L.A. Lakers Win Hard Fought Game Five Over The Denver Nuggets

Lamar Odom finally showed up and Andrew Bynum played decent for one half. Shannon Brown keeps paying dividends and that monster dunk over the Birdman was lovely. Derek Fisher found his jumpshot for most of the game, but damn near busted the backboard with a couple of mega-bricks. "The Machine" is still shooting like a busted ass toaster, but did hit one big three and Luke Walton contributed some good minutes when he wasn't fouling Melo. Pau Gasol was good, but still needs to turn it up a notch. Kobe only had to be mortal tonight, so let's hope he saved enough energy to be the "Black Mamba" for game six in Denver.