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LOS ANGELES -- Coach Luke Walton claimed his Los Angeles Lakers never really got into an offensive flow, even if the 125 points they dropped on the Brooklyn Nets suggested otherwise. Camiseta De Angel Di Maria .Imagine what might happen if Waltons surprising young squad actually finds its groove.DAngelo Russell scored 32 points and Julius Randle added 17 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double in Los Angeles 125-118 victory Tuesday night.Timofey Mozgov had 20 points and six rebounds for the Lakers, who maintained a steady lead down the stretch of their fourth win in five games at Staples Center this season. With six wins in eight games overall, the Lakers (7-5) are two games above .500 for just the second time since April 2013.We all love to play this game together, even on nights when it isnt all clicking, said forward Tarik Black, who had 12 points and nine rebounds in just 13 minutes. We didnt care what people were saying about this team before the season started. Its about this locker room. We knew what we had.Russell hit seven 3-pointers and had eight rebounds for the Lakers, who didnt win seven games until New Years Day last season, the worst in the 16-time NBA champion franchises history.Russell had the highest-scoring individual performance by any player this season for the Lakers, whose 10-deep player rotations and balanced production have made them particularly tough to play. Russell lit up Brooklyn again after scoring a career-high 39 on the Nets last year, including eight 3-pointers that prompted his now-famous Ice in My Veins celebration of big shots.While Mozgov had his highest-scoring game for his new team, Randle added another balanced floor game in his first triple-double since March 25.He is continuing to get better and really realize what he is capable of doing, Walton said of Randle.Brook Lopez had 30 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 29 points as Brooklyn rebounded solidly from a 32-point thrashing delivered by the Clippers in the same building one night earlier while Lopez sat out to rest.We bounced back from last nights tough loss, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. We just have to sustain it a little longer and do a little better on the defensive end.But the Lakers shot 43 free throws to the Nets 20, and Los Angeles solidly controlled the boards.Down the stretch, I dont want to comment too much on the calls, but we did foul too much and put them on the line, said Lopez, who hit four 3-pointers. That made it tough for us. We still had great looks. I want our guys to take those shots. They just didnt go down.BENCH BATTLEThe NBAs two most productive benches had big games. Led by Jordan Clarksons 13 points, the Lakers reserves outscored the Nets bench 43-40. Yogi Ferrell led the Brooklyn bench with 11 points.BLOCK PARTYLopez became the Nets franchise leader in blocked shots, passing George Johnsons 863 blocks with three against the Lakers. Johnson played for the franchise from 1977-80 and 1984-85. Lopez has blocked at least three shots in four consecutive games. He has accomplished that feat in five straight games just once, in November 2012.STEEP SCHEDULEThe Lakers just returned from a road trip that showcased their young rosters potential and limitations. They won at Sacramento and New Orleans, but were then routed by Minnesota on Sunday after their third long-distance flight in four nights.The Lakers will have to get used to learning on the court: Starting Friday, they will play 18 games in 30 days with five back-to-backs and no consecutive days off.TIP-INSNets: Former Lakers G Jeremy Lin missed his sixth straight game with a hamstring injury. ... Former Nets forward Andrei Kirilenko watched the game from courtside.Lakers: Clarkson had a career-high five steals. ... LA has beaten Brooklyn three straight times. ... The Lakers scored 120 points for the fourth time this season after managing the feat just three times in the previous two seasons combined.UP NEXTNets: The road trip ends Friday at Oklahoma City.Lakers: After their final back-to-back days off for an entire month, they host San Antonio on Friday. Camiseta Mauro Icardi . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. Camiseta Paulo Dybala . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. http:///...igoni-argentina.html . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. New Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant admitted Wednesday that his relationship with former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook likely wont ever be the same again and that hell just have to get used to being the villain.Durant told Chinas Sina Sports that he talked to Westbrook before signing a two-year deal earlier this month to join a loaded Warriors roster?that also boasts two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.I just told him. I let him know how I felt, Durant said of his conversation with Westbrook. Obviously, our relationship wont ever be the same again. But its something I wanted to do, and I expressed that to him. Hopefully he respected it.He also told Sina Sports that hell get used to the backlash and the Warriors being labeled as villains.Yeah, its difficult. Im not used to this much attention, but Im getting used to it, Durant said. Obviously, people dont like me right now, but it is what it is. I cant please them all. Ive got to still go out there and handle my business.Theyre not going to get up at 9 oclock in the morning and work on their game for me. Ive got to do all of that on my own. I cant worry about people on the outside. Ive got to go to sleep at night, Ive got to get up and Ive got to perform. Ive goot to do all that stuff. Camiseta Diego Maradona. It is what it is. Once we start playing the games, Ill feel a little bit more better. Right now, its definitely a change. Theres a different vibe going around, but Ill get used to it.NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday said he didnt think Durants decision to join the Warriors and form a so-called super team was ideal from the league standpoint.But Durant said the goal -- a championship -- is what drove him to join the Warriors, and he doesnt think an excess of talent will be a problem in achieving that goal.I want to win a championship, but youve got to play great basketball to win a championship, Durant told Sina Sports. Those guys were so close last year, so theyre hungry this year to get back. I want to help them. I want to be the guy that takes them over the top.We dont have any selfish players on the team. Thats the thing: I think everybody expects us to play selfish, but guys want to go out there and win and just play the right way. Thats what theyve been doing. Its on me to come in there and adapt to what theyve been doing. 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