Good win for the Lakers. They came out ready to play and obviously Sac was a little flat. I'm not sure if they were tired from the game the night before or what, but they looked out of sync.
Although I'm happy the Lakers won, their inability to put a team away when they have them against the ropes is getting to be almost unbearable to watch. I realize basketball is a game of runs and momentum, yada, yada, yada. But time after time after time, this season's squad gets sizable leads 15 - 20 pts and allows them to evaporate at an alarmingly fast rate usually in the third, but sometimes in the fourth. I don't know if it's youth, conditioning, the coach’s rotations, or what, but it's getting old. To their credit, they did a pretty good job of withstanding every one of Sac's runs. But when the lead was cut to 5 in the final minutes I was all but convinced we would blow yet another game in hand.
I almost forgot, almost, what a beast Bonzi is in the low post. He was really bull-dogging Odom, Walton, or whoever was on him down low and positioning his way to some easy buckets. I think the Kings should have gone to him down low a lot more throughout the game.
JoMal, I know it's hard to complement Kwame. I've found myself doing it recently and it's a mind-boggling and somewhat disturbing experience. If he continues to improve I may have to start a support group.
