2nd Half of Monday Night

- San Antonio played a relatively quiet home game, which is how they prefer to do everything...quiet. Samuel Dalembert (12 pts, 20 rebs, 3 blks) has been on a tear lately for the Sixers so keep plugging him if you've got him and Tim Duncan (18 pts, 16 rebs, 6 assts, 2 blks) has been doing the same for the Spurs.

- Utah beat Milwaukee in a battle of disappointing teams on the season. Utah's found a bit of spark, however, winning their last four games while getting healthy in the process. Michael Redd is back in the starting lineup to stay so don't worry anymore about his status and drop most Bucks from your team because if they aren't starting, they aren't going to be solid fantasy contributors. Andrew Bogut (23 pts, 10 rebs) and Deron Williams (33 pts, 10 assts, 4 stls) were the most productive in this game.

- The Lakers played there first game without breakout center Andrew Bynum, out with the knee injury, in Seattle. It was learned today that Bynum will be sidelined for at least 8 weeks. The game itself was a good one, high scoring and drama in the end. Here's my diary of the play at the end of regulation and OT.

Who better to play in this than Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant. The superstar of Now head-to-head with the Future. Kobe put LA up 1 with 1:25 left with a 3, 113-112. After Luke Walton hit 2 FTs (coming in shooting 63%, figures he made two), Kevin Durant worked his magic, hitting a three to match Kobe and tie the game at 115 off a hand off pass from Luke Ridnour. Kobe and Durant both got a possession after the Durant three, Kobe missing a trey and Durant shooting (and missing) a premature jumper to keep 5.8 on the clock for a Laker possession. Kobe would get one more chance...slapped away! Jeff Green launched the ball into into the stands. OT in Seattle! By the way, I'm facing in Kobe in my main league this week and he's got 42 thus far... I'd be dreaming if I don't think he's going to score again.
Well, not OT gets started, 5:00 on the clock. The tip goes to the Lakers. The Sonics score first, however, on a Nick Collison tip-in. PJ Carlesimo decides to go with Luke Ridnour over Earl Watson down the stretch , interesting, but even though he penetrated and controlled the game well, I don't believe that either PG has a definitive upper hand in the rotation. Seattle's getting some good rolls in the 1st few possessions of OT. Kurt Thomas just put in another Ridnour miss, 121-117 (LAL scored 2 on Kwame Brown FTs). Wow, after a couple Kurt Thomas missed FTs, Kobe puts in a ridiculous hanging 10 footer. Kobe comes down and hits another jumper to tie the game (121-121). WOW, just flipped to Mavs @ Kings. Terry ties the game at 120 with just seconds left and John Salmons puts it away off the glass!! Kings win at HOME and Arco Arena just went crazy!! Crazy ending to an average night. Back to the Laker game, Laker ball with 1:01 on the clock. Green on Kobe, passes and Odom bricks a trey attempt. Sonic ball, Durant with it and Kwame defending and misses short. The Lakers now have the ball with 20 seconds left. Kobe gets the ball easily with Jeff Green on him, 18 footer GOOD! Green was backtracking and was one-on-one. Durant and the Sonics will have one more shot to tie or win with 4.3 seconds left. Kobe is on KD with the foul to give and Kobe gives it. 3.7 left now, Szczerbiak to pass in...and needs a timeout. The ball came into Kurt Thomas, who passes to Nick Collison and misses from the baseline! LAKERS WIN! Kobe does it again, not much else to say.

- Kevin Martin came off the bench for in his second consecutive game after returning from his groin injury. Once again he didn't look like he missed a beat after being out for 5-6 weeks as he went for 39 pts on 14-16 shooting. The man has only missed 4 total shots in his 2 games back, that's crazy. Josh Howard also returned in this one after missing a game with unknown reasons. I don't have much else to say, but wow... these last two games were crazy. Hope you enjoyed my reactions to the Laker game, but the Kings finish was even better albeit in regulation.