![]() The Los Angeles Lakers have started out strong this season by winning 6 out of their first 11 games. This may not seem like a very good record, but most people expected them to win none of their first 11. This places the Lakers in the eighth seed in the Western Conference, when most people probably expected them to be sitting up around 14th or 15th. Nick Young, or “Swaggy P”, has started out this season very strong by averaging around 14 points per game which is very good for a player who's been in the league a while. Speaking of Lakers players who have been in the league a while, Louis Williams has been having a great season so far. He is leading the Lakers in points per game with around 16. Closely following him is two of the Lakers young stars, D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson. They both are averaging 15 points a game which is very good for how young they both are. Besides individual player statistics the Lakers are third in the league in points per game. This young Lakers team is making headlines while most of their talent is still young and developing, despite a few older players in Louis Williams, Nick Young, and Luol Deng. They are looking like old Laker teams from the 80’s and 90’s who played fast and flashy. Many of the players from these teams are Hall of Fame players, and you just have to wonder if these young Lakers will develop just like past players. As a Lakers fan I can only hope that they will. Many people thought that the Oklahoma City Thunder may have a bad season after losing superstar player, Kevin Durant, but that just isn’t the case. They have started their season by winning 6 of their first 10 games, and this is thanks to Russell Westbrook. He is simply refusing to let the loss of Kevin Durant effect his team in a negative way. He looks like a man on a mission on the court with his fast paced, high flying, style of play. He is averaging an incredible 31.9 points, 10.1 assists, and 9.2 rebounds per game, which is almost a triple double every night. If Westbrook manages to keep these numbers up the entire season the Thunder will definitely be one of the strongest teams in the West. Currently they are sitting in the 6th seed, but I see them being top five by the end of the year. Both of these teams could have breakout seasons in the Western Conference if they keep up this high level of play. The Lakers are hoping to make the playoffs, which they haven’t done in two seasons, and the Thunder hope to get past the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated last season by the Warriors. Both of these teams goals look accomplishable with how they started this season.
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ellie gaffney
11/16/2016 05:39:20 am
I really enjoyed reading all about these two teams. It was definetely shown that you liked the Lakers, and backed up facts about how they can get better. I agree, Thunder might actually do well this season, even after losing a star player.
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