One of the greatest performances ever seen!

Los Angeles 122, Toronto 105
Final - Jan. 22, 2006	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Toronto Raptors	36	27	22	20	105
Los Angeles Lakers	29	20	42	31	122

Toronto Raptors
	NAME	PTS	AST	REB	FG	FT	PF	ST	TO	MIN
	M. Bonner	13	0	2	5-12	0-0	5	1	1
	C. Bosh	18	2	8	7-15	4-4	6	0	2
	J. Calderon	4	0	1	1-4	2-2	0	0	0
	J. Graham	3	1	1	1-2	0-0	2	0	1
	M. James	26	10	1	10-15	0-2	4	2	4
	M. Peterson	7	1	1	2-5	2-2	5	0	1
	J. Rose	17	6	5	3-11	11-12	3	1	2
	P. Sow	4	0	3	1-2	2-3	1	0	1
	C. Villanueva	13	0	3	6-10	1-2	1	2	2
	E. Williams	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1
	Totals	105	20	27	36	22	27	6	15

LA Lakers
	NAME	PTS	AST	REB	FG	FT	PF	ST	TO	MIN
	K. Brown	3	1	10	1-5	1-2	3	0	2
	K. Bryant	81	2	6	28-47	18-20	1	3	3
	B. Cook	2	1	3	1-1	0-0	1	0	1
	D. George	0	1	7	0-4	0-0	5	2	0
	C. Mihm	12	2	8	5-8	2-3	2	0	1
	L. Odom	8	7	10	1-7	5-6	3	0	4
	S. Parker	13	4	2	5-11	2-2	5	3	3
	S. Vujacic	3	0	2	1-4	0-0	1	1	0
	L. Walton	0	0	3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0
	Totals	122	18	51	42	28	23	9	14

This week's quotables

On Kobe Bryant:

"He is by far one of the best athletes in the world, he just should have
picked a sport that does not involve teammates, such as tennis or golf!

-- Jason

Reaction: He did pick such a sport. If it weren't for KB, this gang of ragamuffins
couldn't beat the Roaring Rutabagas of Rancho High!

Round One to Jason!

Final 2nd 3rd 4th OT T LA Lakers 21 24 28 5 109 Sacramento 27 20 30 14 118

Box | Recap | Log

Points: Bryant (LAL) 51

Rebounds: Thomas (SAC) 12

Assists: Thomas (SAC) 10

The Bet!

From a November 14th email:

"Given the season is early I suggest the following set of wagers................I pick Kings you pick Lakers for the following: The team that has a better record at ALL STAR break wins a 2005 NBA All Star Game piece of memorabilia (shirt, hat, ball, etc. you could be creative). The team with the best record at the end of season wins a bottle of wine. The team that goes furthest in the playoffs wins dinner (if one of our teams; yours does not make the playoffs a local newspaper stating Lakers fall short; Kings fall short; signed by the losing party and then perm plaque for display and presented at dinner would be appropriate.

We'll see you on Thursday.........are you bringing your reverse mortgage papers?

Take care,

Jason"

Any comments on this unfortunate and somewhat arrogant bet?

Jason's All-Star Game bet

The highest scoring team of players at the February 19th NBA All-Star Game as selected by Jason & Howard will win a spiffy prize:

Jason: MC GRADY, Duncan, Bryant, PARKER, MING, James, R. WALLACE, Iverson, REDD, S. O'Neil

Howard: Duncan, GARNETT, Bryant, NASH, Ming, James, J. O'NEIL, Iverson, CARTER, S. O' NEIL

Special Bonus - LVN: Duncan, BRAND, Bryant, GINOBELLI, MIHM, James, WEBBER, KIDD, WADE, S. O'Neil