Tuesday, December 14, 2004
GAME 22: SUPERSONICS 108, LAKERS 93
SuperSonics 108, Lakers 93
Rashard Lewis had 17 first-quarter points, including a three with 1.7 seconds left. Luke Ridnour had six assists in the opening quarter alone. The game started with a very quick pace and hasn't let up too much. Ron Murray got onto the floor again, and the Lakers didn't put together a massive run with him in, so that's a good thing. The Sonics were up 32-23 after one quarter of play.
There was a play about midway through the second quarter where he hustled back on a Laker fastbreak and hindered a Chris Mihm shot at the basket. The Sonics came back and fed him for a bank shot on the other end. Lakers started out 0-for-10 from downtown.
Sonics were up 53-43 at half, with Ray Allen's three at the buzzer waved off (correct call). The Sonics let off the pedal a little bit at the end of the first half, and especially once Kobe Bryant came in and nailed back-to-back threes. However, Kobe had zero assists at the half. Jerome James had double figures in points in the first half, which was amazing.
The Lakers stuck around for most of the third quarter and Kobe Bryant did his thing in the fourth quarter, but in the final minutes, the Sonics started raining threes and they were falling like crazy.
I'm not going to lie; I was away from the TV for the second half, but was near the radio. I can still tell you things such as how Jerome James drew his fifth foul in the third quarter, though he'd already had ten points at the half anyway. Vlad Radmanovic missed his first few shots but managed to get in a pretty good line. I thought Vlad was having a miserable game, but I knew he'd hit some threes toward the end.
The hype coming in was all about Kobe Bryant against Ray Allen. Kobe scored 35, Ray 26. But this night belonged to Rashard Lewis. He had a night, people. The numbers will be in the peek.
It was noted multiple times during the telecast that the Lakers couldn't defend the pick-and-roll, and that manifested itself as the Sonics dished out 28 assists, while they average 19 a game (according to Craig Ehlo on the broadcast).
Ron Murray did roll off a pick and score his first basket in a long time. Vitaly Potapenko played a minute, but didn't score. Nick Collison's only basket of the night was a real nice putback, the kind of basket I've seen him make multiple times this year -- grab offensive rebound, pivot a couple times, attempt layup.
What a way to bounce back after getting beat again by the Celtics, and nice job by Ray Allen to bounce back too, with his best shooting night in a while. Good times. That game against Phoenix is going to be quite the matchup.
PEEK AT THE BOXSCORE
starters: Rashard Lewis 37 pts/7 reb (13-22 FG, 7-12 3pt), Ray Allen 26 pts/5 reb/5 ast (10-18 FG), Luke Ridnour 2 pts/4 reb/11 ast
bench: Vlad Radmanovic 10 pts/7 reb/3 ast (4-9 FG, 2/4 3pt), Antonio Daniels 8 pts/7 ast/3 reb, Danny Fortson 7 pts/5 reb
team: shot 50% from the field (42-for-84), hit 12 of 27 threes (44.4%), were outrebounded 44-40, outassisted the Lakers 28-12, only turned ball over 9 times
Jerome James Watch: 12 pts/2 reb/2 blk...possibly his best game of the year
Like I said, the Suns/Sonics matchup on Friday should be a doozy.
Rashard Lewis had 17 first-quarter points, including a three with 1.7 seconds left. Luke Ridnour had six assists in the opening quarter alone. The game started with a very quick pace and hasn't let up too much. Ron Murray got onto the floor again, and the Lakers didn't put together a massive run with him in, so that's a good thing. The Sonics were up 32-23 after one quarter of play.
There was a play about midway through the second quarter where he hustled back on a Laker fastbreak and hindered a Chris Mihm shot at the basket. The Sonics came back and fed him for a bank shot on the other end. Lakers started out 0-for-10 from downtown.
Sonics were up 53-43 at half, with Ray Allen's three at the buzzer waved off (correct call). The Sonics let off the pedal a little bit at the end of the first half, and especially once Kobe Bryant came in and nailed back-to-back threes. However, Kobe had zero assists at the half. Jerome James had double figures in points in the first half, which was amazing.
The Lakers stuck around for most of the third quarter and Kobe Bryant did his thing in the fourth quarter, but in the final minutes, the Sonics started raining threes and they were falling like crazy.
I'm not going to lie; I was away from the TV for the second half, but was near the radio. I can still tell you things such as how Jerome James drew his fifth foul in the third quarter, though he'd already had ten points at the half anyway. Vlad Radmanovic missed his first few shots but managed to get in a pretty good line. I thought Vlad was having a miserable game, but I knew he'd hit some threes toward the end.
The hype coming in was all about Kobe Bryant against Ray Allen. Kobe scored 35, Ray 26. But this night belonged to Rashard Lewis. He had a night, people. The numbers will be in the peek.
It was noted multiple times during the telecast that the Lakers couldn't defend the pick-and-roll, and that manifested itself as the Sonics dished out 28 assists, while they average 19 a game (according to Craig Ehlo on the broadcast).
Ron Murray did roll off a pick and score his first basket in a long time. Vitaly Potapenko played a minute, but didn't score. Nick Collison's only basket of the night was a real nice putback, the kind of basket I've seen him make multiple times this year -- grab offensive rebound, pivot a couple times, attempt layup.
What a way to bounce back after getting beat again by the Celtics, and nice job by Ray Allen to bounce back too, with his best shooting night in a while. Good times. That game against Phoenix is going to be quite the matchup.
PEEK AT THE BOXSCORE
starters: Rashard Lewis 37 pts/7 reb (13-22 FG, 7-12 3pt), Ray Allen 26 pts/5 reb/5 ast (10-18 FG), Luke Ridnour 2 pts/4 reb/11 ast
bench: Vlad Radmanovic 10 pts/7 reb/3 ast (4-9 FG, 2/4 3pt), Antonio Daniels 8 pts/7 ast/3 reb, Danny Fortson 7 pts/5 reb
team: shot 50% from the field (42-for-84), hit 12 of 27 threes (44.4%), were outrebounded 44-40, outassisted the Lakers 28-12, only turned ball over 9 times
Jerome James Watch: 12 pts/2 reb/2 blk...possibly his best game of the year
Like I said, the Suns/Sonics matchup on Friday should be a doozy.
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