Notes From Last Night- 11/19/09

Happy Friday.  It only seems right that we dedicate last night, the Night of the White Guy!!!  Somewhere, I like this think these guys are smiling...

                Why, you ask, can this claim be made?

First of all, not sure if you have noticed but these guys are top MVP candidates right now.

And don't say you saw that coming!  Yeah, we all kinda saw Dirk filling the stat sheet but we didn't expect the late game heroics and "get on my shoulders, we are winning this" stretches.  Nash has the Suns in place for the best record in the league.

In fact the Suns had been on such a torrid pace until they ran into this guy.

Peja somehow channeled his inner-2003 and said "not tonight Mr. Nash... not on my watch."

Peja had 24 points on 7-11 from behind the arc and grabbed a dozen boards in truly vintage form.  On strange nights when his back aligns, we see what could have been.

For your daring, your brawn, your trajectory, your goofy chest hair, your vicious glasswork, your all-things-man domination... LET IT OUT PEJA!!!








Moving on, a certain 7 foot Spaniard wandered onto the floor in Los Angeles las night and this happened.  Gasol was uber-efficient with 24 points and 13 glass-wipes, 7 on the offensive end proving that the Lakers are good with Kobe, great with Pau and Kobe. 

Plaschke revealed a very telling stat about Gasol in this article.

Since the start of the 2007-2008 season -- during which Gasol arrived in February -- the Lakers are a vastly different team when he's part of it.

During that time, when Gasol has been on the court for more than three minutes, the Lakers are 116-35.

When he has not, they are 44-24.

Obviously Gasol back on the floor was a good news for the Lakers.  Actually, it seemed to invigorate everyone's play except Kobe who struggled from the floor and settled for 21 points on 21 shots.

Even this guy got into the action with 2 points!

 Well, I have ran out of white guys to speak about.  I guess I will dry to drum up Kirlenko's 13 pts, 3 assists, 3 steals on 12 shots.... Although I must say that his passing in the open court was impressive and pivotal in sealing a big win for the Jazz in San Antonio, something that have not done since this guy ran the team.