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Kobe Disembowels Mayo, Lakers Roll

The Memphis Grizzlies aren't good, so we shouldn't get carried away here. They're young, and their roster has been put together without a coherent blueprint. Playing at home, the Lakers should beat these guys, even with Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol in dry-dock.

All that said, the Lakers put on a splendid all-around show tonight. After a sputtery first half that ended with the Grizz up 2, the L.A. offense roared into high gear to win going away. Ron Artest (14 points 19 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds) continued his All Star-caliber play, DJ Mbenga (a career-high 13 rebounds) and Josh Powell filled in ably for the missing frontcourt starters, and Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar tag-teamed the point position as well as they have in ages.

What everyone will be talking about, though, is Adam Morrison, who lit up the scoreb-... no, sorry. I'm misreading my notes. Kobe Bryant, I meant to say, is what everyone will be talking about tomorrow. Working almost exclusively from the post, he kneecapped the Grizzly defense with 41 points on 65% True Shooting. Just as remarkably, he committed zero turnovers. OJ Mayo spent most of the night guarding Kobe one-on-one and basically got vaporized.

The box score is here, and the tempo-free numbers are below. Enjoy your evening. The Lakers are 5-1.

 

Poss.

TO%

FTA/
FGA

FT%

EFG%

TS%

Off Reb%

Def Reb%

PPP

Lakers

89

9

0.12

82

55

57

40

72

1.28

Grizz

88

14

0.37

76

48

53

28

60

1.11

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Mayo was abused as an adult

Tonight.

"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson

by Gils_Keloids on Nov 6, 2009 10:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

i say he deserves a blackjack taco

When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton

by shaqfor3 on Nov 6, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

hey nice

we win
good to see kobe having a great shooting night (19-30)
hopefully pau and bynumite return sunday

When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton

by shaqfor3 on Nov 6, 2009 11:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

how was Congo cash tonight?

When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton

by shaqfor3 on Nov 6, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"But Kobe only had one assist"

Morons.

I make up enemies to slay.

"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson

by Gils_Keloids on Nov 6, 2009 11:15 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

u cant please everyone

theres always going to be someone to nitpick at stuff like this when hes actually been leading the team in assists for years…

When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton

by shaqfor3 on Nov 6, 2009 11:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

assist turnover ratio?

Infinity.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

by Justin N. on Nov 6, 2009 11:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

+1

that’s a good one.

by Nostance on Nov 7, 2009 12:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

here's a question...

…does the hand in the face thing work at all better than just going for the block the traditional way? There was a highlight tonight where Kobe pulled up and Mayo got the hand in the face so deep it was more of a forearm and it looked like his hand curled around the top of Kobe’s head. Kobe sank it easily. It’s hard for me to believe that the hand in the face has a better chance of stopping him than a potential block / forcing him to physically alter the shot…

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

by Justin N. on Nov 7, 2009 12:03 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

i dunno about kobe (the guy's a monster)

but i would imagine many players would at least intuitively flinch if someone threw a hand/arm in their face—thus altering the shot?

by Nostance on Nov 7, 2009 12:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good Question

No real idea what the answer is. Seems like Shane Battier uses the hand-in-the-face quite often.

One benefit, perhaps, is that you can do it while your feet are still on the ground, since you don’t need to elevate as high. That could reduce your susceptibility to shot fakes.

by DexterFishmore on Nov 7, 2009 12:16 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Eh

Against someone like Kobe, who practices his shot so much I doubt he thinks at all about the execution when actually performing it, the effect is minimized. If you already know by muscle memory the full form of your shot (and the countermoves built in to it, if necessary), then you tend to remove outside interference and simply finish it, coming back to earth to see whether your shot went in or not.

To other players though, it can be pretty jarring. Battier, perhaps the most frequent user of this technique, causes some pretty embarrassing bricks by using it. Players used to having the rim act as a guide for their shot tend to be thrown off by it.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

by Ben R on Nov 7, 2009 12:28 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I have heard Stu say

That going for the block is better, because if you are getting your hand in the shooter’s face after he’s located the target, it does not have much effect.

What’s peculiar is that this “face guarding” tactic gained popularity after ONE bad shooting night Kobe had against Battier, and that was the thing sheeple latched onto, thinking that was the reason, had to be the reason, for Kobe’s off night.

"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson

by Gils_Keloids on Nov 7, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs


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