Kobe had a tremendous game today personally as he scored 50, but the Lakers came from 17 point ahead to lose the game. He started hot and looked like was on track for 60, but slowed down in the fourth and actually didn't score at all for long stretches in the 4-Th. He took a lot of bad shots in desperation and when he passed, one of the other Lakers threw up an ill-advised shot, thus convincing Kobe to force an even more ridiculous shot the next possession. Their offense is basically
spiralling down towards the abyss. There's no chemistry, no trust, no flow and it's Kobe or bust and sometimes it's Kobe and bust like today. Their defense sucks even worse. Smush couldn't stay in front of the 37 year old Sam Cassell in the 4-th. That doesn't make any sense, but it does explain how Sam-I-am outplayed Kobe in the fourth. It was a good team win for the Clip-joint as Sam played well after a long time and Maggette had 39 and Brand had 32-12-7 for monster nights. Kobe couldn't beat all these guys single-handedly, though he is not shy about trying.
King had a 35-8-4 night as the Cavs had no problems handling the Nets. Vince had 26 and Kidd had 8-11-8 in the loss.
LA Clippers @ LA Lakers - 118-110
Interesting games on the board for Apr 13-Th (Friday)
LA Lakers @ Phoenix - A loss here puts the Lakers face-to-face with the Warriors and the Clippers for the 8-Th spot.
Detroit @ Toronto - Old blood versus the new blood in the L-East.
Utah @ Dallas - Utah is on a long losing streak. This is a good place to end it.
Golden State @ Sacramento - Road test for the W's as they try to stay in the playoff picture.
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