Gametime approaching here in Hollywood. Lots going on back home -- Mets and Santana, Super Bowl media day, J-Lo at North Shore Hospital! -- so there's not much room for Knicks-Lakers. But we're here . . .
I'll spare you the star-gazing that I did last year. That blog took a beating. Spike Lee is here courtside and wearing a Michael Strahan jersey and decked out in Giants garb.
Quick hits:
@Across the Hudson: Most players are surprisingly open to talking about the game, their game, etc. It's not like I sit there and spew sage advice. It's funny you post that because during the pregame warmup I was staring off into space and Jamal Crawford comes over and says, "What's going on in that mind of yours? You're always thinking of something."
If you've never seen a game here at Staples, gotta tell you, their pregame is by far the best in the NBA. A huge curtain drops from the scoreboard and while they play the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" they show huge highlights on the curtain. Just awesome.
STARTING LINEUPS
LAKERS
Walton
Odom
Brown
Bryant
Fisher
KNICKS
Richardson
Randolph
Curry
Crawford
Collins
Enjoy the game. Look here later for the postgame story with quotes.
Comments (4)
nate robinson showing his true point guard skills with 7 assists and only 1 turnover
" Posted by Alan | January 29, 2008 11:06
@Jesse: There's got to be better things to do in South Africa than play with the ESPN Trade Machine. Please tell me there are better things to do, man!
@BAZ: I like that...Kidd would be a good move there. Nets need bigs.
I'll check in before the game."
And when it comes to playing with Internet websites in South African cafes or West Coast hotel rooms, there's no better expert on the subject than Al Hahn.
Probably a hockey thing.
hey alan I went to the game tonight. A recent transplant from NY to California I got tickets last second off of craigs list, what a nice arena the lakers have. And did you see the guy in the pink jacket dancing all crazy like? d.halprin@yahoo.com
As for the game, way too many open shots, and when I say open I mean WIDE open. The knicks played good but cant defend the 3.
Its sad that ZBO cant dunk
That was a cool pregame intro. I wonder if Phil Jackson had any input into that since he's a music fan. I've heard he's into the Grateful Dead and Pearl Jam.
As for the game, you had the feeling that once they couldn't add to the 100-91 lead, it was going to collapse.
It also looked like the press tables are kind of far from the court and it seemed odd that Jack Nicholson was in the same row of seats as the Knick bench.