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LAst Night's Action: Lakers Roll Through the Midwest
LA Lakers defeat Minnesota Timberwolves 112-95. Darko was indeed freed. Darko Milicic scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, but that wasn’t enough for the Timberwolves to come away with the win over the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant despite shooting only 8-for-27 did score 23 points while Pau Gasol had another one of his ho-hum double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. But the bench player of the game was Matt Barnes who went a perfect 7-for-7 including all five three-point attempts in his 24 point, seven rebound, six assist effort in 24 minutes.
Kevin Love, who guaranteed a 20-20 night on the Dan Patrick Show on Thursday, did not score a point but had seven rebounds and three assists.
Buffalo Sabres defeat LA Kings 4-2. The Kings’ fell asleep at the wheel in the third period allowing the Sabres to score twice and get their third home win of the season.
Dustin Brown led off the scoring taking Anze Kopitar’s pass and beating goalie Ryan Miller 4:57 in the first period. It looked like the Kings defense had returned to form, until early in the second period when Andrej Sekera on the first shift at 0:37.
However it still looked good for the Kings especially when they pressured in the Buffalo zone and came away with a Wayne Simmonds score 8:25 in the second period.
But the Kings started committing penalties which allowed Thomas Vanek and Tim Connolly to score power-play goals 15:22 in the second period and 2:10 in the third period respectively. Jochen Hecht iced the game with an even-handed goal 15:21 in the third to send the Kings off to Boston with a third consecutive loss.
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Columbus Blue Jackets defeat Anaheim Ducks 4-3. After Rick Nash got the Blue Jackets on the board for the first goal 11:02 in the first period, successive hooking penalties by Jan Hejda and Marc Methot in the closing minutes of the first period gave the Ducks a 5-on-3 into the second period. Saku Koivu did the honors for the Ducks 17 seconds in the second period to tie the game.
Bobby Ryan pushed the puck ahead short-handed, got past Nash and shot it past goalie Steve Mason for the Ducks first short-handed goal of the season and the lead at 5:01. Undeterred Chris Clark tied things up on the power-play 25 seconds later.
The Jackets ran away with the game as Jakub Voracek took advantage of a turnover by the Ducks putting in the net past goalie Jonas Hiller 13:48 in the period giving the Blue Jackets the 3-2 lead. And just three minutes later Mike Commodore gave the Jackets a two-goal advantage.
Corey Perry took advantage of a horrendous turnover by the Jackets 7:22 in the third to give the Ducks new hope. They had plenty of great scoring chances down the stretch, but just couldn’t get the equalizer past Mason.
50 shots-on-goal for Anaheim, a scuffle to end the game and no points for the Ducks.
TONIGHT’S ACTION
USC Trojans (7-3, 4-3 Pac-10) at Oregon State (4-5, 3-3 Pac-10). 5:00 p.m. ABC, AM 710 KSPN.
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LA Kings (24 pts., 12-6-0) at Boston Bruins (23 pts., 11-5-1). 4:00 p.m. FSWest, AM 1150 KTLK.
New York Knicks (5-8) at LA Clippers (1-12). 7:30 p.m. FSWest, AM 980 KFWB.
USC Trojans (2-1, 0-0 Pac-10) at Bradley Braves (3-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley). 2:00 p.m. AM 690 W Radio
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