L.A. PROUD AND TRUE - ALTHOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE IN BOSTON

So often in sports, we take sides and we nourish a

team in our hearts and in our thoughts for the ones

we feel the closest to. No matter whether it be 

Hockey, Soccer, Football, Baseball...even Basketball, 

surely. So in doing this, we negate some others 

for various and sundry reasons. 

Boston Celtics with their green uniforms,

we haven't felt kin to, yet watching on T.V.

of the disaster at the Marathon's finish line with 

the destruction and mayhem that took place,

as Americans, we are all within the confines of

brotherhood to embrace Boston in our prayers.

Now on to the NBA ending season..our own Kobe

Bryant had surgery for his Achilles heel and was

sidelined for the last two games. Games that his

teammates took to their own hearts for game

plays to deal with as a unified team, while they came

together with that frame of mind to win both games.

Steve Nash was not able yet to play either 

and so the team gathered strengths as they 

played and played well. We are ever so

proud of you all. A season ending injury such as 

what Kobe has experienced allows us all to rethink

options. Through 7 games in April, the Lakers'

output from both Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol,

represent their highest all season (Howard: 21.6

points) and (Gasol: 17.6 points). They routinely

look for each other on lob passes and post-ups.

This was ever so noticeable during this last game

against the Houston Rockets. With the score - in

overtime, of: 99-95, the Lakers victory cinched them 

to land at 7th place seed. Utah lost their game so now 

we have not had to take a back seat and that is just

fine with all of us. Dwight Howard made 16 points

with 18 rebounds. Steve Blake scored 24 points

while Pau Gasol added his 7th. career triple-double

and the L.A. Lakers secured the seventh playoff slot

in the Western Conference. We applaud you all and

knew you would not let us down. On to the Playoffs!

Babs Wells