We're Baaaaaaaaaaack!!!!! Lakers take a 2-1 Series lead

Well it looks like the Lakers woke up and remembered they were playing the New Orleans Hornets. They were focused from jump street. The Hornets did however take a 6-4 lead but that is as far as they went. The Lakers looked like a totally different team than the one who played two forgettable games in LA, one of them leading to a loss. Maybe what they needed was a change in scenery, a business trip so to speak.  Ron Artest tweeted before the game that it was time to get loco....and loco they got.
Loco is Kobe Bryant running through the lane with a vintage slam while leaving CP3 standing alone. I actually thought I saw the afro! Kobe opted to be a defender the last game having only 11 shots, but as he said in the post game interview: "People must've forgotten I'm a scorer first. I wanted to remind them tonite." Remind us he did. Kobe had 30 points, 4 three pointers, and 1 block. Need I remind you Kobe is 6-1 going into a Game 3 when the series is tied. He averages 29PPG. He came out firing as well having 14 points in the first half.
Loco is Andrew Bynum giving us another knee scare. He stepped on Landrys foot and went to  the floor holding his right knee grimacing in pain as he had done many times before. Gary Viti did the normal routine of running to Bynum to find out the severity of the injury. Bynum got up after a minute..walked around, and continued to play. LOCO!!! He was one rebound away from a triple double at halftime. He was a dominating force in the paint looming over Okafur like a palm tree. By halftime the Lakers owned the boards 24-14 and were up by 9. Defensive was good as well. CP did have 18 points but he only had 3 assists. We can live with that. CP and Trevor Ariza were the only ones that could get any kind of rhythm going in the 1st two quarters. Pau Gasol still looked a little slow but we learned from John Ireland at the start of the game that he was suffering from an upper respiratory infection. I knew it was something, Pau just didn't look  like himself. The Lakers ended the half with all the momentum on their side, but would it last??? Word on the street is Ron Artest went to Pau in the locker room and said " Are you ready to get Loco?"
The 3rd quarter starts and the Lakers look even sharper! LOCO!!!! But, Okafur and Landry seemed to have some water splashed on them because they were awake as well. The lead was down to 7. Then, Joey ( Its no secret that I hate the Lakers) Crawford gave Fish a tech on a clear out from CP3. This actually got Phil Jackson out of his chair and in front of the scores table! LOCOO!!! Haven't seen Phil come out that far in years!. Fish and Phil tried to argue the call as CP3 converted the free throw. Lakers get the ball back and hits a 3! BOOYAH!!! Lead is up to 10. Landry continued his tenacious play and went for a monster dunk that ignited the crowd and cut the lead to 6 to end the 3rd.
The Lakers had 12 more minutes to seal the deal. Drew and Lamar each had four fouls. Pau Gasol opens the 4th with a 3 pointer in front of the Hornets bench ans he runs down the court with a fist pump! LOCO!!!! The next possession Blake gets in some of the action and he hits his 1st play off 3 as a Laker. Pau Gasol then scores 9 of the next 11 Laker points as the game began to slip away from the Hornets. The fans started heading to the exits and so did any hope of an extended season for New Orleans.
CP3 had 22 points and 8 turnovers! Our defense was too much for the Hornets to handle.  The Lakers had 48 points in the paint, 17 second chance points, and 14 offensive boards!! LOCO!!!! 
So, as is stands with a win on Sunday the Lakers can wrap up the series at home and have some much needed rest before round 2.  Matt Barnes was asked about Sundays game plan. He said " We have to get a good start. We cant give them any life. We have to strike first." The Hornets see Sundays game as a must win. They don't want to come back to LA down 3-1, because we all know how that's gonna end. Try this on for size Phil Jackson is 54-1 when leading in a series. The Hornets are not the team to turn things around. Not, this year. See you Sunday!!