Trying To Win With No Offense, Defense or Energy: Game 6 Post-Game Thread

Does the number of technicals you have restart after every series? If not (and we do get by the Rockets) Kobe’s going to have to keep his mouth shut. He already has 5.

It’ll be interesting to see how Pau plays in Game 7. He’s been a non-factor on the road which has contributed to why we have struggled so much on Houston’s home floor

Fisher shading off of Brooks for that wide open 3 was really was a momentum killer. What happened to having the best road record in the regular season. Pau is playing horribly on the road these playoffs.

To game 7 we go.

fisher is costing us big time this series = the end

Landry was 6-6 for 15 points. Pau needs to do a better job on him then that..

But the players are the ones playing the game. If they can’t play thru a run by the Rockets B Team, you may as well call it a year.

like charles barkley says, basketball is a game of matchups – you don’t adjust or take advantage of mismatches, you will get hammered – and that onus goes to the coach

cant make fish play better, so coach has to think, gotta put in someone who can. pretty simple and logical.

maybe if it was only a problem for 1 night, it would be okay, but this has been an issue the ENTIRE series.

But players have to shoot through slumps sometimes, and Farmar really wasn’t doing any better on Brooks, he was just shooting better.

yeah, dont want that happening, might as well take out kobe too and play vujajic at starter so artest doesnt get upset either, lol

i dunno about u but i saw farmar contest 3 shots of brooks and made him pass the ball a couple, while keeping him in front most of the time, but not all the time. in comparison, fish was a spectator to brooks on the court

i think bynum and gasol could have had more impact tonite if they, gasp, ran their offense like they did in game 5. i understand kobe trying to jumpstart the offense a little bit but fish has no reason chucking up 3s and committing turnovers in the opening minutes, thats not what a good pg does, plain and simple. i understand shooters have to shoot out of their slump, but do it when the offense is flowing and you get defensive stops, dont force your shot – just like he did tonite. if u cant be effectively offensively for yourself, you have to at least TRY to create plays for your teammates.

Phil says he isn’t worried about this game… He said there’s nothing to be worried about. The players take on the attitude of the coach..

that houston run in the beginning was a backbreaker. i have no problem with fish, he is a great role player, but they just need to understand that fish cant match brooks this series, maybe the WCF or Finals but not now. yes the big men need to step up in the paint and maybe have a little more help defense, but this matchup has allowed houston back into this series, primarily.

Kobe says game 7 will be exciting….

yes they would if they played like tonite. gm4 lakers would destroy cleveland. problem is gm4 lakers sometimes go on extended vacations.

if lakers survive this series, i think there is nowhere but up. they cant possibly do any worse and we see the perfection that is on display when gm4 lakers show up, and wont have to deal with the demon that is brooks, lol.

i agree, rockets have been the biggest challenge ever for this team.

We need to get better ball movement going. 11 assists on 30 makes isn’t going to cut it. Today we didn’t look for the open guy instead everyone was too trigger happy. Then the guy we needed to be “trigger happy” (Gasol) was looking to pass too much.

We need to execute our offense and the rest will (most likely) fall into place.

but i still think lakers are beating themselves mostly.

the edge over Denver in the WCF. Brooks tore Billups up in the regular season (just looked it up). Ron neutralizes mellow.

or is it the other way around, oops, lol

home crowd will need to explode in gm7 to get these players riled up to win. guess hm court counts for sumthin, at least till cleveland, if both teams get there. by then, they should have adequate motivation to play their best in the finals. then play boston gm6 last yr to remind them of what team needs to show up to win – the team destroyed by boston in the finals last year, or the team that played to perfection and destroyed the rockets in gm4 this year. only 1 gm remains while their playoff lives hang in the balance. if they survive, i don’t know what to expect from this team the rest of the way on their journey to win a championship. all i know is it sure will be alot of drama and suspense along the way, thats for sure!

p.s. DIE JEKYLL LAKERS DIE! LIVE HYDE LAKERS LIIIIIIIIIVE, MWAHAHAHAAHA. IT’S ALIVE IT’S ALIVE!!!! oh wait, wrong movie, lol

I really do not think they are going to lose to the rockets without Yao , in a game 7 in LA. But if you met the Cavs in the playoffS they will have more energy unless they have a really hard
semi-final and the Lakers sweep Denver.

if past history is anything to go by, we’ll know at the end of the 1st qtr.

