Lakers impressive Win Over the Jazz in back-to-back with 121-96 blowout

In the second of the game a back-to-back, the Los Angeles Lakers strolled into Utah and steamrolled the Jazz in a 121-96 victory. As for questions that arose about how the team would fair on this road trip, well the answer is quite easy just blowout the other team.

Denver’s altitude has always given the NBA teams problems, and Utah’s hostile crowd can lead to some crucial mistakes. Although both Utah and Denver have started the season slower than most thought they would. Usually, a brutal trip but these wins were never in question taking down both teams with relative ease.

So much so that a little over two minutes into the game, LeBron James brought the ball up the floor for the Lakers, after crossing midcourt he took a few seconds to survey the defense, and then forgot to keep dribbling. Picking up the ball, casually strolls for a few more steps, then starts dribbling again as if nothing happened. Meanwhile, Bojan Bogdanovic is screaming and pointing at the referee to blow the whistle and call a travel.

“It was the worst thing, probably one of the worst things I’ve ever done in my career,” James said. “I didn’t realize I did it until halftime. One of my coaches showed me.”

The bigger story in this game was just how much fun the team was having the Lakers’ suffocating defense allowed it’s starting line-up to take the rest of the game off. Dwight Howard celebrating a classic James slam and hitting a corner three.  James was even able to give his shoes to a couple of lucky fans before the game was officially over, and was seen celebrating in his socks to the announcer’s dismay.

Anthony Davis ended with a team-high 26 points, while James had 20 points, and the Lakers’ bench was also very impressive as Kyle Kuzma, Dwight Howard, Alex Caruso, and Rajon Rondo boasted plus-minuses above +15.

The Lakers will wrap up this quick road trip in Portland on Friday night. Tip-off for that game will be 7:30 p.m. PST.