A WINNER!!!

Well, back again to our own home court at the Staples Center
and Kobe Bryant switched larger wrist bandage for a much
smaller version to cover the injured wrist and he did quite
well with it too. He hurried the game along immediately
with 3 consecutive shots to start the game with Houston.
The end results were telling with score of 108-99.
The Rockets and Lakers faced a sell-out crowd of 18,997.
Bryant scored 37 points in all on 14 for 29 shooting.
Andrew Bynum and power forward Pau Gasol put forth their
combined efforts with ease. Bynum had a double-double
by halftime and finished with 21 points and 22 rebounds.
Pau added another 14 points and had 20 rebounds.
Lakers coach Mike Brown said yesterday he had watched
a DVD of Sunday's loss to the Nuggets. Kobe Bryant sat
right next to him on the flight back home from Denver.
They, therefore, had the opportunity for some one on one
time together and were able to get each others version
of the game played. With the Houston game hovering then,
it was most helpful to toss ideas back and forth and see
what methods may work better for the individual players
on the floor. The Lakers played their seventh game in
the season limited to two days (since they did take a
day off last week). Game day shoot-arounds also have been
mostly walk-arounds too in order to conserve energy.
With a fairly full week ahead, energies must be conserved.
We play tomorrow evening in Portland and come back home in
back to back play at Staples center, facing Golden State.
Great having our Lakers back on the courts for me to report on!
Babs Wells