Game Thread: Utah Game 3 - Second Half
by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 8:47 PM PDT
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PrintFirst half has been U-G-L-Y, but the Lakers are a lot closer than they deserve to be. How is this not a blowout yet?
Here is your 2nd GameThread.
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While Kobe is 1-10 from the field at least he’s driving the ball and creating second opp. for Lamar instead of jacking up terrible contested midrange jumpers.
Yep
For many games, Kobe is a tale of two halves, so this is a decent sign
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
wooo
I’m glad to see that SB Nation has a good Lakers site. GO LAKERS!
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 23, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions
i know we’re not grabbing rebounds but we did a really good job of denying deron from getting into the paint, and i mean a really good job. doesnt really matter though when we give up offensive rebounds after every miss
Lakers tend to be two different teams in two different halves
Play well in the first half, come out flat in the second. Play poorly in the first, come out with energy in the second.
That’s hopeful.
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Not shooting
just that things are going their way. It has to swing in our favor soon.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Problem is: the 3rd Quarter Lakers have been laying eggs in the 3rd Q...
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In the second half we need to bring some intensity and attitude.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Ha ha:
Ernie: “Why is Kobe 1 out of 10 in the first half?”
Class Clown: “Because he missed 9 shots!”
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Lakers are destined to win the title...
Your two all-stars are 4-18
Your starting center has played 6 minutes
You shoot 30%
You are outrebounded by 10
You play in the most hostile arena in the country
You’re down by a measly 4 points at the half.
Tonight, there's nothing in the glass -- it's a race to scoop up spilled beverages off the table...
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It's obvious...
that it has a lot to do with the crowd and the hostile environment. If you were expecting all the Laker players to come out like they did in the first two games, you flat out don’t know much about basketball.
eh?
Cleveland isn’t a hostile environment? Bynum and Gasol need to prove that they can perform in a tough arena.
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I agree, but...
it’s the first half of the first road playoff game for Bynum. Give him some time to adjust. Pau is known to stink it up occasionally. If he performs like this throughout the series, then it means something.
That's why...
Portland got blown out on their homecourt in the playoffs by a team seeded one step below them?
Or Golden State had a losing home record?
Utah was blown out by GS at home and lost to Minnesota
Portland lost because pretty much no one had every played in a playoff game. Not too surprising.
Look at GS’s home and road records, and tell me there isn’t a dramatic improvement.
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Seriously Justin............if you don't think Portland has a great home advantage..............
I don’t know what else to say.
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I think they do...
Yet I don’t think it’s on the same level as Utah. Utah also has the altitude factor going for them.
I agree the altitude is a big advantage...
but the crowds and arena are similar
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
It looks like the Utah crowd is right on top of the action -- THAT might be why it is regarded as such a loud room.
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so
you’re saying that it’s better to lose to two of the worst road teams in the league with your seeding hopes on the line than lose to a good Houston team in what was the first playoff game for nearly every member of the roster?
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But either way my point has gotten buried....
Which was that its the hostile environment that’s causing this some initial road playoff jitters. Remember the Lakers needed 3 games in Utah to win one last year…
+1
Agreed on that. Kid deserves at least a little slack. This is what, his 3rd playoff game, and only his 7th game back from injury?
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I think Gasol
Has forgotten the soft tab everyone had given him, because he seemed to respond to that at the start of this season. He was physical and finishing with dunks where he used to do lay ups. He has taken a step back from that. Someone need to insult his manhood and get him back to that.
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
hate to be a broken record
But kenny and charles just inadvertently talked about my point about how Kobe will keep taking those shots if they are ones he can make.
Even if he is missing, he knows it will even out.
That’s the corollary of the non-existence of the hot hand, you keep shooting shots you normally make, even if you aren’t making them, just like you shouldn’t keep shooting shots you don’t normally make, even if you are making them
Actually
That’s an incredibly good point. Not sure I buy the “no hot hand” argument, but you’ve come closer to convincing me than all those experts and two lengthy TrueHoop posts.
