NO PUSHOVER

“You’re not going to come into our house and try to throw us around,”.

I can respect that Matt Barnes. I can definitely respect that.

That was what Barnes said regarding the incident that happened yesterday. 4 players (Barnes, Blake, Terry and Haywood) were ejected after Terry pushed Blake that sent him sliding out of bounds. Actually make it 5, as Brown was ejected too after he reacted to Cardinal's foul cheap shot on Gasol.

Playoffs must be around the corner, because I can smell real strong emotions from here.

What happened somewhat gave me more confidence in my team. You can't just expect the defending champions to play good basketball. No. They're out there to play every aspect of the game. The technical, the mental, the everything. They're out here to rip heads off... or to push back when pushed at least.

Kobe even approved of Matt Barnes and Shannon Brown's action last night. Heres a column from Kevin Ding from the OC Register.

If you ask Bryant, it was necessarily the right thing to do.
“Can’t let that stuff slide. Period,” Bryant said.

and on that note


Heres the recap of the game.