The Credits: "Balls of Fury"
The Lakers flew to Utah from Denver on Friday night (actually Saturday morning), but it wasn't the experience they were hoping for. Their flight was delayed while the plane was de-iced following a massive snowstorm in the mile high city, and this meant their arrival in Karl Malone City came somewhere around 4 AM, putting bedtime after 5 AM. Now, if you're young, that's prime party stuff and it means you had a good night. But, according to Kobe Bryant, the Lakers are "old and slow" so this was not a good thing.
That said, they still had a game to play, one that did not end well. In fact, it went so badly, the coach decided not to stick around. How many times has that been the case for the Lakers? I'm willing to bet not many. We'll see what happens with Mike Brown--there is speculation that he could be suspended; who knew?
Lakers next play the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. It would be nice to have a winning record on this road trip and not have to play from behind to get it. Hey Lakers, y'all listening?
Dwight, Dwight, Dwight, why you tryin' to make me lose my cool?
↓ More after the jump ↓
L.A. Times
- Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak remains positive despite team's road woes
- Lakers-Jazz: Dejection follows ejection for the Lakers
- Coach Mike Brown could face suspension in wake of ejection
- Looking ahead in the NBA
- Lakers' Josh McRoberts sees playing time diminish
ESPN/ESPNLA
- Rapid Reaction: Jazz 96, Lakers 87 - Los Angeles Lakers Blog
- McRoberts odd man out of bigs rotation - Los Angeles Lakers Blog
- Lakers Late Night vs. Utah- 9:30 pm PT - Los Angeles Lakers Blog
- Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz - Recap - February 04, 2012 - ESPN
- Utah Jazz owner Greg Miller says 'lying' Karl Malone unreliable, unstable - ESPN
- Philadelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta Hawks - Recap - February 04, 2012 - ESPN
- NBA -- All-Star reserve picks - ESPN
Yahoo! Sports
- Jazz send Lakers to another road loss, 96-87
- Utah’s owner strikes back at Karl Malone | Ball Don't Lie
- Video: Ice Cube was not happy with David Stern, briefly | Ball Don't Lie
OC Register
- Lakers steaming after loss to Jazz
- Barnes officially upset with referees
- Grammy trips haven't been bad
- Kobe on the all-time lists
- Paul and Griffin named All-Star starters - Clippers blog
- NBA nicknames: From Mamba to Zeke
SI.com
- Lakers, Clippers, Heat each get two All-Star starters - NBA - SI.com
- Trade rumors have always been a big part of sports culture - Steve Rushin - SI.com
- Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook dismiss tension on Thunder - Sam Amick - SI.com
SLAM Online
- 2012 NBA All-Star Game Starters Announced
- Polladaday: Lakers in 2012?
- Big Brother: Dear Dwight
- adidas Unveils 2012 NBA All-Star Uniforms
- Karl Malone Responds After Being Called a ‘Liar’ by Jazz CEO
Other Links
- Lakers Struggle Down the Stretch, Fall to Jazz in Utah | Lakers Nation
- Forum Blue And Gold " Lakers/Jazz: Fourth-Quarter Collapse
- Super Bowl Party Planning for Lakers Fans | Lakers Nation
- Jeremy Lin Saves New York; Kyrie Irving Is The Truth | Dime Magazine
- Filling Out the West's All-Star Roster at Forward - NYTimes.com
- Barkley Takes Aim at N.B.A., Bad Teams and Nowitzki - NYTimes.com
- Rumor: Kobe Bryant has blown chances for Lakers to get Dwight Howard by telling him he'll be third-option | ProBasketballTalk
- All-Star selection boosts Bynum's confidence
- Kobe keeps focus on Lakers, not Griffin
- Lakers coach Mike Brown ejected after meltdown - CBSSports.com
- Hypothetical: What if the Lakers were able to team Dwight Howard with Andrew Bynum? | ProBasketballTalk
- Lakers 87, Jazz 96: Feb. 4 Running Diary " Lakers Blog
- LAKERS: Jazz send Lakers to another road loss, 96-87
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LMAO at the rumor that Kobe called Dwight Howard another Tyson Chandler.
