14 Feet and falling...it's a sad sad day for me!

Tragedy has struck my psyche 14 feet high today as I witnessed my Lakers getting crushed by the "where the hell did they come from" Rockets. Before I get started, anyone out there as surprised as I am that the Rockets, yes those overly hyped Rockets of the past few years, have somehow found the fountain of confidence, to which it has supplied them with the most lucky and staggering winning streak this side of Will Smith's never ending "I only make blockbuster movies that have happy endings with the most boring and predictable plots because my best friend is Tom Cruise the nut who's own career is best defined by being a big star that no one likes". So you see this Rockets thing is great and fun to watch, but surely they can't compete in the playoffs, when the games slow down and the need for a quality big man becomes more and more needed. Which alas has brought me to the premise of my title, the tragic downfall of my Lakers and their big men Pau and Andrew. How unlucky, oh how unlucky!


The game today was purely disgusting, the Rockets deserve all the credit, they played great and deserved to win. What troubles me is how shitty a turn of luck LA has had the past couple years. Pau's recent ankle injury (however long or short lived it may be) made me feel that LA's recent rise was too good to be true. I may be overreacting to this but come on, the thought of an LA revival has a nice ring to it. The city of angels banding together to support the best player in the world and his mates while they truck through the playoffs towards banner number 15. I want to see Kobe play LeBron in the finals or the Lakers versus Boston in an epic 21st century battle against two old rivals. However, with Pau out now, for who knows how long, supposedly only 3 games but could be way more to Bynum possibly not returning at all, LA's fortunes rest even more now on Kobe's shoulders and his ability to rally his boys to staying afloat in the loaded west. Am I scared? Fuck yeah, today LA went from first to second, to maybe next week 5th to who knows. Let's just say I'm praying for my combined 14 footers to return soon and healthy, because if they don't their may not be a season left saving.

I'm predicting that Kobe goes for 50 at least once in the next few games.

later