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(SportsNetwork. Los Angeles Lakers Store .com) - The teams with the worst records in the Western Conference square off Friday night when the Los Angeles Lakers welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves to Staples Center. Both teams are mired in three-game losing streaks. The Lakers havent won at home since Nov. 9 versus the Charlotte Hornets and the Timberwolves havent won on the road since Nov. 5 against the Brooklyn Nets. The Lakers fell to the ultra-tough Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, 99-93, in Hollywood. Kobe Bryant netted 22 points for Los Angeles, which has dropped seven of its last nine games. Jeremy Lin added 14 points, while Nick Young scored 13 for the second unit. Jordan Hill and Ronnie Hill both had 11 in the losing effort. Theyre one of the best defensive clubs in the league, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. We have to get better on the defensive end. Memphis is third in opponents scoring, while the Lakers are dead last at 110.8 ppg allowed. Just ahead of them is Minnesota, which allows opponents an average of 109.7. The T-Wolves fell by 17 at home on Wednesday to the Milwaukee Bucks in the battle of the first two picks in this past summers draft. Milwaukees Jabari Parker, the No. 2 selection out of Duke, had 11 points with seven rebounds, while the top pick, Andrew Wiggins, went for 14 points and eight boards. Corey Brewer paced the Timberwolves with 19 points in their 103-86 drubbing. It was the first time in NBA history that four teenagers played in the same game, with Minnesotas Wiggins and Zach LaVine both starting against Milwaukees Parker and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The T-Wolves didnt score a point over the final 2:40. We got a lot of guys playing roles that they arent accustomed to playing, Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said. They put some pressure on, but as we fell behind, we lost any kind of motion. They locked in defensively. Thaddeus Young, who missed the past five games due to the death of his mother, scored three points on 1-of-10 shooting Minnesota is 0-10 when allowing 100 or more points. The Timberwolves won three of four last season against the Lakers and their victory on Nov. 10, 2013 halted a 22-game losing streak. Minny is 1-14 in its last 15 as the visitor in this series. Jared Dudley Lakers Jersey . - Pierre-Maxime Poudrier scored twice and added an assist, and Antoine Bibeau made 43 saves as the Val-dOr Foreur downed the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 6-3 on Sunday to force Game 7 in their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final series. Wholesale Lakers Jerseys . Among the teams moves was trading one of the teams two third round picks, no. 83 overall, to the Chicago Blackhawks for Brandon Bollig, a six-foot-two, 223-pound left-winger who had seven goals, seven assists, and 92 penalty minutes in 82 games last season. https://www.lakersjerseycheap.com/ . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends.Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Boston Red Sox signed infielder Ryan Roberts on Monday, just one day after placing third baseman Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day disabled list with a strained calf. Roberts, who spent last season with the Tampa Bay Rays, will be active Monday when the Red Sox host the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series. The 33-year-old veteran appeared in 60 games for the Rays in 2013 and batted .247 with fivve home runs and 17 runs batted in. Kostas Antetokounmpo Jersey. A career .245 hitter, Roberts has racked up 46 homers, 169 RBI and 35 stolen bases over parts of eight seasons with Toronto, Texas, Arizona and Tampa Bay. To make room on the roster, the Red Sox optioned infielder Brock Holt to Triple-A Pawtucket and transferred pitcher Steven Wright from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. Holt was recalled for Sundays series finale against Milwaukee. ' ' '