All things considered, the Lakers couldn't have looked a whole lot better than they did in their season-opening win over Portland tonight.
They looked like a team that could win 60-plus games this season, assuming Andrew Bynum continues to develop and the bench is as capable as it appeared tonight.
As I mentioned earlier, the Greg Oden-Bynum "showdown" was more whimper than bang.
And now the Blazers have to sweat out the condition of the foot he hurt in the second quarter. He didn't play in the second half and, apparently, x-rays were inconclusive. He is scheduled to have an MRI in Portland on Wednesday.
How much (injury) bad luck can one player have in such a relatively short period?
Remember, he was sidelined the entire summer before his freshman year at Ohio State (missing, roughly, the first month of the season) with a wrist injury.
He also missed all of what should have been his rookie season after his microfracture on his knee.
Let's hope it was nothing more than a "strain", of sorts.
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