That would be cold-blooded from the Mamba.
Wouldn't that be a compliment to Dwight since Tyson has a ring? ;-)
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Jazz.
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This just in:
After coming to that realization thanks to Kobe, Otis has traded Dwight to NY for Chandler straight-up… Sources say…
If you can't laugh at yourself... laugh at someone else
by x Nightwing x on Feb 5, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
I think that is over blown
If D12 was smart he wouldnt mind that. Plus by the time Pau gets old and useless we would trade him. I mean D12 should know his offense is limited, and being the 3rd option is not that bad. He acts like he is going to average 10ppg. Chill out bro!
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"Kobe on All-Time lists" article puts his career in a pretty good perspective.
………Karl Malone is going to break the Jazz owner in half, lol.
fuck off Dwight
you primadonna. Go get ourselves a backup C, and a bench scorer. Done with the trade shenanigans.
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These.
Fuck Dwight and his lame ass “wishlist” This sucka cant man up and say where he wants to go ala Melo. To quote Mike Singletary “Dont want him” “Cant win with em” Fuck him.
Mitch needs to make some moves to improve the team outside of trying to get that fake ass Superman.
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by EmmCeee on Feb 5, 2012 11:32 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Cool night for Jeremy Lin
I like that guy.
For me its the consistent inconsistency that concerns me - PAGFL
It's always AMMO Time, in spirit- DexterFishmore
lebron should just lock himself away and not talk for the rest of forever-LA32
Hard to watch.
We’re aging and working too hard.
Kobe is right= “old and slow.”
I say:
Too long, too slow, too old……: (
The clock is ticking FO.
Tick tock, tick tock…..CMB…..tick tock, tick tock.
You're not gonna like what I saw
when I looked at the box scores for each of the 76ers’ games. Their bench has scored at least 40 points in 20 of the 24 games they have played.
Proud to be a brony.
At least.
Our entire bench gets outscored by single bench players at least 90% of the time the Lakers play
"I don't mind being the goat. I don't mind being the villain, hated. I've been that my whole career, so it's not like that's anything new. I don't mind people jumping on the bandwagon or jumping off. I just focus on playing the game." -Ron Artest
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius
pretty sure their top scorer comes off the bench (lou williams).
thats how they win. their bench in filled with guys who should be starting and therefore out score the other teams bench.
williams, turner & young could all start for most teams in the nba. they have a great bench.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
I wouldn't mind Quinn Snyder coaching us.
I’ve always been a fan of Snyder.
He’s not afraid of success, like some other people
in our de-famed FO.
Not sure who you're talking about since Mitch Kupchak isn't afraid of success. And Snyder isn't in the front office, so....
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Jazz.
Tweetness
He was a good coach at Missouri, but I sure as hell don't want a guy with his pedigree coaching this team.
Great for an assistant, not for a head coach at this level.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. -- Sun Tzu
Monday
I got a feeling we will win tomorrow in Philly. Remember guys how the Lakers were able to slow down the Nuggets? The Nuggets play
much faster than the Sixers.
by 707214Lakerfan4ever on Feb 5, 2012 1:58 PM PST reply actions
our defense is gonna keep us in most games this year.
it just a matter of someone besides our big 3 showing up.
man, jr smith and a backup c with a post game sound really good right about now.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
Man fuck Dwight
Let him go to Chicago where he can help Rose beat Miami. We have everything (except a bench).
So we can bring Dwight off the bench!
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Jazz.
Tweetness
New rumor: Kobe told Dwight he'd be our DJ Mbenga off the bench.
And get paid in Dacos.
FUCK DAVID STERN for vetoing destiny.
if someone could gaurantee me that bynum would stay healthy,
i wouldnt want dwight. but that aint happening. bynums offensive post game is superior to dwights.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung

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