Kobe Bryant Less Lakers Won Over Trail Blazers

The Lakers (39-13) visited Trail Blazers in their home court Saturday night (02/07/2010) without Kobe Bryant in their starting 5. It has been a difficult game for Mr. Bryant dealing with injuries and such so he had to sit down and witness the bench players takeover the game. I thought Lamar Odom did a heck of a job with 20 plus rebounds to pull the Lakers and win the game. As the clock winding down Ron Artest hit a long range 3 point shot in the 1st half.



Many are questioning the ability of Lakers as they lost to the Denver Nuggets a couple of days earlier without Carmelo Anthony in the roster. This time Brandon Roy and Kobe Bryant were out of the game and the two teams fought to their best ability and talent but in the end the Lakers took advantage as they were hitting shots and guard on the defensive end. Although Lakers are still the number 1 team in the West but they fall 2 games behind the leading team Cleveland Cavaliers from the East were a day ago Lebron James having a frenzy time with the visiting NY Knicks with 47 points.

If Lamar Odom's game is consistent like this they might have another chance to be in the Finals but as of now it's just a speculation. They might have a hard time getting past the Nuggets with their current performance right now even with Kobe on their team.