Lakers beat Sonics 117 - 91

Tonight was the press's "highlight of the preseason", due to Ray Allen's idiotic comments on Kobe, that were unneeded and uncalled for. Anyway, the duel never happened, Allen sat out the game with a bad back (yeah right, chicken), and Kobe only played 9 minutes in the first quarter before staying on the bench the rest of the night. The Lakers meanwhile jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter, and never gave it back. The starters didn't even play in the second half, and Caron Butler scored 18 points in the first quarter, as the Lakers breezed to victory, and improved their record to 5-2.