Not a bad first quarter at all. I loved what I saw from LMA, Batum, and even Bayless. Rudy looks off again.
I just hope we can keep up our defensive intensity when Roy returns..we held Boston and NO to low scores without Brandon and now LA only got 19 in the 1st.
Sergio is my anti-hero. Good run by Bayless and Batum. Need to give Aldridge more shots, though, when the team is struggling on offense and LA is still in there. Bullshit calls on Outlaw (x2), Joel (x2 fouls, x1 was bullshit), and Batum (x1.... which was the worst of all of them). Wonder if the refs said at the end of the quarter "holy shit the Lakers are losing to this small-market team... lets help the NBA's team out!"
I don't think Blazers can beat the Lakers, even with this laughably bad first quarter for Los Angeles.
Nice bailout there for Odom.... sigh In other news, I think Bayless should be able to eat Vujacic for dinner.
Note to Channing Frye: Stop practicing 3 pointers and work on your mid-range game. Anyone who can't hit a 10 footer and claims to be a "shooter" doesn't belong in the NBA.