Christmas Sprit Continued Past the Holiday for the Lakers

After triumphing over the Boston Celtics in an exciting game Christmas day, the Lakers kept the Christmas spirit alive by beating the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. After Thursday’s big-time win over the NBA champion Celtics, the Lakers built on their momentum and beat the Warriors 130-113 at Staples Center last night. The Lakers obviously took notice when Golden State upset Boston Friday night in Oakland and vowed not to let the same thing happen to them. Sunday night’s game was season-high in points for the Lakers, with Kobe Bryant scoring 31 points on nine-for-15 shooting in only 31 minutes and six players scoring in the double digits.

Derek Fisher (19 points, 9-for-12 shooting) told the L.A. Times, “This was an important game for us to really continue to show some presence and dominance on our home court. We play this team again in 10 days or so [in Oakland], so I wanted to try and set the tone on how we played tonight.” Golden State entered the game second in the NBA in scoring, averaging 104.6 points per game. The Lakers don’t play again until Friday, when they host the Utah Jazz. What will Kobe Bryant be doing with his time off? The reigning MVP joked, “I’m going skiing. What are they going to do, fire me? I’m going to get my Vladimir Radmanovic on. (Referring to when Radmanovic sat out 24 games after separating his right shoulder while snowboarding.) I’m joking. I’m going to enjoy the next couple of days, though, just kick back.”

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Posted in General on December 29, 2008

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