Friday night proved to be incredibly bittersweet for Laker fans, as they saw the main reason the team is even within reaching distance limp off the floor.

Shortly following the 118-116 win, the Lakers announced that Kobe Bryant has likely suffered a torn Achilles and recieve an MRI Saturday.

Lakers say Kobe Bryant is suspected to have torn his left Achilles. MRI needed tomorrow to confirm but … wowza

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) April 13, 2013

L.A. now holds the eighth spot in the Western Conference Finals with a one-game lead over the Utah Jazz.

And with it comes a resounding “who cares”.

November 19, 2010; Oakland, CA, USA; New York Knicks head coach Mike D

It’s official. The Los Angeles Lakers have officially made a bad situation worse by hiring Mike “I-run-a-style-of-ball-that-will-will-never-win-a-title” D’Antoni as their next head coach.

For a team that has had issues with defense it makes no sense to bring in a coach that knows less of defense than the Kardashian family does of taste.

For a team built around dueling seven-footers and a dynamic perimeter scorer it makes no sense to bring in a coach that never utilizes either in his pickup ball style of offense.

But hey, it’s Jim Buss and this is what we should expect. Desperate move after desperate move without any clear goal in sight other than cashing his Daddy’s inheritance checks.

According to reports D’Antoni’s deal is worth $12-million over three years. Obviously he comes in much cheaper than Phil Jackson but if history has proven anything D’Antoni will be lucky to see two full years of that deal and we’ll be lucky if we see anything more than another disappointing playoff exit.

In case you can’t tell I’m none-too-pleased with this move.