Kobe's getting an MRI on his ankle. Hopefully everything is fine. I bet if there is a ligament tear, he'll still play with it. Drew needs to rest, he's got swelling in his knee and a bum hip. Gasol time, grow some fuckin' nuts.
Hahahah. Yeah, they'll both be out tonight. This should be a good game. It'll test our boys. Let's see how they approach the game, hopefully like the last one at Portland.
MRI was negative. Kobe won't play tonight, but wants to play in the ASG and against Utah. However, if he skips the Utah game that gives him 10 days of much needed R&R.
No Kobe? No Drew? Up by 9 in the fourth. Let's see if we can keep this up, but I'm impressed at how hard we've played. Pau has sucked ass as well.
At least Pau's rebounding. His presence tonight hasn't been too bad, he just can't do shit on offense.
I don't get what the fuck has happened to his offensive game. It is baffling. Odom has been beasting, Artest too. Pau has been fine on the boards, but I'm still worried about his shot.
Pau was only 8-20, but finished with 21 points, 19 boards, 8 assists, and 5 blocks. Very impressive stat line, he just needs to find his groove offensively. I'm proud of this team. Just beat the Spurs convincingly without Kobe and Drew. Sasha and Jordan played well off the bench, and LO and Ron Ron played hard as well. GG
I got to watch the game today, i was really impressed with farmar, shannon, fisher and odom. artest started out really strong, but he did miss a few defensive assignments that could have cost us. Pau started out the same as he has the past few games, sloppy, but this game was good for him to go up against duncan and the spurs, he had to raise his play and did pretty damn well in my books. odom and artest i think set the pace for the team tonight, they didnt give up on offense, odom made great passes all game, creating really good ball rotation which opene up our young guards for driving layups and kickouts to the big guys underneath.
He shot 8-20. He should have converted at least 12-14 of them damn shots. Impressive stat line, though.
He's getting fewer shots right at the rim, and doesn't look to be finishing them quite as effectively. His fg% from 10-15 feet has also dropped. Gasol is still very efficient overall as he doesn't turn it over and he shoots a good percentage at the line. http://www.hoopdata.com/player.aspx?name=Pau Gasol