The Lakers are H-O-T
The Los Angeles Lakers are looking like the best team in the entire NBA since their blockbuster trade for Pau Gasol. Tonight's victory against the Seattle SuperSonics made it eight in a row, and many of these wins have been blow outs. 117-92 against Minnesota. 122-93 against the Hawks. 113-95 against the Clippers. And 111-91 against the Sonics, tonight. Granted, these aren't elite teams, but during this stretch they have bested the Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic.
Lamar Odom has been lights out, netting double-double after double-double. Tonight he notched up another one, ripping down 11 boards along with his 19 points. Gasol has been efficient and a top scorer. Tonight he led all scorers with 22. Sasha Vujacic is shooting 43.4% behind the arc, and is clearly not afraid to hoist up the long distance bomb when he's open; he's averaged near 14 points in the last five games. What's really impressive is that there are so many threats on this team. Tonight 7 players had 10 or more points. In their wins against the Clippers and Hawks, six players scored in double digits.
It's so much fun to watch this team play. Even when they are blowing out a team by 20 with minutes to go, I keep the game on, just to watch the second unit perform. And all of this is happening with Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza sidelined with injuries. Amazing.