GT: Cleveland Cavaliers @ LA Lakers 7:30PM TNT (Mon 19th)

[semi-sentient]

Nice win tonight.

Defense was solid, and I was particularly impressed with the job Kobe did on LeBron. LeBron did a good job on Kobe as well.

This is the first solid win that we've had since Portland.

[Danny Darko]

Loved Drew's O and of course the Mr mean, though TNT was trying to sell the flagrant... lame. I have to say, though, I want to see his ft % get better- I think he's got great form most of the time and good hands. He just spaces, when he gets that focus to do it over and over I can see him shooting around 76% which would be great considering the Duncans, Shaqs, and Howards of the world at the line. Also, he got out on the corners to shooters well tonight. Props for venturing beyond the paint to 3pt shooters.

Vlad looked semi lucid this game. Fish looks tired, but he reminded everyone that he'll take and make the big shot and that's mega important to balance the Kobe factor. .4 old and tired but still hungry and collected.

I was looking at Farmar in his suit and hoping that he's being a student of the league and taking notes for the stretch.

Sun now knows his job is to appease the mighty crowd with a shot... along the same importance level- Did I miss the "We want tacos" chant or did the crowd tonight actually get so stoked on the win they forgot?

Interesting game to watch, alot of big hits and people shaking off injuries. Actually reminded me of the Steelers/Ravens game. I'd love to think this was a statement to them, but without Z it's a different world for their bigs vs our largeness. I hope Andrew can figure out a larger man who likes to face up.

[Sedale Threatt]

You live in San Antonio right? I have a buddy who lives out there and when he told me about breakfast tacos I was like what the hell is that.!?! In Cali we have breakfast burritos!! he told me there is no such think as breakfast burritos in San Antonio, I almost freaked out But I heard they are off the hook!

Not a whole lot different from burritos, I'd imagine, but I can definitely vouch -- breakfast tacos are phenomenal. Bacon and egg, machacado and egg, bean and cheese...if I didn't mind being fat, I'd eat them every single day.

we gots breakfast tacos in Cali.

Sedalle, you reffering to those Whataburger ones? mmmm

I wasn't specifically thinking of Whataburger, but their taquitos are awesome, too.

[Slava]

Nice nice show by the team tonight. Kobe delivered a typical Kobe performance tonight, fighting through adversity and all. I just hope the injury isn't very serious.

Bynum: Full marks on toughness and agressiveness. We need him to play like this if he is to start for this team.

Gasol: Another all star performance. The high screen n' roll with Kobe is turning out like bread and butter down the stretch.

Sasha: Everyone sems to like his shooting but he did a very good job playing point tonight. Pushed the tempo very effectively while playing alongside Odom and Ariza. made minimum mistakes and hit his shots.

Odom: If only he could remain as agressive as he did tonight when Farmar returns, our bench mob should be back in business after the ASB.

Fisher: Measured agressiveness and overall didn't get beat by Boobie and Mo Will much. he did make baskets when we needed the most.

Rad: Good shooting and committed to defense, which is a great thing for him.

Ariza: Continues to impress. His quick hands on defense would be wonderful while playing with an up tempo second unit.

Overall a very good team game and I'm surprised we got by without having to commit to Lebron much. Very physical and measured defense. We actually seem to play well when we actually scout our oppoenents effectively. Thats good news because that is what the playoffs are all about.

[hermes]

yay lakers win

[BallAboveAll]

Bynum played an excellent game. He was a force on the block and he gave up nothing easy in the paint. Play like that and we will for sure be playing in June.

[RocketPower23]

Solid win. Pau played great and fed off Kobe well. Kobe's overall defense was terrific, his ball denial was great and made life tough for LeBron. The help defense was there tonight as well. Drew with 6 rebounds, calm down big fella, but really he had a solid game on defense, he's just got to work on rebounding. Trevor was big, making timely plays on both ends. Overall a solid and much needed quality win. Lets hope we see some progress.

[magic1fan]

still amazed at how kobe took the challenge and took it right to lebron,from the outset. This guy has so many miles on his legs,but yet he is still able to handle wade and lebron defensively. Great game by trevor. sasha gave us a great spark. Pau is the perfect compliment to kobe.

[snaquille oatmeal]

still amazed at how kobe took the challenge and took it right to lebron,from the outset. This guy has so many miles on his legs,but yet he is still able to handle wade and lebron defensively. Great game by trevor. sasha gave us a great spark. Pau is the perfect compliment to kobe.

he is ying to his yang, his George to his Weezey.

[MAMBAEMD]

Awesome win for us!
Everyone came to play. We used our height advantage beautifully and took it to them in the paint.
Great defense and dare I say toughness.
If the Lakers play like this in the playoffs and I think they will, we will be tough to beat by anybody in a 7 game series including the Cavs and the C's, assuming we have home court advantage.