In the new 2011 season, Thunder is so strong that Lakers will not be so easy to beat them. And this is Lakers' fifth time lose of consecutive game of 2011 season. This is not a good thing; this is the longest losing streak since 2007. All these lost indicates that this traditional strong NBA team need to be improved and make good choice for the coming play-off season. As the bad performance, this team will have no chance to be the top in Western Conference. Be the top of Western Conference will guarantee them home-court advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Currently the Lakers are the second strong team in Western Conference together with the Dallas Mavericks. Behind these two teams is the young NBA team- Oklahoma City Thunder. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points for the Lakers, but these points is not of so great use. Kevin Durant leaded the Thunder and scored 31 points. But also, we can not neglect the role of other players, such as Russell Westbrook, also be young in the Thunder and scored 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists.
Lakers played harder until the third quarter, but this did not continue at the last quarter. The Lakers were able to take a two-point lead heading into the forth quarter. This was of great use for the reason that Lakers allowed Oklahoma City to score 36 points in the first and 30 points in the second quarters. Ron Artest gave the Lakers a lift by scoring six points during the quarter.
At the end of first half, the battle is Thunder 66, Lakers 64. When the Lakers fell behind by 12 points for the second time in the first half, they seemed to need some kind of spark. For the fierce battle, Kobe conflicted with Perkins, and then both of them were assessed technical foul for they push each other. Even when the officials stepped between Bryant and Perkins, they continued to glare at each other.
The key stat of the game is at its fourth quarter, Thunder 32 compared to Lakers 16. The Lakers lead the game in the end of third quarter, with the stat of 90-88. The leading situation changed as they entered into fourth quarter, two young superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook exploded and lead Thunder exposed the aging Lakers. They scored nine of the team's final 16 points.
If you watch NBA playoffs last season, the Lakers also tried to bet the Thunder at the sixth games, which means it is struggle for Lakers. The Lakers won the first two games, then the Thunder won the next two and the Lakers won the final two. In the condition that these two teams meet in 2011, they would beat harder and it is easy to guess the result.
The NBA teams had changed so much, weak team become with talented players, strong team become weak with the old age. Life is great when fans and writers worry about the Lakers, it just had to take a team that is just as good as the Lakers to make people become skeptical of them.
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Nov 20, 2011
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