thunder just happened to screw up more in the clutch…haha
but props to them for testing us…hehe

Bench is looking weak, Fish ready for retirement. Lakers are currently a 4 man team. Kobe his usual super star self even when sick, Bynum looking good so far, Lamar is Lamar sometimes he’s here sometimes not. Ron had good numbers but still doesn’t seem to mesh well with this team. I don’t think Artest has a problem being 2nd banana to Kobe, but can he accept being the 4th or 5th option ? 78 games to go.

the first 2 minutes looked great (for us)
but then i jinxed it and it just went downhill from there…

tomorrow they’ll have their hands full for sure.. they are facing ariza and tha rockets.. i like the attitude of these team as much as i love my lakers.. they just don’t know how to give up….

At no point will the word pretty come into any discussion regarding tonight’s game.

I think it will take 1-3 bad losses to good or even mediocre teams to convince the Lakers to get things together.

I know Kobe wasn’t feeling well but it sure looks like the rest of the team was ill as well. But as long as it is a win I guess we should be happy. Lakers really really, BADLY really need Gasol back.

When we get Pau back things will start to gel more, I’m surprised at how important he is to the team. They really need him back. With Lamar coming off the bench, we’ll see a big upturn in the points our 2nd team delivers.

Also, anybody think the recent officiating is a way for the refs to try and cover up, or deny the allegations made by Donaghy? I’m never one to complain about fouls, but there was some horrid officiating tonight. Kobe no call foul under the basket when he was knocked out of bounds, numerous random offensive fouls (not counting Kobe’s charge) for both teams, etc.

the game was Lakers 64 – 63 for FOUR FLIPPING MINUTES!!!!!!!!!

That’s how UGLY this game was.

But I’ll take the win lol

I’m not really talking about missing a call or Kobe getting slammed in OT, but we are back to whistlefest basketball as usual. I just can’t stand these games when the whistle is the most memorable thing about the game.

 I voted earlier this year to keep the faux-referees instead of bringing back the real referees for this exact reason. Sure they made some bad calls, but they were REAL calls. Not this ticky-tac, 50 feet from the basket minor bump shit. Seriously it makes the game boring as hell. They let Kobe get clobbered in OT and then call Fisher on a little bump out past the 3 point line a few seconds later.

Like Chick used to say, “no harm, no foul”. Until they get back to that attitude this game is going to continue to get more and more boring, especially on nights like this.

…it’s looking like Mitch will need to make a significant move in the near future to bolster the bench. We should be able to get someone for farmar/morrison. Stop the guessing game with Farmar and Brown…it’s obviously hurting both of their games. Pick one and use the other to strengthen other areas we need to bolster our bench such as a legitimate high energy wing player. The sooner Mitch moves the better because we can’t afford to run the starters into the ground like this.

Hurry back, el Spainiard!

…give it some time. I didn’t expect this year’s team to really start gelling until after the all star break anyhow (especially with Pau out). Also I think the Celts will run out of some steam by that time of the year anyhow (especially once they accrue some injuries of their own.)

If healthy the Lakers will be playing their best basketball this upcoming spring.