Since it was a pretty uneventful day, I'm gonna rail on my team, the Lakers, for the duration of this entry. Since December 4th, when the Lakers destroyed the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, threatening to make a mockery out of the competitiveness of the NBA this year by being clearly a head and shoulders above anyone else, the Lakers have spiralled downwards and are now in a complete slump. Since that Dallas game here is what happened to them in chronological order:
-They gave up a 21 point lead at home to the Utah Jazz, but still managed to win by 2 points.
-They stayed pretty even with the Knicks (arguably the league's worst team) at home when the Knicks were missing their only decent player (Allan Houston) and ended up winning by 8.
-They lost at home to Dallas by 17 points after not losing a game to the Mavericks in LA in exactly 13 years, and after not losing a game at home since February.
-They lost the next night in Portland to the Trail Blazers, who have only won one other game since December 7th till now (the other win they had was over Phoenix, who has the worst record in the entire Western Conference).
-They lost all of a 19 point lead against the Denver Nuggets at home before winning on a last second shot by Kobe Bryant to win by 2 points.
-They lost Karl Malone for a period of somewhere between a week and 2 months to a sprained knee ligament in the first 7 minutes against the Phoenix Suns.
-They blew all but 3 points of an 18 point lead at home against the aforementioned Phoenix Suns (once again, with the worst record in the Western Conference), before winning in the last minute by 6.
-They lost tonight to the Golden State Warriors 107-98 in San Francisco after trailing by as many as 21 points.
Oh yeah, in that time the Spurs and Queens have amassed as many wins as the Lakers and LA no longer has sole possession of the best record in the league.
I would have also pointed out the good things that have happened in the last 3 weeks, but unfortunately there weren't any. LA needs to get back on track and quick. They have completely squandered their strong start and are now looking lazy and bored. Not exactly two characteristics of a championship team (if that's what they supposedly are going to be this year). What a disappointing month for us Laker fans 