NOT TO BE OUTDONE

Granted, we have been remiss winning

many of our games but yes, we won last

evening against the Sacramento Kings.

A fun game for us fans to watch too.

Tied more than once, we hung in there

and final score was: 98-95.

It was the return of our Kobe in clutch

time. Our defense was far better

than it actually has been. Kobe scored

9 of the final 11 points played.

He is in fact, now 32 points away

from passing Michael Jordan for third

place on the all-time NBA scoring list.

Nick Young contributed 12 vital points

off the bench for the Lakers with Wesley

Johnson and Ed Davis combining making

21 points. Carlos Boozer contributed 15

points and nine rebounds and this game

put to rest our 3-game losing streak.

The newspaper is telling us that 2015-16

will really be Kobe's last playing season.

Mitch Kupchak made this statement after

announcing that the $48.5 million contract

Lakers made with Kobe, will end after the

2015-16 season. That then will have given

us our Kobe for a marveled 20-year NBA

career. His vast resume currently entails

five NBA championships and a 4th. place

standing on the league's all-time scoring

list. Having said this, our coach, Byron

Scott expressed optimism Bryant would 

play beyond his current contract for

two seasons. Bryant himself, remains

non-committal.

The defeat last Sunday against the

New Orleans Pelicans was tough. 

Score ended as: 104-87. Scott was pretty

upset over this game saying that changes must 

be made. As a coach, he said he was not about to

stand pat and just watch it continue to be played

the way it had been going. Jeremy Lin has done

fairly well it appears,in 77 games off the bench.

Friday night we will be watching our Lakers play

the Spurs at 6:30, ESPN

I also noted that on Sunday, Basketball Hall of

Famer Larry Bird turned 58.

Tomorrow we are being told by the Weather

Bureau, in L.A. we shall once again be
experiencing that wet stuff coming down

and soaking up or plants and lawns.

Great !. Hopeful Friday's game is a good one!

BABS WELLS