(His coaching is questionable, but he has great taste in watches...)

(I know Cuban and Trump aren't fans of one another, but I have a feeling Cuban is going to be using a famous Trump line once the Mavs get bounced in the first round...)

You know when you're arm wrestling with little cuz and you're letting him win for a bit, but then he starts getting too cocky and you gotta bring it back and beat him to show he doesn't have nothing on you yet? That was the Lakers last night.

Did anyone really think the Lakers would lose that game?

It appeared as if they were trying to make it seem like that game was up for grabs, but I wasn't fooled. You could tell that despite the half time deficit, despite the mini-runs that would always be responded to, despite the inability to take the lead in the 4th for what seemed like FOREVER, the Lakers never really had a shot at losing that game.

Kobe is a really good rebounder.  Crazy good rebounder. He's been great on the glass all year. It must be that weight he finally decided to lose this season. I was a bit tired of him coming into camp fat and out of shape. Seemed like he was in a mood to defer last night.

He did bug me when he started waving his hands at Sasha for what was a pretty awful pass on Sasha's part. That thing that got to me was Kobe was begging for the ball, and then got mad because Sasha coughed it up. Truth be told when Mamba saw he was covered, he should've stopped demanding the ball.

Gasol is a REALLY good passer. Much better passer than I thought he was.

Lamar is a boss, plain and simple. I love his length and his ability to work around the basket. I hope he gets re-signed some way some how.

31-10-5, 25-10-6, 25-4-7...what a beautiful line.

I still can't get over the way Sasha earned his way into the lineup when the game matters most. Good for him. I hope he doesn't pull a Kamaan on us after we resign him next season. His nickname is awful though.

Farmar is nice for a backup, but damn he's small. Chauncey will work him something terrible in the Finals.

Vlad Rad kills me. Why is he out there? As TimMoore so eloquently stated, I can't wait for Bynum to return at full strength so that Gasol can shift to the 4 and Vlad Rad can have a seat next to Mbenga. Better yet, sit him down next to Coby Karl on the D-Fenders bench.

Dirk is REALLY good. I mean we joke about him being soft and his collapses in the playoffs over the past couple of years, but he is so talented on offense that it's not even funny. Josh Howard has always been my favorite Mav, but watching Dirk really makes you appreciate his talent more.

I said this yesterday, but the Mavs are crazy awful. What happened to that team? Two Texas squads worry me for playoff time, and neither of them are called the Dallas Mavericks.

I'd love to see the Lakers face the Mavs or Warriors in the first round.  

Any question that the play of the night was the sequence between Gasol and Lamar at the end? Was anyone else holding their breath when Gasol took a second to get up? I swear, I was already picturing him getting up slowly holding his back.