The Lakers were stunned last night at home as the youthful Nuggets played inspired after Bynum's pregame statement that close out games are "easy." Bynum continues to be an enigma, perhaps one of the oddest individuals in the NBA. Mitch Kupchak said "7 footers are different." Javale Mcgee ran circles around Bynum who eventually picked up another technical for shoving Faried. A wise strategy would be to feed the beast early to make him happy so he plays hard on defense down the stretch. Not to be overlooked is the INCREDIBLE performance by Kobe Bean. He finished the game with 43 pts on 14-32 shooting. I tweeted during the 1st quarter that I expected 30 shots which is never a good thing for the Lakers. However, his late game heroics at the 3 pt line rivaled that of Reggie Miller's famous performance against the Knicks. He single handedly brought the Lakers within 2, had a short, contested shot to tie with under a min to play and missed. He took another 3 to tie and missed. After Denver folded, Kobe had a THIRD chance to tie with a 3 and missed.
The Knicks avoided a sweep somehow but were beaten badly tonight and sent fishing, The Bulls avoided elimination and could tie the series at 3 tomorrow night. The Pacers are set to face the Heat in the next round after they beat the D12-less Magic and the Grizz are at home tonight trying to make the series 3-2.
I have a feeling if the Tics can somehow get passed the Hawks (wheelchair Paul is looking pretty sore which is not a good sign) they might continue their mastery of Lebron and nothing would please me more than to see another Tics/Laker game 7 in LA!!
(@CharleyPeppers and Laker legend Mychal Thompson at game 7 of NBA Finals 2010)
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