I HAVE EXORCISED THE DEMONS!
Five signs that this was a good Laker night for me:
1. Shaq (with a lot of prodding from Riley, and possibly because it was Marty King Day) buried the hatchet w/ Kobe during pregame warmups
2. Andrew Bynum got dunked on by Shaq, then got his ass up and posted up Shaq, got the ball, and spun around for a monster dunk (which, by the way, left Shaquille flat on his back)
3. Lamar Odom finally stepped up for a big shot, and came back from his shithole of a performance in the Warriors game, to come within an assist of a TRIP-DUB (19 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists)
4. Kobe continued his string of impressive-as-hell games, (not to mention his fourth straight game with 29 shots or less) with 37 points, including 12 in the final quarter)
5. Lakers FINALLY beat Miami since the trade happened! I have LONGED for this day! If the Lakers would figure out how to close a game out (they led by as much as 19, and it got cut down to 4 nearing the end of the game), they'll be a very solid team