2/22/20
Welcome to the daily Laker, a Los Angeles Lakers fan podcast, today is Saturday, February the 22nd 2020. Every morning we bring you the latest news and highlights from the previous day. With a flashback of Kobe Bryant's legacy.
The Los Angeles Lakers are now on a 4 game winning streak after defeating the Memphis Grizzlies last night
The final score had the lakers at 117 and grizzlies with 105
This loss puts the grizzlies at 28 wins and 28 losses with only 3 and a half games ahead of the trail blazers for 8th place in the western conference
Lebron James finished with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
Anthony Davis had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists
Avery Bradley finished the game as the 3rd leading scorer for the lakers with 14 points
The next game for the lakers is tomorrow, Sunday the 23rd against the Boston Celtics at 12:30pm in the Staples Center
The celtics sit at the at the 3rd spot in the eastern conference standings with 39 wins and 16 loses
In other news
Due to Kobe Bryant's death and the postponed clipper game that followed it, 3 games have been rescheduled. The lakers will play 3 consecutive games starting April 7 against the Golden State Warriors, April 8 against the Chicago Bulls and April 9 against the Los Angeles Clippers. (https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NBA/2020/02/21/NBA-reschedules-postponed-Los-Angeles-Lakers-Clippers-game-for-April-9/2551582338352/)
Demarcus Cousins will likely be waived Sunday in order to open up a spot in the roster. Markieff Morris looks to be the player that the lakers will try and pick up if he clears wavers. (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28752786/sources-lakers-waiving-demarcus-cousins-eyeing-markieff-morris)
Your mamba mentality for the day.
Kobe Bryant’s memorial will be on Monday February 24 and officials are urging people to stay away from the staples center if they don't have tickets. The memorial starts at 10am and you will be able to watch it on spectrum news 1, ABC news live, hulu, facebook watch, apple tv or latimes.com (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-21/no-ticket-to-the-kobe-bryant-memorial-on-monday-heres-how-to-watch)
that is all the latest news and highlights for today. The daily laker is brought to you by brownlabmedia.com
