Gasol joins teammates

Just got word that Pau Gasol joined his teammates for their flight to Miami this morning. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise, but strep throat is nothing to mess around with at this time of year. It forced him to sit out of Tuesday’s victory over the Knicks and he did not attend Wednesday’s practice. Lamar Odom, who also has been ill, said he expected to play more minutes than ususal even if Gasol was able to start Friday against Miami.