“I thought we did a pretty good job on Russ for most of the night, just making it hard on him,” Walton said. Westbrook air-balled a three-pointer with 7:25 left, and Nance deflected a Westbrook pass to Clarkson for a turnover that led to Nance’s dunk on the other end and a 97-83 Lakers lead with 6:44 left.īut Westbrook, who entered with the NBA’s second-highest scoring average of 31.6 points a game, asserted himself from that point on and nearly brought the Thunder back. 7, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder at Arena in L.A. The Lakers trapped Westbrook and forced him into a traveling violation with 8:04 left in the game. Westbrook was hit with a flagrant-one foul. Westbrook was so frustrated after his fastbreak attempt was blocked by Young with 2:48 left in the second quarter that he nearly tackled Luol Deng after the Lakers forward grabbed the deflection. Young played Westbrook straight up for most of the game and held him to 17 points on seven-for-19 shooting through 31/2 quarters. I definitely think it’s another step in gaining confidence and learning how to hold off that runaway train that’s coming.” “Brandon hit some big threes in the fourth, and guys kept trusting each other, making plays. “It’s easy to quit when they’re coming downhill and everything they shoot is going in. “The focus we had, especially for a young team, was good,” Walton said. Clarkson scored a team-high 18 points for the Lakers, who improved to 8-7, and five other players scored in double figures - Young (17), Timofey Mozgov (16), Williams (13), Jose Calderon (12) and Nance (11).Ĭalderon, filling in for injured point guard D’Angelo Russell, made four of five three-point shots, dished out four assists and had two steals.
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