If it is, someone will have to help me because I don't know how much of this I can take," said Antawn Jamison, who had six points. They fell to 8-30 overall, 3-18 on the road and 1-5 against the Western Conference. The Cavs shot 30 percent, were outscored 52-28 in the paint and committed 19 turnovers in losing for the 21st time in their past 22 games. "We wanted to try and limit them to as few points as possible." "We had a defensive goal," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. Cleveland's point total was a record low by a Lakers opponent in the shot clock era. "He's like an older brother to me, so it's always tough to see him go through something like that."Ĭleveland reserve Alonzo Gee scored 12 points and Ramon Sessions 10. "It's a tough situation to be in," he said. You look scared to death.' That was my take on it, as simple as that."īryant said he "absolutely" felt for Scott. You're playing against the world champions, and instead of just competing and playing hard, you look scared. "I told them at halftime, 'You look scared. "I thought that was embarrassing," said Cavs coach Byron Scott, who once starred for the Lakers. Bryant, Lamar Odom and Shannon Brown also scored 13 points for the defending NBA champion Lakers, who led the league's worst team by 32 points at halftime on their way to winning their fifth in a row. Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum each scored 15 points, while Pau Gasol had 13 points and 14 rebounds. "You just go out there and do your job, and we did it for 48 minutes." "You don't ever imagine something like that," Kobe Bryant said.
It was the Lakers' third-largest margin of victory since moving to Los Angeles, with the two biggest coming in 19. The Lakers humiliated the Cavs while sending them to their 11th straight loss, rolling to a 112-57 victory Tuesday night in their best defensive performance of the shot clock era. LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers professed no empathy for the hapless Cleveland Cavaliers, only a grim, workmanlike attitude in dispatching the business at hand. Cavs lose 11th straight as Lakers win by 55
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