Lakers dodge a bullet tonight and beat the Magic by 3. With 9 seconds left and the Lakers up 3, Smush misses two free throws that would have iced it (after having a career night otherwise) and the Magic miss a three to tie. Just one FT Smush...just one.
Bynum in heavy foul trouble all night. TJ, that is why Phil plays Kwame...because he's solid on D and Andrew still is a foul machine when overmatched by guys like Amare, Duncan, KG, Yao, Dwight Howard, etc. The stuff Kwame does doesn't show up in the box score by his name, so unless you are watching each game you probably wouldn't see it. Kwame is a mountain on the inside and frustrates bigs...they don't have great games against him, and they have to work hard for what they get. He's incredibly valuable, even if the boxscore doesn't show it.
Lakers keep from losing 3 games in a row, thank goodness. Very tough stretch coming up with the Texas Two Step coming...ugh. Very well could go 0-3 this week...I'm gonna say we go 2-1. Beat the heat, beat the Mavs, lose to the Spurs. Lamar may be ready to come back this week, but I doubt it. Kwame is a long way off. We may need to sign that pansy ass Webber.