(Allen J. Schaben | L.A. Times)It's hard to tell which is more amazing, the Lakers (13-9) shooting 46.2% from deep or them actually beating the Charlotte Bobcats (3-19). But both happened in a 106-73 shellacking in their first and only meeting with the Bobcats this year.The Lakers haven't won a season series against Charlotte since the 2004-05 season and have lost 5 of the last 7 games coming in. The purple and gold were also tied in the NBA for having the worst percentage 3-point shooting at 28.1%. But thanks to an early offensive attack by Kobe Bryant, who led all scores with 24 points on 9 of 11 shooting, Los Angeles took control of the game quickly and built a 60-36 halftime lead.As we know, big leads are always dangerous for the Lakers and saw that 24-point advantage go down to 11 points in the 2nd half. That is until the Laker bench caught fire from behind the arc and pushed the lead back up to 20 then 33 at the final buzzer. But if you were playing uninspired basketba...
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Matt Barnes,
Andrew Goudelock,
Derek Fisher,
Steve Blake,
Andrew Bynum,
Pau Gasol
TEAMS: Charlotte Bobcats, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets
TEAMS: Charlotte Bobcats, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets
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