The (11-45) Los Angeles Lakers embark on a three-game road trip and have taken a three-hour forty six minute flight northeast (63 degrees from north) 1,746 miles to Chicago, IL to battle the (28-26) Bulls at the United Center. Tonight’s run will be Kobe Bryant’s last game in the city of Chicago. In their previous game, the Lakers were competitive kept it close, but ultimately came up short against San Antonio losing 119-113. There were two positives for the purple and gold; six Lakers scored in double digits (Kobe 25, Lou Williams 21, Jordan Clarkson 20, Julius Randle 11, Brandon Bass and Nick Young contributed 10 points each) and L.A. outscored San Antonio 64-59 in the second half. Although the usual suspects that have plagued the Lakers all season remain constant, allowing 44 points in the paint, outshot (Spurs 54.5–percent 48-88, Lakers 49.4-percent 40-81), outrebounded (Spurs 39, Lakers 36), San Antonio had a higher assist total (Spurs 30, Lakers 20) also L.A. committed 16 turnovers resulting in 17 points and the purple and gold defense remains nonexistent. While in the second city the Lakers could visit Millennium Park, Navy Pier, 360 Chicago, Art institute of …show more content…
Hering’s Chicken pot-pie at The Walnut Room inside Macy’s (the first restaurant to ever open inside of a department store), sink their teeth into a dense, chewy Bertha’s Famous Brownie from Palmer House (where the brownie was originally created in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition World’s Fair), order a Numero Uno deep-dish pizza from Uno Pizzeria & Grill (a Chicago mainstay since 1943), also creating a great pizza Geno’s East (Chicago’s original Deep Dish Pizza), Lou Malnati’s, order the famous Italian Beef Sandwich at Al’s Italian Beef, barbeque from Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern (Which Dates back to 1932) or Lem’s Bar-B-Q (a south-side Chicago staple since