Lakers Lose to Atlanta 86-76

After beating the New Jersey Nets 103-95 Friday, the Lakers played one of their worst games of the season Sunday, losing to the Atlanta Hawks 86-76 at Philips Arena.  Due to a season low in points (they fell behind by 16 points in the fourth quarter) and miserable (35%) shooting the Lakers blew their chances at an undefeated road trip and fell two games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the league’s best record with nine regular-season games left for both teams.

Kobe Bryant, who played with a sprained ankle and intestinal flu-like symptoms and had 17 points on seven-for-19 shooting, told the L.A. Times after the Lakers’ poor showing, “It was one of those nights for us.” Lakers’ Coach Phil Jackson said in reference to Lakers’ starting forwards Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza, “There were a lot of guys that I could assess their games in the same category–they really had a bad night. You just have spaces in time where things just don’t click together. Everybody hits a night like tonight, and there’s nobody that can pick anybody out of the doldrums that we were in out there.” Read the full article at LATimes.com.

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