Tough, tough loss last night cause we really thought we let the Lakers off the hook and should have won that game. It was there for us so many times, but we couldn’t grab it because we didn’t execute and turned the ball over too many times.

I was frustrated and in the first game too, but being the leader on my team I can’t let my teammates see me frustrated. I’ve got to play through all the different situations and learn from them.

We’ve just got to take care of the ball better. There are a lot of times, I know myself, this is probably one of the games where I had a lot of turnovers, maybe my most in the playoffs. I’ve just got to do a better job of finding my teammates and being aware of the guards coming in the paint for strips.

As a team we’ve just got to do better with not turning the ball over. That’s how they got going on the offensive end, because of our turnovers, and it gave them the game tonight.

My boy C-Lee had a layup right at the rim, but just missed it. That was a tough blow for us, but it shouldn’t have ever come down to that. We don’t turn the ball over as much as we did and we don’t even need the lob play there in that situation.

Their defensive plan against me in the post has been really good. Phil Jackson is a smart, smart coach. I’m not saying the coach from Cleveland isn’t, but the way they’re using their bigs on the defensive end has been a little tricky for me. But it’s something that I’m learning from. Their bigs are doing a great job of forcing me to other the bigs. It seems like I beat one guy and there’s another one waiting on me or the guards are always there digging down and trying to strip the ball.

I just have to trust my teammates and allow those guys to hit shots, and that will open everything up for me. But I’ve also just got to do some more work on the offensive end, running, going to the glass and trying to get points that way.

We’ve just got to go home now and take care of business. The Lakers did a good job of protecting their home, and now it’s our turn to do the same thing. We’ve been in some tough situations and we’ve always been good about coming back. We’ve just got to fight our way out and I know that’s what we’ll do again this time.

This is going to be a long series and we’re a long way from done. Game 3 is all we’re thinking about, so let’s go get one win and really protect our homecourt the way the Lakers did. We still know we can do this. We tweak a few things here and there, we’ll be right back in this series before ya’ll know it.

PEACE OUT, HOMIES. — DWIGHT

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