Lakers Review Game 7

There is a common theme starting to develop in LA, as the Lakers seem to get a huge win one night, and then can't win the next. So far the season has gone, win, loss, loss, win, loss, win, loss. Just one night after playing a great game and beating the Rockets, they lost 96-85 against the New Orleans Pelicans. They didn't have an answer for the second year power forward, Anthony Davis, who had 32 points and 12 rebounds on the night. The Lakers again played without Steve Nash, as it was the second game in two nights. Jodie Meeks started in his place, and he was able to score 11 points. the rest of the starting lineup was the same as the last game, with Pau Gasol, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake, and Nick Young. Kaman would finish the game as the team's leading scorer, with 16 points. Pau played a good game, despite scoring single digits for a second game in a row, as he had 9 points and a team high 11 rebounds. He was the only starter to not score at least 11 points, as Nick Young and Steve Blake both had 13. The bench was not as productive as usual, as they combined to score just 23 points. They only went 9 deep, which is uncommon for D'antoni, who usually goes 11 deep. Jordan Farmar was able to come off the bench and score 10, but the others weren't able to do much. Steve Nash wasn't the only Laker that didn't play, as rookie Ryan Kelly, Robert Sacre, and Shawne Williams were in the active line-up, but didn't play.  It wasn't a very good game, but they are still 3-4 which isn't horrible. The next game is on Sunday night at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves.