09 Nov
First-Half Fodder: Rockets @ Lakers
Posted by: kareemabduladam
- Rick Fox, you used to play in Boston, dude. No reason for all those layers. Man up!
- Kobe, as usual, was his Black Mamba self on both ends. That first quarter would have been 28-4 instead of 28-14 without No. 24. Gotta love the come-from-behind swat on Yao Ming, too. He looked like Bruce Wayne’s alter ego on that one. Gotta love KB24 giving Ron-Ron some of his own medicine and holding him to 0-6 for the half.
- Derek Fisher was Frozen Fish that half. Yuck.
- Trevor Ariza is, well, active, Everyone keeps throwing that word around about him, but the guy is like a cokehead locked in a bedroom with a vacuum — he’s all over the floor. Homeboy has some serious bounce, doesn’t he?
- Ariza, Jordan Farmar and Lamar made a huge difference with their energy. If the three of them play like they have tonight more often than not, then our second unit will be one of the league’s best, if not the best.
- Some real, real sloppy passing. Wow. Gotta clean that up in the second half.
- Would somebody stop the dribble penetration of Aaron Brooks already? Dude looks like Chris Rock, but this shit ain’t funny.
- Drew tried to climb the Great Wall of China on Yao’s third foul, didn’t he? He and Kobe getting aggressive will keep Yao on the bench with foul trouble. Keep taking it at him.
- Good to see the Machine step up and knock down his first shot.
- Love that Vlad-to-Pau alley in the first quarter. Unfortunately, that was one of the few highlights of the quarter.
- Shane Battier, did you borrow that stop sign red blazer from Craig Seger or what? Damn. Either that or one of the ushers.
- I can’t believe that we are up by two (thanks to that Odom swat at the end — get that weak ish outta here, Artest). Let’s hope we don’t have to witness another one of those 12-0 runs this next half…
