80 (Lakers @ Nuggets)

The first real road game of the season! The question lingering is: Is this a team we who can make a legitimate game of tonight's affair or is this just another "easy win" for the Lakers?

A word before the game
Tonight's game question via text is, "Which was more significant: acquiring Pau Gasol or extending Andrew Bynum?" I'm sitting here yelling at James Worthy on my television because he seems to think that it's absolutely Bynum. Well, here's the thing, I'm not saying that it was not important to retain Andrew (obvi) buuuuuuuut, we wouldn't be here in this giddy position if it weren't for Pau last year. While it would still be fun times at Lakerland with Andrew back this year, it wouldn't be nearly as comfortable (not that it's comfortable... what?) without Pau. So no James Worthy sir, Pau was the more important issue. Thanks for playing.


Starting Lineup
KB, DF, AB, PG, VR


1st Quarter
10:52 I see we're off to a tragic start tonight...

8:35 So 0-7 is a nice way to get underway with this game.

7:15 Pau is awake!

4:20 Sorry, I've been snoozing so far, but nice shot clock violation.

ORANGEJELLO!! Our friend is back. Woohoo, I knew there was a reason to like playing the nuggets.

1:16 A Garbage Pail Kid in the 1st quarter? Though Luke did bail us out last year when Lamar got in foul trouble hella early, more than once.

Wow, lets see if the second q can make me pay attention to the screen?


2nd Quarter
10:36 Machine shoot!

10:17 Machine um, well, what was machine doing again?

How is the game tied? I haven't been watching so it's hard to know if the Nuggets are any good of or we're being awful.

8:26 Pau's arm is okay to go. Phew!

Pretty sure Drew Drew touched that one but shhhhh.

7:12 THE TREV! (would have been better if it went in but the taste Anderson got there was sufficient enough)

5:51 Now we're hustlin'.

Andrew makes Duncan Face and gets a sit down pass to the bench with his 3rd.

4:17 Hmmm, Kobe's 3rd. Well, if anyone in this league can afford to have all of it's starters benched with 3 fouls its us so lets see how our depth chart holds up huh?

2:28 Josh Powell

1:46 D.Fish doesn't like 2's, whats say we only give him the ball when he's beyond the arc?

1:33 Apparently mouth guards don't need to be worn inside of your mouth anymore.

52-46 Nuggets


Half Time
Waaaaay too many fouls right now. The boys need to take a nap, do some yoga (namaste) or whatever they need to do in order to regroup at half time, we may not get a blowout win but they need to handle business. Don't let the sweep in the post season be called a fluke. Beat the drum Phil. Beat the drum.


3rd Quarter
Like 2 seconds into the half or whatever - Foul :(

11:19 Radman picks the ticks off of Drew's head as he gets called for his 4th. WTF y'all.

10:28? Vlad'd better make all 3 of those free ones or he's getting disowned... disowned.

8:54 This is starting to look depressing. I'm going to have to start talking smack in about another minute.

8:12 You won't win your way back into my heart with one shot Vladimir. Nope.

6:12 Sometimes Lamar, sometimes you have to just take the shot and stop sharing the goddamn rock.

4:54 Derek Fisher mopping up the floor - because somebody's got to.

3:58 Hit it Radman!

3:18 D.Fish lost his clutch I guess?

2:15 Pau has to be the second most awkward fast-breaker on the team (Post Up Walton is the first in case you weren't with us last season).

1:44 Ooooh Trevor.

1:37 It's fine Kobe, we don't need you to like make your frees or anything. Don't even worry about it.

0.55 Jordan around the back to Pau with interference and it's good! Where the eph has Jordan been all of this time? Lets get it runnin UCLA style already.

76 All - For cryin' out loud y'all.


4th Quarter
Birdman looks straight up nasty. No further comment.

9:47 Andrew gets to play himself out of the game. Good time to teach lessons Phil.

9:18 Does Stu hear himself when he talks? "They're right where they want to be." Doubtful.

Trevooooooooooor!

8:01 It's like the Lakers finally showed up for the game... make the freethrows Lamar, make them!

6:49 Kobe from doooowntoooown. Obviously ready to take over the game now. Let's go.

How many of those can he drop in a row? Let's count...

3:22 Lamar had no business taking that and he knew it. Good thing Kobes was there to clean it up.

Hahahahaaaaaaabaahabbbbaaa! Was that Joel or Stu that just stat cursed Melo at the charity stripe? Whoever it was, I love you!

1:50 Oh snap! Kobes.


55.3 "Kleiza sending the wrong guy to the line." Joel Myers - Preach.

Oh snap y'all. Holla.
=)

104-97 Lakeshow as it should be.

Final Comments
Okay, so to answer the question above. Denver was a team that could give us a game, but we still manhandled them in the end. Woo! However, with such sloppy play and such foul trouble the "Home Opener Killers" didn't make us or (I'm guessing) Phil very happy. Let's chalk this up to a kinda lucky win and go home and concentrate. Good idea.

Player of the Night: Jordan Farmar, but really just because nobody else could really take it away from him from last game. Nobody was really spectacular tonight.