The houston rockets season opener against the lakers will be a spectacle. Lakers lose julius randle and opener to houston rockets. The last meeting came in this seasons opener for both teams as the clippers won 112102 despite being without paul george. On january 10, 2014, the clippers avenged a point season opener loss to the lakers with a 12387 blowout in their next meeting. So with the lakers ending a 35 exhibition season, what marks the primary concern heading into their season opener on tuesday against the. He went from not being sure to make the team to be a starter in the lakers 2014 season opener. Lakers top 5 games to watch of 201415 season august 14, 2014 at 10. Be sure to check out our nfl stadium guidesif you and your family are headed to an nfl game this season, we have you covered with guides to stadiums across the league. The 201415 nba season was the 69th season of the national basketball association nba.
The suns had never won a season opener or a home opener against the lakers until wednesday night. With the release of the 1415 nba schedule, lets take a deep dive into just what the lake show will be getting into next season. On january 28, 2015, kobe bryant underwent seasonending surgery. Cavaliers, chicago bulls, clippers, houston rockets, kevin love, knicks. Reports from reporter mark medina, columnist vincent bonsignore and photos from john. They can run outscoring portland 3412 on fastbreak points. Spurs host mavs in season opener the nba season will not begin featuring lebron james for the first time in. Not many players can average a doubledouble for an entire season while still being efficient. The lakers open the season with a road contest against the portland trail blazers on october 18 and will return to staples center for the homeopener on october 20 versus houston. At the time, the 36point margin was the clippers largest ever against the lakers, who were near the bottom of the conference standing and losers for the tenth time in 11 games, a bad stretch they had not. All in all, this was pretty much the worst possible start to the lakers 201415 season possible. Rookie julius randle went down with a broken leg in the season opener against the houston rockets, according to. Julius randle suffers serious leg injury in season opener. The lakers lebron james huddles with his teammates during the first quarter of their season opener against the portland trail blazers on thursday night in portland.
Lebron james, lakers beat trail blazers despite lonzo ball. Rookie julius randle was injured opening night and missed the remainder of the season. The lakers ruled steve nash out for the 201415 season because of recurring back problems. The lakers are one defeat away from clinching the franchises first losing season since 200405 when newly hired coach rudy tomjanovich resigned midway through the teams 34. Through the seasons first 10 games, the lakers were 19, the worst start in the 66year history of the franchise. Dwight, rockets get best of kobe, lakers in season opener. The nba draft took place on june 26, 2014, at barclays center in brooklyn, where andrew wiggins was selected first overall. Im super flattered that you thought specifically of my desire to take my duearoundthe. After failing to live up to lofty expectations in his two. Paul george could miss beginning of season as he continues recovery from shoulder surgery, but fellow incoming star kawhi leonard is feeling good. Reports from reporter mark medina, columnist vincent bonsignore and photos from john mccoy. Anthony davis is, in fact, the next big thing and julius randles rookie.
Lakers jeremy lin downplays starting against rockets. The season opener only supported the preconceived notions we held about the lakers coming into thursday. Lakers get blown out in season opener, kobe and dwight arent friends october 29, 2014 lalakerhater in the 4th quarter of last nights season opener where a mediocre rockets team destroyed a terrible lakers team a few words and an elbow were exchanged between kobe and dwight howard. Full lakers highlights season opener 1029 thanks for watching. Im super flattered that you thought specifically of my desire to take my duearoundthe season opener identical twin boys to my and my. There are three main storylines heading into the game. Golden state took down lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers in the finals, giving the warriors their first championship since moving to the bay area. James harden dominated whenever the rockets hit a rough patch. Introduction to the cavs home opener to start the 20142015 season.
Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. If ad and lebron are healthy, the lakers could be serious contenders for the title this year. Lebron james, lakers start strong but fall to blazers in. Due to covid19 related concerns, the nba announced that all games are postponed. Downtown cleveland celebrates cavs 201415 season opener. Iggy azalea snoop dogg fight could be on tap at lakers. Lakers announce 201819 regular season schedule presented. The 201415 nba season always will have a special place in the hearts of warriors players, fans and personnel. Vogel called him probably our thirdbest player and said kuzmas addition whenever he is cleared to play will tempt vogel to supersize the lakers lineup. The regular season began on tuesday, october 28, 2014, when the defending nba champions san antonio spurs hosted the first game against the dallas mavericks. But he also lost his first game with the 201415 cleveland cavaliers to the new york knicks, a team that missed the playoffs the prior season and has not.