The LA Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets are playing live on the NBA schedule on Friday and the game from the Barclays Center has both teams looking for their first win of the season. Kobe Bryant and company come in at 0-4 and they will battle the 0-5 Nets in Brooklyn.
The Lakers are on a road trip and they will also play the Knicks and the Nets come in looking to get things going, as they have not been scoring much this season. The Nets come in after a loss against the Hawks and before that the team fell against the Bucks. The team has scored 100 points just once this season and they also have lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls.
The Lakers have a young team and they are working through some growing pains with players like D'Angelo Russell, while Kobe Bryant has been struggling to start the season. The Lakers were beaten by the Denver Nuggets in their last game and before that the team lost to the Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves.
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The Lakers started last season 0-5 and they are looking to avoid that this year and they come in the 29th ranked scoring defense in the league. The team now has a comparable team to play with since the Nets are also winless and this would be a good way to start the road trip for the Lakers. Byron Scott said that the team is close to turning things around and he spoke about the verbal altercation the team had on the bench against the Nuggets, saying that passion was good for the struggling team.
The Nets are scoring below 90 points per game in the past four games and they will try and get things going against the Lakers. The Lakers will focus on Brook Lopez up front, as he had a strong game on Wednesday with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. Lopez is off to a solid start to the season and he will be looking to keep it going against the Lakers.
Bryant has not been shooting the ball well, while Russell has had some problems with turnovers and he has not found his offensive game yet. Russell is still very young and Byron Scott said that he will learn how to overcome things when his shot isn't falling in. Jordan Clarkson is currently leading the team in scoring and he comes in after scoring 30 points against the Nuggets.
