The Lakers staged a great comeback last night to take Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets. Kobe led the way with 40 points, including 18 in the fourth quarter. I didn't watch the game live, as I was at Dodger Stadium, but I did watch the second and fourth quarters (thanks to Tivo). I would like to thank the person in front of me for letting Stong, Kime and I look over his shoulder the entire fourth quarter. The guy had his phone with ESPN mobile giving realtime scoring updates. Needless to say we were pretty excited down the stretch. It was a huge win for the guys, and I am counting on Lamar and Pau to make bigger contributions in Game 2, which will hopefully lead to the Lakers holding their home-court advantage.
The Dodgers were also masters of the comeback yesterday. The boys came back from an early 3-1 deficit to take the lead for good on Casey Blake's three run bomb in the bottom of the sixth. The Bearded Bobblehead went deep (on the night before his bobblehead night) for his team leading 9th home run. It seems that since I have created this blog, anyone I criticize makes me eat crow. As long as they are players on my favorite teams, you can serve it to me all day. Chad Billingsley's outing was shaky, but he still made it into the seventh inning while giving up only three runs. Chad struck out seven and walked five. Included in his performance was a horrifying two inning stretch in the second and third innings where he couldn't find the plate. But this is what I love about Chad; even when he struggles he somehow makes it deep into the game and limits the damage. He had made 82 pitches or so through three innings, but he was able to settle down and save the pen. Huge win for the Dodgers and tonight they go for the sweep.
Overall, another great day for L.A. The Lakers are up a game in the Conference Finals, and the Dodgers lead in the West has been stretched to 7 1/2 games at the quarter pole of the season.
Sportscenter noted that Bills has pitched at least 6 innings in all of his outings, hasn't given up more than 3 runs in any of those games, and has given up only 1 HR in 61 innings pitched. Stud.
ReplyDeleteYa the guy is impressive. It's too bad the Dodgers don't have a true ace. I mean the guy is only one pace for 241 innings, 249 K's, 24 W's, and a 1.15 WHIP and .204 Opponents BA. Where's Brad Penny when we need him???
ReplyDeleteOh and did it mention a 2.51 ERA... Not too shabby
ReplyDeleteespn mobile, here i come
ReplyDeletethat was such a tight turnaround for both teams, at around the same time. it feels great to be an LA fan right about now
Yeah Matthew I am glad I downloaded it too. It was so funny that Bills hit that double right when the Lakers made their run haha
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