BURN, BURN it all DOWN! What a game, Lakers vs. Blazers! This time it was on our turf up in the Rose City. The Blazers are back running on 100% again. Everyone is back off the injured list. James Jones and BRoy are back, and boy did it help. Words cannot explain this game, but I sure and hell will try to put it down. 

Everyone was just straight killing it tonight. Even then newest edition to the team “Cookie” Von Wafer. BRoy has been nursing an ankle injury since the All Star break and has had no time to rest it. He missed the last two games and decided to make his debut back against the number one team in the West, and he was sensational. The Golden Boy was ‘dipsy doin’ everyone from Walton to the Mamba in the City of Roses tonight. I was told after the game that Walton could no longer have children because of the nasty crossover BRoy threw down on him. On a lighter note the world rejoiced as they heard of the news that finally the Walton finally could no longer produce horse faced athletes.

I thought about not writing about the officiating on this game but I just could not resist. It was by far the worst game of officiating I have ever seen. It honestly looked like they were trying to help the Lakers out. Every call went the way of the Lakers, it was just crazy. But who cares? The Blazers beat the Lakers once again in our fair city. The Lakers just cannot seem to get a win in the Rose Garden. The Blazers record against the Lakers in the Rose Garden is 17-6. The Lakers have the second worst record in the West when they perform in the Rose Garden.

When I say everyone was on fire I mean it. So now the breakdown! (You guys have been asking for it, so now I will give it back to you)

-Steve ‘The Turtle’ Blake was shooting lights out from the three. He went 5-9 behind the arch and finished with 15pts

-BRoy, or what I like to call him ‘The Slo Mo Fo Sho’ busted LA up with 20 points, 12 assists and 5 boards. He looked like a fullback tonight just mowing euro trash down.

-Jarrett Jack, the unibrow has them shook. Not to mention this guy looks like a descendant of ET Cassell. Best game of the year hands down for him. 21 points, 10 assists. 

-The Vanilla Gorilla wants to fight; you can see it in his eyes. Kobe didn’t want any; neither did the spokesman for ‘Soul Glo Euro’ Pau Gasol. The White back had the dodecagon on the boards tonight. 

-LMA was moon raking the hell out of everyone tonight. People started calling him the L-Train, but the L-Train is always parked, so Ill stick to LMA. 22 points, 8 rebounds. Ill say it once again, I would much rather have LMA’s 20 and 8 over Zebo’s 20-10 any day. Thank you Pritch!

-The Definition had a ho hum game, but who cares its Martell Webster, his damn name is ‘The Definition’. Still had good contributions from him with 9 points, and some added energy we needed.

-Trout, he is the future. I don’t think I have ever seen such an oxymoronic style of shooting. The form is so damn ugly but the follow through brings a tear to your eye. Trout is my man; I don’t even think they pay this guy with money. I heard he only plays for pulled pork and bbq spare ribs. I carry around a $100 gift card from Reo’s Ribs in my car hoping I will see Trout one day so I can give it to him. The dude loves his BBQ; I mean he is from the Oktibbeha County. BBQ is a way of life there.

-LLCoolJ, ‘Lakers Loathe Cool James’. He played a pretty darn good game for not playing in four weeks. I’m so glad he is back. The Blazers are 21-8 when he plays.  

-Baron Von Nilla Wafer played some good minutes this game and it looks like The General will be keeping him in rotation.

LA your streak is over. But Kobe still deserves another Championship and an MVP to go with it. No haters here, all respect is due to that guy.

This game in my mind is going to have to be the defining moment in this season turns around. The Playoffs are not out of site quite yet, they are far away, but this team is the only team I believe that could make a run for it, the position they are in is tough, but the West is crazy and anything could happen. 

They have this town on pin cushions every night but little known fact about Portlanders is that we are all masochists so we enjoy it!

More! More! More!

WOW. That’s all I can say after that game. It was not the best Lakers game I have ever seen, and they did not win by a 30 point margin, but the chemistry I just witnessed between Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant was simply not right. It looked like they have been playing for together for years. They beat New Jersey by 15 points, and they did it with ease. Granted at this point the Nets are just giving up. But none the less it was great for the Lakers. Crazy thing is Kobe only scored 6 points.

It looked like Kobe wanted to see what Pau was all about, and damn did Kobe love it. He had a gigantic grin on his face the entire 3rd and 4th quarter. Pau had a monster of a game on his coming out party. He had 24 points, and 12 rebounds. I still don’t understand how the Lakers got him for practically nothing. But that is another story.

After seeing this game it makes me think that these guys are ready to plow through everyone in the West. Kobe and Pau are the real deal, and when Bynum comes back it will just not be fair.

I am saying this now, the Lakers will make it to the finals this year, and they will win!

Lamar Odom, Kobe, Fish, Pau, Bynum, I would go with that lineup over everyone right now. Bynum, Kobe, and Pau are enough, but then you add that veteran experience of Fish, and Odom. It was almost a thing of beauty to watch. Pau and Kobe look like they were made for each other. It was not forced at all. Pau looks happy, and so do the Lakers. Everyone else in the west is pissed.

Kup must have sold his soul for this deal.

Can’t wait to see more of this team play, and the future matchups in the coming years. I especially can’t wait till Oden comes back to see these two sets of trios face each other. BRoy, LA, Oden vs. Kobe, Pau, Bynum, who would you put the money on?

The NBA is great right now, so many good players, so many good teams. Probably the most exciting season in 5-10 years.