Win #2 for Lakers

The Lakers played the Clippers Wednesday at Staples Center and triumphed 117-79. Just as the Lakers foiled Greg Oden’s debut with Portland in Tuesday’s season opener, the Lakers short-circuited Baron Davis’ first game as a Clipper. There have been two games into the 2008-09 NBA season and the Lakers have secured two victories by a total of 58 points. On Wednesday’s game the Lakers’ defense was dominant, holding the Clippers 36.7% shooting on the way to an 85-57 lead through three quarters and seven Lakers scored double digits (Derek Fisher had 15 and Kobe Bryant had 16). Clippers fans resignedly slipped out of the arena early on in the fourth quarter as a result.

Reporters were checking the record books to see if the point differential was worth noting, but in the end it wasn’t as bad as the 1979 embarrassment when the Lakers had a 46-point lead over the Clippers. Wednesday night’s game was the second-worse loss to the Lakers in the Clippers’ 38-year history, however. More good news for Lakers fans, as Andrew Bynum came back with 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots in 25 minutes after a slow opener and despite being on the Clippers home turf there was a rousing “M-V-P” chant for Bryant. The Lakers and Clippers meet again next Wednesday in a Lakers home game.

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Posted in General on October 30, 2008

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