who said before the game yesterday...

"this will be a good Measuring stick for where our team is"

And right before the game I told Big Z that "last year they lost by 38 and it took their heart"..This year, we don't have to win this game...we just have to measure up to the 38 point loss from last season..I figure if we lost by 38 again, it would be same old season..by 15 we got about 50% better..etc...etc...And if we just got close..say within 5 or so..you know..striking distance...I'd say we were ready to be competitive this season...

Well guess what guys...we got within 7 points of the defending western conference champs on a night they MUST win..i mean damn, did you see Tex winter over there?  They weren't gonna be able to drop THIS one..

I'll take our 7 point loss on the chin like man...keep your heads high team...We are a vastly improved team over last season..because we ALL know we can play better ball than that...Our guys had a ton of opportunities...

we need our identity..and most important we need to establish a "Go to guy"  some sort of pecking order..It seems after Eric Gordon  missed a shot, he was ignored on offense..but I felt he was effective offensively ..man, did he get to the line in impressive fashion a couple of times tonight... so he gets my vote for the go to guy..

At the end of the game..who should take the shots in the 4th quarter for this team?

Oh, and Baron...please take the time off to recover that foot...Or i'm gonna be up on Jason Powell next...