WE ARE ALL SO SORRY KOBE

By now the word is out. No Kobe to play tonight

at Staples against Minnesota and in fact will probably

be on the side-lines for 4-6 weeks depending on

how fast his fractured left knee heals. It is actually

a fracture right above the knee that got hurt while

the team was in Memphis. An MRI divulged the

injury after Kobe thought perhaps he had merely

hyper-extended his knee which is more common.

Steve Nash will also remain out with back issues.

It will very likely be another 4 weeks for him to

recuperate as well, and Steve Blake is nursing an

elbow that usually is far more prevalent for an

injury in tennis but somehow became a problem

for him playing basketball. Before I continue

here, I have meant to share some thing with all

of you too. On December 6tth, my oldest Grand-

son Ryan and his Emily became parents to a

lovely little girl they have named Lenna Elizabeth.

Congratulations to each one of you.

My youngest daughter, WenDee, has always been

able to do the posting of my articles but her

computer failed her so my granddaughter

Heather, posted my last article. WenDee has

now borrowed a laptop so looks like we may

be back in business. My ailing husband, Wes,

is doing mighty well these days recently so

with our Christmas season upon us, we sigh

in grateful joy over each one of the above.

The road trip for our Lakers really did take

some fine tuning in plays. Some games were

back to back as well which made it harder.

Jordan Farmar, with hamstring problems,

ought to be back on the court either today

or this next Sunday. The Lakers will be hosting

a game on Christmas Day to play against the

Miami Heat .Kurt Rambis (Assistant Lakers Coach)

has plenty of work to do revamping a defense 

that ranks second to last in the NBA.

Although with Kobe's long 3 shot, we won in

Memphis, we lost in Atlanta against the

Hawks 114-100. Pau's brother, Marc, was not

on the floor in Memphis, also on injured list.

Lakers Robert Sacre, Jordan Hill, Xavier Henry,

Nick Young and Wesley Johnson have added

to our Roster with game plans and exuberance.

Pau stated that as a team, we have to make sure

we stay in motion. If we play inside-out, then it

is always a positive. Tonight: @ Staples vs. Minnesota.

Babs Wells