Day 2

Headlines

Lakers beat Spurs, lose Bynum to another knee injury. Dodgers lose to Giants  The Kings prepare to open Stanley Cup Playoffs on thursday in San Jose versus the Sharks. The Lakers game versus the Sacramento Kings tonight, might be the last time the Kings (Sacramento) play at Arco Arena.

The Lakers struggled, but finally won against a downsized San Antoino Spurs team, 102-93.

 Following their morning practice at Santa Monica College, the Spurs decieded to rest Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker.  The much needed win stopped a 5 game losing but didn't come without price.  With 8:11 remaining in the second quarter,  center Andrew Bynum hyperextended his surgically repaired right knee, when stepped on the foot of Spurs forward Dejaun Blair. A hush fell over the crowd of 18,997, as Bynum layed on the court, clutching his right knee. After a few minutes of holding their breath, the crowd watched Bynum walked off court to the locker room under his own power.  He did not return to the game. A MRI was scheduled for wednesday morning.  As for the game, the Lakers, who also played shorthanded (Blake has chicken pox, Barnes was resting his sore right knee) won, but still played a inconsistent and at times uninspired looking brand of basketball.  A far cry from two weeks ago. They need to flip the "mythical" switch, and start playing playoff basketball. On to game #82.

The Dodgers lost a one run game to the Giants, 5-4. After tying the game in the top of the 7th on a Marcus Thames' solo homerun to. Dodger's right hander, Blake  Hawksworth's wild pitched the wining run home from third base in the bottom half of the 7th.