The Pistons were without Richard Hamilton but it didn’t matter. The Lakers were dominated in the paint as the Pistons out-rebounded them 49-32, and it’s hard to win a game when that happens. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers in scoring with 19 points and 4 steals. Lamar Odom had a good game with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Luke Walton had a decent game with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Brian Cook had a decent game off of the bench with 10 points and 5 rebounds.

The Lakers didn’t look good last night and fell to 4-3 on the season.

The Lakers got out-rebounded 36-28 and didn’t play good defense allowing the Balzers to shoot 51.5% from the floor. Kobe Bryant led the way with 32 points. Luke Walton had a solid all-around game with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Lamar Odom had one of his worst games this season with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Smush Parker added 10 points.

The Lakers fell to 4-2 with this loss.

The Lakers crashed the boards, out-rebounding the Wolves 44-31 leading the Lakers to victory. Andrew Bynum had his coming out party tonight with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Kobe Bryant was solid with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Lamar Odom filled up the boxscore with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Luke Walton kept up with the big-time hustle and is making himself into a ballplayer. Walton scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Smush Parker added 11 points.

The Lakers add another nice win to the record.

Lamar Odom is the second best player on the Lakers. Odom is Phil Jackson’s new ‘Scottie Pippen’ as he can do it all on the court and could be the main man if Kobe were forced to miss some time. Odom has averaged 15.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.1 blocks per game over his NBA career. Odom also is a good three-point shooter which adds to his value on the offense.

Brian Cook is the back-up for the Lakers. Cook is a good 3-point shooter (39.6% for career) and he can play closer to the rim when the team needs him to. Cook hasn’t gotten much playing time so far in his career, as he only has averaged 16.3 minutes per game. Cook has averaged 6.7 points & 3.1 rebounds per game over his career.

Ronny Turiaf is the #3 power forward entering the season. Turiaf didn’t get to play much last season as he was still recovering from heart surgery. Turiaf is a banger when he gets to play and looks like he may be a good rebounder. For his short NBA career, he has averaged 2.0 points & 1.6 rebounds per game.

The Lakers just couldn’t stop the Sonics who shot 51.9% from the floor. Kobe Bryant didn’t get to play very long, but he had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists. Lamar Odom scored 11 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 4 assists. Brian Cook scored 11 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (13 points), Luke Walton (10 points), Jordan Farmar (14 points) and Vladimir Radmanovic (10 points) all got a lot of playing time and helped out on offense.

The Lakers had to lose sometime, so I wouldn’t panic.