a Laker. Andrew Bynum sat out early with two quick fouls called on him on the first quarter and was replaced by Lamar Odom who had 14 points off the bench.

Yao Ming played 32 minutes and scored 15 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Rockets. Guards Aaron Brooks and Kevin Martin combined for 55 points but not enough for the defending champs. Newly acquired guard Courtney Lee added 5 points off the bench.
Houston is up 51-46 at halftime with Brooks hitting a 3 pointer with 1.5 seconds left. Brooks leads all scorers with 19 points at the end of the first half.

Both teams went scoreless in the 4th with 2:07 minutes remaining with Lakers up 92-88. Then Aaron Brooks hits a driving a layup off a steal to make it 92-90. Phil Jackson calls a timeout. It was then Kobe Bryant's show who manage to score eight straight points with Rockets missing 4 consecutive shots to makt it 100-90 with 45 seconds remaining in the game. Then Kevin Martin hits a shot off an assist from Brooks to make 100-92 with 22 seconds left. Bryant nailed a buzzer beating three at the end and made 18 points in the 4th.


Game Notes:
Yao Ming's first game since being injured.
Lakers shot 59% on the field.
Bryant missed a near triple double (35 PTS 9 RBS 10 AST).

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BOXSCORES

[Bucket]

Kobe and ten assists
Good win in opener. Like pictures, and quality.

[Psychedelic™]

Kobe and ten assists
Good win in opener. Like pictures, and quality.

Why shocked? Kobe can still do it in real. Thanks for the compliments though!

[Bucket]

Really ?

[Psychedelic™]

Really ?

Okay. So what's the point?

[Martti.]

In basiliopatrick's defense, Kobe has better teammates now.

Anyway, don't really like the Lakers, but this looks promising. I'd change the sim length to 12 as you are playing 10 min quarters.

[Kenny]

I would probably classify myself as a Lakers hater, but I hope this lasts because I've been waiting for someone to do a Lakers dynasty. Can't wait to see what you do with this one... keeping the NBA champions on top comes with a lot of pressure itself.

I'd also suggest a change in sim length to 12

[Axel The Great]

I'm with badreligionau. Being the Rockets fan that I am, the Lakers are evil, even if a player has played for the Rockets before Psycho Ron Artest. Good luck with this one, surprised this place isn't flooded with Lakers dynasties as there's so many Laker bandwagoners out there.

[dare]

Gonna follow this
Durantula_MVP, Did you see the clock less than 2 seconds left and are you really going to pass it to Brian Cook and Lamar Odom is still inconsistent back there. There is no point in showing that video.

[Psychedelic™]

To the guys who were suggesting sim length to 12 minutes, maybe I'll give it a try but now I'd rather use 10, coz NBA LIVE 08's SIM ENGINE sucks! I don't wanna see Amare Stoudemire averaging 11.0 assist per game (WTF ). Though in my case now, simulated stats seems to be pretty realistic at 10 minutes with my first day of the season.

[Bucket]

dare, Hmm and This

[dare]

Durantula_MVP, First video he is still not the Kobe we know today, second video I can't even watch it.

[Psychedelic™]

First video he is still not the Kobe we know today.

Or should I re-phrase this with "New Kobe is not the Old Kobe anymore". I agree with your statement though

[Psychedelic™]

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The Lakers will go on their first road trip of the season to face the Phoenix Suns in a rematch of last season's Western Conference Finals. This is their first meeting of the season with the new look Suns after acquiring forwards Hedo Turkoglu, Josh Childress and Hakim Warrick. Stay tuned!

[Psychedelic™]

Los Angeles Lakers (1-1) @ Phoenix Suns (2-1)
October 29, 2010 - 10:30 PM (ET)
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(Nash's 40 leads Suns past Lakers 100-92. Bryant scored 31. )

Lakers fell short against the Suns
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Nash scores a game-high 40 points to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Los Angeles Lakers 100-92 in a rematch of last season's Western Conference Finals. Steve Nash had a brilliant game, scoring 40 points on 18 out of 32 shooting and dishes out 8 assists. Nash was able to score at ease no matter who the Lakers used as a defender. Nash already got 20 points in 9/15 shooting after the first half to lead all scorers. The reason why Lakers trailed by 12 at the half and shooting just 33% on the field for the first two quarters. Richardson, normally a quality defensive player able to frustrate even the best scorers, looked out of his league against Bryant. Robin Lopez proved to be too much inside as well, doing whatever he wished against the likes of Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol; He finished with 2 points and grabbed 14 boards. Newly acquired forwards Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress added 10 points apiece as well.

The Lakers starters performed well, but not well enough. Greater performances will be required if the Lakers would minimize their turnovers as they committed 15 turnovers (same numbers with their season opener against the Rockets). Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 31 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dishes out 5 assists. Pau Gasol, who up to this point has been a very efficient scorer, finished with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists along with 3 steals and 3 blocks. Ron Artest (5 points on 2/12 shooting) will need to be more aggressive, as the Suns do not have a guard capable of stopping him from getting to the basket.

Lamar Odom was incredibly effective off of the bench, coming in to score 10 points and grab 2 rebounds in 10 minutes. Odom was able to score whenever he wished, usually with the Suns’ players standing around watching him. While the Suns did have a decent inside game scoring wise (with Turkoglu's 7 rebounds and also newly acquired forward Hakim Warrick chipping in 6 points and 8 rebounds). Goran Dragic dishes out 3 assist and Channing Frye gave the Suns with 2 blocks and 5 boards. Dragic and Frye are both capable of scoring in bursts, and their offense is greatly needed if the starters cannot contribute more. The Suns holds on the lead and were never trailed. The lead grew until 18 but the Lakers even make it closer by 6 but too much turnovers killed them and fell short with Nash and Richardson's unstoppable shots.



Game Notes:
Lakers committed 15 turnovers for two consecutive games.
Bryant's second consecutive 30+ points of the season.
Suns' reserves key in win.

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BOXSCORES

[bryan_jay23]

being a SACRAMENTO fan.. you all know im a hater!

[Bucket]

Steve outscored Black Mamba Bynum with only 4 rebounds