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LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers have been giving playoff-contending teams more trouble over the past week than clubs that are way out of contention -- like themselves. Chandler Catanzaro Jersey . Chris Kaman had a season-high 28 points along with 17 rebounds while starting at centre for the vertigo-stricken Pau Gasol, Jodie Meeks scored 22 points, and Los Angeles snapped the Phoenix Suns six-game winning streak with a 115-99 victory Sunday night. It came just five days after the Lakers put a crimp in the New York Knicks post-season plans with a 31-point drubbing at Staples Center. In between that game and this one were a pair of road losses to the league-worst Milwaukee Bucks and the Minnesota Timberwolves, who beat the Lakers by 36 points Friday night. "Were trying to be the player-haters of the year. Thats definitely what were trying to do, and we embrace it," said point guard Kendall Marshall, who had 13 points and 11 assists. "We want to keep teams out of the playoffs and mess up seedings. Thats our motivation right now. Any type of motivation we can get to grow as a team is good for us right now." The undermanned Lakers shot 53 per cent from the field, avoiding what would have been Phoenixs first season sweep over them since 2004-05. The Suns won the first three meetings by an average margin of 13.3 points, including a 117-90 rout on Dec. 23 at US Airways Center. This was the first meeting between the teams in 2 1/2 months. "I dont know if we had a single guy who came with the energy that they usually have," coach Jeff Hornacek said. "Weve had games like this before, where they think theyre just going to show up and win a game. Were not good enough to do that. These guys have been winning games lately because theyve been focused in, but tonight they just werent." The 25-48 Lakers beat a team with a winning record for only the eighth time all season. Gasol missed his fourth straight game because of his ailment, joining Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Xavier Henry and Jordan Farmar on the inactive list. Gerald Green scored 22 points off the bench and Goran Dragic added 17 for the Suns, who missed their first 11 shots from 3-point range and finished 8-for-36 from behind the arc against a defence that came in having allowed an average of 119.1 in their previous 16 games and 108.9 overall -- second-worst in the league behind Philadelphia. The Suns shot 38.5 per cent overall. "Theyre not shooting them to miss them," an agitated Hornacek said. "They all thought they were going to make them, and its not always going to be there. So at that point, quit shooting them and drive to the basket." The Suns first loss since March 17 at Brooklyn dropped them to 44-30 and put them into a tie with idle Dallas for seventh place in the Western Conference standings, a half-game ahead of Memphis. "Our schedule gets a lot harder after this," Hornacek said. "Play all the top teams now in the next six or seven games, so thats why this game was so important. I mean, if this happens against Oklahoma City or the Clippers, then fine. But this team is not a playoff team, so thats why its disappointing." Kaman, an 11-year veteran in his first season with the Lakers, secured his sixth double-double of the season before halftime with 18 points and 10 rebounds to help Los Angeles build a 61-43 lead at intermission. "Chris can do that. He has talent, and he came ready to play," coach Mike DAntoni said. Dragic, who came in with a team-best 20.6 scoring average, got seven of the Suns first 13 points -- but didnt get another until his driving layup with 8:39 left in the third quarter trimmed the Lakers lead to 70-48. The Suns, who came in fifth in the league in 3-point shooting at 37.7 per cent, didnt get their first one until Markieff Morris ended their drought with 8:45 left in the second quarter. His brother Marcus drained another one 34 seconds later and Green made a three-point play with 7:41 left in the half, tying it at 31 after Suns trailed by 13. But the Lakers responded with a 28-9 run that included nine points by Meeks, and Ryan Kelly capped the rally with a pair of free throws to give Los Angeles a 59-40 cushion with 1:06 left in the third. The Suns got no closer than 11 points with 3:43 to play. "They made a few runs and killed us. We didnt know how to stop them," Dragic said. "I think our intensity was really bad. Its like no one wants to play in the playoffs -- or at least it seems like that. " NOTES: The longest winning streak in Suns history was 17 games in 2006-07, under DAntoni. ... Kaman received a technical foul from referee Derrick Stafford after getting called for an offensive foul with the Lakers leading 80-55. ... The last time the Lakers hosted Phoenix on Dec. 10, they lost 114-108. That game was one of only six that Bryant has played in this season. ... 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Oilers centre Sam Gagner suffered a broken jaw after getting hit with a high stick from Kassian in Edmontons 5-2 win.Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers lit up the IPL for the second time in three days to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to a nine-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. Kohli (75no off 51) and De Villiers (59no off 31) pummelled an unbeaten 115 for the second wicket, having each scored centuries while smoking a T20 record partnership of 229 during Saturdays thumping win at home against Gujarat Lions. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers impressed Dominic Cork and Mahela Jayawardene after their performance for Royal Challengers Bangalore Chris Gayle (49 off 31) also returned to form - the Jamaican had notched just 19 runs in five IPL innings prior to the match - as Bangalore reached their 184 target in 18.4 overs to move to within two points of the play-off spots and second-placed Kolkata.Gautam Gambhirs 31st score of fifty or above in the IPL - a record he shares with Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner - helped Knight Riders post 183-5 from their 20 overs after Bangalore elected to bowl.Gambhir (51 off 34) put on 76 with Manish Pandey (50 off 35), but Knight Riders stumbled once their skipper was run out by Shane Watson, falling from 90-1 to in the 11th over to 125-5 in thhe 16th. Kelvin Beachum Jersey. Gautam Gambhir scored fifty - but dropped Kohli However, Andre Russell (39no off 19) - who later picked up a leg injury while bowling - and Shakib Al Hasan (18no off 11), biffed an unbeaten 58 from 28 balls, during which time Shakib was dropped by Sreenath Aravind at third man.Iqbal Abdulla was the best of the Bangalore bowlers, the left-arm spinner shipping just 22 runs from his four overs as well as picking up the wicket of opener Robin Uthappa (2) caught and bowled.Gayle ensured Royal Challengerss reply got off to a flyer, dominating a 71-run partnership with Kohli before he was pinned lbw by countryman Sunil Narine one run shy of a 19th IPL fifty. Chris Gayle hit four sixes up top for Bangalore Kohli then made Gambhir pay for dropping him at point on 32 by thumping his fifth half-century of the campaign - the Indian has also struck three hundreds - and moving past team-mate Gayle and Mike Husseys record of 733 runs in an IPL season.The Bangalore skipper increased his 2016 tally to 752 by the end of the game, while De Villiers sealed the teams victory in the penultimate over by flicking Piyush Chawla past fine leg for four.Catch more IPL action on Tuesday as play-off hunting Delhi Daredevils visit struggling Rising Pune Supergiants. That clash is live on Sky Sports 2 from 3pm. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '