re: Austin Rivers Out 4 - 6 Weeks

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You doing a post on this on 247?

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In the second collapse of the week, the Hornets lost to the Lakers after building a 25-point lead near the end of the second quarter, being outscored by 31 points in the final 26:13 of the game. This level of play, of course, projects to a 57 point loss if maintained through the length of a game, which is approximately what occurred against the Nuggets too-recently. Zooming in to finer detail, the story gets worse. The Lakers actually eroded the 25-point lead to 12 with 7:04 left in the game, then a Lopez bucket stretched the lead to 14 with 6:47 left to play. The Lakers then wen’t on a 20-0 run to close the game. This is utter devastation on and off the court. Want to guess how it happened? 3 three-pointers, 3 two-pointers, and 3 free throws, with a lone 7-footer being the lone two-pointer shot beyond 2 feet. All the field goals were made by Meeks and Bryant (Bryant made the two’s); Dwight contributed a lone free throw to the 20-0 run. Meanwhile, the Hornets committed 5 turnovers (one was a shot clock violation), missed 12 shots, and got no free throw attempts. Gordon missed 5, Lopez missed 3, Vasquez missed 3, and Anderson missed 1. Prior to that in the fourth quarter, Lopez went 1 of 3, Anderson went 2 of 2 (1 three made), Aminu went 1 of 2, Vasquez went 0 of 3, and Mason went 0 of 1. The team committed a single turnover in the that span. Gordon was on the bench. So the guards and wings went 1 of 14 in the entire fourth, meanwhile the Lakers guards scored 28 points; Dwight added 3.

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