Tonto, did you hear me? Oh...right, it is
our Laker star, Kobe Bryant. Having
suffered a mild concussion along with a
nose injury on Sunday at the All Star
Kobe continued to want to play but
found out just hours before last night's
game that he indeed would be allowed
to play however had to wear a protective
plastic mask across his nose.
That seemed not to stop his efforts
by any means. He scored 31 points
in the game last evening against the
Minnesota Timberwolves. Lakers won
104-85. Andrew Bynum made 13 points
and Pau Gasol made another 15
points with 5 rebounds which gave our
Lakers a huge edge in the front
court and exploded it from tap
to buzzer. Two days before Sunday's
game, Andrew had his knee injected
so really only played for the West
All-Stars a few minutes time. Dwyane
Wade, inadvertently knocked Kobe
across the head and nose causing
considerable damage. As Coach
Mike Brown said however, "I have
no explanation for Kobe. I don't
know what he is made of. I am just
glad he is playing for us."
We all must second that thought too.
When Kobe sank 2 free throws to give
the Lakers a commanding 83-59 lead
going into the fourth quarter, it gave
him 24 points plus seven rebounds with
seven assists in 29 minutes over the
game's first three periods against Minnesota.
Lakers led by as many as 27 points
in the fourth quarter.
The deadline for any kind of a trade
deal is set for March 15 so if
NBA commissioner David Stern wants
any revision deal made, it will
have to come during these first
days in March. General Manager
Mitch Kupechak has been considering
Michael Beasley (small forward) from
Minnesota and Dwight Howard (Center)
of Orlando, FL but nothing is firm
at this moment in time.
We play Sacramento on Friday and
against Miami on Sunday. Both games
will be played here in L.A. at Staples.
Sunday's game is early: 12:3o pm.
Good to have our boys home again.
Babs Wells
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