OK, now the H.O.R.S.E. is dead.

The tnt and epsn broadcasters are all pretty bad with the exception of Hubie and Doug. Although Hubie Brown can sometimes over analyze things. It’s kind of funny sometimes. He’ll will try to analyze a player tying his shoe. But Mike Breen and Reggie are by far the worst. Mike Breen will make an incorrect statement and then defend it after the other broadcasters correct him. And i’ve dislike reggie since he said lamar odom is 7’1″ lol.

My point is that we, lakers fans, are extremely lucky to have Stu commentating the laker games. Joel is okay.

Oh and Van Gundy is pure comedy.

The ovation for Marge (lasting that much longer because Bavetta wouldn’t take the ball from her, just letting her stand there and soak in the appreciation from the crowd), Kobe’s game stopping highlights (I was waiting for someone to toss the ball into the crowd And1 style and proclaim the game over after his 1st quarter spurt ending with that lefty buzzer-beater), ShanWOW’s one-upping of Kobe (in terms of getting the crowd off their feet), and then the crossover appeal (the Black Eyed Peas singing during a timeout with A-Rod and B-Real in tow, will.i.am shouting out “Kobe, MVP” while Fergie flashed the LA sign with her hands), all of it was SO Los Angeles, SO Showtime, and that’s not even mentioning that the Lakers actually played a game and won it, tacos included of course.

As for actual game analysis, I agree that Artest’s tenacity is a sight to see in person, and while Phil says he liked the team’s defensive effort, it also seemed like OKC was missing a lot of their early uncontested shots (lotsa 3-pointers), which put them in a hole. The defense did do a commendable job on Durant and Westbrook, leaving little option for the Thunder to initiate any offense. But the overall experience I got last night is what I love about the Lakers – a manifestatoin of supremacy in talent, ability, and legacy to the point where even when Jay-Z is shown on the jumbotron, it only draws about the 6th or 7th loudest ovation of the night, again in a blowout laugher.

Honestly, if that were the most aggravating part of Lakers broadcasting, I think we’d be doing pretty darned well. More concerning to me is that the TV broadcasts seem considerably more homerific than they used to be. Not saying that’s necessarily Paul and Stu’s fault, since they may very well be asked to do so. But it’s sort of annoying. (And yes, I know that even so they are still less homerific than many teams around the league.)

For those of you who don’t live in LA, youtube user CaCHooKaReborn posts good Laker hilites of every game. Last nights game was particularly good as Kobe had a bunch of good shots. He posts the first half, and the second half, and in my opinion is pretty thorough.

Also, to clarify on something I commented earlier, I hope at least some of you see what I meant when I said I hadn’t seen the Lakers win a game convincingly. Now that I’ve seen them win a few, (and man what gems the last two games), I wouldn’t panick even if they went on a 5 game losing streak.

Enjoy the youtube hilites! There is no player funner to watch right now.