Remember the Alamo?

In fact in 1836 March 6th the Alamo in
San Antonio, Texas fell to Mexican
forces after a 13 day spree. However, not this
time, as Sunday, our Lakers just swooped
right into San Antonio's AT&T Center
and won big time over the San Antonio
Spurs leaving them in the wake!
Score 99-83. Sad faces those
Texans had .. our 7th winning game
in a row and beating the favored team
in the Western Conference. A real showdown!
Coach Phil Jackson said "We caught them
by surprise"! That Texas team should have
known it was coming though with the result being
the Lakers first victory in three tries this season
against the league leading Spurs.
Kobe Bryant had 26 points as the Lakers snapped
San Antonio's 22-game home winning streak.
March 6th also commemorated former Laker
player Shaquille O'Neal's 39th Birthday.
Another "payback" time was the Charlotte
Bobcats win over them at Staples Center
with score of: Lakers 92 and Charlotte 84.
Yes, they had a big score to settle and a
game to win and win it they did, big time.
They even had to play the fourth quarter
without Derek Fisher on the floor as he had
hurt his elbow earlier and went to the Locker room.
Matt Barnes did not come on to the court either,
although he was dressed to play but his
right knee became numb and they did not feel
it would be safe to put him out with team mates
to play a regular game quite yet. He did play though
for the San Antonio game, by the way.
In some ways Fridays' game seemed like just
another quick visit on the Lakers' seemingly endless
journey around the country since early February. They
played at home for only the third time since Feb. 4th.
They have played 10 on the road.And now they have
to go play the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. They play
Miami Heat after this next game with Atlanta, & then
the Dallas Mavericks. When they return to L.A., they'll
finish the regular season with 11 of 15 games at home.
They so far, have kept their winning streak alive to be
sure, & also kept up the momentum that had been built
coming out of the "All-Star" break.
We're mighty proud of you, Lakers!
Babs Wells