I realize I am bit late on everything but we have four days until the NBA Finals begin so I feel we can cover a bunch of the basketball stuff that happened this weekend. So we will start in the Western Conference and the Los Angeles Lakers.
After the game 5 victory, everyone felt like the Lakers could be on their way to a Finals run after looking very tough in the fourth quarter and almost looking unbeatable. The Lakers rolled against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, 119-92 showing their strength and possibly ready to get their coach Phil Jackson his record 10th NBA Title.
Kobe Bryant proved to a lot of people on Saturday that he could do it all. He scored thirty-five points and ten assists to propel his team to victory. The other big thing is that Kobe only shot the ball twenty times. It will be critical for the Lakers that Bryant doesnt try to take control of a game by shooting the ball over thirty times a game.
Saturday night also featured a great game from Lamar Odom who had twenty points and eight rebounds. Like I said, after game five when Los Angeles has LO going, they are the best team in the NBA. If Odom's production continues the Lakers may not lose a game for the rest of the season.
Another guy whose name is worth noting is Trevor Ariza. He had seventeen points and he also held Carmelo Anthony to 6-17 shooting making Anthony earn everything at the line. Ariza has been another guy for the Lakers that is a complete unsung hero for them all playoffs.
As for the Nuggets, dont be surprised if this team is back in the Western Conference Finals by having Chauncey Billups for the whole season and it sounds like all of their free agents want to come back to Denver.
-Charlie.
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