Swivel (How the Pacers caught the Lakers violatin' the No.1 rule of ghetto drivin')

"He keeps takin' it bruh! Stop it! I'm Kobe!"

Joseph Addison, the 18^th century English poet and playwright, once said, “If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” Thomas Carlyle, the 19^th century Scottish philosopher, gave it to us like this, Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” Then John Quincy Adams got boyz attention with, “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”

Well playas…both the patience and perseverance of the Indiana Pacers did some voodoo on the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night when they showed up at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers continued to exercise their faith in themselves as they snapped an eight game losin’ streak to beat the brakes off of Kobe and the Adventures Kids 110-91.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Even though the Lakers aren’t the Lakers right now they still show up in the joint like the Beatles bruh! There seemed to be more Lakers fans in the joint than Pacers fans. I get it, Kobe “Bean” has got boyz twisted and he deserves his respect. However, the duns in the blue and gold bandanas were sittin’ on the porch when he and his patnas rolled into town.

While they came down the street bumpin’ that old school Lox joint, “Money, Power, Respect” the Indiana boyz laid low until they tipped off. Lakers fans were buzzin’ around the joint thinkin’ that their boy would run through the hood, carjack a boy and get out of town without disturbin’ the peace like Ludacris.

Well pimpin’, when they pulled up at the light in Haughville it suddenly got real! Boyz came out of the bushes and caught them hollerin’ at some hood rats walkin’ down the street. They got caught violatin’ the No.1 rule of the ghetto while drivin’ bruh. “Never let the hood rat distract you while sittin’ at the light! Always keep your head on a swivel playboy.”

Rodney Stuckey hit ‘em up for a smooth double-double and almost picked up the triple bruh. He laid into them for 20 points, 10 rebounds and threw 7 dimes. CJ Miles had the jumper wet as he went 7-12 from the parkin’ lot to finish with 17. Both David West and CJ Watson pulled boyz out of the back seat with 12 apiece. D. West was also a beast on the front window as he hit it up for 9. While ole Roy rear ended the Lakers SUV with 10 and tapped up the glass for 7.

Now the homie Solomon Hill only finished with 4 points for the night but he had the most memorable moment of the entire evenin’. He pulled an “A.I. on Jordan” on the Black Mamba. That young boy came down the floor and shook the Mamba up like some of Big Momma’s cornbread and left the 36 year old future Hall of Famer, well…lookin’ like a 36 year man. No disrespect to Kobe but Father Time is undefeated playa!

Yeah the Mamba finished with 21 points but he struggled from the field finishin’ 8-26 and at one point he was 1-8. He only got to the foul fine three times. So what does that tell you playa! He’s settlin’ for jumpers because the wheels don’t move as fast as they used to. He’s not takin’ these young boyz to the rack anymore. For all of the Mamba fans that are in denial holler at me in late February. He’s already not practicin’ and he’s carryin’ these boyz on his back around the country.

Ole boy is like the lunch room monitor travelin’ with a bunch of 10 year olds shootin’ spit balls. He’s got to be pullin’ his freakin’ teeth out and about to strangle himself with his small intestine runnin’ around with a bunch of cats that can’t keep the water out of the boat. Besides Nick young, the dun that calls himself Swaggy P, he’s got no help. The Pacers started pullin’ jewelry and sneakers off of boyz as soon as they tipped the rock. When you got a car full of cats named Ed, Ronnie, Jeremy and Wesley you know you’re in trouble. Jeremy and Ronnie didn’t even fight for their sneakers bruh. They just took them off and then ordered a boy another pair online. You need some cats named, June-June, Man-Man and Killa Mike if you're gonna pull up talkin' about the Black Mamba. 

How are you gonna pull up with a name like the Black Mamba and you’ve got the “New Kids on the Block” in the ride? You could at least have Troop in the whip at least they looked hard. By the end of the third quarter Kobe was runnin’ around that joint lookin’ like somebody had stolen his bicycle off of Big Momma’s front porch and left the banana seat.

Well I guess that’s what happens when you bully the front office, tell all the boyz in the league that you’re still the first option, want all of the bread and all of the shots. You show up in Indianapolis where the Pacers were on an 8 game losin’ streak and allow them to regain some confidence before goin’ on a West Coast road trip. Up next Lob City on Wednesday and stop me when I start lyin’!

P.S.: Make sure to pop the link and check out my behind the scenes videos on "Pacers Cred" for this game!


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