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LOS ANGELES, Calif. China Jerseys . - When Kobe Bryant stays home to rest, the Los Angeles Lakers must play a different game to compete. With balanced scoring, relentless rebounding and an unlikely contribution from a newcomer, they got the formula exactly right against the slumping Orlando Magic.Jeremy Lin scored 18 points, Carlos Boozer added 12 points and 14 rebounds, and the Lakers beat the Magic 101-84 on Friday night.Rookie Tarik Black had all of his career-high 14 points and nine rebounds in the second half for the Lakers, who won for the second time in their five games this season when coach Byron Scott chooses to rest the 36-year-old Bryant.Bryant wasnt at Staples Center to watch his teammates steady effort in finishing off the Magic. He also sat out three games last month, and he missed Mondays game in Portland.We try to bring more energy when hes out, play more up-tempo, said Nick Young, who had nine points.They had plenty of energy, maintaining a lead throughout the final 45 minutes. They finished off Orlando with a 12-2 run midway through the fourth quarter, highlighted by three straight baskets from Boozer.I just saw us being much more aggressive than we were the last game, much more physical, Lakers coach Byron Scott said, referring to their blowout loss to the Clippers two nights ago. (We) quit assuming every shot is going in.Victor Oladipo scored 17 points and Tobias Harris added 15 despite spraining his left ankle for the Magic, who have lost five straight for the first time this season.Its real frustrating, Harris said. I know its tough for us to score out there. I cant really pinpoint what it is.Former USC star Nikola Vucevic had 14 points and 11 rebounds. But Orlando was outrebounded 60-36, including 31-16 in the second half, leaving coach Jacque Vaughn a bit steamed.I dont know how you gauge effort, Vaughn said. If Tarik Black is rebounding the basketball with a ferocious tenacity, then I guess he has great effort, (but) youve got to take some responsibility. It starts with looking at the mirror. So that will be us.Los Angeles got an eye-catching performance from Black, the big man recently acquired off waivers from Houston. After sitting out the first half, Black made all four of his shots and his first six free throws, exciting the Staples Center crowd with his energy and persistence on the boards.We had everybody hitting the boards today, and its contagious on this team, Black said.Lin led the Lakers steady effort down the stretch, scoring eight points in the fourth quarter. Ryan Kelly added 13 points and eight rebounds, and Jordan Hill had 11 points and nine boards.TIP-INSMagic: The team will re-evaluate Harris ankle on Saturday. He is the Magics leading scorer with 18.1 points per game. ... Vaughn is a Los Angeles-area native who grew up rooting for the Lakers championship teams of the 1980s. Before the game, he rattled off the uniform numbers of the starters, including No. 4, Byron Scott. ... Channing Frye played despite an injured right arm, scoring six points.Lakers: Lin blocked a shot by 7-footer Dewayne Dedmon in the first quarter. ... The Lakers held a pregame moment of silence for Alina Kupchak, the 15-year-old daughter of Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, who died earlier this week after a lengthy illness. ... Starting forward Wesley Johnson missed his third straight game with a strained right hip flexor.BOARD BLOWOUTThe Lakers 24-rebound advantage was their biggest of the season. Boozer and Black outboarded the Magic by themselves in the second half, 18-16.SLUMPING SWAGGYYoung had his fourth straight rough shooting game, going 2 for 13. The Lakers top reserve and offensive energy source missed all six of his 3-point attempts. He is just 13 for 53 in his last four games. Scott suggested Young should come in early to get up more shots, but Young politely disagreed. Im going to stick to being the whole Swaggy P dude, and continue to shoot, he said. At least Young has made 25 consecutive free throws.UP NEXT:Magic: At Portland on Saturday.Lakers: Host Portland on Sunday. NFL Jerseys Cheap . -- A few drivers, like Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, raced onto the track to get in their qualifying sessions. Cheap Jerseys .com) - Kevin Durant had 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Orlando Magic 127-99 on Sunday. http://www.nfljerseyscheapchina.us.com/ .A.MELBOURNE, Australia -- David Toms is part of a trivia question that he doesnt know about, if he even cares. Toms and Tiger Woods played a fourballs match at the Presidents Cup four years ago at Royal Montreal, and had no trouble beating Nick OHern and Geoff Ogilvy 5 and 3. It was the last time Woods played in a Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup match with anyone but Steve Stricker. Woods and