This Is A Nice Little Sunday Night, Yes?

Phil Jackson was right. It was hard out there for a pimp, and it was also pretty hard out there for any Los Angeles Laker not named Kobe Bryant to touch the goddamn basketball down the stretch of that game. I think Sasha Vujacic's hands are going to be permanently frozen in the "ready to catch" position.

The Lakers played a pretty perfect first half... and then the second half was just about the opposite of the first half. The defense withered, double-teams held Kobe down, and the Lakers scored just 10 points in the 4th. Only one non-Kobe Laker made a field goal in the last twelve minutes of that game.

So the Suns and the Cavs add their name to the list of teams with Game 1 wins and still to come tonight are contests between the Nuggets and Spurs, and then Mavericks and Warriors. Those, along with Red Sox/Yankees should make for a happenin' Sunday night open thread. Be careful out there.