Kobe v. Melo

Thanks to a very generous friend of ours, we got to go see the Lakers play the Knicks tonight. I've seen the Lakers play most of the teams in the NBA at least once, but I had never gone to see a Knicks game before tonight.

The Knicks kept the game close in the first quarter, but the Lakers pulled away and held the lead for the remainder of the game. McRoberts surprised me with his athleticism, and played pretty well. Kobe showed flashes of his old self with staggering moves and fakes while making some difficult shots.

Probably the most entertaining part of the game was watching Carmelo guard Kobe. Carmelo's always held the reputation of being a poor defender, but I'm impressed that he guarded Kobe, and did a decent job.

On the Lakers, I'm quite happy with the team so far, and with the new coaching staff. Things will hopefully get better with Bynum back, and if they could maybe just find a more serviceable PG, that would make me even more confident in them. But for now, the game was a lot of fun. We saw Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Kaley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory. Sophy even got to see the first ever Taiwanese American player in the NBA, Jeremy Lin.