Lakers fell to the Cavs for their 3rd loss in a row
The Lakers are missing the services of Andrew Bynum, as Kobe Bryant has not being able to save his team from losing their 3rd game in a row since Bynum got injured, this is their longest losing streak of the season and their 5th defeat against the Cavs in the same number of recent meetings.
Lebron James went into a scoring struggle with Kobe (scoring 9 of his 33) on the fourth period, where James scored 14 of his 41 points, giving the Cavs their 12th victory in 15 games. It was indeed a face-to-face match between the top NBA scorers, but only one celebrated at the end, this time was Lebron.
By the third, the Lakers had a 9 point advantage over Cleveland, but were not able to hold it for much longer as they started to miss alot of shots in the 4th.
Lacking of consistency on the Los Angeles forwards is what gave the Cavs the final victory of 98-95, just an example is Lamar Odom, who came up with the Lakers first 8 of the Los Angeles first 16 points but ended with just 14 and Kobe who had a decent night with 33 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, could managed it to make 8 of his first nine shots, but he vanished at the end, scoring only one of seven.
Phil Jackson is looking for find the formula for making his team a non-Bynum-dependant and to raise the spirit of his players, he’ll have enough time for sure during the coming Lakers nine-game road trip, just after their last home game against the Knicks on Tuesday.
