That's the End of the 1st Quarter

LA: 32
Blazers: 28

The Lakers are carving through the Blazers' interior defense much too easily. I guess that's the beauty of the triangle offense. But put a body on someone. Hell, a hard foul now and again wouldn't be such a bad thing. LA is shooting 67% and getting pretty much any kind of shot they want.

Thank goodness for the skill of the Blazers' perimeter players. Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake are stroking it from deep. 3 is better than 2, you know. To keep the easy buckets coming, Jarret Jack needs to continue driving to the basket and kicking it out to the Blazers' sharp-shooters. He's at his best when he's being aggressive and not trying to orchestrate the offense.