Cavaliers Rallying In The Second Quarter, Kobe Bryant’s Dialed In

You do not want to mess with Kobe Bryant tonight. That is all.

Kobe’s got 19 points already and just went over the 25,000 point plateau earlier in the quarter. He’s the youngest player ever to reach 25,000 points, and while he had a head start from coming into the league at age 18, it’s still an incredibly impressive feat.

Nevertheless, the Cavs are rallying and trail by just two as I write this. Whaddaya know, their bench came in and stabilized things, and the starters started to pick it up. Meanwhile, the Lakers bench continued to struggle, as Jordan Farmar apparently made a fundamentally wrong Triangle offense play, argued with Phil Jackson about it and was promptly benched. Cleveland’s bench has outscored the Lakers’ bench 9-2. Remember when we said this was going to be a key?

Also, Marv Albert at one point said Lamar Odom preferred to dribble with his left hand, which makes sense because … he’s left-handed. Who turned Marv Albert into Reggie Miller?