The Lakers defeated the Grizzlies on Sunday 108-94, improving to 5-2 so far this season.
Things seem to be clicking more and more each game for the Lakeshow, as the win Sunday night marks three-straight. Team chemistry is starting to come together with new additions gelling seamlessly—Dennis Schroder and Marc Gasol, particularly.
The Lakers’ potential is limitless. The Lakers are coming off of winning a championship last year with a roster with less talent and this season they have improved the roster and have a serious chance at a Championship repeat. The Lakers displayed a balanced scoring attack led by LeBron James. James stated what it took to defeat the Grizzlies during the postgame.
“We were doing a lot of jostling with Memphis,” James said, “At the start of the fourth, I wanted to try and implement myself and my scoring a little bit more. Get a bit more in attack mode and see if I could kind of open the game up and we were able to do that.”
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- James led the way with 22 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He also pulled down 13 rebounds and dished out 8 assists. Another good game for James is in the books. He also knocked down this ridiculous three-pointer from the Grizzlies’ half-court logo. LeBron is just having fun out there.
- Fellow starters Kyle Kuzma, Anthony Davis, Gasol, and Schroder combined for 46 points. With Anthony Davis leading all four of these players in scoring with 17 points and 9 rebounds.
- Montrezl Harrell scored 16 points and pulled down 9 rebounds vs. the Grizzlies off the bench of the Lakers last night. Wesley Matthews also scored 14 points off the bench. He was 4 of 6 from the three-point line as well.
- What’s next? The Lakers’ next game is Tuesday, January 5th vs. the Grizzlies in Memphis again. The game will be shown at 8 pm Eastern on NBA TV.
