wildyams

Man, feeling terrible never felt so good. I feel like absolute crap right now, just as I have all day, but it's amazing what a Laker win will do for me I guess. As I was trying to get to sleep last night I noticed what felt like as a scratchiness in my throat, so I took some NyQuil before going to sleep, but man it didn't do any good. I woke up feeling absolutely awful this morning, and my throat has been sore all day. I took some more NyQuil, called in sick to work and went back to sleep. I didn't get out of bed until 7:30 pm tonight (although I was in and out of sleep all day), and since I went to bed at about 11 pm last night, that made for almost 24 hours in bed. I am sure it helped, but I still feel crappy. I took some more NyQuil a while ago and after I finish writing this I'm going back to bed so that I can hopefully go in to work tomorrow. Now, on to the game:

LA came out looking lackadasical again, and let the Spurs get a pretty decent lead which they held for the whole first half. San Antonio took a 10 point lead into halftime with LA looking really out of sorts and with the Spurs shooters hitting all kinds of stuff from long range. Well, I don't know what happened at halftime, but the Lakers just jumped all over the Spurs in the second half. LA outscored the Spurs 31-16 in the 3rd quarter, and ended up outscoring the Spurs by 18 in the second half, on their way to a 98-90 victory to tie the series at two games apiece. The Lakers need to keep something in mind though: last year they were down 0-2 against San Antonio and came back to tie it just like they have this year. In Game 5 LA went down huge (by 25, I think) before coming all the way back and almost winning it, but coming up a Robert Horry 3-pointer short. Instead LA went down 2-3 and then lost big in Game 6, and that was it for the Lakers last year. The Lakers absolutely can not be satisfied with making this thing a series again, and they must treat every game like it is a must win game. It is now a best of 3 series, with 2 games in the SBC Center in San Antonio, where LA has never won a playoff game. I will say that I'm feeling a little better about this series though, since I think that if the Lakers can get into a Game 7, they'll win, simply because none of the Spurs guys have ever been in a Game 7, while all the Laker guys have been. Game 5 is on Thursday, and that game is essential. Go Lakers :grin