Before I go on to the horrible, horrible, horrible (did I say horrible?) news from last night, I want to give my congratulations to the Patriots for beating the Jaguars. I've hated you guys since - forever, and have been rooting against you guys for just as long; I really thought that Jags would take you down. Well, you guys did it again, 17 - 0! So congratulations. Congrats to the Packers as well to killing off the Seahawks (who would've thought!), but did anyone see the game? All I got on my TV was snow. haha, get it?! Those games were Saturday, Sunday was full of upsets - first the Chargers took it to the Colts, I am so bummed and surprised! Then the Giants beat up the Cowboys, I was happy about that. Both were real great games. So now we wait for this Sunday to see who's going to the Super Bowl. Because the Colts lost to the Chargers, a team that played its second-string players in the second half of the game, doesn't that mean the Patriots are going to have an easy Sunday? Who knows - don't put anything passed the Chargers now I guess. The Packers are playing at home this Sunday - against the Giants. Let's root for another snow day! Too bad for Romo, I feel sooo bad for him, I bet you're going through hell. 0 - 2 in the Playoffs, and both were your fault! The Giants are looking great too, I'm glad they didn't get into the Playoffs and die like the Redskins. It's going to be a fun weekend!

But enough football. The Lakers just went on a six game winning streak - something the team hasn't done for four years, and they ended up going to the Finals that year - does that mean they will do the same this year? Sure did look like it until the third quarter last night. If you don't know what happened last year, the Lakers looked great during the first half of the season. But as soon as the second half rolled around, players were dropping left and right and ended up only two games over .500 - the worst for Phil Jackson ever. We're 25 - 11 so far, only a half game out of first - and we were healthy just before last night. Sure we were missing Rad, Sasha, and Mihm, though we didn't have Mihm last year either; but we have better players this year compared to last. Much better. Besides the obvious addition of Fisher, Ariza and Farmar have been great - Javaris too. But the best by far has to be our baby, Bynum. Bynum has been off the chains lately - dropping career highs in nearly every game, both points and rebounds; dropping big guys with his blocks, dropping great lobs into the hoop from Kobe, Fisher, or anyone else who wants to try, even dropping a couple F-bombs on TV the other night. Bynum has been dropping a lot of stuff, all good, but one of the things we didn't want him to drop was to the floor last night. It was horrible.

At first, I didn't think it was that big of a deal. When they showed the replay, it looked as if there was a funny bone in Andrew's knees because it didn't look like it hit the floor that badly for all the pain he was showing. The x-rays didn't show much damage either. But then an MRI from today showed that he got a subluxation of the patella (whatever the hell that means) and a left knee bruise. And guess what. They're saying he'll be out for a minimum of 8 weeks. Even if he ends up missing only 4 weeks, he'll be back after this stretch of games against real good teams, including the Suns, Spurs, Mavs, and Pistons, in January, and also miss the huge road trip at the beginning of February when we play eleven of twelve games on the road. He's going to be horribly missed because with him out, it will be as if we're going back in time to last season. Although we'll have Fisher and a Kobe that feels safe letting others make shots, we'll be bringing back one other player in the starting center position. Any guesses on who he is? Kwame Brown. Even though he made the game winning free throw last night (what a feat Kwame!), he was pretty bad making up for Bynum. No one is looking forward to him playing - in the words of our buddy Ima, "kwame oh god", and his tone wasn't in awe of how amazing Kwame will be for the next month or so. We'll get to see his debut as a starter, again, tonight in Seattle. I say, it's a great game for us to mess up in because Seattle is doing so horribly this year, and the best part? Wilcox might not be playing - although according to the Lakers Blog, the Sonics' site says otherwise; Wilcox has always been so good against us. So tonight, we'll be able to play around and find out how we can play without Bynum, and how Kwame and Turiaf (Happy 25th Birthday, Ronny!) will be able to back him up. We'll need all the practice we can get because our next game is in LA against the Phoenix Suns as we might play for the No. 1 spot. We might even trade for a center... who knows.... We'll need all the help we can get. We'll miss  you, Andy! Tonight's going to be one helluva game, that's for sure. Will Kobe have a 40+ game? Will Odom have 20+? How about Fisher? Will Kwame crack? KCAL9 at 7 PM to find out!

As for you guys who didn't get to watch last night's game, I decided to put up when Bynum falls to the ground and is carried off to the locker room, as well as the last few seconds of the game (where Kwame single-handedly wins the game on both ends). But it won't be download form, oh no - it'll stream via Flash. It may not look the most beautiful, but I'm sure it will work beautifully. The HD feed too! Let me know how you like this new thing in the comments. You'll have to press the play button to start it. Take care everyone. see u.