It was a rough Sunday for the Lakers, who became the 22nd-straight victim of the Houston Rockets, and lost their lead atop the NBA’s Western Conference. But, as Ryne Nelson of ODENIZED reports, Phil Jackson was able to find a little ray of sunshine, as cameras caught the coach committing a cutesy conversation with an ESPN sideline reporter. Surprisingly, it wasn’t Erin Andrews.

FAN IQ comes across Michele Tafoya, who was recently removed from “Monday Night Football“, at Sunday’s game, trying to track down Jackson for a quick soundbite. As Michele asked the coach about game adjustments, Phil quickly adjusted his reply into some sweet talk (video after the jump): Read more…