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But the problem is
Kobe does love to take heat checks, too!
But I do think it’s great that he does not let missing makeable shots shake his confidence in his ability. That to me is admirable, and decidely strong-willed. Then again, he knows he’s done the preparation so that helps.
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don't believe that theory... Each shot isn't an independent random event -- hot and cold streaks are a reality, just like there are slumps in baseball and periods when a quarterback can't hit the broad side of a barn or is on fire...
But kenny and charles just inadvertently talked about my point about how Kobe will keep taking those shots if they are ones he can make.
Even if he is missing, he knows it will even out.
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Another good point
That was one of my problems with the whole thing. They compare it to flipping a coin? Only one problem — flipping a coin is pure chance! Shooting is a skill.
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But you don't get better at shooting during the game
That muscle memory is built through practice
So by the time the game starts your chances of making or missing shots is set
that is what the non hot handers are saying
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know how muscle memory works...
But i don’t think its that simple. I’m sure it involves something about the last move your muscles made.
I don't think they were saying that shooting is pure chance
They were only saying, does the fact that you made the shot before, or two in a row, increase the chances that you will make the next shot (over your normal chance whether or not you made the shot before)
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Because
He doesn’t know what he is talking about
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok well actually the coin flip
is analogous to a 50% shooter
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It's saying that say you had a 50% shooter
His chances of making the next shot don’t go up to 51% just because he made his last shot
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
They were clubbed with a shovel, taken out back, and buried in the earth.
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How many times does Rondo tweak and ankle or go into the locker room……? It seems like he is ALWAYS heading into the locker room or “almost injured”
Great.......halftime and I figure I can watch a little of the Ducks/Sharks game.........
except they broke a pane of glass and I end up watching nothing……..great.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
at least we improved on something from the last game
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Does Kobe ever miss the 3 ball after a loose ball scrum??
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Loving it!
just like that, there’s a lead :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
If you pause your DVR at just the right time and squint....
you can see a non-white Jazz fan way back in the background.
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Williams TOTALLY missed Kirilenko there. He was WIDE OPEN behind everyone...
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balls...........from an earlier game thread
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I said hey...........grow a pair of 80's......and it stuck
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Who came up with this?
Was it pslakersfan?
We were talking about how Portland whines about the hard fouls. He told them to grow a pair of 80s.
We’ll make it an SS&R vocab word here, soon.
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So do you think Kobe
Should stop shooting now?
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry
didn’t mean for it to sound so antagonistic
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, a better effort so far
Led by Kobe and LO. Putting together the start of a 3rd quarter push.
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I love this discussion right now
Kobe and his work ethic, which makes 2 summers of Team USA and 2 seasons of 82 games plus 2 Playoff runs possible.
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95% by Labor Day?
Amazing work ethic in the off season.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I get it.
it’s not that the Jazz were getting all the calls in the 1st half. It’s just on one end of the floor. Good to know
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Here are the Lakers that won 65 games this season
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 23, 2009 9:18 PM PDT reply actions
I just had a tiny orgasm!!!!!!
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especially
if you have stopped watching the game
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry.
If I was a chick you wouldn’t say that ;-)
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Ahhhhh the superfulous Question mark...
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The Jazz fans and team both were very flat at the start of the 2nd half -- like they burned themselves out with the frenzy of the first half.
Bearing in mind that “frenzy” for Utah meant 33% shooting and a whopping 4 point lead at the half.
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They should make like GM and just shut the mother down for 9 weeks next season...
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Gasol is probably the most talented 7 footer in the NBA
he does not look goofy when handling the ball
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 23, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you kidding me?
Agree with you on talent…
…But to me, Gasol ALWAYS looks goofy!
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but can he dribble the ball and get to the rack like gasol?
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 23, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree
I’m not sure I’d say Gasol is better than Dirk overall. But I do have to give Gasol the quickness and ball handling over Dirk, without question.
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really?
even if you said Gasol was the better ballhandler, I’d still say Dirk was the most skilled seven footer. Not the best.
