It must be nice for the Los Angeles Lakers to finally have someone put up career numbers "for them" as opposed to against them. Jordan Hill, forward for the Lakers, did just that Sunday night. One game removed from the Friday night scuffle, where Jordan Hill came to the aid teammate Nick Young, Mr Hill found himself in the starting lineup.
This paid big dividends for the Los Angeles Lakers.
In 33 minutes played, Jordan Hill had 28 points on 9 of 15 shots made and made 10 of 13 Free Throws.
Mr. Hill also had 13 rebounds, with four of those being on the offensive end.
Mr. Hill had this to say afterwards,
The team got the win, and the fans got "Free 2 Tacos" from Taco Bell for just the eighth time this season, with the final score at 103-94.
The Lakers DID get out rebounded, in spite of the tremendous effort of Hill, totaling 34 to the Orlando Magic's 46.
The Lakers have out rebounded the opposition only 12 times this season.
Nick Young came off the bench with another 20 point+ performance at 26 on 8-17 FGs, 2-4 from three and 8-9 from the stripe in 26 minutes.
Jodie Meeks chipped in with 13 points on 4-11 shooting over 40 minutes, and Kent Bazemore had 8 points and was the team's leading distributor with 8 assists with ZERO TURNOVERS.
Pau Gasol who did not make it out of the team's locker room for the second half Sunday Night, played only 18 minutes. It was reported that he was on I.V. at halftime.
The Lakers will face the New York Knicks at home Tuesday Night.