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Seconds later, Ball found KCP again, and the guard buried a rainbow 3, forcing Memphis Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale to call timeout after the Los Angeles Lakers put an exclamation point to an 18-4 third-quarter run.
Ball pumped both of his fists and yelled in delight at Caldwell-Pope as the Lakers had an 82-60 lead on the Grizzlies.
With rapper Kanye West watching, the Lakers built a 22-point lead on a good Grizzlies team that was playing an L.A. back-to-back and found a way to hold on for a 107-102 win to build their first winning streak of the season.
Early in November, the Lakers are 5-5 and have won two straight, something team president Magic Johnson, GM Rob Pelinka and head coach Luke Walton likely would’ve signed up for at the start of the season given how youthful this roster is and that the Lakers have played three back-to-back sets already.
While consecutive home wins over the Brooklyn Nets and Grizzlies isn’t the same as beating the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers are looking for building blocks.
Fizdale called the Lakers “Arguably the fastest team in the league.” He then admitted that he never thought he would “Say that with a Brook Lopez team.” Fizdale said Lopez is complementing these Lakers the way Gasol does for the Grizzlies.