so i am in italy
and i get up in the middle of the night to check the score
and i get back in bed with a beautiful feeling

well i didn't get the blog in time
but certainly it can be confirmed by my nba cohorts
that i sent in a blog hours before the lakers -suns game 2
guaranteeing a laker victory and saying that if they lost i would
never write a nba blog again
well, here i am writing another blog

the lakers lead the series 2 to 1

kobe bryant is now escalating to one of the greatest players to ever
play the game
we all know he is the best one on one player in the nba
but he is now demonstrating that like the greatest basketball player
to ever step on the hardwood, magic johnson
he clearly knows hows to help and inspire his teamates to a higher level
and can do it at the very highest level when it counts
i am so proud of him
he is the greatest

and phil jackson is the second greatest basketball coach of all time
just under the great john wooden
his game plan that the players believe in is confusing and stymying
the suns
his flexibility and adaptability of basketball plan
is ready for the suns when it matters most
the triangle offense has taken all season for the lakers as a team to
truly feel comfortable in
but they are really getting there
and it is only gonna get better

after some rough times the lakers are growing into a real team
i am so proud of them

lamar has been playing at the highest level for more than a month now
consistently stellar every night
kwame is becoming what i knew he could be
smush is feeling it
luke walton emerged from a long season of fractured confidence to
find himself
sometimes ya gotta go through the bad times
because as george clinton has said "if there weren't any humps
there wouldn't be any getting over"

i know the series is not over yet
but the lakers have found themselves
and i am overjoyed