That said, any win is a W. Sloppy finishing, though – not so good.

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/03/16/lakerswarriors-what-i-saw-from-the-stands/

It seemed like the Lakers played the Warriors style – very dangerous for L.A. , but fun to watch.

Felt like a playoff game, the crowd was roaring -LOUDLY – for the Lakers and Warriors in turn.

The excitement of the crowd made me not care about the near choke job. I wasn’t getting in peoples’ faces, so got along with the people around me and was happy we got a good game out of it. The excitement on the last 2 shots was huge and I was laughing even as the ball was threatening to go in. Just a great atmosphere. Warriors fans really do deserve better.

Otherwise, Kobe looked hurt to me, but in a general way. In the second quarter in particular I thought he looked stiff and he’d walk to the other side of the court when he could. Made me wonder about his back. In the second half that wasn’t as noticeable, but the turnovers were. I didn’t think he was forcing a lot. Maybe on a few possessions, but he seemed willing to pass the ball- again I wasn’t sure if he felt 100% but don’t know which injury might account for it.

Bynum was awful early. During shootaround he just ate oranges and didn’t do much to warm up. Once the game started he looked like he knew he’d get the ball forced to him and turned the ball over often and poorly. And he wasn’t really making his shots. Second half he was much better.

Pau had a better first half but for the TOs, but his most important stretch was the third quarter. When he scored on a couple possessions straight the Lakers fans suddenly came out and the momentum carried the team for the quarter I thought.

Odom was aggressive and made fewer mistakes than Pau or Bynum. From my seat I couldn’t see which of those 2 was letting Hunter get wide open dunks, but that happened repeatedly.

Derek Fisher’s defense is truly otherwordly awful. Curry didn’t exploit him too bad in the first half before getting his 3rd foul, but CJ Watson torched him and the rest of the defense, leading the second half Warriors charge.
In the second half Curry took his lead. If he didn’t get past fisher, another Laker would help on the perimeter leading to a wide open shot for someone else. It was awful. The Lakers were lucky more of those shots didn’t go down. Farmar didn’t do better. And Sasha? Hahaha. Shannon laps them all by being merely sub-par.

However, Fisher did score above his average and made some big plays when it mattered in ways he COULD. That may be the key difference between him and Farmar- when Farmar struggles it gets in his head and he makes things worse.

The warriors weren’t even trying to offensively rebound at times, choosing to get back and go for the steal instead. Tolliver played Center for some stretches.

Devean George may have had the best game of his career.

Anyways, that’s my take. Hope it doesn’t vary wildly from what Darius saw (he was on the other end of the court though)

Excellent 2nd half by Pau (missed too many free throws in the1st half). Scoring on an assortment of post moves. Solid game from Big Drew, even though @ some points he was forcing the issue. L.O. was flawless. As a matter of fact, our top 6 players all shot over 50%. Only real issues were the to’s by Kobe and Drew & Shannon’s defense (always goes under the screens, which allows wide open jumpers for the opposing teams guards).

All n all, good night for us. Considering the fact that we gained a game on Denver. Solid victory against a bad team. On to the next 1 (another bad team: Sac Kings). No let up & no excuses about it being a back 2 back game. It’s not like we have to travel to another state. Same section of Cali (Northern).

Go Hard Or Go Home. Laker 4 Life.