Welcome to the daily Laker, a Los Angeles Lakers fan podcast, today is Monday December 28th, 2020. This podcast is brought to you by brownlab media and brownlabmedia.com
The Lakers win easily over the Minnesota Timberwolves 127 to 91 led by Kyle Kuzma who replaced Anthony David in the starting lineup. The wolves were without Karl Anthony Townes.
Stats for the game: Lebron James did not need to play after the 3rd quarter for this game but still managed to put up good numbers, finishing with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Kyle Kuzma led the team with 20 points. Marc Gasol finally came to life and got 12 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists and Dennis Schroder had 11 points 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Highlights of the game: Kuzma started on fire making the first 9 points of the Lakers on 3 3 point makes starting at the power forward position due to AD being out for game to a calf contusion. He continued with some flashy passes and great blocks. Since the game was a blowout all the bench players got some minutes. Lebron rolled his ankle near the end of the second quarter and still played in the 3rd quarter but he will likely miss tonight's back to back game to get some rest.
A storyline to pay attention to:
CBS sports released an article titled, "Marc Gasol's give-and-go passing is teaching Lakers benefits of movement, making champs even more dangerous" in which they highlight how Gasol is improving the Lakers half court offense, one that was not very good last season. Lebron and AD demand so much attention and defenders gravitate to them when they have the ball, this creates passing opportunities to open shooters. The give and go passing that Gasol has been showing the team is creating more movement without the ball and getting more players involved. How much better can this offense get?
Next game is tonight, against the Portland Trail Blazers at 7pm pacific time.
Alright, that is it for this episode, It's time to ball out. The song throughout this episode was created by the sueño team and willy west. The daily Laker is brought to you by brownlabmedia.com
