Following a discouraging loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers routed the No. 5 seed Memphis Grizzlies on the second night of a back-to-back 111-88. You know, like everyone expected.
The key for both teams going into the game was pace. The Grizzlies are ranked dead last in the league in pace (96.68) but they’ve have had success making other teams teams play at their tempo this season.
That wasn’t the case against L.A., who had Memphis running for the full 48 minutes. The Lakers outscored the Grizzlies on the fastbreak 15-13.