Lamar Odom

I just want to take a brief moment talk about something that happened at the beginning of the season. The supposed trade with Lamar Odom. The trade was hoping to produce another trade with the Clippers. The trade consisted of Lamar going to Dallas. Unfortunately, everything went to plan except for the Hornets end of the deal. Now the Lakers lost Odom and are stuck with just a trade exception for a dallas player. Lamar was a major component to the team and is now wasting in career in Dallas. Hopefully we can work out a deal to get him back and restore the Lakers original players.

All Star Wekend

So the NBA just took a break for the annual All-Star Weekend. The weekend was filled with numerous activities and events. The first major event was friday and was the Celebrity All-Star Game. The game was full of amazing stars.

Tim Hardaway guarding Kevin Hart(comedian) 

The first event on Saturday was the D-League game. The game consist of players from various teams coming together and playing against each other. After that was the Haier Shooting Stars competition. The competition consist of a few NBA and WNBA players from the same state. Each teams has one previous player one, one current NBA player, and one WNBA player. The competition is also timed. New York won with the fastest time.

The Winning team from New York

Afterwards was the Taco Bell Skills challenge. The competition tests the players ability to shoot, pass, and ball handling. The first round has 6 and half are cut for the final round. The Spurs guard, Tony Parker (who is a veteran in the challenge) won with a time of 29.2 seconds.

Tony Parker taking a jump shot on the final run

The next event was The Foot Locker 3 point contest. The contest was an absolute shock as the winner was Kevin Love who is power forward crushed James Jones, Kevin Durant, and more.

Kevin Love in a post win interview

The final event of Saturday was the Sprite Slam Dunk contest. Although, there was no major players this year it was still quite a show. Jeremy Evans of the Jazz won with his dunk, he dunked two balls at the same time.

Next was the Famous All-Star Game on Sunday. The games consists of the best players voted on by fans to play. One team is from the East Coast and one from the West Coast. West won with a score of 152-149. The game was a thriller to watch. Kevin Durant walked away with the MVP award this year.

Lakers v.s. Blazers

Stats from the Portland game

The Lakers played on monday against the Portland Trailblazers and came out with a win. The final score was 103-92. The lakers forced the Blazers into a lowest scoring total in franchise history. The Blazers only scored 7 points in the first quarter!  Overall the Lakers played an amazing game against Portland.


"I thought the first quarter and half, we moved the basketball as good as we have all year ... it was fun to watch."
-- Lakers coach Mike Brown

 

Lakers center Andrew Bynum keyed the hot start for the Lakers by recording eight points, nine rebounds and an assist in his first eight minutes of playing time. He finished with 14 points and 19 rebounds 

The next game on the Lakers path is against the Dallas Mavericks. Hopefully we succeed and beat the Mavericks.

Lakers were successful against the Hawks 86-78!
Lakers played an amazing which brought them to victory.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/photogallery/120214_hawks_gallery_3.html

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum both had double doubles
Gasol 20 points and 13 rebounds
Bynum had 15 points and 15 rebounds
Pau was the leading scorer of the night. While Bynum was the leader in rebounding (4 offensive 11 defensive)
Steve Blake lead with assists (6 for the night).
Injury Report:
No injuries! As we see all the Lakers are healthy and are ready to play and push forward in the season.
The Lakers next game will be on Friday and will be in Phoenix. The game will be against the Suns and we are hoping for a win.
The Lakers are 5th in their conference and are in the middle of a rise. Hopefully we win the next few games and earn a good playoff seat.

Injury report:
Steve Blake has a costochaondral fracture (fracture of the cartilage that connects the rib to the sternum)
He is recovered and practiced with the team in Boston today

Sadly the Lakers lost against the Utah Jazz. They fought hard but couldn't hold their ground hopefully next time we will beat them.

Lakers Annihilate the Charlotte Bobcats 106-73

The Lakers have been coming off a harsh record and a low standing in their division. Thankfully a successful game against the Charlotte Bobcats put Lakers higher in the standings and higher in their mental standings.

During the game the Lakers played an amazing offensive and defensive game. The Lakers ended up putting in their reserves to hold out the rest of the game. The reserves did their jobs and helped lead the Lakers to their 106-73 victory.


Next game is against the Denver Nuggets on Friday February 3rd

So the as we have seen the Lakers have been holding their ground for past few days and hopefully they will make it to the playoffs.