Leon Powe's Comeback Continues

2009-10 Statistics			FG		3PT		FT		Rebounds			Misc
	G	MIN	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OFF	DEF	TOT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	AST	PTS
Season	13	12.5	15-32	.469	0-0	.000	30-48	.625	1.0	2.5	3.5	.31	.08	.62	1.92	0.0	4.6
Career	202	14.4	425-816	.521	0-3	.000	457-652	.701	1.7	2.4	4.1	.28	.38	.86	2.22	0.4	6.5

Last 5 Games | Complete Game Log											Rebounds
DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	FG	3P	FT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PTS
3/19	@Chi	W 92-85	19	2-5	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	4	4	4	8	0	7
3/21	Det	W 104-79	21	5-8	0-0	6-10	1	0	0	3	2	5	7	0	16
3/24	@Nor	W 105-92	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/26	@Sas	L 102-97	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/28	Sac	W 97-90	22	1-2	0-0	2-4	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	4
Numbers for Last 5 Games			16.5	8-15	0-0	11-18	0.5	0.0	0.3	2.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.0	6.8

Leon Powe Continues his Comeback

Game By Game Stats

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Regular
Mar 05	vs. DET	W 99 - 92	4	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mar 03	@ NJN	W 111 - 92	10	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 2	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
Mar 01	vs. NYK	W 124 - 93	18	3 - 6	0 - 0	2 - 4	1	3	4	0	1	0	3	3	8
Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Feb 26	@ TOR	W 126 - 118	16	1 - 2	0 - 0	2 - 2	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	4
Feb 25	@ BOS	W 108 - 88	4	1 - 2	0 - 0	2 - 2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4

Is Shelden Williams Really the New Leon Powe?

A lot has been written on this subject over the last two days. One piece was simply entitled: “Meet the New Leon Powe.” I’m not so sure about that. Last year we had four bigs coming off our bench to start the season: Brian Scalabrine, Glen Davis, Leon Powe, and Patrick O’Bryant. Well, we still have Brian Scalabrine. We mostly likely will still have Glen Davis as well, and we just added Shelden Williams. Am I missing anyone? Oh yeah. Sheed.

Rasheed Wallace will be the first big off the bench. Glen Davis will be reserve big #2. So depending on whom you thought was the first big off the bench last year—Leon Powe or Glen Davis—Powe is being replaced by either Davis or Sheed. This makes Shelden Williams the new Patrick O’Bryant. So all of the time spent over the past couple of days bemoaning the fact that Leon Powe and Glen Davis are better than Shelden Williams seems like time misspent to me. Now if you want to compare Give it to me, Big Shelden to POB, have at it. POB’s main problem was his ticker. From what I’ve read, Shelden won’t have that problem.

And since Mikki Moore couldn't grab a rebound if Mark Blount's life depended on it . . .

Happy Now, Mr. Heisler?

If anyone forgot, as almost everyone did, the Lakers' size, depth and athleticism are far superior to the Celtics'. If the Lakers played as hard as the Celtics, and defended as well, they really would win 70.

Celtics players dismissed the impact of Bynum's return, as if he were a 7-foot equipment manager who had wandered on the court. The alternative would have been to say, "His mere size changes everything. Even if we can still beat them, we're going to get cricks in our necks looking up at them." The Celtics are very short for such a physical, defense-oriented team, with Garnett their only rotation player over 6-9 in bare feet.

Tough as he is, Kendrick Perkins, who's listed at 6-10, looks 6-8 1/2 , at most. (I saw him next to the Globe's Marc Spears, who's 6-6. Perkins looked an inch or so taller.) Glen Davis, listed at 6-9, looks about 6-7 1/2 . Leon Powe, listed at 6-8, looks 6-6 1/2. Then there's their bench, as in, what bench? Powe and Tony Allen might or might not break into the Lakers' nine-man rotation. Davis and Eddie House, no shot.

--Mark Heisler

I'm not sure Derek Fisher, the Lakers' starting point guard, would beat out Eddie House for third-string point guard on the Celtics.