7th Straight Loss for Lakers

Last night’s loss to the Denver Nuggets puts the Los Angeles Lakers’ record at 33-32 at this point in the season.  The Nuggets pulled away from the Lakers in the second half, handing them a 113-86 embarrassment.
 

This loss came after another 20-plus point flogging by the Dallas Mavericks on Monday at the Staples Center.  The Lakers play tonight at home.  They’ll be hoping that they can stop the hemorrhaging against the (26-38) Portland Trail Blazers.
 

If you thought the return of Luke Walton and Lamar Odom would help at all, think again.  Neither provided anything worthwhile for the Lakers.  A visibly winded Odom didn’t score at all in the second half.  Walton managed 13 points and 7 rebounds in 26 minutes, but couldn’t stop the Nuggets from getting to the basket at will.  Neither could anybody else.
 

Things look grim for the Lakers right now, but hopefully, if you get some sweet Lakers tickets at StubHub.com, you will get a chance to see the Lakers get back on track just before the playoffs.


 

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Jackson Mouths off about Mouthing Off Fine

The Lakers’ head coach Phil Jackson had a rough day yesterday.  He was fined $50,000 by the NBA for his inflammatory remarks about the league’s alleged “vendetta” against Kobe Bryant, and then lost his first-ever seventh straight game as a coach.
 

Though the fine is probably pocket change for a 17-year NBA head coach, who will make roughly $30 million in his 5 year contract with the Lakers, the loss will probably irk him more.
 

Jackson was fined earlier in the season for remarks he made about the officials in a game against the Utah Jazz.  Still, the Lakers coach couldn’t help but take another jab at the NBS League Office.
 

Said Jackson, “I thought you only get fined for criticizing officiating. They’re the sacred cows. But I find out somebody else has a sacred cow somewhere else.”
 

The defeat at the hands of the Nuggets puts the Lakers at just one games above .500, and still falling.  Check out Lakers tickets at StubHub.com if you want a first-hand look at a team on the brink. 


 

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