77 Lakers @ Mavs

Thank you to all of the veterans who have made it possible for us to be ridiculous on the internet night after night!
Ok, we had Sunday night off. Actually, S was at a 13 year old's birthday party of extravagance (don't get me started on the diamond Rolex she got from her dad, or the limo, or the "night club" for kids) and K was... well, K had other stuff to do, let's leave it at that mmkay? But we did see the game and that's what counts right?


A word before the game
The first roadtrip of the season. The Mavs have that hit or miss style where you never know whats going to show up on the floor, so this may or may not be a real test for the Lakers, only a quarter will tell. We also are holding our breath one game at a time for the first ever undefeated season in the league. Look... we know that's longer than a long shot, but it's fun to pretend like this team can get it done, so you shush!

Starting Lineup
Same as always

Oh wow, we just laughed so hard we snorted at the F150 commercial, "So, you're driving up to the lake one weekend when a big boat pulls up next to you and you notice hey... it's yours!"
1st Quarter
Luke Walton makes sure he gets camera time by standing in front of the Phil Jackson camera shot during introductions. Which brings me (S) to a funny from this weekend. When I walked into a family dinner my uncle said (and rightfully so), "I haven't seen you in a long time... in fact, last time I saw you Luke Walton was playing for the Lakers."

11:51 Radman hits the sit down shot!

8:57 Hmmm, lets all fumble the ball or something. As long as they make the shot in the end.

Mark Cuban is such a fan girl.

6:01 Derek was posted like his address was over there yet they called it a blocking foul? We're not starting the "refs are ridic" argument, but... wth?

5:27 "NO WAY!" Andrew needs to calm down. That was a nonsense call but... oh good, PB&J gave him a sit down card.

3:06 Ok, seriously question here, can we give Dallas a delay of game for this nonsensical personel swithout mix up?

So it's safe to say that this Mavs team came to play. It's also safe to say that it hardly makes anyone nervous to have the Lakers down since they've shown it only takes them a quarter of play to demolish a team.

3.5 LA!!!!!! We always bet on Trevor for the most steals.

26-35 Cubans


2nd Quarter
The shot of the floor mop guy hauling ass off of the floor is hysterical for some reason.

9:08 Trevor nearly always falls down on his tough shots, or is that just us?

8:55 Sasha? Hustleman?

4:15 Apparently the Lakers don't need to play defense tonight. That's fine I guess.

Why would Dirk wear a yellow tooth guard? We're not even going to point out the obvious here.

1:50 Derek doesn't mind passing behind his back when he has no idea who's behind him.

We're hungry, pardon the rest of the half while we go get some foods... but before we go, Pau better make his freethrow for the And 1 or else! (he made it)

30.2 Liars! Both us and the refs - nobody pushed homes out of bounds, just sayin... ok, off to find food for real this time, promise!

Halftime
Food. Good.


3rd Quarter
8:09 I really hate when someone throws a ball off of someone elses body.

6:42 Why doesn't Luke cut his hair? Is that really his look?

5:10 Does rebounding work the same in Texas as it does in California?

Hmmm, this must be the point where the reality ceiling falls down on our heads... ouch!

38.7 Ladies and gentlemen, Jordan Farmar

76-79 Mavs hanging on.


4th Quarter
10:14 "How fast they can strike." - Stu Lantz.

10:06 Trevor is the fuckin hustleman, from the fif flo. Poked the ball, chased the ball, faked the ball, dunked the ball.

8:45 Kobe kame to play for keeps.

8:13 Pow!

6:08 You don't know nothin' about this!

5:00 Why are we giving J. Kidd frees?

4:46 Good lord, how can Trevor Ariza not be more popular than he is? The guy is an animal. A stealthy animal. A ninja.

3:20 Stackhouse? More like Flophouse.

2:14 Holy crap... my heart can't take this.

23.1 Hit the road Dirk, and don't you come back no more no more no more no more.

106 - 99 Holy shit.


Final Comments
Good lordy, 6-0. There are no words. It's too much to reflect on. But there are some alarming tendencies we'll talk about tomorrow when we have a lot more time to talk about it.

Player of the Night - Trevor m'fin' Ariza takes it away from Jordan. He completely owned the court. Dunk, slash, pass, block, jump.