72 Lakers vs. Nuggets

Can we all stop yakking about how the Lakers' schedule is light? It'll even up later in the year which is when it matters anyway. Let's see how the back to back treats them again, last time fared pretty well. It's a Friday night and we're getting ready to go out and celebrate so commentary might be light, sporadic, or ridiculous. Wait... it's always ridiculous.

A word before the game
We've figured out what to stick into the half time comments section - we're going to go play with the live ball thingy (what the hell is that called) and find either the best or the worst player out there, depending on our collective moods. Anyway, this game should be exciting because, even though this not the first time we've seen the Nuggs, this is a new Nuggets team. We only wish that Son-of-George was here still =(

Ooooh, live blog over at ForumBlueAndGold.com (go there) we might be really really distracted tonight!

1st Quarter
10:47 Nene? More like Nono!

9:46 Ok, Derek Fisher might redeem himself from last nights nonsensical bullshit shooting.

6:47 Lets try a newfangled concept called "hanging onto the ball".

Kobe misses the dunk again, that's why we talked about two hands. TWO HANDS.

41.5 Oooooooh what??? Mmmm, Kobes to Trevor instead of a jumper. Tonight's gonna be delicious.

35-20 Homeboys


2nd Quarter
10:45 Wow! That might have been a tragedy, Jordan missing the dunk and all but good lordy Andrew found his way back on the break and finished it up.

10:20 Hot damn! Jordan fucking Farmar!

9:40 UCLA is on fire tonight! It's purr-ty.

8:56 Goodness gracious great balls of fire the Nuggets can't even take our turnovers out of our paint.

8:25 Comment of the night "... goes to Sasha, too close for him obviously because that was a great look" Thanks for pointing out that Sasha's almost no good when it's not a 3 pointer Joel.

6:20 It only took like 6 tries before we could figure out that it wasn't going in.

4:53 Kobe? Short? That's ok, he'll just rebound it himself and run it in to the hole.

Holy crap, when did Josh Powell get into the game? Who even cares he just blocked the shit out of that shot and sent us right back up the court.

3:27 Wow, the Nuggets just had the best play of their entire game, block on Farmlife and a behind the back to someone for an actual basket!

2:34 Why don't the Nuggets just get Kobe's autograph and get on the plane?

1:58 No seriously, he'll sign it for you if you ask nicely.

Why does Derek Fisher always look like he has no idea what's going on or where he even is whenever the whistle gets blown and he has the ball?

67-47 Is it even fair anymore at this point?


Halftime
Typically we'd be playing with the live ball thingy (if by typically we mean we meant to start today) but today we're going to catch up on the live blog over on ForumBlueAndGold.com. good times! See ya in a bit.


3rd Quarter
Hmm, 3rd q not off to a great start but there's D.Fish not knowing what the heck is going on again.

6:47 Uuuuuuuh, guys? Radman?

Ok good Chrissy's gonna keep him company on the bench. In other news, Mbenga looks Mbored in his nice suit.

5:28 Ooooooooooooh! That would have been good! But nice effort Fish and Trevor.
Dante Jones did not get the charge however, so get up offa the floor.

3:25 Did they take naps at halftime? Is that why they were so sluggish? No matter, we're back in the game now.

2:50 Good lord! It's a jump ball. (Have we seen more of these this season than last?)

Can we just call in the Garbage Pail Kids and watch the 4th quarter be an actual game instead of the Lakers having an Atlanta college based stomp show with the Denver Nuggets as a floor.

88-67


4th Quarter
10:42 Great turn over Sasha.

8:34 Did we pick Trevor for the most steals tonight or Jordan?

7:30 Pretty close to most of the quarter, here comes the GPK!

Here's why we love to hate on Luke. He had the ball - and while we get that he's praised for his passing ability this is where it hinders the team - he passes, gets it back, passes with the shot clock coming down forcing Jordan to take an ill advised shot which gets blocked and then Trevor has to try to recover the ball/possession and gets a foul. He just needs to be a little more... selective (?) when making the passing vs. shooting decision.

5:35 What in gods good name is Coach Karl wearing?

We just LOL'd so hard at Jordan's Next Gig! Love it!
"I'm a little one huh?"

5:19 Is everyone cheering for Luke's time out because he couldn't get the ball in bounds? Confused.

4:45 Holla atcha boy Jordan Farmar.

4:11 Trevor just kinda nonchalantly throws it up at the buzzer and it's freakin GOOD!

Time out city! Stu probably has a fence to paint or something y'all. Knock it off.

2 minutes. 2 minutes remain in this ball game. WE WANT TACOS!

104-90 Yummy


Final Comments
Yo. This game was gold. Did anybody even remember that it was the second of a back to back? Nope. We forgot Kobe was in the building during the 4th quarter, in fact, watching him give the after game interview without a single drop of sweat on his face is kinda awesome.

Player of the Night - Hmmm, good question, we're gonna go with Jordan and Trevor. UCLA!

We're staying by the TV late to watch Jordan playing around in Hollywood. It looks hysterical, like he's the guy you want to spend all day with doing silly shit. More proof? Find him sitting on the scorers table during the useless timeout Walton had to call, while everyone else does stuff to stay warm or whatever. Brilliant.