This week, has been an amazing week of basketball for Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Lou Williams. Williams, who is the Lakers' sixth man coming off the bench, has been tasked with the duty of shouldering the offensive workload for a team without Jose Caledron, D'Angelo Russell, and Nick Young. Without Russell, the Lakers are missing 16.1 points, 4.8 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game. Not to mention, Russell is shooting 41.3 percent from the field and 37.2 from three-point range. Young, on the other hand, was having a great start to the season too, before suffering a right calf strain. With no Russell or Young, Williams has had to step his game up and has admirably done the job this week. Williams' hot streak began last Saturday on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies. Against the Grizzlies, Williams scored 40 points, only four points away from a career-high of 44, which he set last season. He also shot 55 percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. …show more content…
The veteran from South Gwinnett High School tried to get the Lakers the victory but they would lose 103-100 in the waning moments of the game. Then a couple of days later, the Lakers took on the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center. Once again, Williams held up his end of the bargain, scoring 38 points on 27 field goal attempts, while knocking down 4-of-9 from three-point range. Also in this game, Williams had seven assists and six rebounds. Despite Williams going off once again, the Lakers lost another close game 107-101 and were now on a three-game losing streak. Williams outscored the Lakers' starting lineup (38-34) and the Jazz bench
For instance, Dennis Smith Jr. and Yogi Ferrell, both 1st and 2nd year NBA players, receive more playing time then 19-year veteran Dirk Nowitzki. Smith Jr. and Ferrell each receive 29.5 and 29.0 minutes per game (mpg) compared to Nowitzki’s 25.1 mpg for the year (“2017-2018 Dallas Mavericks Player Stats,” 2018). Although no significant difference, this does reveal that the Mavericks coaching staff are playing younger unproven players more often, which means they may lose more games.
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club high four game winning streak. Tony Campbell set an club high scoring record by getting
During his career, Michael Jordan earned beautiful stats on offense as well as defense due to his scoring abilities, teamwork, and respect for other players in the NBA. On offense, Michael Jordan successfully made an astounding 32,292 point during his career after making 12,192 Field Goals, but attempted 24,537. Michael Jordan was unable to hone in his shot beyond the three point line, which caused him to only make 581 3-Point Field Goals out of his 1,778 attempts, earning him a .327 3-Point Field Goal percentage. This was not the case when it came to his free throw shooting abilities, making a remarkable 7,327 goals out of 8,772 attempts which earned him a .835 free throw percentage. Michael Jordan continued with his offensive skills which allowed him to attain 6,672 assists, and 1,668 offensive rebounds, but regrettably Michael allowed 2,924
In the nineties the Chicago Bulls had an awe inspiring and credible team. The top two records from the Chicago Bulls in this era are still among the top ten recorded high records of all time. The Chicago Bulls acquired their best two series in the years of; 1992 and 1996. In 1992, the Chicago Bulls went 67-15, and in 1996 they had 72 wins allotting only ten loses (www.NBA.com). The highest record, of the time, in the top ten records was broken by the record of the Chicago Bulls in 1996. In 1996 the Chicago Bulls defense made 345 blocks, 745 steals, and caused 1,175 turnovers. The offense was responsible for 544 three point shots! While in 1992 the team had a low percentage of making their three point shots only making 138 out of 454 attempts. However they managed to make 3,505 two point shots out of an attempted 6,714. They also were ...
From second round pick to top-ten point guard, Isaiah Thomas’s rise has been remarkable. Thomas has thrived since arriving in Boston a year and a half ago. In fact, he’s coming off of his best season of his career, which is why he finds himself in my top ten for the first time in his career. Thomas’s 2015-2016 season can be summed up with one simple phrase: breakout year.
