Last night was like a bag of day-old bagels (which I'm eating as I write this); one minute you're eating rock bread coated in coagulated sugar, and the next you're chewing the soft deliciousness of a plain or sesame seed. At some point I stoped caring as much, since I know I would have gone into cardiac arrest many times this season if I always cared as much as KG does. How to describe last night's game? I just don't know anymore. At the end of regulation I was angry and fed up enough with the Wolves, the NBA and the Refs that out of spite, I decided I wouldn't feel happy if we won. That obviously changed, but last night, just like Sunday (in 2OT with Boston), must have aged my heart by about 10 months. By my calculation that makes me about 26 (instead of 22) because of all the 2OT's we've played this season, and that's not even counting last season's torment.
We really played shit basketball for the first 3 1/2 quarters--relying exclusively on jumpshots and breaking down defensively like it was our gameplan. All I could do is writhe in pain in the fetal position on my couch. I had thought about going to a bar here in LA to make fun of Lakers fans, but I was far too emotional to be in public last night.
Sidebar: Lakers KCAL9 TV commentators are the most biased in sports. Quit the antagonizing comments and the referee bitching, save that for your players. Oh, and quit living fucking VICARIOUSLY through Kobe.
Sidebar #2: Kobe, I've tried to like you, but it's hard for me when you bitch to the refs non-stop. Just because you fell down DOESN'T MEAN YOU WERE FOULED.
Daily moment of Jaric:
With less than 8 seconds left in regulation Jaric blocks a granny shot from Kwame Brown right into a teammate's hands. On the ensuing in-bounds, he passes the ball directly to Smush Parker, who is immediately fouled to the free-throw line.
I guess what I feel is the most important thing to come away with from last night's game is how bad the Lakers are. They are a poor reconception of early Phil Jackson-Bulls teams, but younger, and obviously crappier. Odom being out with injury shortens the Lakers Players-Good-Enough-to-Play-in-OT rotation from 2, to 1. At some point the game's best offensive player just can't do all your scoring, and that point seems to come at about the 49 minute mark.
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