LAKERS vs SPURS (PRE-GAME REPORT)

The Lakers end their road trip, still lost somewhere in Texas, and find themselves in San Antonio to face the Spurs. They play for the third and last time of the season with the Spurs winning the first game with a lucky shot by Mason, while the Lakers took care of business in the second game winning by 14pts. Tonight, Lakers look to come back with a 2-1 road trip.

In the Last meeting Andrew Bynum had himself a game with 15pts, 11reb, and 4 blks, and was a huge factor in the Lakers win while going up against one of NBA's elite, Tim Duncan. Bynum started to show progress again as a great center till less than a week later when an injury occurred in his knee sidelining him for the majority of the season.

Though the Lakers come Bynum-less this time around, the Spurs also have a missing piece in Manu Ginobili who has been out a while with an ankle injury. Still, San Antonio has Duncan who can keep Pau busy all night, but it's not something Pau isn't used to. And the Frenchmen Tony Parker, who can be a handful for Fish and Farmar(did someone say Shannon Brown?). And also the emergence of Mason and Bonner who both a hold a spot in the top ten 3-point shooting percentage. Mason has been key in some of the Spurs wins this season, with clutch 3-point plays(one against the Lakers). Kobe and Odom just need to stay home on their man and let Pau handle his own against Duncan.

Lakers are hungry. Everyone who saw the game last night, knows it. Odom was unhappy about the whole suspension, look for him to make a statement tonight. Regardless that it's a back-to-back, I have a feeling this Laker team will come out with great energy. If you haven't realized yet, if Phil starts them like he usually does, but with Ariza instead of Luke; it's the Lakers line-up that has the highest +/- out of all possible line-ups. I have a feeling this starting line will come out firing. The only question is, can the bench follow? Well they're goin to need to if they want the win tonight.