Everybody had high expectations about him, they were seeing in him a new leader, a new beginning for the Pistons. He didn’t prove anybody wrong. He started at the 1995 all-star game after becoming the first rookie ever to lead all players in fan voting. Along with Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks, were co-voted as the Rookie Players of the Year. In the next four seasons, he started in all all-star games and averaged 23.2 Points Per Game, 7.6 Rebounds Per Game and 6.7 Assist Per Game.
The common thread during a conversation regarding former Orlando Magic great Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway includes the constant injuries and abrupt ending to his once promising career. A 6'7 point guard was extremely rare back in 1993 something not seen since the days of Earvin "Magic" Johnson standing at 6'9 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Since his retirement players such as the Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons have carried on the "Point Forward" role.
In college as a sophomore he named First Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference and Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year after averaging 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game. Also, he was named Atlantic 10 Tournament MVP after hitting an electrifying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift Rhode Island over Temple, 62-59 in the A-10 Tournament championship game. He had career-high 28 points at St. Joseph's Feb. 21, career-high 15 rebounds vs. Brown, Nov. 24, 1998, and career-high 11 assists vs. George Washington March 5. Lamar had five-game stretch in January where he scored 20 or more points in each game.
Williams often strayed from the script during filming. At the beginning the producers tried to stop him, but by the time it was over sections of the script were left out so Williams could improvise. A television critic said, "Though his ceaseless adlibbing can grate on sensitive nerves, there is something teddy bearish about Williams that make him tolerable, it certainly made Mork one of television's most popular characters"(Brennan 2). In 1979 Williams won a Golden Globe for "Best TV Actor-
From beating the 72-8 Golden State Warriors to winning Rookie of the Year. He has widely been regarded as one of the best only a few years into the League. In James's 15th year in the league, he is nearly averaging a triple-double. He had maybe hit on of his biggest milestones this past February. James is the first player in NBA history to have 30,000 points, 8,000 rebounds, and 8,000 assists (Herrick). This is a huge milestone because he is the only person to ever do it.
Jeremy Lin said the other three teams offer higher, but he wanted to play for the warriors.2 19, a 104-97 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the game, Jeremy Lin won 14 assists with 28 points and sent occupation career high and 5 steals. On 2012, the Rockets out of Jeremy Lin to a four year contract worth $28 million 800 thousand, fourth years for the team option, guaranteed contract value of $19 million 500 thousand.2014 in February 1st, the Rockets home court 106-92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jeremy Lin 29 minutes off the bench, 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, the first three double occupation career.2014 in July 13th, the Rockets deal with the Losangeles Lakers, rockets sent Jeremy Lin in 2014 7. On 25 April, the Lakers officially announced the official signing of Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lin will be wearing the number 17
Randle averaged 20.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game over 19 appearances with Westchester. Randle also excels from beyond
The Lakers flew through the season crushing most, if not all, the opponents in their way. Playoffs were just around the corner and always in the minds of all the players, especially Kobe Bryant, He came off the two best seasons he had ever played winning at the highest level two years in a row is an impressive feat. Along with this achievement, the Lakers were extremely dominate, winning several of the series’ undefeated. That in itself is nearly impossible in the NBA especially with how competitive and skilled all the teams are/were. Next the Lakers would try to repeat their hard work and effort to see if they could win it all again. The 2001-2002 NBA playoffs for the Lakers started off with the Portland Trailblazers. The Lakers won the series 3-0 which moved them to the quarter-finals. In the quarter finals they play the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers
Despite reports to the contrary the Los Angeles Lakers had a productive off-season. The desire and effort to improve is evident. The Lakers were ridiculed for having money to spend and not landing one of the top free agents on the market. As a matter of fact the list of top available free agents read LaMarcus Aldridge, Demarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan, Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler, David West, Draymond Green and Paul Pierce among others. All of these NBA veterans are talented players that would make an impact on any team, but with all due respect none of them are what you would call landscape changing additions. To put it differently by having this player on your team makes your team a championship contender. The Lakers were able to secure the services of the law firm of Hibbert, Williams & Bass. The additions are far