With the Lakers dominating the last game and the lotto bound short handed divisin nemesis Kings coming into town, an easy victory was penned leaving just one unanswered question? "When is Phil Jackson coming?" With more chants saying "We Want Phil" being heard more than "Defense", the game came and went with the outcome really never in question, although closer than expected. With two of their big men missing mainly DaMarcus Cousins, the Laker bigs should've had their way with the Kings, and while they did combine for 45 points, 23 boards, and 5 blocks and that's only Howard and Pau, I think an ass whupping like they gave the Warriors was expected. Mamba finished with a quiet 20/6/6, while Ron Ron shot well and finished with 18 points. Nash replament Blake ended up missing part of the game with an abdominal strain and besided 4 dimes, was non existent. Morris and Duhon combined little but still some. Speaking of which after having a pretty decent game from the reserves against the Kings they again retorted to their awful ways even in extended garbage time. The high point was Jordan Hill who in 19 minutes tallyed 8 points and 7 boards, off season key free agents Meeks and Jamison combined for 1/8 shooting and just 2 points, eesh! All in all, the Lake Show are on their first win streak, a win is a win right?
Player of the Game: Mamba was +18 for the game, the Lakers just seemed more in control when he was on the floor. Now if only he can get some help from the shooters, they'll be rollin'
X-Factor: The Artest formally known as Ron may be a bit slower these days, but hey how bout that alley oop? Even in his young days I never seen Ron Ron finsish up like that, anywho, you know what you're getting from Ron Ron solid, annoying, right on your grill, old fashioned physical D. And while most of us cringe at the thought of him shooting, you gotta admit, when he's on, he really give the Lakers another dimension, cuz no matter how hot he gets, teams just let him keep shooting, in this case it worked out pretty well for the Lake Show, he finished 6/11 for 18 points.
Should Have Been Benched: He already is, Jamison just cannot find his groove, this time he only attempted 2 shots, missing both in just 11 minutes, this is supposed to be the 6th man? Oy! He at least got 1 blk and 1 steal, not much but hey for someone not know for defense, it's a start.
Laker Hater: While in extreme garbage time Jimmer Fredette still shot a ridiculous 78% on 7/9 including 3/5 from downtown, an early season high I may add.
Overtime: Soon after the game finished we learned that Lakers decided on Mike D'antoni and not zen master Phil Jackson, much to the dismay of many fans. Either way a change of pace was needed, D'Antoni is a very capable coach it's gonna be interesting how it works out, if for some reason it doesn't, it's not gonna be very fun for us fans who had high expectations this year.
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