LAKERS vs WARRIORS (POST-GAME REPORT)

LAKERS 130 - WARRIORS 113

It was a purely offensive game with the Lakers doing only enough(defensively) to take the win against the Golden State Warriors. There was a bit of concern early in the first half when the Warriors cut the Lakers 15 point lead to 7 by the end of the second quarter. In the game against Boston, Golden State trailing by 12 starting the second half, came back and outscored the Celtics 60-32. But it clearly wasn’t the case in this game.

The Lakers came out calm, and confident in this game. Effortlessly scoring and just doing enough on the other end to make sure the Warriors didn’t throttle through a Laker lead in the second half. The first half was a bit of a different story as Golden State were basically doing “lay-up drills” as described by Norm Nixon, in which Stephen Jackson broke down the Laker defense finding his teammates for open shots but only got 9 point of his own. Jamal Crawford(who I thought was injured) kept annoying the Lakers with a handful of long range threes finishing with 22pts and 5asts. Andris Biedris was all over the boards tonight and managed to grab 15 the first half with a total of 17 rebounds. It was all cheers for Ronny when he entered the game midway through the first quarter, but other than a couple blocks, Ronny didn’t put much up.


Bryant easily scored 31 points on 9 of 15 shooting, added 4 steals, 4 assists, and didn’t even have to play in the fourth(just like the beginning of the season). Fisher brought back the head band and also brought back his shot as D-Fish added 19 points of his own and also dished out 5 assists. With Farmar injured, Sasha has taken advantage of increased minutes and added 17 points to the Lakers scoreboard. Pau wasn’t much of an offensive factor this game but quietly put up 13pts and 9rebs, but did have some sweet assists to Bynum early in the game. Big Drew had himself a double-double and chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds.

The Lakers seem to be responding well, filling in for the absence of Farmar. Phil has been toying with different line-ups since the Farmar injury. There was even a Sun Yue sighting tonight in the 2nd and 4th quarter and like Coby Karl last year, is a fan favorite. Lakers want to sign someone(rumors suggest Lue) but want someone who can make an immediate impact instead of someone to fill out the hole in the PG position. But the Lakers can always just ride it out till Farmar gets back. They seem to be doing good with or without him. Up next is the short-handed/injured Utah Jazz.