Originally Posted by Basel57

As much as I loved what Odom did, I've got to give POTG to Pau. I'll have a new thread created for the Playoffs tonight and get things rolling on that once again.

And, as I posted in the thread in the Playoffs forum:

Gasol and Odom were absolutely terrific in this game. They were not going to let the Lakers lose, even when Kobe was having a horrid game. While he did end up with 32 points, he took 26 shots to get there, which can't happen. Not sure what he was doing out there, but I expect that he'll fix what he did wrong today. Maybe he wasn't expecting Martin to guard him, so he was caught off guard. I don't expect Kobe to have as bad a game as this for the rest of the entire playoffs, but I do expect Gasol and Odom to play like that more often. They were the MVPs of this game for sure.

I love the fact that we can still win by double digits even when Melo and AI score 30 each and Kobe has a terrible game. Denver had a good shot at stealing home-court today, and still couldn't get the job done, which is why I continue to think this series goes no more than 5 games.