Pau not only sucked on offense and on stats sheet but he also sucked on defense and hustle. NOTHING he did today was right. He only had 1 or 2 great post moves. Other than that, it was bad decisions,taking jump shots when the Lakers will have plenty of time on the shot clock. This kind of Pau is a soft one. This kind of Pau sucks and this kind of Pau won't get the Lakers far. Kobe can't do it alone. Yeah he's a great player but he needs his team to show up. Other than that, it was a very nice performance from Kobe and Ron Artest who both played extremely well. As for the Hornets, they were balling this afternoon! Chris Paul had a huge game and finished with a great line: 33 points 14 assists 7 rebounds 4 steals. WHY? Because on some occasions, Pau decided to screw up Lakers' defense and play defense on him! Anyways, Jack also played really well off the bench for New Orleans and finished with 15 points 5 assists 4 rebounds and came up huge in this 2nd half. I also liked what Landry did! Even though he's undersized compared to Pau and Bynum, he managed to get 17 points against them and also grab 5 rebounds! Unfortunately for the Hornets, Aaron Gray got injured in the last 2 minutes of the game! Now it gives less length to this Hornets team. David West and Aaron Gray will now be out for the Hornets in game 2. Another bad news is that the Lakers will wake up in game 2. Expect a good performance from Kobe and Pau (Kobe better talk to Pau)