


going down at the downtown hoop dojo that is affectionately known as the stapler....our home away from home

This is still an important game for our heroes in purple and gold, for the rest of the league will not care much about this game, for our chase of the home court and to also prove to ourselves that we can bring intensity regardless of the opponent, this is a must win, not only a win, but a resounding one, against our hapless stablemates; who sadly, as always have little to lose and the world to gain if they upset the mighty Lakers.
this will by no means be a cakewalk, and our boys best be aware of the danger...
The Likely Starters...and matchups
for the "road team"...;
in the backcourt...
#2 out of Little Rock, Arkansas...6'1" in his 13th season, playing the #1 guard...Derek Fisher...

#24 out of Lower Marion H.S. 6'5" in his 13th season, playing the #2 guard...Kobe Bean Bryant...

and to the frontcourt...
#10 out of Serbia-Montenegro 6'10" in his 8th season , playing the small forward/3 position...Vladimir Radmanovic...

#16 out Barcelona, Spain 7'0" in his 8th season, playing the power forward/4 position...Pau Gasol

#17 out of St. Joseph H.S. (N.J.) in his 4th year of action, at the center/5 position...Andrew Bynum

VS.
the "home" team...
#10 out of indiana 6'3" , a rookie...Eric Gordon...guard...

#25 out of temple university...6'6" in his 3rd season....Mardy Collins...guard..

in the frontcourt...
#12 out of Florida State 6'8" in his 2nd season...Al Thornton...forward...

#20 out of Marqeutte 6'10" in his 3rd season...Steve Novak...power forward...

key reserves for each squad...
lakers;
#3trevor ariza

#7lamar odom[img]http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/images/2007/05/07/lamar_odom.jpg[/img]
#18sasha vujacic

#21josh powell

and the home team...
#2fred jones

#31ricky davis

#9deandre jordan

the lakers head coach is Phil Jackson, versus arguably his elsest coaching rival,

whether it was phil in the first threepeat of the chicago bulls vs. Mike Dunleavy Sr., when he was the admiral of the Lakers...

or perhaps even as the head coach in charge og the portland trailblazers...
keys to a lakers victory...play our game, dont be tricked by the crowd or the clips record. thats it.