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Should be a good one.
A rare Lakers sight: Everyone's healthy
All 15 team members take part in practice for the first time in a long time. 'It was cool, a good little run out there today,' Kwame Brown says.
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
5:40 PM PST, November 11, 2007
An unusual scene, to be sure.
All 15 Lakers were on the practice court, healthy, Sunday at the team training facility.
Kwame Brown didn't sit out because of his heel, Maurice Evans wasn't bothered by his back, and Lamar Odom felt no ill effects in his shoulder, just in case his 18-point, 10-rebound effort Friday against Minnesota didn't already prove the point.
Fifteen players, none of them watching from the sidelines while bouncing a ball absent-mindedly between their legs. For once, it was a quiet practice for trainer Gary Vitti.
"It's the first time in a long time," Brown said. "It feels good to have everybody out there -- you've got three teams of five. It was cool, a good little run out there today."
Brown came off the court briefly after the bursitis in his right heel flared up, but he returned within a few minutes. Jumping still remains a bit of a problem for him, but he is able to run relatively well, which brings up a good point -- who starts at center the next couple of games for the Lakers?
San Antonio will obviously have Tim Duncan in the post Tuesday, and Houston a day later means more Yao Ming, who had 25 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots in the Rockets' 95-93 victory over the Lakers in the season opener.
In a break from past tendencies, Coach Phil Jackson might choose his starting center on a game-by-game basis, be it Brown, Chris Mihm or, less likely, Andrew Bynum.
"I've never really gotten into that, matching up by games," he said. "It may [happen]. Maybe we'll see how we play. If we play better with certain match-ups, we'll go that way."
Mihm averaged nine points, eight rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots while starting in place of Brown.
Jackson seems to be more comfortable with Bynum on the second unit. Bynum is averaging 10.2 points and 9.8 rebounds but has been criticized by Jackson for defensive lapses.
Jackson's comments Sunday suggested Brown would start against San Antonio.
"He changes up our practice a lot," he said. "It becomes a lot more physical. He's just a guy that is rock solid in there, so it helps us defensively. It gives us a presence in there."
Brown, averaging 5.7 points and seven rebounds a game, was just satisfied to be back after missing two games.
"I've just got to monitor how much I practice, but at the same time, I've got to be mindful that I had four or five days of doing nothing," he said. "I've got to kind of push myself and still deal with the pain and try to play. Otherwise, I'll be so out of shape that Yao will just run over me."
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Should be a good one.
are you watching the game? or just the boxscore?
my money is on the boxscore, 'cause if you were watching this game, you'd be pissing your pants right now
Spurs over Fakeshow by 15+
It's trolltime!
Naw, I'm not watching, but you're playing the bucks!are you watching the game? or just the boxscore?
my money is on the boxscore, 'cause if you were watching this game, you'd be pissing your pants right now
Agreed! I finally get to see this team at full strength against the best. Looking forward to it.
It is always a fun one to watch Bruce vs Kobe.
I hope they stomp the out of Phil Jackson.
See, this is how I knew you weren't watching. Trust me, if on Tuesday the Spurs are shooting the way they're shooting tonight, the Lakers are in for an unpleasent surprise. We have the scrubs playing right now, but our main guys were shooting nearly %70!Naw, I'm not watching, but you're playing the bucks!
Who are very similar to the LakersNaw, I'm not watching, but you're playing the bucks!
That's good, I'm pretty sure they wont shoot that well on tuesday.
why? because of the Laker's infamous D?That's good, I'm pretty sure they wont shoot that well on tuesday.
Still, should be fun to watch
Look at all of our celebrities!!!
spurs to win 20+
and look for kobe to statpad
he either has a scoring night with high rebs and assist, then his next game he have high points and low rebs and assists, this is the n trend i see with him
Used to be, playing the Lakers meant something.
Eva Longoria + James Leija > Jack Nicholson + Adam Sandler
Who the is James Leija?
EDIT: oh well, nothing a little googling couldn't fix
He's Baaaaaaack!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RodiAAns6Jk
That was back when there was a single team would could annually contest the Spurs for the le.
We haven't had a real rivalry in a while. I guess maybe Phoenix would be the closest thing, except a rival needs to... outplay you at some point to make it a real rivalry.
Mavs? Even though they collapsed against GW last year, I still believe they are the single biggest threat to the Spurs repeating.
Remind us all again how that ultimately turned out for the Lamers in the Finals?
They totally are, but it's hardly a rivalry. I don't have anything close to the pit-of-the-stomach feeling I got when we used to play the Lakers, where I absolutely hated the other team and it's fans (from a compe ive standpoint).
Dallas definitely has the ability to beat us, but we haven't been butting heads for a long enough time for it to be a tried-and-true grudge match. Yet.
That's why I'd still say Phoenix first. There is a lot of animosity between the teams, despite the fact that they are never going to beat a (healthy) Spurs team unless they somehow discover the concept of defense.
And then in his face.
The Lakers are still in the NBA?
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