By Fredo Cervantes
The Lakers are coming off a great win on Friday night in Los Angeles but now they travel to San Francisco to play the 2x MVP in Stephen Curry and the Warriors.
Game started with a great pace as both teams go back at each other making it a very competitive game on National TV. One guy who came in with lots of energy is Warriors rookie C James Wiseman, someone who I believe is not the player people think he is. I talked about Wiseman on my show last night which airs Live Sunday’s 11ET/8PT
Wiseman took a technical foul in the second quarter as he took his elbow to Lakers F Montrezl Harrell neck/head area after a loose ball foul. Very unnecessary move by the rookie which shows he is not mature just yet. About a week ago, the rookie also missed two covid tests which led to a result of missing a valuable practice and being benched by Warriors coach Steve Kerr. The rookie was taught a lesson of professionalism by Kerr which kinda proves my point on Wiseman.
Montrezl Harrell had a great start to the first half with 19 points off the bench which is similar to Curry’s first half as he also had a hot hand with 20 points knocking down 3-5 from downtown. LeBron James has been leading the Lakers all night against a very good team with the Warriors.
Montrezl Harrell is the first Lakers sub since Ivica Zubac in January of 2019 to score at least 25 points and shoot 75% or better (he had 27 with 78.6% FG’s vs GSW tonight).
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 16, 2021
During the second half the game, Lakers found a way to keep the winning spirit going as they kept rolling through this game with Harrell scoring his season high in 27 points in 25 mins off the bench. Great effort from Harrell on the defensive side of the ball along with Lakers G Dennis Schroder which was key for the Lakers to get out in front of the Warriors especially when you have back to back games and need to travel back south to Los Angeles to play the Timberwolves Tuesday night.
🍿 @KingJames had the fadeaway ON REPEAT en route to a triple-double and a @Lakers win.
22 PTS | 10 REB | 11 AST pic.twitter.com/KLF8sJ0unT
— NBA (@NBA) March 16, 2021
Three Klutch clients had big nights with Harrell, Talen Horton-Tucker with a double double 18 points and 10 assists followed by LeBron James adding his fourth triple double of the season 22 points 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a 128-97 win over the Warriors.
The Lakers now win their 26th game of the season and now are 14-5 on the road as they host the Minnesota on Tuesday night.