Basketball Daily

In the recent meeting between the visiting Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers, backup center DJ Mbenga who rarely gets any playing time really showed off his talents.  DJ played only 9 minutes of game time and put up 8 points on 4 for 7 shooting, plus he had 2 key blocks and pulled down 1 board.  The game was tied at halftime with 44 a piece, but like most other nights, the dominant Lakers pulled away and grabbed a pretty easy victory with the final score ending at 93-81.  With this win, the Lakers hit the 60 mark on the year, putting them only one game behind Cleveland for the best record in the NBA.

The leading scorers for L.A. were Pau Gasol with 23 points, Kobe Bryant with 20 points and Derek Fisher with 15 points.  There were no other Lakers in double figures this night.  As a team, they handled the ball extremely well committing only 10 turnovers.  L.A. has clinched the number one spot in the Western Conference already, it’s just a race with the Cavaliers to see who will end up with the best record at the end of the regular season.

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