wildyams

I've been neglecting the Lakers a bit lately, so I thought I should make a mention of their win tonight over the cross-town rival Clippers. Actually, before I do that, I've got a somewhat interesting Clipper story. About a week ago I got in the elevator to ride up to my apartment and a guy and a girl got in with me, and the girl was talking about how her friend was at a Clipper party, and she asked the guy what he thought that meant. The guy said "You know, the Clippers." She said she wasn't even aware that LA had another basketball team other than the Lakers, then she asked me if I'd ever heard of the Clippers :lol

Anyway, LA beat the Clips tonight in their first head to head matchup of the year, and it should probably be a little bit of a wakeup call to all those Clipper fans out there (or should I say "to the few Clipper fans out there") who were thinking they were going to win it all because they were 5-3 heading into tonight. Now both LA teams are 5-4, and as a Laker fan watching this young team I have to say what Clipper fans should keep in mind: it's WAY early in the year. Don't read too much into what happens in November in the NBA. Having said that, here's a couple highlights from the game tonight, showing that even though it's November, there's still some exciting ball being played:

Kobe gets an alley-oop dunk on the break

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Kobe gets a breakaway dunk

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