LAKERS 132 - TIMBERWOLVES 119
May I please add somthing before I start this report. I've never been a fan of Minnesota's jersey when it read "Timberwolves" but now, it just looks more stupid, from the "Wolves" logo, to the lighter color way they went with. It just looks bootleg.
The Lakers start off the road trip with a win tonight over the T-Wolves. In the 1st half, Minnesota tried to pull a sneaky, sneaky and changed the lead a couple times, or at least came close to it. Come 2nd half, the Lakers' bench(along with some starters) held and extended the lead to 20pts, only to have it cut down to 10 late in the game. Eventually they took the win by 13 points.
Kobe led the Lakers in scoring with 30pts, 8rebs, and 5asts. But it was Big Drew who had yet another big game with another double-double of 27pts, 15rebs, and 2blks(not to mention the many shots he altered). In my opinion, he outplayed Al Jefferson who had 34pts, 13rebs, and 4blks, but played 12 more minutes than Bynum who had hardly even played in the 4th. As opposed to Jefferson who pretty much played the whole game, only resting 6 minutes. Both Lamar and Farmad had 10pts a piece. Pau had a pretty good game with 21pts and 9rebs. I thought he'd explode tonight, but still a worthy performance from the big guy.
As I mentioned, Jefferson(who as people would say, got snubbed out of the All-Stars) led the T-Wolves and all scorers with 34pts. Randy Foye added 27pts and 5asts for his team, but got pooped on when he attempted to guard the Black Mamba. Pau's former teammate Mike Miller put up 11pts, 6rebs, and 6asts. Kevin Love who had 14pts, and 9rebs, shows promise of a forward/center that can possibly do good things in the future. He just plays with a good Basketball I.Q. and plays with hustle and fundamentals.
It was a good game with most of the minutes blanced pretty evenly, which was smart on Phil's part for giving more rest to his starters considering they have a back-to-back playing Memphis. Up Next is the Grizzlies who acquired a new coach since the last meeting. If the stick with the same game plan they used against the Lakers last time; pushing their offense early before the defense can set up, it can be big problems for the Lakers.
The Lakers start off the road trip with a win tonight over the T-Wolves. In the 1st half, Minnesota tried to pull a sneaky, sneaky and changed the lead a couple times, or at least came close to it. Come 2nd half, the Lakers' bench(along with some starters) held and extended the lead to 20pts, only to have it cut down to 10 late in the game. Eventually they took the win by 13 points.Kobe led the Lakers in scoring with 30pts, 8rebs, and 5asts. But it was Big Drew who had yet another big game with another double-double of 27pts, 15rebs, and 2blks(not to mention the many shots he altered). In my opinion, he outplayed Al Jefferson who had 34pts, 13rebs, and 4blks, but played 12 more minutes than Bynum who had hardly even played in the 4th. As opposed to Jefferson who pretty much played the whole game, only resting 6 minutes. Both Lamar and Farmad had 10pts a piece. Pau had a pretty good game with 21pts and 9rebs. I thought he'd explode tonight, but still a worthy performance from the big guy.
As I mentioned, Jefferson(who as people would say, got snubbed out of the All-Stars) led the T-Wolves and all scorers with 34pts. Randy Foye added 27pts and 5asts for his team, but got pooped on when he attempted to guard the Black Mamba. Pau's former teammate Mike Miller put up 11pts, 6rebs, and 6asts. Kevin Love who had 14pts, and 9rebs, shows promise of a forward/center that can possibly do good things in the future. He just plays with a good Basketball I.Q. and plays with hustle and fundamentals.It was a good game with most of the minutes blanced pretty evenly, which was smart on Phil's part for giving more rest to his starters considering they have a back-to-back playing Memphis. Up Next is the Grizzlies who acquired a new coach since the last meeting. If the stick with the same game plan they used against the Lakers last time; pushing their offense early before the defense can set up, it can be big problems for the Lakers.
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