Kobe was held under control today by Golden State. He scored only 43! He started the game on fire and scored at will in the first quarter. Pretty soon, the Lakers were leading by 19 and Kobe cooled off since the game looked to be over. But the feisty Warriors fought their way back in and the game tightened in the third. Kobe was also double teamed and hounded and he missed quite a few shots in the third and early fourth. The Warriors actually led this game with a few minutes to go and Kobe and the Lakers had to come back and win it. The Warriors had a shot to win it at the buzzer when Al Harrington missed a 3. Kobe finished with 43 on 15-33 shooting, which is not as great a percentage as he has been shooting lately. The Warriors lost a tough one and they got eaten up on the boards. Lamar Odom had a 24-19 night and the W's were out-rebounded 63-33.
The Kings surprised the Suns and beat them today in Sacramento. It is a tough place to play, but they are not a great team this season and the Suns were expected to win this one. As always Barbosa had a great game for the Suns with 27 and even scored 17 straight during one stretch in the first half, but Bibby was just too good today. He had 37 on 9/12 from the 3-point land including a couple of big ones in the final minute. I guess the Kings were ready for this one on national TV ad Bibby wanted to outshine the 2-time MP3 Steve Nash. Nashty had 18-9 himself, but was outplayed on this day.
Denver won at Cleveland rather convincingly with Melo pouring in 27 and AI coring 18 to go with 12 dimes. King James had just 18 in this one. Indiana lost again, this time to the Bulls, in spite of Jermaine O'Neal scoring 39 points. The Pacers are on a free-fall. I guess the trade is not working out anymore. The Hornets had a big win against Houston to keep it's playoff drive going. Chris Paul had 28. Both Nowitzki and Howard scored 28 as Dallas beat Atlanta. Detroit won again and the Spurs bitch-slapped the Sonics by 41 points.
Denver @ Cleveland - 105-93
Golden State @ LA Lakers - 113-115
Interesting games on the board for Mar 26-Th (Monday)
Denver @ Detroit - AI and Melo go into play the best of the L-East.
Orlando @ New York - Marginally interesting match-up at the bottom of the L-East.
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