October 7th, 2003: a red-letter date for Californians for one simple reason:
It was the date of the Lakers first preseason game. 
LA looked really, really impressive out there tonight. Payton and Malone are going to be HUGE additions to this Laker team. Payton in particular looked awesome out there tonight. Shaq had a huge 3rd quarter, scoring 14 points. LA's scrubs who are hoping to make the team looked good too, even against Golden State's starters for large parts of the game. Good balanced play by the Lakers on both ends of the floor had the Warriors down double-digits almost the whole game. The best thing about this game was the appearance of a fast break, which has been woefully absent for the last 4 or 5 years. That alone will make Laker basektball not only effective (as it has been) but exciting (as it has not been). Really I'm just salivating for the season to get underway. LA blew them out tonight without Kobe even playing, so I can't wait to see how dominant LA will be once #8 returns.
Final Score:
Lakers - 107
Warriors - 89
In other news, the Cubs lost in extra innings to the Florida fish, and there's a new governor, or something.
Comments (2)
dude for awhile i thought i was watching the lakers of the 80's. i agree they all look good.
even d-fish looks good. two players i was very impressed was Slava and GP. i hope they keep it up,b-coz i think they will be the x-factor. i think there still some adjustment PJ has to do having shaq and karl on the floor. defensively there still alot to be done. each player needs to adjust and learn eachothers style of defense, especially with GP playing the small guard. if i have to sum it up in one word in what i saw last nite is "ENERGY". that means their hungry and ready.
Posted by kino | October 8, 2003 9:26 AM
Posted on October 8, 2003 09:26
Man, can you imagine how uptempo and exciting this team is gonna be when Kobe returns? Kobe, GP and Malone out there running the break will be extremely exciting to watch this year!
Posted by Yams | October 8, 2003 11:16 AM
Posted on October 8, 2003 11:16