I'm sure that all of the starters expected to play when they left Detroit, but that's just stupid to not pack a single jacket for an extended road trip.

billups has probably gone hundreds of road trips with no sport jacket and it hasn't been a problem...doesnt make him dim for not having one now. he expected to play anyways

I disagree. It's an extremely minor issue, but I still think he was wrong for not packing a jacket.

Of COURSE he expected to play. He's the most important player on this team. But if you aren't allowed to sit on the bench without a jacket, you should pack a freaking jacket on all road trips. Heck, the team should have a "one size fits all" suit that they bring with them on all road trips.

CB coulda went to K-mart to pick up a jacket

Disappointing finish to what had been an encouraging game, with Amir and Samb leading an energetic charge off the bench to build up a 6 point lead after 3 quarters. But the starters fell apart with a flurry of turnovers, 4 in a row that allowed the Lakers to take the lead even with Kobe on the bench. Once he came back in, they couldn't miss--off balance 3s, runners in the lane off lucky bounces from the officials, everything was falling for them. It was blowout city from that point on. The importance of CB's ball handling (and hopefully Stuckey, once he gets healthy) became painfully apparent during that fourth quarter collapse.

Still, there were some definite positives from this game, as the three young big guys--JMax, Amir, and Samb--all had a major impact. They combined for 7 blocks and 15 boards, 7 boards and 4 blocks from Amir alone. JMax even hit his FTs, 7-8. Amir and Samb were monsters in the lane on D, challenging or affecting almost every single shot. Let's sure hope we see more of them, their energy is amazing.

He could have worn Chiek Sambs jacket...may have had long sleeves, but he could have still sat on the bench or near Jack Nicholson instead of sitting the locker room listening to Ric Buchlers lies and rumors.

I could see sheed not having a jacket, but billups is a snazzy dresser; that is very strange for a long road trip

Maxey must have had a minus 20 tonight. I don't know if it was worse than the GS game, but he is not cutting it as a starter.

AJ was probably another +8 tonight.

Same old . . .

Amir benched why only Flip knows.

General stupidity from our coach.

General stupidity from Flip Murray.

The starters look alot worse than last year. Can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but it falls ALOT on Rip's suckage. And Tay being schizophrenic due to Rip sucking and ballhogging. Maybe this is a case of him trying really hard to make the Allstar team and then he'll calm down. If so, still a retarded thing to do.

The lakers shot 76% in the 4th and scored 41 points!!

Max is not a starter, but I am encouraged by the play of the young guns, just hope flip will continue playing amir and please run some type of offensive plays for amir. I think we outrebounded the lakers....