INJURIES? STILL IN THE GAME!!!

Well, yes, our star player, Kobe Bryant had

surgery on Wednesday to repair his torn

shoulder rotator cuff. He is rallying though

already and said his greetings to former

Laker Pau Gasol. Was nice. In a sling right

now, granted, and 9 months we are being

told for his total recovery, yet he is already

looking forward to upcoming training camp

so that he can once again be out on the

floor and playing for his 20th. season.

We wish him God Speed and a quick

recovery. It is a painful procedure to

endure and I think the actual surgery

lasted 2 hours for him. Kupchak is

hopeful and Byron Scott is as well.

Anyway, we had a ninth loss when

we played against the Washington

Wizards and it was difficult to see

this happening toward the ending of 

the game as we held a very comfortable

lead during the first half. Jeremy Lin

played well as did Wesley Johnson.

Final score for this game was 98-92.

Now for another bit of news. WE WON !!

We played the Chicago Bulls and even

had our former Laker playing with them.

Pau Gasol. (By the way, a very nice

L.A. Ovation was given this dear man)

As well it should be too and yes, Kobe

greeted him. Sore shoulder and all.

We showed such purpose it was really

a fun game for our fans to witness at Staples.

Gasol made three All-Star teams with the

Lakers. He averaged 18.3 points and 10.8

rebounds in 23 play-off games in 2009

and 19.6 points and 11.1 rebounds 

in 23 play-off games 2010. He was voted

in by fans to start  in the All-Star game

for the Eastern Conference. In this latest

game that we played against Chicago, the

Lakers rode Jordan Hill's career-best

26 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan

Clarkson and Carlos Boozer combined

for 34 points in the last game before the

upcoming eastern road trip while Staples

Center will be used for the Grammys.

Our last (winning) game ended with

the score (In overtime) being:123-118.

Now here is the road trip schedule:

Feb. 1=New York (in N.Y.)

Feb.4=Milwaukee (in Wisc.)

Feb.6=Orlando (in Florida)

Feb. 8=Cleveland (in Ohio).

Back home to L.A. with how many travel miles?

7,192 miles. Now to get on the band wagon.

BABS WELLS