Rockets Radio Voice Rubs It In After Houston Win

“The Lakers Have Just Pooped Their Big-Boy Pants!”

Pau Gasol is rapidly falling out of favor in L.A. On Sunday, for the second time in a week, Gasol was benched for the last few minutes of the game, and he's growing frustrated.

According to deadspin.com, Kobe Bryant had a message for him

Kobe Bryant on Pau Gasol getting benched: "Put your big boy pants on. Just adjust ... You can't complain about it."
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 3, 2012

Fast forward to Tuesday night. Gasol missed the entire game with tendinitis, so Kobe decided to hitch up his own britches. He scored 39; it would have been better for the Lakers if he scored 42. Houston erased a 13-point deficit with under ten minutes remaining, and a Bryant three rimmed out in the waning seconds, while Metta World Peace and Antawn Jamison missed putback attempts. 

L.A. lost their fifth game in the last seven, and fell to 8-10

Houston radio play-by-play man Craig Ackerman celebrated the occasion with a dig at Kobe's comment, in the process coining a catchphrase sure to sweep the nation: "The game is over! The game is over! The Lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants!"