Career Night For Farmar As Lakers Win 10-Straight
Jordan Farmar scored a career-high 24 points, Kobe Bryant added 21 and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to a season-best 10 games Thursday night with a 106-88 victory over the Miami Heat.
The Lakers (41-17) maintained their one-game lead over the defending champion San Antonio Spurs for best record in the Western Conference, and lead Phoenix and New Orleans by two. Just 6 1/2 games separate the top nine teams in the West.
The double-digit winning streak is the 23rd in Lakers' franchise history and 19th in Los Angeles -- including an NBA-record 33-game run during the 1971-72 championship season, when Miami coach Pat Riley was playing for them. Read more