I feel like I need a bot that just posts Dwight Howard's stats and says that Frank Vogel needs to be fired on here after every game. Tonight Dwight Howard put up 10 points and 7 rebounds on 4-6 from the field with only 11 minutes of play. At that pace you're looking at a 30/20 game if he got as many minutes as the starters and he does this almost every night... Luckily tonight AD put up 30 and Carmelo Anthony was a monster shooting 8-12 for 24 points so it was enough for them to beat the Blazers, but barely. Without Damien Lillard this game shouldn't have even been close... I can't believe with a roster full of hall of famers, LeBron still has to carry his team and they struggle against even the most overmatched opponents when he sits out (like tonight).
Russ though has a horrendous shooting night, and so is the others Trailblazers.
It was a very close match, if Portland could have made those free throws and I think the Lakers went 9 out of 10 or something like that in the last 1:30 of the game. But a win is still a win for the Lakers.
So they made some separation from Portland for the 9th spot in the West. But they need to win more games to catch up the Clippers at 8th spot.