What a fast paced game this one was Friday at Staples Center! Playing with Philadelphia 76er's., the Lakers were neck to neck during most of the game with Pau Gasol making 23 points and 11 rebounds.Andrew Bynum came close to that too making 20 points with 13 rebounds. Kobe Bryant led the team by mostly being its' facilitator this game. It was fun to see the quickness during the entire game of the players hurrying down the court and of course noting Jack Nicholson sitting courtside wearing his lucky purple shirt! Lakers did win too.. 99-90. From time to time we will see a "Kudo's Korner" in this short article..so today we give a high five to coach Phil Jackson for saying that from now on he will try to be more defensive and stand up for his players when it is evident a wrong call was made by the referee's as was the case recently with Andrew Bynum speaking out and then getting chastised and fined a $25,000 penalty for it. Team leaders usually do the arguments in speaking up for a team member in these cases. Babs Wells