Lakers up 20 at the half. Lakers'll have a 4-0 road trip if they can finish off the Mavs. The Lakers are the champs, and we played a HELL of game last night. The Lakers were shooting over 60% for most of the first half. Kobe was unconscious We battled back to take the lead. We were tied w/ 3:00 left. We had a 3 for the tie w/ 0:15 left. We played a great, great game against the champs. We've got no business playing the Lakers that close. We should have expected to lose that game. (I think Vegas had us +7) I am ecstatic that I got see the Rockets play a tremendous game against the champs. How can anyone say anything negative about last night's game? We played the world champs. Kobe was 20-26 and made his first 10 shots. Our two best guards were questionable coming off injuries. We had no business even competing in that game last night, yet we ended up with a chance to win. One of the closest, most exciting home games this year. We got to see a Jordanesque performace out of Kobe. The close finish broke my heart, and my throat is completely raw today, but I thought we played a tremendous game. Mo had a breakout game to boot. ----- damn those Mavs. Just went on 14-2 run. I hope the Mavs beat the f-ing Lakers after we lost that heartbreaker last night. [This message has been edited by jamcracker (edited December 22, 2000).]
Phil Jackson's timeout always seem to work wonders. He just called one after the 14-2 Mavs run, then the Lakers ran off 4 buckets in a row. He did the same thing last night, called a time out right after Rudy had called one lateish in the 4th, and the Lakers dominated the rest of the way.