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Pau shoots over a doubleteam. Lead back to 10. And Trevor hits a trey...
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It's about time
The basket was being very kind to Utah, especially Boozer, in the first half
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Nice steal by Gasol!
Redeeming his first half disappearance.
…And Ariza hits the 3!!!!
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Oh boy...
…this is what makes the rest of the league’s fans just love us… destiny… ;-)
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timbo won't like this comment
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And to think we got Trev for Cook! What a steal.
by intuitive on Apr 23, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Reggie: "Right now the offense is out of synch for the Utah Jazz -- for the Lakers, you've got to give their defense a lot of credit."
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Ohhhhhhh man that Fisher 3 woulda been huge
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this comment sounds way better if you say HUGE with a scottish accent.............I'm just saying
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D Will doing his best Farmar impression
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Williams bricks another. The fans: 'GET IN THERE!" like they are rooting for a bad Tiger putt...
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Deron is nothing but iron on FTs
And he is an 83% shooter. He has missed like 6 so far.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Nice play by Kobe and Pau
Booze had no choice but to foul, that was a wide open dunk for Gasol… who promptly misses the first FT.
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Don't let the power go to your head, or you'll be no better than the dung-smoking Celtics...
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I'm honored
I thought you guys had a sense of humor. It was a play on your “drive by trolling” post earlier. No harm meant, just messing around.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 23, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have loved to have seen the younger Sabonis, pre knee injuries, play in the NBA. I heard he was a monster.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 23, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough
Keep it light, and you’re cool. God knows I don’t want to become like Celticsblog. But there’s gotta be a limit, you know? And with no tone coming through in texting, it’s impossible to tell a geniune troll from a guy telling a joke. Know what I mean?
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yeah
on the whole troll thing… almost none of the “Blazersedge trolls” have been actual contributors at BE.
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Yeah
I hear ya. I was hoping the Jazz could extend this series….but then they wouldn’t be the Jazz.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 23, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
So I read that the Lakers are 2-9 all time in Utah in the playoffs
but I didn’t believe it. Sure enough:
1988: 1-2 in Utah (but 3-1 at home)
1997: 0-3 in Utah (lost series 4-1; the rookie Kobe air balls to end it)
1998: 0-2 in Utah (sweep)
2008: 1-2 in Utah (winning game 6 to close it out)
Oh well, 3-9 sounds much better. :)
1998
I also seem to remember Corie Blunt on the Jim Rome Show before the West Finals saying he thought the Lakers could sweep. Stupid jinxer. :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Corie Blunt sounds like a good name for a former Jailblazer...
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Overall, a pretty decent 3rd quarter
But it’s far from over. Don’t start thinking this game is won yet.
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I'm pondering that line -- unless it's a wipeout, it's gonna be close?
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Lol
Kinda like the article that declared that Princess Di was alive hours before she died.
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It's weird
because I don’t think I have see someone foul out before the fourth quarter.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
it will work well if we hold on and win tonight.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
single game +/-
is often hard to draw conclusions from. Too much statistical noise.
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No logical reason to go heavy with the 2nd unit based on that...
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Walton and Vujacic on the floor at the same time
Didn’t we talk about this? I guess Phil didn’t get the memo.
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Question for everyone
If a guy is shooting a 3 pointer and gets fouled, but only gets 2 free throws isn’t that a clear indication that he “jumped” into the defender.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
Didn't we lose a game that way?
The Cavs game remember.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 23, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Kobe going iso mode
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
Lakers getting a little frustrated. They can (and should) still win this. Just need to start taking it to the rack.
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Well one good thing about a game like this............
If we win the Jazz will be totally demoralized.
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i dont think theyre convinced they can win a game now
by gametime_gsw on Apr 23, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
After being right in it at the end of the 4th last game
…on the road, where they suck… and heading back to Utah… coming into this game, they believed. No doubt about it. But lose here, and ALL of that disappears.
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Just noticed your screen name
I grew up in Palm Springs, went K-12 there. PSHS ’94!
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
6 points in the quarter
and still a 2-point game.
