12 -- The amount Seattle was outscored in the third quarter, 31-19, which pretty much was the game for the Sonics.

12 -- The number of points Los Angeles outscored the Sonics from the foul line. The Lakers went 30-of-36 from the free throw line, compared to Seattle’s 18-of-28 from the line.

35 -- Number of points Kobe Bryant scored tonight. Bryant also had eight rebounds and six assists.

“I just had to bring it back out (mid range jump shots),” Bryant said. “It’s time when I start getting more aggressive offensively, I usually start bringing out the pull-up jump shot, which usually keeps a lot of team off-balanced.”

24 -- The amount of assists Los Angeles had, on 36 field goals. That really shows how well the Lakers were moving the ball and finding the open man.

2-13 -- Seattle’s record on the year, again tying a franchise-record for futility to start the season, dating back to the team’s inaugural season of 1967-68. Seattle’s also currently on a five-game losing streak

Boxscore -- Check it out here.

Durant watch -- Durant followed up a strong shooting performance against San Antonio with another one, shooting 10-of-19 from the field and finishing with 25 points.

“Early on I was being a little too forceful as far as trying to force my shot just to get them up,” Durant said about his early season shooting woes. “I think now I’m being a little more patient and waiting for my teammates to try to get me open or find me in transition.”

Listen to Durant talk about the game here.

Did you see that? -- Jeff Green took his man off the dribble, cocked the ball back and dunked forcefully over Los Angeles 7-footer Andrew Bynum. Green has been playing with more of an attitude lately. A close second was Chris Wilcox’s dunk over Chris Mihm.

Overheard -- Sonics assistant Paul Westhead said this to security person working near the locker room who asked to see his credential. Westhead didn't have a credential at the time. "I was coaching here before you were even born," Westhead told the security guy. Westhead led the Lakers to the 1980 NBA title.

Final take -- Seattle played with energy for most the game, except for the third quarter where the Sonics lost this one.

A pretty good effort by Seattle’s inside players on matching up against the bigger guys from Los Angeles. Kurt Thomas provided inside might with 13 rebounds in 29 minutes. Still, Carlesimo has not found the right combination of players working well together throughout the whole game to give this team the consistency it needs to win games.

Durant is playing better and really seems like he’s coming into his own. So is Jeff Green. He’s struggled shooting from the perimeter, which is kind of surprising because I thought he would be a good perimeter scorer after watching him this summer.

But he’s been much better getting his shot off inside than I thought he would be. And Green is mean, giving Seattle another enforcer inside along with Thomas.

It would be nice to see a win every once in awhile, but Seattle seems to be improving. Now they just need to breakthrough again on the scoreboard.

Listen to Carlesimo talk about the game here.