Stricker, a combined 6-1-0, are together again as the Presidents Cup is underway at Royal Melbourne, and the scrutiny figures to be as high as ever. Watch the action unfold live on TSN right now. View LEADERBOARD They will be playing against an International team of Adam Scott and K.J. Choi, along with a fifth wheel -- Steve Williams, the caddie who now works for Scott, and who has made news over the last three months for disparaging Woods on national TV after Scott won at Firestone and with a racial comment in Shanghai at a caddies dinner. "Im kind of glad that its going to happen, get it out of the way, and let the rest of the matches take care of themselves," Stricker said Wednesday. "I think it will be good to just get that part of it out of the way. Stevie and Tiger have talked, so I think its kind of a nonissue." Its usually an issue no matter what the topic when it involves Woods. He has gone through 16 partners since he first played in the 1997 Ryder Cup at Valderrama. For years it was somewhat of a mystery for various captains trying to find the right fit for the guy who dominated golf. Woods thought he had his man in Jim Furyk when they went 2-0-1 in 2005 at the Presidents Cup, though that was the best of it. They were 2-2 in the Ryder Cup at The K Club in Ireland, then 1-1 a year later at Royal Montreal in 2007. "The first match we played together in a Presidents Cup, I think together we either shot 9 or 10 under in a fourball and he was 8 under," Furyk said. "So I went back to the team room and said, Im not sure why its so difficult to play with him for rest of you. It was pretty easy for me. They had some choice words for me." It was U.S. captain Fred Couples who first hooked up Woods and Stricker two years ago at Harding Park. They once were represented by the same agent -- Mark Steinberg when he was at IMG -- and spent most of the FedEx Cup playoffs in the same group that year. Woods and Stricker became the first Presidents Cup tandem to win all four matches at Harding Park, and the first team in any cup competition in 30 years. At the Ryder Cup a year later in Wales, they won two matches until getting run overr by Lee Westwood and Luke Donald, 6 and 5. Cheap NFL Jerseys. . That English duo is the only team to beat them. "I think that you enter his world for a few days when you play with him," Furyk said. "There are some people who you know that every shot he hits, its going to be on TV and its going to be criticized and its going to be talked about, viewed, seen everywhere. Walking inside the ropes, youll hear the comments that are made, positive and negative. "But you feel a bigger stage when youre with him, and I think some people have been comfortable with that. And others havent." Stricker had no trouble with that stage the last two years -- the first time when Woods was on top of his game, a year ago in Wales when he had endured a long and troubling season occupied by a long layoff from his personal crisis and ultimately a divorce. Thursday at the Presidents Cup might bring even more attention. Stricker and Choi would appear to be along for the ride. Ditto for Scott, who recently described himself as "the guy stuck in the middle," fitting for someone who now lives in Switzerland. "Its for them to sort out between themselves," Scott said in Shanghai. That might already be the case. Williams apologized for his racial slur in Shanghai, saying it was all in good fun during a roast among caddies. Woods kept the story from getting worse when he said a week later that Williams was not a racist, and that the caddie had apologized to him and shook his hand at a gym in Sydney. Neither is particularly interested in drawing more attention to the split. International captain Greg Norman and Couples gave it a little more life by putting them in the same match -- the sixth and final foursomes match in the opening session, with plenty of eyeballs sure to be on them. "You can kind of see it coming, with whats been going on recently," Nick Watney said. "I think its great. I think it will definitely add some drama to the matches, and I know that they will both be ready. So it should be a good match." Thats the part that gets lost in this drama. Even when Woods was at his absolute best, he still could contribute only one point to his team, and that wasnt always the case. Woods and Stricker will try to run their record to 7-1 in the foursomes match at Royal Melbourne. After that, there is no guarantee they will play together Friday, with some U.S. players suggesting Woods and Dustin Johnson a possibility for fourballs. That would be another partner for Woods in these cup competition, someone else to step into his arena. cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys cheap jerseys cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' ' |
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