Los Angeles Lakers Essay
The (0-4) Los Angeles Lakers are Kings County, in the borough of Brooklyn, the most populous of the five boroughs and the entire state of New York, to battle the (0-5) Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center.
The Lakers are on their first extended road trip of the season, where they will play 16 of their next 20 games. Usually team tend to come together and form a solid bond on the road, hopefully that will be the case for the 2015-16 Los Angeles Lakers.
Instead of spending time seeing some of the beautiful 19th century row houses on tree-lined Kent street in historic Greenpoint, the stunning views of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Heights, or traveling to see the historic brownstones in Bedford-Stuyvesant the vintage shops …show more content…
The Purple and Gold are 3-3 since the franchise moved to Brooklyn.
The Los Angeles Lakers look to avenge a 107-99 loss in Brooklyn on 3/29/15. The current Purple and Gold guards will match up against former Laker Wayne Ellington. The biggest culprit that is separating the purple and gold from adding positive numbers to the win column is their defense or the lack thereof.
By the numbers, The Lakers offense ranks fourth in the NBA at 106.8 points per game, however their defense ranked 30th, dead last, allowing 116.8 points per game. The Nets offense ranks 29th in the NBA at 89.8 points per game, their defense ranks 23rd allowing 104.4 points per game.
Two things that bear watching, the Nets on average score 40.8 points in the paint and commit 15.4 turnovers. The Lakers need to slow Brooklyn’s leading scorer, seven-foot center Brook Lopez, averaging 20 points per game on 56.9-percent shooting.
Tonight’s contest is an intriguing match up; one winless team, currently, allowing the most points in the league, against another winless team that has struggled to score. The fact of the matter is after 48 minutes, or two and a half hours one team will win this
The Lakers are on their first extended road trip of the season, where they will play 16 of their next 20 games. Usually team tend to come together and form a solid bond on the road, hopefully that will be the case for the 2015-16 Los Angeles Lakers.
Instead of spending time seeing some of the beautiful 19th century row houses on tree-lined Kent street in historic Greenpoint, the stunning views of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Heights, or traveling to see the historic brownstones in Bedford-Stuyvesant the vintage shops …show more content…
The Purple and Gold are 3-3 since the franchise moved to Brooklyn.
The Los Angeles Lakers look to avenge a 107-99 loss in Brooklyn on 3/29/15. The current Purple and Gold guards will match up against former Laker Wayne Ellington. The biggest culprit that is separating the purple and gold from adding positive numbers to the win column is their defense or the lack thereof.
By the numbers, The Lakers offense ranks fourth in the NBA at 106.8 points per game, however their defense ranked 30th, dead last, allowing 116.8 points per game. The Nets offense ranks 29th in the NBA at 89.8 points per game, their defense ranks 23rd allowing 104.4 points per game.
Two things that bear watching, the Nets on average score 40.8 points in the paint and commit 15.4 turnovers. The Lakers need to slow Brooklyn’s leading scorer, seven-foot center Brook Lopez, averaging 20 points per game on 56.9-percent shooting.
Tonight’s contest is an intriguing match up; one winless team, currently, allowing the most points in the league, against another winless team that has struggled to score. The fact of the matter is after 48 minutes, or two and a half hours one team will win this