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Sofa King · Post #681 » by **Sofa King** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:10 am

semi-sentient wrote:lol... yeah. Get some screenshots because it may very well be the last time we are on top of the West this season.

Funny and true. :lol:

And the Celtics finally lost 2 in a row. Life is good at least for tonight. Well except for that whole Bynum injury thing.

Kobay · Post #682 » by **Kobay** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:11 am

We got out rebounded by 10 we definitly miss drew

Hoops Pimp · Post #683 » by **Hoops Pimp** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:16 am

Kobe has not had to work so hard all season to carry this team. This should confirm that Bynum makes things easier for Kobe just as much as Kobe make things easier for Bynum. Bynum plays wll with whomever is on the floor with him.

laker_baller101 · Post #684 » by **laker_baller101** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:21 am

lets hope the phoenix-clippers game tomorrow goes into ot because it wont really count as a back to back when the suns play the lakers b/c the suns wont have to travel anywhere.

and maybe if we're really lucky the clippers can squeak out a win like they almost did against dallas.

Cafu · Post #685 » by **Cafu** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:21 am

semi-sentient wrote:lol... yeah. Get some screenshots because it may very well be the last time we are on top of the West this season.

thanx for reminding me :lol:

Post #686 » by **milesfides** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:24 am

Hoops Pimp wrote:Kobe has not had to work so hard all season to carry this team. This should confirm that Bynum makes things easier for Kobe just as much as Kobe make things easier for Bynum. Bynum plays wll with whomever is on the floor with him.

Yeah, but that's an indirect effect. Bynum lessens the load on Kobe because he does his role well. Just like Odom would have lessened the load on Kobe if he does his role. You could say that with any player.

Without a doubt, Bynum has become the 2nd most important player on our team. It's not a profound observation to say that Kobe's job becomes much harder playing without a decent big man.

On the other hand, Kobe directly makes the game easier for Bynum. Drawing defenders away from Bynum, throwing him lobs or other passes in scoring position, etc. He sets the table up for Bynum, because as of yet, Bynum doesn't really have a consistent go-to move.

Tonight shows we miss Bynum a lot, but it also shows that we don't have any reliable good big men either. If we had any one of Seattle's big men like Collison, Wilcox, or Thomas, we wouldn't have to rely so much on Kobe to generate our entire offense for us.

LAL4Life · Post #687 » by **LAL4Life** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:24 am

OT, but I'm watching Ronny Turiaf Before the Bigs: powerful stuff. I'm teary-eyed.

Tommy Trojan · Post #688 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:26 am

Just wish Bynum was not injured and see where we would go from here

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #689 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:29 am

Big_Bad_LA wrote:Just wish Bynum was not injured and see where we would go from here

Cafu · Post #690 » by **Cafu** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:29 am

nermindee · Post #691 » by **nermindee** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:33 am

wow.... that was all kobe tonight... he had to take that many shots i dont care wut anybody says... i dont know y phil took farmar out... and lets give it up for lamar again for dumbest laker of the year.YAY! lamar is useless! i wanna see what you lamar defenders can say about his game tonight... so i can laugh! screw lamar as a second scorer, farmar is the second scorer fools! lamar should just come off the bench... to give the players water and towels during timeout.

Post #692 » by **semi-sentient** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:46 am

MilanLakers wrote:(picture)

Had to add a little spice to it...

Yi Jian Lian · Post #693 » by **Yi Jian Lian** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:17 am

never would've thought the lakers would be on top...

...the lakeshow is a quite a team...but only cause i love kobe

Post #694 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:38 am

Yi Jian Lian wrote:never would've thought the lakers would be on top...

...the lakeshow is a quite a team...but only cause i love kobe

I would really be impressed with your comment if you are Minhees roommate.

MAMBAEMD · Post #695 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:01 am

Great win.
We had no business winning on the road being outrebounded so badly, but we still pulled it out. Sign of a good team.
We got into a shootout with Seatle which I don't think will serve us right going forward. I think the way we will have some success without Bynum is by really slowing it down and playing better defense.
Ridenhour killed us tonight with his penetration and dishes. Our bigs (what's left of them) also have to do a better job hitting the boards. They made Collison look like an All-Star.
Let's go get PJ Brown.

Post #696 » by **Slava** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:33 am

j-far wrote:Kobe's first 50 point game of the season coming up, don't miss the show folks! Go LA Kobe's

Now 2- more points and that would have been a perfect prediction.

Post #697 » by **Slava** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:35 am

semi-sentient wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Had to add a little spice to it...

(picture)

Now whats scary is that there's only a 6.5 game difference between the 1st and 10th seeds. One bad week and everything could change on its head. The west is one scary good conference.

Phil Jackson · Post #698 » by **Phil Jackson** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:46 am

Yi Jian Lian wrote:never would've thought the lakers would be on top...

...the lakeshow is a quite a team...but only cause i love kobe

Yeah I love Kobe Bryant too.

SnakeEyez · Post #699 » by **SnakeEyez** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:54 am

Wade Sucks lol nice Gif

TylersLakers · Post #700 » by **TylersLakers** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:00 pm

Big time game by Kobe, coming through in the clutch like that.

Next up: Phoenix. I think we have to give Kwame, Odom touches in the post early. Get their confidence up.

Sounds like Lamar was just trash tonight on the offensive end.