Lakers roll past Suns
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11/21/2008 -
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kobe Bryant scored 24 points and Lamar Odom
filled the stat sheet with 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench, as the
red-hot Lakers rolled past Phoenix, 105-92.
Vladimir Radmanovic contributed 15 points and Andrew Bynum posted 10 points
and seven boards for the Lakers, who have won nine of 10 to open the season.
Jordan Farmar donated 11 points off the bench and Trevor Ariza added 10.
Amare Stoudemire scored a team-high 21 points to go along with eight rebounds,
while Shaquille O'Neal netted 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in defeat.
Steve Nash dished out 10 assists to go along with eight points, and Grant Hill
scored 11 off the bench for the Suns, who have dropped two in a row.
The Lakers held a narrow 26-24 lead after one period and took a 50-44 edge
into the locker room.
Bryant asserted his offensive dominance with 11 points in the third period.
The star guard and frontcourt mate Bynum controlled the scoring column early
in the period, as Bynum and Bryant exchanged dunks for the first six LA
points in the period and Bryant's trey moments later made the score 59-50.
A Derek Fisher jumper and a Bryant pull-up bucket pushed the advantage to
63-51 with 7:41 left in the stanza. Stoudemire's driving layup narrowed the
deficit to eight points, 70-62, but Fisher and Radmanovic buried back-to-back
threes to push the lead to 76-62.
Los Angeles slowly pulled away during the fourth quarter. A 13-point edge
quickly turned into an 18-point differential with a 9-4 stretch to open the
period. Ariza's jumper and Odom's trey capped the spurt with 8:34 on the
clock.
The Lakers rolled to victory from there.
Game Notes
The Lakers improved to 5-0 on the road this season...Los Angeles has won four
of the last five meetings between the two teams and three in a row in
Phoenix...Fisher scored nine points with four assists...Boris Diaw reached
double figures with 10 points in defeat.
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