Road trips are fun in a way and allow the
rookies out on the floor to do "their thing"
but evidently do not allow us as Lakers
to make much of a big dent for winning.
We are learning who and what works
the best and so far it has been a great
big struggle to do so. It is no offense
for coach Byron Scott as he has put
Sacre, Nick Young, Larry Nance Jr,
Julius Randle, Marcello Huertas and
D'Angelo Russell on the courts and
yet our losses keep mounting up.
When we played the San Antonio
Spurs, Russell logged a career
high in points of 24 & had shooting
clip 9-of-23 with 6 assists. He played
all of 36 minutes. Playing mostly with
Kobe whose willingly reduced role
also coincided with a somewhat
efficient 12 points on a 5-of-12
shooting, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
Kobe played 29 minutes in the game.
Although the Houston Rockets are
no where near where they want to
be, they feel like they are getting
there, & yes, lost in TX. both in
San Antonio and in Houston.
The Rockets won 126-97 and the
Spurs won 109-87.
So you see we do still have a
lot of work yet ahead of us going
on soon into 2016 for season's
end. Jordan Clarkson missed
his second straight game with
a sprained ankle. The loss in
Houston closed out an 8 game
road trip, the team's longest
since a 9 game trip Jan.2007-
Feb. 2008. Nick Young finished
scoring with 13 points. There will
be a little bit of a change in the
scenery with second year
forward Tarik Black, rookie
forward Anthony Brown, and
third year forward Ryan Kelly
assigned to their Develop-
ment League affiliate, the D-
Fenders. All 3 played in last
Sunday's game against the Austin
Spurs at the Lakers' practice
facility in El Segundo.
I read in the newspaper that we have
lost a big man with a guard's flair.
Dolph Schayes, age 87, has died.
He gained acclaim as a Hall of
Famer forward and was one of the
greatest players of his time with the
old Syracuse Nationals & also
among the NBA's leading scorers.
And at only age 53, we now have
lost John Williams, 6th. man with
the Cavs. He spent 13 years in the
NBA and was a popular and tough
defensive 6th. man on the Cleveland
Cavaliers during 1988-89.
Sorry to have lost you both.
May you now R.I.P.
And so, now on Tuesday eve. we
shall be back on our own home courts
and playing against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Would be so very nice to get a victory
BABS WELLS
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