As Usual, Robinson Does It All : Spurs: Lakers can’t stop San Antonio center, who has 33 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.

After he had dropped 33 points on the Lakers, it was left up to some of those who saw him up close to critique David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs.

Well, how big is big?

“David was huge,” said Doc Rivers.

How solid is solid?

“David was a rock,” said J.R. Reid.

How good is good?

“David was phenomenal,” said Laker Coach Del Harris. “David is David.”

This is not a good thing for the Lakers, who would feel better if David were somebody else, say, Jack Haley.

If sneakers leave vapor trails, the Lakers are left grasping for Robinson’s laces on his size 18-EEEs, which brings up one more question.

How in the heck are the Lakers going to stop him?

Actually, if the Lakers can’t find an answer to this one soon, they’re going to find the message is true on that sign one fan held up behind the baseline: Lakers Are All Wet.

Right now, they’re listing to one side. They absorbed a 110-94 defeat in Game 1 Saturday afternoon before 24,002 at the Alamodome, which is the county seat in Mr. Robinson’s neighborhood.

Robinson tormented the Lakers for 43 minutes, long enough to make 14 of 23 shots, pull down 11 rebounds and block five shots. He did it all against a trio of Laker defenders--Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell and Sam Bowie--and pretty much had his way with all of them.

Robinson’s 33 points were only three shy of his playoff high, so the Lakers did manage to keep him from something. Otherwise, the Lakers agreed they weren’t very effective against him.

“Well, I wouldn’t say anyone who looks at the game film is going to say, ‘Look, that’s the way to defend him,’ ” Harris said.

Whether they were fronting him, playing behind him, double-teaming him, telling him his shoelaces were untied or getting him off his feet and then knocking him to the floor the way Campbell did in the fourth quarter, nothing worked for the Lakers.

“You try to hold him down, but I don’t care what kind of defense you throw at him, he’s going to get his points,” Bowie said.

“It’s funny, at the half, Sedale Threatt said, ‘Nice job on Robinson,’ but you look up, we’re down by 10 points, we ran three people at him, and he has 18 points. The way he gets them, he makes it look so easy. He’s special.”

And the Spurs have him. Robinson averaged 27.6 points during the season and it is widely believed that a most-valuable-player trophy with Robinson’s name on it will be delivered to his neighborhood soon.

He certainly looked like an MVP on the court. He also didn’t look too bad afterward in his olive-colored silk suit, starched white shirt, patterned silk tie and alligator loafers.

No matter how it looks, Robinson said he doesn’t feel as if he has to do it all for the Spurs to succeed in the playoffs.

“Everybody in the league knows you can’t be a one-man team,” he said. “This year is the first year I’ve had guys around me who are capable of doing great jobs. It proves you don’t need superstars around you.

“I don’t have to make every defensive stop and get every defensive rebound, so when it comes time, it’s easier for me to step it up.”

Robinson bruised his tailbone and his left elbow when Campbell knocked him to the court with San Antonio leading by 10. Robinson, who was driving to the basket, lay on the court for some time while Campbell got called for a flagrant foul and a technical foul.

Rivers, who went after Campbell and had to be restrained, also got a technical foul. Rivers said he feared the worst just as he checked on Robinson’s condition.

“I was going to see if David was out and see if I could move over to another team real quick,” Rivers said.

Chances are he chose a pretty good one. After all, David is David.