we don't need no fair whether fans here. none of us are feeling good this morning after a tough late night.
that was a game that should've been in the win column. make a few free throws and kobes last minute heroics are in garbage time and Lebron and drew and z are sitting on the bench soaking in the celebrity sun. instead, we slink off into the hollywood night to enjoy l.a. with a loss. it leaves you gagging on that lump in your throat down in your mouth.
on the positive side, we see how easy it is to beat l.a. at home. obviously we can beat them we just let the game slip away. and the refs did not help. but we had to deal with jet lag and the pressure of being on an extended road trip, hotel food, private jets, autograph seekers and all of that grief.
it was good that kobe hurt his hand because that kept him from shooting so much. he probably would have missed those last three shots if his hand was not banged up. plus he was tired from all those shots he took the night before in a losing cause in portland.
it is hard to beat a team on the road when that team has a superstar and a winning record and the refs on their side. the refs don't want to look bad in front of the celebrities. we would win more home games if we had more celebrities in c-land.
the criticism of Lebron was unwarranted. he is younger than kobe and therefore i conclude that kobe should be better. Lebron is getting valuable experience that will enable him to dominate for years. look at his allstar vote total! and Lebron is playing with a rookie coach still trying to shake off the lethargy of paul silas, while kobe has a multi-year coach who already knows his game and lets him shoot as much as he wants. Lebron would be leading the league in points scored if the cav's coach wasn't holding him back by making him share the ball and go for triple doubles. yes, that triple post offense of tex winter works great when your superstar shoots all the shots. that's what the bulls did.
but even though we lost, we showed that we have a more complete team because we lost by only one point with a player averaging more than sixteen points per game sitting on the bench in a sweater and civvies. if you add in hughe's scoring average, we win by fifteen points, which is very impressive on the road, thanks to ilgauska's season high.