VIDEO: Sloppy Beats Sloppy, But The Lakers Will Take It

At no point will the word pretty come into any discussion regarding tonight’s game. It was flat out ugly from the first tip until the final buzzer, where the Lakers found themselves 101-98 winners in overtime. The Lakers turned the ball over 26 times. I’m going to say it again, 26 TIMES, just in case you thought it was a typo. The Thunder weren’t very good for their part, turning it over 21 times. Add in a combined 50 fouls and it was not the most enjoyable of games to watch. Lamar Odom’s air ball on the final free throw that could have given the Lakers a four-point lead to wrap the game up just about summed up the game.

Here’s your box score and it’s the minutes played that stands out most. Kobe Bryant, 46 minutes. Lamar Odom, 43 minutes. Ron Artest, 47 minutes. Andrew Bynum, 49 MINUTES. Those aren’t numbers you ever want to see and you definitely don’t want to see it in the first half of a back to back. Tomorrow sure will be an interesting one.