without Drew

I think Kobe should turn back to last season pace, scoring and defending,
until the big man is back, then rest a little waiting for the playoff

LA did good things at the beginning of this year with Kwame as starter, in
theory they won't keep the current pace but they should be able to remain
in the top three (in the west)

A nice test will be the next nine-in-a-row on the road: I think I'll not
make any prediction :P

next opponents DD/M until Drew is back (27 games):

17/1 PHO
21/1 DEN
23/1 @SAS
25/1 @DAL
27/1 CLE
29/1 NYK

(3-3)

31/1 @DET
1/2 @TOR
3/2 @WAS
5/2 @NJN
6/2 @ATL
8/2 @ORL
10/2 @MIA
11/2 @CHA
13/2 @MIN

(3-6 or 4-5)

19/2 ATL
20/2 @PHO
23/2 @LAC
24/2 @SEA
26/2 POR
28/2 MIA
29/2 @POR
2/3 DAL
4/3 @SAC
7/3 LAC
9/3 SAC
11/3 TOR

(7-5 or 8-4)

Ok, at this point Drew should be back for the finale: 4R, 2H, 1R, 5H, 3R,
3H = 18 games (13-5 or better) to regain the momentum and be ready for the
playoff

I keep my fingers crossed ;)

--
/-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\