It was what I thought it would be and more. Absolutely amazing. Definitely wished my luck was a little better with Andrew, but seeing Kobe and the rest of the gang was absolutely amazing.
Pictures and videos from the digital camera will come as soon as I get home Sunday. I never had a chance to get autographs, unfortunately.
I think next time, I'm gonna get tickets right beside the aisle where they go back to the locker rooms. Security wouldn't let ANYONE from any other sections go there. That would have been my best chance at autographs. The game was great. Of course, would have much rather preferred a blow out and a statement defensively (I must have yelled 300 times "D THE F**K UP!!"). But, what else can be better than a bunch of stupid, loud, potty-mouthed Raptor fans behind me going home with their tails between their legs after Kobe struck them with the final dagger?
Positives:
- Kobe in the first and fourth quarters. What else can you say? We needed him in both those periods, and he came through. My girlfriend sitting beside me asked me at the start of the fourth.. "You worried?" and I responded quietly among the cheering Raptor fans, "With Kobe, I'm never worried."
- Josh Powell: His stat line might not have been amazing, but the way he battled with Jermaine at the start of the fourth.. he wasn't going to back down from going at him. What a sequence that was.
- Pau: Silent assassin. You don't even know he's putting up amazing stats until you look up at the box score on the scoreboard. He carried us in periods. His weakside defensive rotations need to be corrected and he does have to be a little more aggressive, but there's no complaining about him. Great player.
- Lamar Odom is REALLY long. I kept on yelling at the court, "BE AGGRESSIVE LO!!" and after the second time I yelled it, he looked over in my direction. A couple minutes later, Kobe found him for a massive jam.
- Derek Fisher is built like a brick s***house. Wow. He looks so tiny on TV, but he is thick.
Negatives:
- Luke Walton: His passing has always been great, but his defense and everything else is just bad. A ball rolled right by him, and he could have took it. Instead, he doesn't and it leads to a wide open Parker three, I think. Like.. come on man.
- We missed Drew with protecting the paint. Joey Graham, Parker, JO, and even Roko Ukic got multiple shots right infront of the rim.
Anyways. Nothing like Lakers live. I'll post the videos and pictures when I get back home. Finally got my first taste of our Lakers and I got to witness Kobe at his best in the clutch.
