N.O. tops L.A. on the road
Posted: 01/07/09 - 12:31:55 pm CST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Somebody had to play defense in Tuesday night’s Hornets-Lakers game.
The Hornets finally did in the fourth quarter, and it proved decisive.
David West scored 15 of his 40 points in the final period to outscore Los Angeles by himself, and New Orleans beat Los Angeles 116-105 to snap the Lakers’ 15-game home winning streak.
The Lakers led 92-89 entering the fourth quarter before shooting just 5-of-21, including 3-of-11 from 3-point range while being outscored 27-13.
“We had to pick it up defensively,” Hornets coach Byron Scott said. “Kobe (Bryant) was hitting everything he was throwing up and they made a bunch of 3s. Defense was our focus. We tried to switch it up and we tried to play Kobe straight up most of the game, but he just got it going so toward the end and we figured that we had to get it out of his hands as much as possible.”
Bryant led the Lakers with 39 points and seven assists, but scored only two in the fourth quarter, shooting 1-of-6 after going 13-of-16, including 6-of-6 from 3-point range.
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