Powell, Vujacic, Farmar, Walton and Mbenga Come Together Against Spurs

A bench mob comprised of Lakers reserves Josh Powell, Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton and DJ Mbenga came together for a combined 24 points on 11-for-20 shooting with 14 rebounds and four assists last night at San Antonio. The Lakers came away with a 102-95 win over the Spurs at AT&T Center, largely due to the Bench Mob’s strong fourth quarter. After starting Wednesday night’s game due to Lamar Odom’s one-game suspension, Powell was back with the reserves and told the L.A. Times, “I just think that the more we can trust each other, on both ends, and the more patience we have, the better we’ll be. I think that the first half, it was like we were out there kind of rushing instead of just being patient and letting things happen on both ends of the court. I think in the second half, we were able to get that back.”

The Lakers reserves scored 12 points and missed only three of their eight shots during the fourth quarter. They made some turnovers, but they were able to score. It was nice to see them fight back in this ballgames and get back in it,” said Lakers’ Coach Phil Jackson. Vujacic told the Times, “We understand what out job is, what we have when we’re out there. We’re just trying to do our best and extend the score in our favor. So that’s what Bench Mob does and we try to speed up the pace a little bit and play good defense and just move the basketball. When we play like that, there’s no one team that can beat us.”

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