The Los Angeles Lakers have been off to a much better start than last season and the Brooklyn Nets are struggling in the early goings and now the two teams will meet at the Barclays Center on Wednesday night in an anticipated matchup and the game will start up at 7:30 pm and will be streaming live online from the NBA League Pass.
The Lakers come into the game after signing star Kobe Bryant to a $48.5 million extension over the next two years and while that puts the team in a tough financial situation, since it was an extension and his contract was grandfathered into the new CBA, it won't be as bad as it seems and now the team takes on the Nets on Wednesday after losing a tough game on the road against the Washington Wizards. The team is one game under .500 at 7-8 this season and the Nets come into the matchup after winning just four of their first 14 games and the team is trying to turn things around under new coach Jason Kidd and after the big trade with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Jordan Farmar led the scoring for the Lakers and now the main news for the team is Bryant and when he might return and that still could be a few weeks away. The Lakers come into the game ranked 13th in the league in scoring with just over 100 points per game.
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The Lakers will play the Detroit Pistons on Friday on the road at the Palace at Auburn Hills and the game comes after the team will play back to back games on the road with the Wizards and the Nets before having off on Thanksgiving and marks three games in four days. The Nets come into the game after winning over the Toronto Raptors and that snapped a losing streak and the team is going through a tough time, as they are dealing with a number of injuries and it has been hard for the team to click and now they are just 4-10, but the division above them has been terrible, but they need to start playing better now and a win over the Lakers at home would be a nice start.
The Nets played the Raptors on the road on Tuesday before playing back to back games like the Lakers and after playing at the Barclays Center the team has another road game on Friday, making it three games in four days with Thanksgiving off and they will travel to the Toyota Center to play against the Houston Rockets and the team comes in ranked in the bottom half of the league in the major categories and they need to snap into it already.
The team is ranked 21st in the league in points per game with 95 points per contest and they are ranked 24th in defense with 102 points allowed per game. The team is also ranked 20th in rebounds and 23rd in assists and heading into the game, the Nets will be without Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Jason Terry as well as Brook Lopez and that makes the team very shorthanded heading into the holidays and now Kidd will have to rely on his veterans to hold tight against the Lakers and that could make things tough on Wednesday night. The game on Wednesday has the LA Lakers taking on the Brooklyn Nets in New York at the Barclays Center and starts up at 7:30 pm.
