NEW YORK -- Going up the elevator for perhaps the last time ever as an opposing coach at Madison Square Garden, Phil Jackson said he was thinking that it didn't smell like elephants. Jackson, who said this will be his last season, was referring to the Barnum and Bailey Circus that takes place at MSG each spring.
Although he was joking, it was coincidental that Jackson mentioned elephants, since that is exactly the way, up until the last four games, that his team has played like at times this season: slow, fat, lethargic, lazy and any other adjectives used to describe an elephant.
That is until the last four games, where the Lakers have all of a sudden begun to jell, playing with more passion, focus, energy, and any other adjectives used to describe a champion. And most importantly, the Lakers have slowly addressed the issues that have plagued them all season. They continued their hot streak, routing the Knicks 113-96 Friday night.
"For four games we have been consistent and we have to make it continue," Pau Gasol said. " We are turning it up. We got more confidence in what we are doing. We're more active out there and the attitude is better. Still got a long way to go but we're getting there."
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