The beginning

Tonight, I went to Staples Center to watch the Lakers season opener against the Blazers...this is the fourth consecutive year I've gone to the first game of the season. It was fun going with a larger group this time around.

Anyway, since preseason started, a lot of basketball fans were unsure how the Lakers would come out this season, but they looked very impressive. Bynum and Pau played well together, Radmanovic fit very nicely into the starting line, Odom led the second team to a strong outing and on they went to begin the season 1-0.

Celebrities on hand: Denzel Washington, Leonardo Dicaprio, Rick Fox, Arnold the governator, Andy Garcia, David Beckham, Frank Robinson, singer from Maroon 5, Penny Marshall, and of course Jack Nicholson.

Btw, sort of hard to see, but that's my Laker tie in the picture haha