The talk of the town has been the Los Angeles Lakers bench players. In the Lakers home opener against their arena rivals the Clippers, they shocked everyone by winning 116-103 with the bench scoring a jaw dropping 76 points. Leading the charge was Xavier Henry with a career high 22-points. In fact Henry has been playing so well, he’s set to replace Nick Young as a starter.
From Lakers beat writer for the LA Times Mike Bresnahan:
