BOTH THE LAKERS AND DFENDERS WON THEIR OPENERS THIS SEASON
THEY SAY IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WITH KOBE BRYANT NOW GONE FROM LAKER LAND AS A PLAYER, A LEGACY BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY IS NOW LEFT BEHIND. A NEW IDENTITY IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE AS WE SEE PLAYERS LIKE LAKER FORWARD JULIUS RANDLE STEP INTO THE SHOES THAT KOBE LEFT BEHIND. WE MAY HAVE ALL LOST THE BLACK MAMBA BUT PERHAPS THERE ARE BITS AND PIECES OF HIM INTERWOVEN AMONGST THE YOUNG LAKER SQUAD.
TEAM.
YOU NEED TO BE ONE.
YOU NEED TO PLAY AS ONE.
IN ORDER TO WIN.
THE NEW "KOBE" IN LA, DFENDERS HEAD COACH COBY KARL, HAD HIS TEAM PLAYING AS "ONE" FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE DFENDERS GOT THE VICTORY IN THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE IOWA ENERGY.
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 127-98
NICE TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES IN THE RETURN PLAYERS AND SOME NEW BLOOD WHO INFUSED SOME GREAT ENERGY AND ATHLETICISM IN THE WIN.
GRANTED IT WAS OPENING NIGHT WHICH BRINGS A UNIQUE ENERGY UNTO ITSELF, IT JUST SEEMS THAT THE MOOD "AROUND CAMPUS" IS MUCH DIFFERENT.
IT HELPS THAT THE LAKERS ARE 5-4 GOING INTO THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCHUP AGAINST NEW ORLEANS.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SLOW DOWN TRAVIS WEAR AND THESE D-FENDERS THIS SEASON
THE FANS WERE EXCITED, THE PLAYERS WERE PUMPED UP, AND THE LAKER GIRLS ARE, AS ALWAYS, WINNING!
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