And now the Jazz are in the penalty.
It’s been a terrible game, and yet things look pretty good for us. This is just the craziest game I’ve ever seen.
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Again: remarkable.
HORRIBLE 1st, 2nd, and 4th (so far) Q — and it is a 2 point game.
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Right?
I mean… I’ve never been so confused by a sports game in my life. How is this possible?
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that's what I thought
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I'm so pissed/stressed, that I am watching the hockey.
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Boozer just got away with a blatantly obvious shove in the back
Ref feels bad, makes up for it with the out of bounds call
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Pau, once again fails to box out and rebound. Boozer bails 'em out with the TO.
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Trevor misses a 3. Four minutes to play and Jazz up 3 with the ball.
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Open thread Dave chat Timbo
FYI
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 23, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
At some point in these playoffs
Kobe’s going to trust him again, and Trevor’s going to hit a HUGE 3… and it will all have been worth it
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah these rebounds are killing me
First Boozer, now Millsap.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
For what?
He hasn’t done jack this game. Chalk it up as a learning experience and give him a fresh start next game. Let’s not risk this game on Bynum’s playoffs learning curve.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta say
I look for it sometimes, but I do believe it’s the first I’ve ever seen.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
If I'm not mistaken
we’ve seen one in the playoffs like 5 years ago vs. the Spurs with Tony Parker.
by chrisbeomsuh on Apr 23, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinkig the same thing on some of his shots.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's only taken it to the rack twice. He is 4/22 so far tonight...
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That shot is in Kobe's arsenal, though. Not a horrible shot for him, just didn't go.
Of course, the fact that it isn’t falling tonight could be reason not to take it.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I just realized I was about 15 seconds behind
because I rewound to something pointless in an early commercial. :)
was it the mini siloin burger commercial
by gametime_gsw on Apr 23, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It was even dumber
It was the DirecTV commercial. I went back to pause it when they showed that DirecTV offered free weather localized to your zip code. I wanted to see if it was my zip code, because on first glance I thought it was.
It wasn’t.
I blame myself that the Lakers trail right now.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
amazing to say
but kobe’s shooting like he doesn’t believe it’s going in
Bynum has a better +/- than Kobe and Gasol.........
I’m just saying……..
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he only played 7 minutes
two shot attemps and 4 points. i say put him in
by gametime_gsw on Apr 23, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Jazz playing great D on Kobe
He needs to find ways to punish them by finding wide open teammates
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Damn Kobe....
we needed that 2 for 1
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Time out forced: 30.5 seconds, 8 on the shot clock. 70% chance of a Utah win, I would guess,
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Boozer to the rack. Jazz up by 2, 16.9, Lakers should have last shot to tie or win.
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I guess after this suck fest................
A chance to tie/win aint bad.
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+1
I hate that it has come to this. Never should have been like this.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Rule of thumb is go for win on the road and tie at home......
personally I’d like to see him go to the rack.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I don't think the citizens of Utah
would take kindly to the words uttered by Boozer after his dunk.
Of course, this doesn’t apply to the most vile, whiny fans in the NBA, currently inside the arena. :)
nostrafrikkiindomas is that you
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I would much rather have the chance to force overtime, than to rely on them to MISS to allow overtime...
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I agree, but...........it could be worse.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
2 points with time is better than no points with no time
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
BEAUTIFUL!!!
God, I love that Kobe did that!
Anyone thinking a Kobe 3 is a foregone conclusion hasn’t watched that much this year.
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I personally vote for a foul to ensure last shot
Calculated gamble.
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Poor
Should’ve fouled
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Shannon Brown
Looking better and better
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It's 5 and a half times what we need
Well crap.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Boozer and Milsap combined for almost 40 rebounds.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Bynum: 7 feet tall; Pau: 7 feet tall; Odom: 6'9" or so -- Boozer maybe 6'7"; Millsap about 6'8"...
What is wrong with this picture?
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I hope so.
Can they please bring intensity for the whole game next time. It seemed like they got complacent with a 13-point lead.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
They'll survive. This is just an off day
The two teams were more evenly matched last year, and look how that ended up.
