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Game Grades: Lakers Tank Rolls On Post All-Star Break

By Jacob Rude

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147. 105. 20. Final. 114

MVP: Prepare yourselves Lakers fans. Tonight’s MVP is….Jeremy Lin! See, I don’t hate Lin! Or I’m just a flip-flopper. Or something. But regardless, his 18 points off the bench were at critical times and he was a big part of the fourth-quarter comeback.

LVP: Wayne Ellington is tonight’s LVP with his 3-10 performance, but going just 0-7 from beyond the arc. Ellington might be due for this down game considering how well he’d been playing, but he barely edges out Nick Young for tonight’s dubious honors.

Stat of the Night: There’s two stats you could go with on this one. Either 4-23, being the Lakers three-point shooting, or 19-29, being the Lakers free throw shooting. Neither was particularly good and, in a game that they closed the deficit to single digits late, both had negative impacts on the Lakers’ chances of winning.

The Starters

D-.  <strong> 21 min, 3-10 FG, 0-7 3P, 2-2 FT, 8 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 2 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO</strong><p>Ellington’s struggles from deep were just a microcosm of the Laker’s struggles from the three-point line tonight.</p>. SG. Los Angeles Lakers. WAYNE ELLINGTON

 <strong> 19 min, 1-4 FG, 1-2 FT, 3 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO<br /></strong><p>The highlight of <strong><a href=. PF. Los Angeles Lakers. TARIK BLACK. C+

A-.  <strong> 24 min, 5-8 FG, 1-3 3P, 1-1 FT, 12 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TO</strong><p>Over the last four games, <strong><a href=. PG. Los Angeles Lakers. JORDAN CLARKSON

<strong>23 min, 4-8 FG, 1-3 3P, 3-3 FT, 12 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TO</strong><p>This was an encouraging start to the second-half of the season for <strong><a href=. PF. Los Angeles Lakers. RYAN KELLY. B

Los Angeles Lakers. ROBERT SACRE. B-. <strong>20 min, 5-9 FG, 3-4 FT, 13 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TO</strong><p>This is about as good as it gets with <strong><a href=. C

The Bench

RONNIE PRICE. B+.  <strong> 27 min, 2-7 FG, 0-1 3P, 2-2 FT, 6 PTS, 0 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL, 0 BLK, 2 TO</strong><p>In his unexpected return to the starting line-up, <strong><a href=. PG. Los Angeles Lakers

A. <strong>28 min, 8-10 FG, 0-3 FT, 16 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 0 TO</strong><p>Likewise, Ed Davis had an illustrious return post All-Star break. After not being traded, it appears he has a role with the Lakers going forward.</p>. PF. Los Angeles Lakers. ED DAVIS

Los Angeles Lakers. JORDAN HILL. B. <strong>29 min, 5-15 FG, 2-4 FT, 12 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TO</strong><p>Tonight marks the second time this season that both Davis and <strong><a href=. C

A. <strong>24</strong> <strong>min, 6-9 FG, 1-4 3P, 5-8 FT, 18 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO</strong><p>If this is the Jeremy Lin we’ll be getting in the second half of the season, then I think everyone will be happy (save for maybe pro-tankers).</p>. PG. Los Angeles Lakers. JEREMY LIN

<strong>25 min, 2-9 FG, 1-5 3P, 0-0 FT, 5 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO</strong><p>Young did not exorcise his dolphin demons during the All-Star break in Hawaii. Those dolphins seem to have taken his shooting ability Space Jam style.</p>. SG. Los Angeles Lakers. NICK YOUNG. C+

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