<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Making matter worse for the Lakers, Chris Mihm, perhaps the team's second-most consistent player in recent weeks, slipped out of the locker room and into an adjacent X-ray room after the game. He was diagnosed with a mild to moderate right shoulder sprain after getting fouled by Bobcat center Primoz Brezec with 2:25 to play. He will be re-evaluated today. Kobe Bryant had 35 points on 12-of-18 shooting, along with nine rebounds, five assists and seven turnovers, and was stymied by several half-court traps. When he was able to get through and find open teammates, he wasn't thrilled by the rest of the team's making only 20 of 56 shots (35.7%). "Yeah, it's tough," said Bryant, who was 0 for 3 from the field in the fourth quarter. "I expect those shots to go down. They didn't fall for us tonight. Hopefully they'll fall for us next game." Odom sat out because of torn rib cartilage, an injury with a fairly unpredictable timetable that could keep him out for another game, or perhaps several more. Devean George was inserted into the starting lineup and had 12 points on two-of-nine shooting. The loss was the latest whiff of trouble for a team put through a two-hour film session Thursday afternoon, a day after being hammered in the locker room by an irritated Phil Jackson for losing to Peja Stojakovic and a host of Indiana Pacer reserves. The Lakers were thoroughly unimpressive in the first quarter, committing nine turnovers and allowing the Bobcats to make 13 of 21 shots (61.9%) on the way to a 40-25 lead. It was the most points given up by the Lakers in a quarter this season. "Playing bad defense," Bryant said.</div> Source PJax might actually be forced to play Socks now.
Kareem is going to come out of retirement and sign a ten day contract just so Phil doesn't have to play Bynum more than 15 minutes in any of the upcoming games.
Byrnum finally getting time. Mihm out damn, we need to have a little shakeup for the good of he team.
EXPECT to see Bynum play at least 20 min. tonight, who else are we gonna go 2? I DOUBT we will c much of a Brown-Cook frontcourt, that's like saying "David West, go for a career high tonight"
The worst part about these injuries is having to play our scrubs. Everyone in the league is finding out how pathetic the Laker role players. Who would ever give us anything for the players on our bench?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jessica:</div><div class="quote_post">Does anyone think he'll play today?</div> He won't be playing today.
