Lakers Defeated By Kings

Last night the Lakers endured their third (and worst) defeat against the Sacramento Kings, who scored 113 points to the Lakers’ 101. Arco Arena hosted the Lakers loss Tuesday, in which the Kings sought to come back from an unremarkable 5-16 season, make that 6-16. Kobe Bryant had 28 points with nine-for-25 shooting and Bynum had eight points and four rebounds in 21 minutes. “We want Luke!” chanted a few Lakers fans toward the end of the game, referring to bench-warming Lakers forward Luke Walton. Lamar Odom, who had 11 points and eight rebounds, told the L.A. Times, “You’ve got to respect your opponent to win games consistently. We came here thinking we were going to win. We’ve got to come out with a lot of energy and play the right way the whole game. If we don’t, then we could lose to Westchester High School.” Ouch.

While the Boston Celtics (20-2) were thought of as the Lakers’ fiercest opponent early on in the season, they now trail Cleveland (18-3) with a 17-3 record. Bryant commented on the Lakers loss, saying “We’ve got to focus on defense pretty much exclusively and not worry about the offensive side of things. We’ve go to get back to that, start sharpening it up a little bit.” When asked if any of the Lakers played well, coach Phil Jackson answered, “Pau had a fine game.” And he did, scoring 25 points with 12 rebounds. One Kings fan had a sign that read, “All we want for Christmas is to beat L.A.” so it looks like Christmas came early this year.

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