Lakers Beat 76ers

Although the Lakers defense didn’t show much improvement, Kobe Bryant scored 32 points and the Lakers bounced back to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-102. The 76ers were 24th in the league in scoring, with 94.3 points per game, but last night at Wachovia Center the Lakers were set back by a pair of point guards. Andre Miller had 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the 76ers (8-11) and backup Louis Williams scored all 15 of his points in the fourth quarter. In response to the persistent lack of defensive effort (highlighted by the lakers loss to Indiana 118-117), Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson told the L.A. Times resignedly, “We are what we are, I guess. A good offensive team.” That was proved by the Lakers making a season-high 58.1% of their shots.

Bryant had 32 points on 12-for-20 shooting and Pau Gasol had 22 points of eight-for-12 shooting and while Andrew Bynum scored 18 points on seven-for-11 shooting he had three rebounds that caused an irritated Jackson to mutter, “Some of the guards outrebounded Andrew tonight.” Bynum offered a rebuttal: “I might have gotten some [rebounds] the last six minutes, again. You never know until the fat lady sings and he sings for me a lot.”

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Posted in General on December 4, 2008

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