Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 22 points and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided just the fourth 0-3 start in franchise history with a 96-71 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night!
Metta World Peace scored 14 points for the Lakers, who had much more life than the Jazz despite playing their third game in three nights to open the season!
Los Angeles ran away with a dominant third quarter, making a 27-8 surge out of halftime in the club's first win for new coach Mike Brown!
Paul Millsap had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, the last NBA team to open its regular season!
Coach Tyrone Corbin scowled throughout the lowest-scoring performance in an opener in franchise history!
In the Jazz's first season opener without coach Jerry Sloan running their bench since 1988, Utah made just 20 shots in the first three quarters and shot 20 fewer free throws than the Lakers!
Al Jefferson went 2 for 16, C.J. Miles was 1 for 8, and rookie Enes Kanter was 1 for 7 in his NBA debut!
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@crossovr2 tbh i thought it was a man till i read this
kieranibus 2 months ago
@kathweezy14 you shouldnt even say we when mentioning the lakers you arent a true laker fan if say bad things about them
TheZiel23 2 months ago
Um I know its LA, but the person who had their drink spilled was a woman...
crossovr2 2 months ago
@kathweezy14 the lakers got the win so just be proud they had minimal turnovers and had great defense and great production from everyone
dranzerbeast0308 2 months ago
@kathweezy14 wat r u smoking a win is a win especially by 25 points no matter wat team its against. we saw awesome defense by gasol and mcroberts and gasol was back to being a proficient offensive player.
dranzerbeast0308 2 months ago
we still suck the jazz jus made us look good
kathweezy14 2 months ago
The jazz played horrible defense on every one of the lakers highlights. It almost looks like they werent trying but the announcer makes it sound like the lakers are some supernatural offensive force.
Qualagent 2 months ago
lakers showed them who's boss
aaron64124 2 months ago
Oakland? dumbass!!!
VIL388 2 months ago