Yes, Kobe scored 49, but we already knew he was good. What the Lakers have to be particularly pleased about has been the play of Luke Walton. He endured a rough regular season and lost his starting job to Vladimir Radmanovic, but he's averaged 17 points and five assists in the first two games of the Denver series.
His movement and passing have been crucial any time the Nuggets go to a zone, especially in Game 2 when Lamar Odom was saddled with fouls. Walton scored 16 points or more only four times the entire regular season, but he's done it twice against Denver.
Watching Acie Law go 4-for-4 and score 12 points in Game 2 had to give Hawks fans a slight measure of relief. The worry all season has been that we've witnessed another Billy Knight Point Guard Draft Blunder, as he took Law four spots ahead of Detroit rook Rodney Stuckey, an impressive combo guard. For the season, Law had a PER of 7.73; Stuckey's was 13.80. Law is also nearly a year and a half older.
The strangest thing about Mike Bibby stirring up the Boston fans is that he's the last player anyone who covers the team would have pegged to do this. Since arriving from Sacramento he's quickly become notorious for vanilla interviews -- now all of a sudden he's ripping Boston's fans and calling out Kendrick Perkins? Just goes to show you that upsets can happen in the playoffs ... even if we don't see any of the favorites fall in Round 1.
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