Losses are never easy to deal with. Remembering the UCLA
great coach, John Woodman, now gone and once again joining
his deceased wife, Nell. We bid goodbye and God Speed.
We lost a former child star as well, Gary Coleman..and at an age
that was not a long life either. Only 42, he gave up his stricken
body and left us. Our Laker team lost on Sunday right in Staples
Center on their own home court to the Boston Celtics. Boston
was in top form making three pointers look like child's play.
Lamar Odom and Ron Artest were trying but fouls got in the way.
Kobe Bryant too..having to sit down for far more of the game
than he would have liked. We tied at intervals and it looked like we
were going to pull it off but with only seconds left to play, the
Celtics pulled ahead of us winning at 103-94.
Jack Ramsay received the Chuck Daly lifetime achievement award
for 2010. Both Tex Winter and Jack Ramsay were honored on
Sunday by the NBA Coaches Association & received the award.
Tex Winter was the one that introduced the triangle offense to the
NBA originally known as the triple post offense. Phil Jackson, our
Lakers coach, said that it was heart warming to see two guys that
you have looked up to as a coach receive this award. The fundamental
goal of the triangle offense is to create mismatches by passing the ball
instead of dribbling it around the court, and moving the ball from one
side of the floor to the other before defenders can adjust quickly enough.
Our center, by the way, even though running with an injury, Andrew
Bynum, had a playoff high of 21 points and six rebounds. So with that
nice bit of news, we will sign off for this time and await Tuesdays game
at 6:00 played in Boston. We all wish our Lakers luck.
Babs Wells