Like Christmas morning, tonight is going to be the best night of the year! Although that'll probably be said more than a few times this season. Did you hear that? This Season! It's here, it's here, it's here!!!
Okay, enough giddy school girl nonsense, on with the show...
As promised this season's blogging will be different given that the two of us (K & S) live elsewhere now. No longer in the motherland, so sad... but we'll try to get as many games a possible and where necessary we'll sign comments with either a K or an S everyone is not so confused.
K actually follows another team now, we won't talk about that, but she's agreed to give the opening paragraph tonight:
I do not follow another team by choice, circumstances ya know...
A word before the game:
Opening night in the NBA and of course the Celtics are playing, of course we don't care, but big money comes from showing them the first night out. The Lakers are up 2nd on TNT. You know what that means (the game will be delayed by at least 20 minutes). Love for Turner is never-ending here. It also means the comical stylings of Sir Charles are back! You know you missed his nonsense. ADMIT IT.
This season we have a motto for the Lakeshow, Take No Prisoners. That's how they need to attack this thing, after all, you can't take prisoners if you kill them all. Kill and destroy. So exciting to see the boys back in the FB&CG and occasionally the SNW. Look out this season for Jordan to notch himself permanently in our "hero" position, for Mihm to no longer be "that guy", and for a championship parade that we'll be forced to fly in for. Woo-hoo.
Starting Lineup
K to the O to the B to the E, Pow Pau Popozao, D.Fish, Radman, and a finally completely legal Drew
Now lets get it on!
1st Quarter
Its so fun missing tip-off due to TNT double-headers, it's kind of the best. No really.
No clue what the time in the game is because TNT doesn't want to be bothered with posting clocks or anything like that but: D. Fish!
Seriously where are the game clocks???
Pretty sure LO pushed him, but we're okay with the way it shook down.
Drew is back y'all. Nobody gets a body on Andrew, nobody.
LO passes to Sasha... wait... Machine isn't in the game?
"Machine camp, shoot from bench. No matter" - Jeff at Forumblueandgold.com
Pau, please don't start your whining, it's very very early in the season.
Time to start some UCLA plays - right away The Trev for the dunk, and then the wide open 3.
Oh look there's the game clocks. Just in time for the quarter to be over with.
2nd Quarter
Jordan plays well with everyone.
Machine shoot. No good.
Machine shoot. No good.
Machine shoot. Good!
Kobe - Pau, just like old times.
We all know that Oden looks like LeBron, but how is it that he looks a full 10 years older?
Radman! Not that we even needed it or anything, this is kind of depressing to watch, its not even a game at this point.
No more spinny spin for you Mr. Bryant.
Whatever the score is, it's Lakers by a lot.
Half Time
Lets look at replay of Lamar passing to Sasha. Can't wait for the write up on that one from Basketbawful tomorrow.
We spent the halftime break reliving the Machine videos over at Lakers-Fans.com so we have no idea what Charles Barkley was talking about. But, we'll try to put the time stamp on the second half of the game now that we can focus a little bit. Try being the operative word here.
3rd Quarter
9:06 Rough start to the second half, all of a sudden we're only up by 8?
8:33 When in doubt, KB24 will work it out.
MVP shouts, we assume, will continue throughout the entire season. Do we get tacos? We want to hear those chants as well.
Just a random question at the time out... Are the high fives mandatory? I mean, what if you don't want to slap hands with your teammates when they come from the floor or after they make/miss (so really whenever they take) freethrows? Will you be fined? Is that unsportsmanlike?
4:47 Vladi (you'd have to hear us say that outloud... or you could watch his cameo in the Machine videos to hear it).
2:35 Is it that they don't have shot clocks in Portland? Way to blaze that trail guys.
Mic'ing Lamar is odd, it's like listening to Justin Bobby talk. See: Hills, The on MTV.
1:17 Now even the fans are required to slap hands with the players that crash into them.
30.1 Pau needs lessons in finishing shit up. Just sayin'.
Its also really early in the season to start Oden watch again. If by "really early" we mean, it's only the first night.
4th Quarter
11:03 Hmmm, thats not quite how the UCLA plays are supposed to end.
Technical fouls are the bestest, Trevor.
Oh look there's homeless looking Luke Walton on the bench.
Woah, we missed what happened, girl talk interrupted.
8:50 Trevor blocks that with a vengeance. Outta his face!
7:37 More Trevor. Mmmmmmmmmm!
6:22 Farm Life with the almost put back, we love him, yes we do.
3:41 Kobe Bryant taking no prisoners! You thought he was going to have a quiet night?
You can put those thoughts on the permanent "mmm-mmnn" list.
Bloooooooooooowz to be Greg Oden. Blowz.
2:37 Hahahahaha, the lineup, Powell, Walton, Mihm and everybody else. Actually, when those are the guys getting your garbage minutes it has to be a good thing. So we're only laughing because... well, I'm not sure why we're laughing, but its funny okay?
25.1 Mihm with the "hell no" block.
Jordan pads the score but no tacos y'all.
96-76 Laaakers, Takers, Money-makers
Final Comments
Not too much criticism tonight since it's game uno, but this niceness shall soon pass, believe that.
One thing though, this game was wide open enough that the "garbage pail kids" should have gotten a little more playing time, gotta pick those battles while you're able to Phil.
Player of the Night - Kobe just cause
Play of the Night - LO's pass to Sasha on the bench
Quote of the Night - See 1st Quarter (LO's pass)
1 down, 81 to go
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