1) Turiaf is a funny dude, absolutely hilarious with his dances and his comments to teammates. But he's also the consummate teammate, you can tell by his positive attitude and his tough demeanor that he really enjoys yapping it up both on the court and the bench. Swore a lot too.
2) Sasha and Jordan sometimes make weird homosexual gestures to each other. I don't know what it means but I think it's an inside joke or something. Nothing wrong with that though, just thought it was odd. Farmar is also very positive and tight with everyone it seems. Also looked generally relaxed in huddles, despite getting an earful from Phil late in the game.
3) Kwame doesn't communicate with anyone on the team, and doesn't seem the least bit interested in what's going on in the huddles. Seems like he'd rather be someplace else, which is exactly the way I saw it on TV. Sad that it was reaffirmed here. Even more amazing was to watch just how much the fan base there dreaded every time Kwame got the ball and would just literally ignore the basket or just stand still and do nothing but pass it off for no reason other than to get it out of his hands. The crowd would literally gasp in horror at some of the fumbles he had, which looked even worse up close I have to say.
4) LO seemed very into this game from the start, looked focused in the huddles from the beginning (I'm guessing because he has been terrible lately and knew he was due). What really bothered me was that he completely lost his focus when something went wrong. When he was denied penetration late 2nd quarter/early 3rd he just shutdown and stopped being aggressive. Just non-existent off the ball or otherwise, he instead went hard to the boards. Then, when he went in for that layup toward the end of the game and didn't get the foul call, at the other end of the court after a timeout was called (by which point I assume the game went to commercial on TV), he tosses the ball almost the full length of the court in frustration at the officials and had to be semi-restrained by teammates. Completely lost his cool. Like Kwame, fans were screaming in frustration at him.
5) Kobe seemed pretty neutral with his teammates, upbeat with the younger guys though (especially Farmar). Fisher and him were clearly on the same wavelength in terms of play calling, with Kobe very serious throughout and always going about his business. Same with Fish except Fish smiled more. Crowd obviously had a hard-on for anything Kobe did well.
