by Charlie O Mallonee

photo credit: capitalradio.org the Lakers Kobe Bryant puts the defense on the Sac Kings Rudy Gay in Thu Jan 7th’s game at Sleep Train Arena

SACRAMENTO–Kings fans at Sleep Train Arena who got caught up in all the hoopla with the return of LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Kobe promised to travel to Sacramento but no one was sure he was going to be able to play. Well Kobe got here on game day and said “I’m playing.”

Not only did he play he played for almost 31 minutes and scored 28 points he went 10-18 from the field he did well on the charity stripe and this guy had a great game. The Kings got out to a lead matter of fact their biggest lead the Lakers had in this game was two points.

The Kings got out into the third quarter and had a 27 point lead so you say, fall in, all done, all through, right? Salute Kobe and say goodbye, hugs and kisses get out of town. Well no, the Kings go through this tremendous let down they don’t shoot particularly well, they’re defense such as it is falls completely apart and they let the Lakers back into this game to the point where the game was in question.

At the end of the game the final comes out 118-115 Kings now were talking about the Lakers the 8-29 Lakers arguably if not the worst the second worst team in the NBA. Just behind the Philadelphia 76ers and the King just barely held onto win the game.

Charlie O is a beat writer covering the Sac Kings for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below