FANS TO THE AID OF OUR TEAM

Friday evening posed such a
very interesting game for
our Lakers and The Timberwolves.
My home state of Minnesota
came alive on the court so
our Lakers had to really
become the aggressors. The
transition from having our
Derek Fisher out there as
point guard, lent an entirely
different aura for play.
Ramon Sessions stepped out on
the floor and almost immediately
we came to realize we very likely
had nothing to fear. Speedy and
with sure shots he proved himself
already, so it was with good grace
his co-players heaved a welcoming
sigh of relief. He scored 7 points
on 3-for-6 shooting and also had
4 rebounds and 5 assists in 18
minutes in his reserve role.
Kobe Bryant scored 28 points
on 9-for-20 shooting to guide
the Lakers to a season-best 12
games over .500 at 28-16. The
first place Lakers also extended
their lead to 3 games over the
Clippers in the Pacific Division.
Friday nights' final score:97-92.
An entirely different game awaited
us to see on Sunday though. We
played Utah at Staples Center in LA.
Our Masked Mamba had a real effort
to score for some befuddled reason.
Kobe seemed hesitant and "off".
Andrew Bynum was the hero for our
team on Sunday. He scored 33 points
on 12-for-14 shooting while Kobe
made only 15 points. The rhythm
and confidence was missing Sunday.
With 19 victories in 21 games, this
last one seemed perhaps worse than
it really was. Losing to the Jazz
on our own court though, was a tad
embarrassing however we merely need
now to recover and practice for
our upcoming back to back games
being played on the road. Score for
us on Sunday? Utah 103,Lakers 99.
We now are about to play Houston
Tuesday and Dallas on Wednesday.
Anybody can have a bad night so
we are not worrying over Kobe
getting his magic gift of shots
back to wow us once again. Yes,
we wish him well this coming week.
Interesting foot note about what
I had earlier mentioned with two
Ex-Lakers playing here in Antelope
Valley, locally for the boys and
girls club. Cheers went up in the
gym at the Antelope Valley College
Saturday morning as around 300
players and fans gathered to see
A.C. Green and Norm Nixon.
Green, who set the NBA record for
consecutive NBA games played at
1,192, is already the iron man for
the medical group event. He and
Nixon, helped Magic Johnson win
for the Lakers, 4 NBA championships
during the 1980's. So it was with
youthful eagerness these youngsters had
the opportunity to see some former
Lakers greats as mentors. Fun day.
Pau Gasol has been with our Lakers
team, by the way, since the February
1st trade in 2008. He has become
such an asset and we are ever so
pleased that he was not involved
with a trade last Thursday. Obtaining
Ramon Sessions made quite an impact
during his debut on Friday. He is fast
and crafty, Kobe claimed and we all
welcome him to be a big part of the team.
Babs Wells