Brooklyn Nets vs Los Angeles Lakers Match Player Stats On Nov 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 4, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Brook Lopez made 6-of-9 3-pointers en route to a season-high 34 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-112 on Friday at Staples Center.

Lopez scored 23 in the second half against his former team, picking up where rookie forward Kyle Kuzma and guard Jordan Clarkson left off through the first half for Los Angeles (4-5). Kuzma scored 17 of his 21 points before intermission, and Clarkson notched 12 of his 19 in the first half.

Kuzma also set a new career best with 13 rebounds. He was one of three Lakers to record a double-double, with forward Brandon Ingram adding 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Lopez grabbing 10 boards.

A 15-3 Lakers run midway through the second quarter kept the Nets at arm's length for the remainder of the night.

Brooklyn (3-6) cut the deficit to six points just before halftime, but a Lopez basket and free throw pushed the Los Angeles lead to nine at the break.

The Lakers led by double digits for much of the second half, but three-point plays by guard Allen Crabbe and forward DeMarre Carroll ignited a run capped when a Carroll lay-in cut the deficit to just four.

Buckets from Lopez, Kuzma and Ingram stemmed the tide, pushing the lead back to 10 in the final minutes.

The Nets remained competitive behind 25 points from the Los Angeles native Crabbe, 21 from guard Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and a well-rounded 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists from Carroll.

Guard D'Angelo Russell, who was acquired for Lopez, notched 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in his return to Los Angeles, but shot just 1-of-8 from behind the 3-point line.

Russell spent his first two NBA seasons with the Lakers before an offseason trade that sent Lopez to Los Angeles. Lopez played each of the first nine seasons of his career in the Nets organization and survived numerous trade rumors before being moved to Los Angeles.

NOTES: Los Angeles outscored Brooklyn 26 to 18 in points off turnovers. ... Los Angeles F Kyle Kuzma's 21 points came just one shy of tying the career-high he set one night earlier at Portland. ... Brooklyn's 23.7 3-point percentage fell nearly 12 short of its season average coming into Friday's contest. ... Lakers G Lonzo Ball, who attempted just two field goals Thursday at Portland, took the Lakers' first two shot attempts of the game against Brooklyn. Ball finished with six points and seven assists. ... Brooklyn G Allen Crabbe's 25 points led the Nets' 39 bench points. Three Lakers -- G Jordan Clarkson, F Julius Randle, and G Tyler Ennis -- scored double-figures off the bench.