Lakers are first in the West

With their win from yesterday to the Spurs at 106-85, the Lakers are topping the Western Conference with half game ahead of Chris Paul’s Hornets, now Los Angeles is on its way of becoming the top seed of the conference for the coming NBA playoffs, and only two consecutive wins by the Rockets and one loss from the Lakers to the Kings this week will prevent it from happening.

For the Lakers, Kobe is still their main pawn, he finished with 20 points, while team mate Lamar Odom helped with 17 and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Pau Gasol contributed with 14, while for the Spurs, Tony Parker had 20 and Tim Duncan ended with 16 points.

The Lakers were leading by 2 points at the first quarter, but the Spurs took a run and matched things at 53 at the second quarter then Los Angeles would come up with a good display of basketball, playing an organized deffense and scoring everything they got on their hands, so they headed with a 12 point lead to the fourth, where they showed their dominance over the current NBA champions as the Spurs never managed to find their way to tighting the game.

The Spurs were fighting for that first seed, and one victory over Los Angeles was all they needed, but the Lakers are playing really good entering the last stages of the regular season, and the West is getting more interesting each game.