Maybe a 66-64 win in the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League can give Los Angeles Lakers' fans a little taste of the future. Attacking the middle of the Milwaukee Bucks defense, second-year guard Jordan Farmar used dribble penetration to find Javaris Crittenton (the Lakers' 2007 first-round pick) for the wide-open game winner. Crittenton hit the shot with only 1.7 seconds left in the game.
Crittenton, a freshman selected out of Georgia Tech, lead all players with 18 points (8-13). Lakers' forward Rodney White chipped in 12 points and newly signed free-agent guard Cody Karl (son of Denver Nuggets coach George Karl) scored 10 points. Former North Carolina Tarheel, David Noel, led the Bucks' summer leaguers with 16 points (also adding 6 rebounds and 2 steals).
Crittenton showed the quickness and leaping ability that made the Lakers feel he was a steal with the 19th overall pick. More importantly, JC showed that he was quite comfortable playing within the complex traingle offense, a system he became familiar with in high school.
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