What else is new

The Lakers lost to the Spurs in a painful way. What else is new? At least it wasn't a 40 point blowout loss again. What I want to know is why did Kobe pass to Ariza? There's a point where you have to be selfish and take the last shot yourself. Kobe Bryant is the most clutch player in the NBA, I want him taking the last shot, not passing it up. Also, Phil Jackson is a moron. Why is Sun Yue playing against the Spurs? Why is Gasol coming in for a red-hot Josh Powell with 3 minutes left? Take out Ariza or somebody and put in Gasol, but leave Powell out there. Also, why did Kobe not come into the game in the 4th quarter until there was about 7:45 left in the game? I don't know but it might have been helpful had he played a little bit more in the most important moments of the game.

Along with the poor lineups and decision making, the defense was not good. Yes the Spurs were playing really well, but Ariza had so many stupid plays it's unbelievable. He gave the Spurs 5-6 points due to stupid fouls on 3 point shots. Also, STAY IN FRONT OF TONY PARKER! When they did that, they stopped the Spurs. Roger Mason is good, but he shouldn't be nailing shots on the Lakers at the end of games. The Lakers aren't the Suns, or at least I hope they aren't.

Anyways, I'll be doing analysis later, but my predictions right now are the Ravens beat the Steelers and the Eagles beat the Cardinals. Stay tuned for the analysis in a little bit.