Lakers Comeback with a Vengeance in Game Five with a 40 Point Blowout of the Rockets

You can never count this team out! No matter how much the media or certain fans bash the Los Angeles Lakers they keep coming back and proving that they are a championship caliber team!

Game four was an absolute disaster for the Lakers. I would say 80% of Lakers fans thought this series was over when they heard the Yao Ming was out for the rest of the postseason, but the Rockets had no intention of quitting or backing down from the Lakers and took game four in convincing fashion.

That momentum didn't last long for Houston though as game five was another story all together.

Talk about a team effort! Game five wasn't just a Kobe Bryant show like it has been when the Lakers have won their previous games in this series, this time it was a collective effort by all the Lakers!

Seven Lakers scored in double figures on Tuesday night including Lamar Odom who was not even going to play after he wasn't feeling right during lay up drills before the game. Kobe Bryant was the top scorer of course with 26 points on 10 or 19 shooting, Pau Gasol was next in line with 16 and both Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza after that with 14 and 13.

Jordan Farmar had his best game of the postseason thus far with 12 points off the bench, but Derek Fisher was the only Laker to really struggle shooting the basketball as he went 1 for 6 from the field.

Not only was the Lakers offense firing on all cylinders in game five with everyone getting involved, but there defense was also top notch as they force the Rockets into 17 turnovers throughout the game mainly due to Ariza's presence and his three steals. Luke Walton and Shannon Brown also had a couple steals of their own.

Needless to say the Lakers are somewhat reborn after this huge 118-78 victory over the Rockets! I am sure the Rockets will come out with a much stronger effort in game six back in Houston, but I think the Lakers will still be able to close them out and head to the Western Conference finals for the second straight season.

NEXT LAKERS PLAYOFF GAME: LOS ANGELES LAKERS @ HOUSTON ROCKETS GAME 6 Thursday, May 14th 6:30pm PST on ESPN