Tune in at 10:30 PM ET as the Mavericks take on the Lakers. Alastair Thorne will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
Hello everyone, welcome to tonight's match up between the Lakers and Mavs. I will be Liveblogging this game, and remember to send in your questions, comments and predictions at any time!!!!
From what I have read, Kobe is IN and Dirk is OUT tonight
This game should not be close, LA is just ridiculous. Miami fans already chanting BEAT LA
So it looks like the LA/DAL game will be pushed back as we wait for MIA/BOS to finish up
@Oscar Nanita It will either end really well or really badly, I dont see much middle ground, but they do have Nash to facilitate things a bit
I think Kobe will be more willing to take a lesser role, he is getting old and is apparently hell bent on getting another ring
@mayala Meh, does not usually work out that way
They wait for the 8:30 game to finish...ratings thing
Tip has been pushed back to 10:50
They will be as advertised
Teams line up for the tip
DAL wins the tip and here we go
DAL starts with a miss and Howard gets the board
Kobe feeds Howard who misses the open dunk as Nash cleans up the miss with a 3
Mayo responds for DAL with a 3 ball of his own
Howard throws in a one handed two step drop hook
LA leads 5-3 early in the game
Gasol gets blocked under the net and then misses a 3
Collison with a nice baseline move for the lay in
