Thur. 4/01 vs. Rockets - Results Inside - Postgame comments

Lakers vs. Houston
Thursday, Apr. 1
7:30 pm
TV: TNT, TSN
Radio: KLAC-AM 570/KWKW-AM 1330
Recap | Box Score | Photos

Rockets - 85
Lakers - 93

Lakers Move Into Tie for First
Kobe Bryant fired in 26 points and the Lakers got to the foul line 42 times (making 30) on the way to a 93-85 home win over the Rockets on Thursday. Karl Malone also had a strong performance, finishing with 20 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and Shaquille O'Neal scored 18 for Los Angeles, which moved into a tie with the Kings for the top spot in the West.



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I will be going to this game. It's on national T.V. and I will be facing the camera the entire night, in the 5th row.

I'm sitting in Section 101, Row 5, Seat 3 & 4 (With my dad).

I can't wait!!!!

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:I will be going to this game. It's on national T.V. and I will be facing the camera the entire night, in the 5th row.

I'm sitting in Section 101, Row 5, Seat 3 & 4 (With my dad).

I can't wait!!!!

haha..nice someone wanna record LD2K?

hahaha

anyways..this is the battle of old shaq vs yao

Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

change your life?wedding?haha,play joke

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

You really gonna leave us hanging like that? come on, spill it!

and have fun at the game!

missmyzte wrote:

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

You really gonna leave us hanging like that? come on, spill it!

and have fun at the game!

Let's just put it this way... I'm not going to STAPLES Center... entirely... for the game.

missmyzte wrote:

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

You really gonna leave us hanging like that? come on, spill it!

and have fun at the game!

yea i knwo your like realm now..hahaha..leave us hanging.

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:

missmyzte wrote:

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

You really gonna leave us hanging like that? come on, spill it!

and have fun at the game!

Let's just put it this way... I'm not going to STAPLES Center... entirely... for the game.

how are you going to sit in section 101 if you're not at the Staples Center? awesome seats, by the way, how did you score those?

No I'm seeing the game, but there's just more to the story, I'll PM you it right now.

Anyways, back to the topic.

This is going to be a good game, the first game I've been to this season, go Lakers!

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:No I'm seeing the game, but there's just more to the story, I'll PM you it right now.

Anyways, back to the topic.

This is going to be a good game, the first game I've been to this season, go Lakers!

hahaha..wanna pm me too?

SMUnderground wrote:

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:I will be going to this game. It's on national T.V. and I will be facing the camera the entire night, in the 5th row.

I'm sitting in Section 101, Row 5, Seat 3 & 4 (With my dad).

I can't wait!!!!

haha..nice someone wanna record LD2K?

hahaha

anyways..this is the battle of old shaq vs yao

oh,I can watch this game on TV,televised in Taiwan!!

I will find you,LD2K!!

and....yeah,Shaq vs Yao, this is the first time we play agaist Rockets with Shaq,Milman,GP and Kobe,right?hum,let them get a BIG lose!!GO LAKERS!!

I think this will be a big win, Shaq and the rest of the team is playing great and #34 will dominate Yao, and our defense is much better now. I just hope the team doesn't come out flat like they did against New Orleans! :man7: But if they are motivated and kill the Rockets like they did the Hornets, maybe I won't mind. I'm joking. Go Lakers! Beat those pesky Texans.

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

LOL, I know why. Good luck LD2K. Vidmaster.

There's no doubt this will be a close game, unless Shaq finally shows Yao who's the most dominate center in the NBA. With how the Lakers have been playing, this will be win #10 with more to come!

Glad to hear you're going to the game LD2K, wonder what you mean by you're not gonna be at STAPLES the whole time... Enjoy it, I went to the Orlando game with my girlfriend, and damn, was that an incredible thriller !

Go Lakers! Push for the #1 seed!

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:Yeah... and a night that could change my life... (I'll explain later).

It must be something big! Good luck, dude.

How many playoff teams in a row will the Lakers play?

Milwaukee
Sacremento
Minnesota
Utah
New Orleans
Houston
Seattle
San Antonio
Portland
Memphis
Sacremento
Golden State
Portland

All the bolded teams are in the playoffs, or very close to it...

Yao won't know what's going on. Malone will make the game a lot easier for Shaq. Yao won't be able to do as much with the two of them in the paint.

Shaq will outplay Yao. Kobe will have a big game.

Rockets Injury Update

Kelvin Cato- Injury Status: Shoulder; I-L

Adrian Griffin - Injury Status: Knee; I-L

Looks like Sacramento lost tonight against the Spurs... which means we're only 1 game behind the Kings, instead of being 1.5.

Makes it all the more important to keep our winning streak rolling.

for us to win Shaq has to come out and have a big game. We need at least 25+ points and 15+ rebounds from Shaq...4+ blocks would be nice too.

We play Friday too, so we need to blow the Rockets out early and get some rest.

We need to play some of that defense we played against the T-Wolves and Queens. Getting in the passing lanes, getting easy steals, shutting guys down, playing great team ball...we need all that.

I can't wait to see Malone on Yao, Malone will embarrass him. Whenever Yao tries to back Malone down, Malone will reach for the ball and knock it away every time...this will frustrate Yao a lot.

Shaq should be able to get Yao and Taylor into early foul trouble, if he can stay out of it himself.

I think Van Gundy will play Oakley a lot in this game. He will play him against Malone, trying to match his toughness and physical play. I would expect an extremely physical matchup between these two. I would even expect each to pick up a T while guarding each other.

Prediction: good game, closer than I would like, but we come out with a win.

We win, tie for first, Cinderella all over again...


~Out, Prime

a big game
we must win

go lakers !

jsm0331 wrote:I can't wait to see Malone on Yao, Malone will embarrass him. Whenever Yao tries to back Malone down, Malone will reach for the ball and knock it away every time...this will frustrate Yao a lot.

That should be entertaining.

we'll definitely beat this team! the queens will lose tomorrow at dallas.... and we're tied at #1! then queens wil lose again at houston...... solo lead?!