Spurs Beat Lakers, 109-87
- Updated: December 12, 2015
The Lakers are continuing on their road-trip with a stop in San Antonio to take on the Spurs, with another defeat, the Lakers lost, 109-87. Head Coach Byron Scott has now embraced the fact that the younger players has to develop and gave them more playing time. Coach Scott also had to bring hot-handed Lou Williams off the bench to fill-in for Jordan Clarkson, who was sitting out of this game, while starting Larry Nance Jr. over Julius Randle.
D’Angelo Russell answered the call for more playing time, with a scoring outburst of 24 points to lead the Lakers. Russell’s solid play also included 6 rebounds and 6 assist, also a great night from long-range, sinking 5 of his 10 attempts from the 3-point area. Lou Williams also contributed 19 points, on 7 of 12 from the floor. Kobe Bryant, in his final trip to San Antonio, added 12 points, in a decent performance was 5 of 12 from the floor, as he also grabbed six rebounds.
San Antonio has always been a tough place for the Lakers in the past, this year was no different, the Spurs are undefeated at home this season, after this win over Los Angeles, they are now 12-0. The Spurs were led by the LaMarcus Aldridge, who had a very impressive double-double, with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard also added a double-double, 16 points and 11 rebounds. Spurs guard Patty Mills gave the Spurs the added kick coming off the bench, scoring 22 points in the twenty-two minutes he played.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS FOR THE LAKERS:
The Lakers struggles are continuing due to their field goal percentage, last night’s game only seen the team shoot below 50% once again, this time the shot only 40.9%. Fast break points are also one of the keys to a victory as well, the team only had four points on the break.
NEXT UP FOR THE LAKERS:
A trip to Houston, to face the Rockets and James Harden. The Rockets are coming off a win last night, over the Washington Wizards in DC. This Rockets team has struggled, but seemed to have things back on track, after some turmoil earlier in the season. The game between the Lakers (3-20), and the Rockets will tip-off tonight, at 8pm EST, at the Toyota Center. The Lakers are still in the mists of this very trying season and are still in last place in the NBA’s Pacific Division.
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