Bynum needs to get more than 3 shots

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lakers-game-one-2412948-time-behind

Kobe is forking over a lot of money these days. First being fined $10,000 for wearing headphones in the post game interview. Now this:

 If the technical foul Kobe Bryant was just issued isn’t rescinded, he will be receiving a warning letter from the NBA because it was his fifth technical foul this postseason. A one-game suspension occurs with the seventh technical – certainly a dangerous situation if the Lakers’ season continues two more series after this – with additional one-game suspensions for every odd-number technical thereafter.

Bryant was fined $1,000 fine for each of his first two technicals and $1,500 for each of his next two. The fines go up to $2,000 for Nos. 5 and 6 and then $2,500 for No. 7 and beyond.

Referee Monty McCutchen told the official scorer that Bryant threw a forearm into Artest 2:03 before halftime, meriting technical foul. Replays didn’t show much contact, although Bryant’s left arm was obscured; Bryant appeared to complain after a timeout to Artest about his dramatic reaction to the play, running off the court, and Artest’s final words in that conversation were: "You’re right."

Bryant was in danger of a suspension toward the end of the 2007-08 regular season because of technical fouls but was able to curb his behavior and avoid it.

as much as i hated the smush parker era, at least you knew what you were getting, and often there was entertainment from kobe going crazy…
this team is so talented but so little motivation.

At the end of the day, Kobe has NO HELP when it counts most. His boys fold like cheap tents. That means Odom, Bynum, Gasol. Everybody.

So it went from Kobe has so much talent and he should be winning all these games to Kobe has no help. No one can make up their mind.

Bryant was asked if his young teammates are picking up playoff basketball.

“They better,” said an unsmiling Kobe.

We’re only starting to understand how young this team is, with a rotation that includes Andrew Bynum, 21; Jordan Farmar, 22; Trevor Ariza and Shannon Brown, 23; and Sasha Vujacic, 25.

And it’s a heady, bewildering time for young players, dealing with all their riches and fame.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-heisler-lakers14-2009may14,0,3526382.story?page=1

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/175803-phil-jackson-is-the-worst-coach-in-the-2009-playoffs

2. The players he is giving playing time to and the players who actually deserves playing time.

This is what has pissed me off about Phil Jackson the most this year. First off, Luke Walton is the most useless piece of garbage in the NBA. Why he continues to give this bonafide scrub more playing time? Who knows. And it was clear from the beginning that Derek Fisher is too old to guard a young, lightning quick Aaron Brooks. So why not start a younger and quicker Jordan Farmar?

The biggest mistake Phil has made is not giving Shannon Brown enough playing time. He is hands down the Lakers’ 2nd best player. He goes out there, shoot effeciently from the floor, plays lockdown defense, contest every jumper, hustles, etc. Basically everything that no one on the bench has done and he does it on a consistent basis. As for Bynum, I’m not even going to talk about that character. I prefer MBenga in the lineup. At least you know he isnt going to play scared and will put 100% effort.

 

Basically what I am saying is the Lakers are playing like a bunch of mindless pansies but it isn’t all on them. Phil Jackson’s in game decisions are also to blame. All I ask from you Phil is to wake the hell up! This isn’t the Three peat years anymore.

Maybe this awful game is keeping me awake. The Lakers should start considering this Rockets team their equals. What they lack in size, experience, or talent they make up for with heart, execution, and D. This is GAME 7. The whole season is wasted if they lose. I’m pointing out the obvious, but after this game and their postgame interviews I don’t know if they get it. The Rockets will be ready. The Lakers better be.

I sleep now.

The lakers should have never let go of Ronny Turiaf. Let Lamar Odom go instead. This team is way to soft and it pisses me off. Everyone is always praising LO for all his tallent. Sure when he gets his head out of his butt. Great guy and team-mate but won’t win a champion ship. Kobe needs to hurt some feelings if they are going to get to the finals. I am sure they will squeek by the Rockets but the way Denver is playing, I don’t think that they will get by them. And Cleveland would sweep us. I knew they were going to play this bad. Sasha V, tries to make Kobe-like turn arounds and always misses. Kobe took stupid shots and only played well when he attacked the basket. PG got out muscled by a 6’6" guy. They better get the premadona attitude checked real quick cause they are getting there asses handed to them by SUBS. No offence Rockets. You are playing your asses off and deserve to win.