Lakers School the Nets: 93-99

Remember the good old days back in grade school when playing basketball was fun? Remember squirming in your seat just itching to play, waiting for the bell to ring, just so you could go out and play some basketball, and have some fun? Well, that's what it looked like to me out there tonight... the Lakers were just a bunch of kids out on the playground, and finally having some fun.

Jordan Farmar came and played hard with his first game back after two games in the "nurses office" with a sprained ankle, which didn't look like it was bothering him that much, especially in the 4rd quarter where he scored 8 of his 11 points. He had 11 points in 16 minutes and (3 for 5 from downtown). Jordan was just playing like any other kid out there on the blacktop.

Kwame Brown must have had his Wheaties this morning, because he decided to come off the bench and play recess with some energy, scoring 13 points, 9 rebounds, and a pocketful of 'hall passes' in 25 minutes tonight against the Nets. Kwame gave the Lakers that lift in the third quarter. Good job Kwame, you get a gold star for your effort.

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE! is what the 6th grade girls would be cheering as Luke Walton was 1 of 6 Lakers in double digits with 10 points, and 2 for 2 from beyond the golden arch making him the most accurate 3 pointer in the whole school? (ahem, I mean, league). When asked whether or not that that was a distinction he would ever own in this league, he replied,"No, you know, that's the thing I've been working on most since I got here is my {3 point} shot, so it definitely feels good, to see it paying off now." Speaking of 'old school', Walton's roommate and good friend at University of Arizona, Richard Jefferson, battled against each other under the basket tonight, in addition, one of Walton's private shooting coach from U of A is on the coaching staff of the Nets.

Wow, some of you reading this are wondering when I was going to get to Kobe. Well, as Kobe played well, (19 points, 10 assists (season high) and 6 rebounds), it was the bench that came out to play tonight.

You know, it was supposed to rain in L.A. tonight, but it rained 3 pointers instead. Lakers get an A+ for a job well done tonight and just like those kid's out on the playground, they came to have fun.

Lakers are 8 and 1 at the Staples Center as they get ready to play the Bucks on Tuesday.