LA Lakers defeat Houston Rockets 112-110
It was a nail-biter, boys and girls! After an up-and-down preseason for my Lakers, it looked as though the slump was about to carry over to the regular season. With the season home-opener against the newly suited Houston Rockets (and the return of Yao Ming), the Lakers had a miserable first half getting scored on by as much as 14 points! It seemed that the Lakers’ backs were against the wall UNTIL…..Mr. Shannon Brown. While Kobe, Pau, and Lamar led the way for most of the game, it was Shannon that brought the energy back into the crowd with a series of 3-point shots.
That’s right, the little shooting guard that ALMOST left the Lakers earlier this summer, got into a white hot groove and powered down 14 points within a span of five minutes in the 4th quarter to give the slumping Lakers a 9-point lead. With Shannon lighting up the crowd and his fellow Lakers, the boys were able to keep the lead until the last two minutes. With 1:30 to go, the Rockets were able to bounce back with tough scoops from Luis Scola, eventually giving the Rockets a 1-point 110-109 lead.
But, as Phil Jackson has been known to do, he didn’t call a time out and let Kobe decide the last play of the game. With only a few seconds on the clock, Kobe ran up the lane and threw a pass that almost seemed to be for Pau Gasol but, instead, was caught by newbie Laker guard Steve Blake at the three point line where he scored an instant trey. From there, the Rockets couldn’t measure up a last play and lost by a score of 110-112. Suck on that Miami!
[And speaking of Miami, the Boston Celtics took on the Miami Heat over in the city of Boston earlier in the evening with dismal results. As was predicted by so many analysts and observers, the Heat did NOT heat up the floor and ended up losing to a pitifully low score of 80-88. I'm not gonna analyze it, but let's just say that LeBron is still the same pathetic self-absorbed player that he's always been and it showed in tonight's game.]
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