Lakers Young Pieces Star In Victory Over Magic
- Updated: March 9, 2016
The Los Angeles Lakers young core of Jordan Clarkson, D’Angelo Russell, and Julius Randle starred last night as Los Angeles beat the Orlando Magic 107-98.
After being down six points at halftime Los Angeles used a 39 point third quarter to separate themselves from Orlando.
Victor Oladipo had 26 points and 4 rebounds. Evan Fournier had a strong game with 23 points and four rebounds as well.
Jason Smith started for the injured Nikola Vucic who is dealing with a groin injury. Smith reached double figures with 10 points before fouling out. C.J. Watson reached double figures off the bench with 10 points.
Aaron Gordon scored just 5 points but had a sensational dunk that left fans with their jam dropped.
Russell led the Lakers with 27 points with 3 assists. Clarkson added 24 points including five three pointers. Randle had a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Larry Nance Jr. was a bucket shy of a double-double with 8 points and 10 rebounds. Los Angeles outrebounded the Magic 45 to 35 which helped the Lakers out.
Los Angeles will try to make it three in a row when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. Fans can buy tickets to that game here.
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