"Hi. My name is Earl Clark and I play for the Los Angeles Lakers. I hope you guys caught the game against Boston. We're grateful for you guys coming out and showing your support. We picked up the win and now it's time to turn our sights on the Portland Trailblazers. We're barely ahead of them in the standings so..."
"HI EARL!"
"Huh?"
"It's me! Dwight Howard! We got this, man! C'mon! Take a photo of me planking. It'll be fun!"
"Dwight, we have to do the...uh...the game thread...it's going on right now. I..."
'This is the game thread?! What up Laker board! Y'all ready for our game tonight? We hope to see you out there supporting us. This is it. It's go time. It doesn't matter if Kobe thinks it's go time or not. We're only focused on each game one at a time. LET'S DO THIS EARL!"
"Uh...yeah, so it's an important game for us. We're going to come out hard and strong and hopefully walk out of here with a win."
Lakers: 26-29
Trailblazers: 25-29
Lakers Starting 5: Nash. Bryant. Peace. Clark. Howard.
Blazers Starting 5: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Hickson.
Television: TWC SoCal 101
This is as must win as any other game since its time to start separating ourselves from the 10th seed and below and start bridging the gap between us and the 8th.