- How long will Pau Gasol be out with his right hamstring injury? Phil Jackson jokingly alarmed Laker fans by saying the 7-0 center could be out until around Christmas, but Gasol is listed day-to-day and is expected to be donning the
purple and gold within the next couple weeks.
- However thanks to Kobe Bryant’s league- leading 33 points per game and DJ Mbenga‘s career highs (ok, maybe not, but it helps), the Lakers are right behind the 8-1 Boston Celtics, with a 7-1 record after downing the Phoenix Suns last night. Last season, Kobe put up 20.7 shots per game on 45%, through 8 games this season he is shooting 24.8 shots per night on 50%.
- Luis Scola had a season-high 22 points and 15 rebounds in a 104-79 blowout win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Scola has underperformed to start off the season, especially with the absence of Yao Ming, but has come back strong the last five games; averaging 16.6 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and shooting 54.7% from the field.
- Before Rudy Fernández hit all four of his three point attempts on his way to 15 points in the Blazer’s 107-84 win over the Timberwolves, Fernández has been playing woefully off the bench for Portland. Rudy averaged just 6.5 points on 29% shooting in the six games previous.
- After scoring a career-high 24 points and grabbing 8 rebounds, Oleksiy Pecherov has played just eight minutes in the last two games. The 7-o center from the Ukraine has scored just 8 points in the last four games for the Minnesota Timberwolves and it’s not looking good after head coach Kurt Rambis said this after Pecherov’s career high, “One game is not a breakthrough. I think any player in this league is capable of playing a good game once in a while. It’s very difficult to be consistent in this league.”
- A reoccurring back injury is limiting Golden State’s Andris Biedriņš from consistent minutes. Biedrins sat out a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on a Friday, then suited up for Sunday’s game against Sacramento but ended up tweaking his back. He’ll miss up to two weeks and has already missed the last two games – Biedrins didn’t accompany the Warriors on their current five-game road trip.
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