Sick of all the Mr. Kardashian jokes, Lamar Odom has apparently taken it upon himself to prove what a tough guy he is. After colliding with teammate Pau Gasol during Thursday night’s win over the Celtics, Lamar had a gash in his dome that needed to be examined by the trainers. They patched his head up with a bandage and he returned to score six points and grab six rebounds in the fourth quarter of the game. After his tough guy display was over, Odom got eight stitches on his dome, and then he got patched up for Friday’s game.

Here’s a picture timeline of Odom’s head injury from Thursday to Friday:

With Mr. Kardashian out to prove something, did you really think something as small as a gash on the head would keep him out of the Lakers-Knicks game? Of course not. He was dressed up in a Silence of the Lambs mini-mask for the game. That was one sweet job by the training staff, no?

Sunday’s game between the Lakers and Magic was fairly physical and heavily defensively-oriented. Both teams have strong interior presences which made it tough to score baskets down low. Lakers’ big man Lamar Odom figured he wasn’t going to be intimidated so he tried to make a statement by going up for a dunk on Dwight Howard in the third quarter. The good news for Odom is that Howard didn’t stop him. The bad news is the rim did. Let’s go to the video:

It’s pretty funny how my reaction to that move changed midway; as Odom was soaring through the air, I thought to myself, “Damn, look at Odom making a statement.” Once he came up short, I thought “Nice try, Lamar.” Clearly he forgot to eat his PowerBar before the game.