All this means is that the Cavs might get to the next round before you do.
Yeah it still looks good for the Lakers for the series
Can’t say the same for the Jazz
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This is 3 games in a row where the Lakers have NOT looked like a world champion...
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Don't care who gets there first
just as long as the Lakers get there.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Everyone knew it was going to Kobe
I would have baited them, and then given it to Fish
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Fish don't need no time!
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Well another double-digit lead blown.
Although I wasn’t too confident we would win this game in the first place.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Well that sucked
I believe Sideout11 should have the post-game thread up soon. Weigh in with your thoughts, and ryebreadraz will have the full recap bright and early tomorrow morning.
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Didn't deserve to win that one
Still, would have been nice!
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
it was a lot closer than it should have been
We better rebound for game four or this will really be a series.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers lead Utah 2-0
Fantastic game
I was on the edge of my seat the whole 4th quarter. Hope the next one’s just as thrilling. I’ll see you guys next time!
I'm not worried about minutes
I’m more focused on the fact that they didn’t deliver.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have had Bynum and Pau in for the last defensive stop
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed on both counts
And I would have had Kobe on Williams, or at least Shannon Brown
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Fisher
Is starting to look more and more disposable, hate to say it
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's my way of saying it: "To beat the Lakers, you have to get Kobe chucking."
Proven again. He didn’t take the ball to the hole, the jumpers weren’t falling, and it was a loss.
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To beat the Lakers
Other players have to be off, which makes Kobe shoot more, in which case the chances were they were going to lose anyway
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
But that's saying something entirely different
Because most times, when Kobe’s shooting a lot, it’s because they’re down, time is getting short, and he feels the need to try and bring them back. Fact is, they’re more successful in those situations than if he didn’t do that. But still less successful than when they’re playing with a lead, obviously.
What you’re saying is that if you get Kobe chucking, you have a chance. That’s something different entirely, and I agree with that more than the simple idea that Kobe shooting a lot is what causes the Lakers to lose.
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
How many shots were “chucked”? Two? Three? The rest of those were makeable shots. He was just off.
Again, if you believe in the “cold hand”, maybe he should have stopped shooting, but otherwise, if you have a shot that you make more than half the time, you take it while it’s there.
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, he did his thing
Kobe will just had to make a few more buckets,
Pau needed to get tough,
Bynum needed not to foul,
Role Players had to shoot a little better,
and the Laker lost by 2
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
A big difference
Is that the role players didn’t shoot as well in Utah
Trevor 3-9, Sasha 1-5, Shannon 1-4
The good news is
They held Utah to 44% shooting!
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
We still blew a lead…. and continue to do so. Thats the aspect of the game that bothers me most. We had it. We should have won this game
but again we got complacent and stopped running the offense correctly.
Indeed
But I thought the Lakers would get 1 of 2 anyway … so they better get it on Saturday!
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta give it to Boozer
That was completely unexpected, especially that left handed monster slam on Pau.
Opening line
“I know I played bad, but damn, no questions?”
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
What adjustments can you make, knowing you'll see some of those same looks in game four?
“Make more shots!”
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by Josh Tucker on Apr 23, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
hahah
You know he doesn’t believe in the “cold hand”!
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 23, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh another point I forgot to make
It was so apparent to me how nervous Pau was at the free throw line. To steal a line from Charles Barkley, Gasol was so tight “you couldn’t get a pea pod up there with a jackhammer!” Those FTs weren’t even close.
I just put the post game thread up
So go ahead and slide on over their with the rest of your thoughts
Ironic
That we are now being compared to the Celtics of last year.
They went to seven in the first round last year against the Hawks.
They beat the Lakers in two regular season games, yet the Lakers were favored in the finals, and now the Lakers beat the Cavs in two regular season games, and it looks like if the Lakers make the Finals, the Cavs will be favored. Except the Cavs will have home court.
I’ll make an exception this time, and not mind being compared to last years’ Celtics.
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