Game Thread - Lakers at Rockets, plus a Pau Gasol update!
November 4, 2009 | 5:25
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But first, some good news. It's being reported by The Times' Mike Bresnahan that Pau Gasol's hamstring has been declared "tear-free" after more test results finally arrived. He's ready to resume basketball activity and has an outside shot at playing this Friday against Memphis and his brother, Marc. 710 ESPN/KCAL's John Ireland said during 710's pregame show that Pau was going to participate in various roundball action before tip off, just to see how he feels tomorrow.
My guess: He won't play until Sunday, because there's conditioning considerations at hand And as play-by-play announcer Spiro Dedes smartly noted during the pregame show, it's asking a lot of Pau to deal both with a long lay off AND the emotions of balling against a sib. Either way, it sounds like El Spaniard will be back ASAP, which couldn't come sooner.The jabberbox will appear after the jump. Good to see y'all.
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LakerTom- Luke got seven personals? How can you say he’s not talented?
Memphis? AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!
Puddle- very good.
Eagleboy- I understand your confusion, but when I called Luke great, I was talking about his acting. Man is brilliant. Pathos, I laughed, I cried…ok, now I’m talking about his game. (Cheap shots really are easy sometimes. Poor Luke)
Floyd- I thought he was using a spanner.
Re flu shots- if you are hesitating, look up ‘herd immunity.’ If you won’t do it for yourselves, consider that you might transmit it to someone who is more vulnerable. There, I did my good deed for the season. Back to eviscerating haters and trolls.
It’s weird. The better Bynum does, the nicer LakerTom is about Pau. It’s some kind of analytical jui jitsu.
Posted by: phred | November 04, 2009 at 05:35 PM
Re the poll- of course I pick none of the above, cause I’m just an iconoclast like that. (Actually I voted for Trev-ooooo, cause it was funny. ) I say cheer and yell and clap when he’s introduced. Boo him every time he touches the ball after that. Personally, I think if I was an athlete, I would consider boos on the road the ultimate compliment, so I think both are pretty fair by trevor in my book.
Posted by: phred | November 04, 2009 at 05:35 PM
What a game. This is going to be an instant classic.
Posted by: dice8up | November 04, 2009 at 08:45 PM