Fighting back from a double-digit deficit to make a final score respectable against an elite Western Conference team might have been seen as a moral victory for the Los Angeles Lakers in recent seasons.Especially when their loss totals were 61 and 65.This year, the young Lakers are not accepting losing a close game or making a score more respectable.Los Angeles is in the beginning stages of a difficult stretch of its schedule that might give a clearer idea about how it stacks up and it continues Sunday night when it hosts the Chicago Bulls.Los Angeles has won seven of its first 13 games with notable wins over the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks. The Lakers had a chance at another noteworthy win Friday but ultimately could not stop the San Antonio Spurs from making enough big shots in a 116-107 loss.Los Angeles was tied with the Spurs early in the third quarter and fell behind by as many as 15 before making the final margin closer.Last year, we would have been out of this game if we were down by that much, Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson said. Were out here to compete every night now. Were not OK with any loss.Friday was the first of a hellacious week for the Lakers. After facing Chicago, Los Angeles hosts the Oklahoma City Thunder, plays a home-and-home with Golden State and hosts Atlanta before playing 12 of its next 15 games on the road.Regardless of their feelings, the Lakers may play Sunday without second-year guard DAngelo Russell. Russell missed Fridays game with a sore left knee and coach Luke Walton does not expect it to be a long-term problem.It makes it really hard, Lakers forward Julius Randle said. (Russell) gets us in our stuff, obviously can really score the ball. Hes a great leader for us.Russell did not practice Saturday and received treatment on the knee. He will be re-evaluated Sunday and is listed as questionable.His knee has been bothering him (but) hes been playing through it, Walton said. It started hurting more, so they decided last night when he got to the arena to shut him down.Russell leads the Lakers with 16.8 points per game, slightly ahead of veteran Lou Williams. Williams scored 24 Friday and has helped the Los Angeles reserves lead the league in scoring at 51 points.Chicago had its four-game winning streak stopped by imploding in the fourth quarter of a 102-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday night. The Bulls led by 19 in the second quarter but allowed 30 points in the fourth and made one basket in the final 6 1/2 minutes.Dwyane Wade scored 28 points but shot 9-of-20, including 1-of-5 in the fourth quarter. Jimmy Butler added 22 but was even more inefficient by shooting 5-of-18.It was a good night for us, we just didnt come out with the win, Wade said. Its the NBA, leads are whatever. Id rather have a 19-point lead in the second half. Im not all about the 20-point leads in the first half, especially on the road. A team is going to come back and the game is going to turn in their favor.Saturday was even more frustrating for Chicago as coach Fred Hoiberg was ejected in the waning seconds after Taj Gibson got called for a technical foul. That came shortly after Butler was called for a questionable foul on Blake Griffin as the shot clock was winding down, resulting in a four-point deficit from the foul shots.Chicago also lost for the first time when taking a lead into the fourth quarter and the collapse cost the Bulls their first 3-0 start to their annual circus trip since 1995.Chicago has swept the season series with the Lakers in two of the last three seasons. Last season, Butler scored 26 in the Bulls 114-91 win at Los Angeles on Jan. 28. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Pat-Sims-Jersey/ . Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Josh-Shaw-Jersey/ . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Clint-Boling-Jersey/ . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Andre-Smith-Jersey/ . Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front. http://www.bengalsrookiestore.com/Bengals-Brandon-Lafell-Jersey/ . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. In the aftermath of the Overwatch World Cup, the competition shifted itself back to the Mecca of esports, South Korea. The team that achieved a flawless tournament run at BlizzCon -- alongside several players from western regions -- travel back to compete at APEX, but this time with their original teams.The first match of the day kicked off with Afreeca Freecs Blue against Rhinos Gaming Titan, and was expected to be a sweep given RG Titans past performances. Afreeca Freecs Blue featured one of the champions from the BlizzCon team, Jeong ARHAN Won Hyuk. Fresh off the plane with only a days worth of practice, he wasted no time in making incredible plays on Genji, deflecting a Widowmaker shot for an instant counter-kill on Volskaya Industries. It was an incredibly fast best-of-five set as Afreeca completely crushed RG 0-3, the latter suffering from a sloppy usage of ultimates.The match that would raise the most questions involved South Korean team KongDoo Uncia and American team NRG eSports. Both Uncia and NRG have proven in APEX that they were strong contenders to make it out of the group stages, but not many were surprised to see NRG walk away with a loss in the form of a 0-3 stomp. Havving just come back to South Korea to compete, NRG parted ways with Daniel GODS Graeser and Mark Pookz Rendon, and welcomed new players Matthew clockwork Dias, formerly from Splyce, and Seb numlocked Barton, formerly of Dignitas.dddddddddddd.With new players and Brandon Seagull Larned away from the team to compete in the Overwatch World Cup, no one was expecting a strong performance from the team with so little time to practice together. What fans can expect from the team moving forward is clockworks strong McCree and DPS play, as well as new leadership found in the shotcalling brought in from numlocked. A lot of credit for Kongdoo Uncias win goes to match MVP Kim DNCE Se Yong, who brought incredible play on Hanzo, who is quickly becoming popular in the meta. Being able to get early kills at the start of the map allowed them to take very fast control of the map, which can snowball in a teams favor if they have proper defense.On Friday, South Korean team CONBOX T6 faces off against Lunatic-Hai followed by South Korean team LW Blue and European team REUNITED. Cheap Jerseys China NFL Jerseys China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Discount Basketball Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Baseball Jerseys Free Shipping Cheapest College Jerseys Sale Cheap Football Jerseys China Nike NFL Jerseys Canada Wholesale NHL Jerseys From China MLB Jerseys Outlet Canada Wholesale NBA Jerseys Canada Store Cheap Soccer Jerseys China Cheap Authentic Jerseys Canada ' ' '