The Rockets' 21-game win streak is on the line right now in Los Angeles Houston.  After a string of relatively easy games, this game — the first of a brutal swing against Western teams — has the earmarks of a Kobe Bryant hate-fuck 60-point game (regardless of Pau Gasol's absence).

However, Bryant's gotten off to a slow shooting start (5-14 through a quarter and a half), as has the Rockets' Tracy McGrady (0-5).  After a tight first quarter, the Rockets have opened up a little bit of a lead, and, well, why don't I stop writing and you stop reading and we can both watch the game?  God, leave me alone already.  Wait!  No!  Come back!  Leave a comment!  Pleeeeeeeeeeease!  I need others' input on my blog to validate my self-worth!

So, yeah.  To be continued after the game. 

UPDATE: Rockets win, Rockets win, Rockets win.  Final score 104-92, Rafer Alston scores a career-high 31, Shane Battier frustrates Kobe, and that's how you win your 22nd game in a row.  Not bad, Houston.