New Jersey Nets @ Los Angeles Lakers

19-36, 12-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nets NJ	23	22	21	21	87
Lakers LAL	32	26	20	13	91

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

34-20, 23-5 Home

New Jersey Nets

starters
Kris HumphriesK. Humphries
Gerald WallaceG. Wallace
Johan PetroJ. Petro
Deron WilliamsD. Williams
MarShon BrooksM. Brooks
bench
Dennis HornerD. Horner
Damion JamesD. James
Shelden WilliamsS. Williams
Brook LopezB. Lopez
Jordan WilliamsJ. Williams
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Sundiata GainesS. Gaines
DeShawn StevensonD. Stevenson
Anthony MorrowA. Morrow
Gerald GreenG. Green
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	18	8-15	0-0	2-2	15	3	1	2	1	7	8	0	0
42	19	7-13	2-2	3-4	3	5	0	1	0	0	3	2	-4
21	0	0-8	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	-8
32	20	6-15	2-4	6-7	3	6	1	1	0	0	3	4	-12
16	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	-6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	+2
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5
27	8	4-11	0-5	0-0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	+9
27	13	5-11	1-3	2-2	6	1	1	1	1	0	6	1	+6
	87	34-85	6-18	13-15	38	23	6	8	4	10	28	11
		40%	33%	87%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Josh McRobertsJ. McRoberts
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Ramon SessionsR. Sessions
bench
Troy MurphyT. Murphy
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Christian EyengaC. Eyenga
Devin EbanksD. Ebanks
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Jordan HillJ. Hill
Steve BlakeS. Blake
Andrew GoudelockA. Goudelock
Darius MorrisD. Morris
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
41	22	11-20	0-0	0-0	12	4	2	1	0	4	8	2	+2
27	4	2-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	+10
25	8	3-8	2-5	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	+1
36	24	10-16	3-6	1-1	7	3	3	1	0	0	7	1	+1
38	19	7-15	0-2	5-5	6	11	4	1	0	2	4	2	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	1	4	2	-2
25	4	2-6	0-2	0-0	10	3	5	1	0	3	7	2	+1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	6	2-6	2-6	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	91	39-81	7-22	6-6	50	27	16	4	1	11	39	16
		48%	32%	100%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

LAL win season

1-0

LAL

Game 1•@ LAL

Final

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Jason Phillips

Referee:Bennie Adams

Referee:J.T. Orr

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	37	24	.607	-	W3
Phoenix	35	26	.574	2	W2
Golden State	31	30	.508	6	L2
LA Clippers	30	31	.492	7	W3
Sacramento	14	49	.222	24	L2

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