56-26 LAKERS - The Mighty Purple & Gold!

[davepeck]

well, Yao definitely kicked shaq\'s ass last night.

tough game.. kobe back, but needing to get the feel back.. yao scoring all over shaq, and holding him to just 10 points from the field..

here\'s hoping they come out strong after the break.. really 5 games in a row that they should win, before heading home for sacramento..

[leith]

Shaq scoreless for 25 minutes. That is being dominated. I thought it was just great. Maybe that fat fuck will realize he can no longer saunter through the league thinkin\' he\'s all that. I pray Yao beats him up everytime until that overpaid fatman decides to take back his title as the most dominant player in the NBA. As it stands I think Yao will keep getting better as Shaq fades away.

[Jtmirie]

yao schhmaacked Shaq

[leith]

Way to go Lake Show!! Well it looks like Kobe and Shaq have decided since Karl is out and Gary keeps getting thrown out of games, to do it the old fashioned way. I admit barely beating Portland and Golden State is no big thing but taking it to AI and Co. tonight was just wonderful. Shaq seems to be getting his legs back and how about Luuuuuuuuuuke ?Bill\'s boy is coming along nicely. Bring on Phoenix Wed.

[ChrisPitch]

Nice job in the last few games, but merely a prelude to Sacratomato on Thursday on TNT. A showcase game. A must win.

Pitch

[leith]

LOL I totally agree^^^^Yeah I gotta work. So I have to tape that game against the Queens. Not so much a must win as a game to test where they are. They did not have both Shaq and Kobe last time they played the Queens and Webber will be out  for this one so... It should be a good game though as Peja is pretty much ON FIRE. Damn that sux. San Antonio losing tonight helps us too

[Jtmirie]

Whatever Sacramento! Yep their good but just cant get there can they? I cant wait til the playoffs and everyone is healthy and they dominate and explode. Who knows what will happen between now and then though. Im talking about the Lakers not the QUeenkings. Its gonna be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[realisthis]

How about Uconn\'s Emeka Okfafor today: 14 Points, 22 Rebounds, 7 Blocked shots...National Player of the year anyone??? http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=240520041

[leith]

Kobe is healthy. Watch out now. Put down 40 tonight w/ some wicked reverse layups. Shaq did his thing w/ Gary cleaning up a bit. Come on Come on Lake show throw it down!!!

[davepeck]

glad they came back to play late in the game last night.. they were makin\' me nervous.. got the W, but shaq was a non-factor for most of the game.. Jahidi White ended up being quite the match for shaq, not allowing him to get deep in the paint for most of the game.. good thing kobe picked up the slaq. how about that alley-oop-reverse-underhand-behind-the-backboard-layup to finish things off?! wow!

[leith]

That was pretty amazing. I really like the fact that it got him 40. How about a little before that when Rick had a wide open shot and was so amazed he was open he almost did not shoot. It was friggin\' hilarious. The fun is back huh Dave?

[ChrisPitch]

Bryant\'s best game of the season.

[leith]

Now that he\'s healthy I think we can expect more of the same in the coming weeks.

[davepeck]

Originally posted by "The Peckfast"
here\'s hoping they come out strong after the break.. really 5 games in a row that they should win, before heading home for sacramento..

:thumbsup:

got it (barely!).. here\'s hoping for a strong showing with sacramento tonight.

[ChrisPitch]

I\'m sick and was laying half-dead on the floor looking upside down at ESPN.com to get scoring updates while I watched Rockets-Cavs. It went from 100-91 to 100-98 to 109-104 to 112-111. Sick and all, I couldn\'t help but let out a hearty FUCK YEAH when I saw that it went final. Nice to know the Lakers have another Kareem who can hit clutch shots. Note that Walton and Rush were playing the key minutes instead of Grant and Fisher. Means nothing if they don\'t win tonight. The Kings have Webber and Bobby Jackson out with a questionable Brad Miller. No excuses. Last night was Bryant\'s night. Tonight is O\'Neal\'s. The season starts at 10:30. I struggled sleeping last night so today I\'m napping then watching.

Pitch