Credits 5/26/09

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 8:47 AM PDT in Credits

Bush league D-Leaguer Dahntay Jones scored 12 points.

That should say everything you need to know about last night's game.

We look great one game. So-so the next. I think we all know what next game will be like. They Lakers are who we thought they were.

Here are your Lakers Links....

Recaps:

Was Game 4 a predictable game? Are we a tired team?

John Ireland wants the Lakers to get some rest.

We might not be, but the one thing that is consistent is bad officiating. (Both ways.) Hollinger breakdown the numbers to show that the number of calls is consistent with last year. (Quantity and quality are NOT related.)

Lakers need more than just Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Our bench is deadwood.(Looking at you Lamar. Kenyon owns you right now. Front-running Kenyon Martin. Where is this Lamar?)

I think the Nuggets solved this X's & O's problem out last night.

We have a simple problem we can solve. Pau Gasol asks to get the ball more.

J.R. Smith had his one good game. Keep it at one.

Dream Matchup of Kobe-LeBron fading as Deeper Teams Rise. (Right. Another win from each team, and watch everyone hop right back on.)

There's No Shame in Wanting Cavs-Lakers. (Who cares what Dwight thinks.)

And so it goes. Should you be worried (again) after this loss? No. Unless you picked them to sweep or win in 5.

Did you expect the Lakers to win in 6 or 7? If you did, nothing has changed. We didn't lay down like Game 4 against Houston. The Nuggets were simply better than us last night. It's going to happen. They're good. We just have to be better in 2 of the next 3 games. I think that will happen. Have faith. No Championship comes easy (except for 2001).

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Tough loss but nothing to worry about...

I don’t think anyone expected the Nuggets to come out and lay down on their home court for us. They played a great game and had the benefit of good offensive games from several players who stepped up in place on Melo. In our case, the Lakers were off offensively right down the line from Kobe on down. The shots just weren’t falling. Add to that the crazy officiating and we have a loss. No biggie thought. It’s time to handle our business on our home court and go back to Denver and try to close this out in game 6. It would be great to get these guys some rest before the Finals since it looks like ORL/CLE may go 7…that’s if Lebron can carry his team tonight.

by BallerBabe on May 26, 2009 10:53 AM PDT reply actions

Henry Abbot is at it again

And wrong again about Kobe.

Kobe Bryant checked into the game with 6:43 left in the fourth quarter, with the Lakers trailing by eleven. He then proceeded to miss a 3-pointer and spot-up jumper, make a pair of two-point jumpers and a long 3, and then finished up by missing six times while getting fouled twice.

My question, inspired by an e-mail from TrueHoop reader Terrence, is a real one: Did Kobe Bryant make a single pass after checking in with 6:43 left? I can’t find evidence he did.
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That says something to me: Bryant is too exhausted to jog the length of the floor, but still believes a solo offensive attack is a far better option than a team approach? For what it’s worth, Andrew Bynum only missed one of his seven shots last night, and Pau Gasol made all but three of his 11.

Drastic times call for drastic measures, and at that point in the game, any type of Kobe Byrant shot was better than any type of shot from any other Laker.

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

by Gils_Keloids on May 26, 2009 11:16 AM PDT reply actions

Listen what did this idiot want? You can’t create a post shot in 3 seconds. Sure Pau and Bynum may have come up with better shots in the post. But when you are down a bunch you really can’t waste 15 seconds of the shot clock creating a post shot for one of your bigs.

Can someone break Mr Abbots fingers?

by rshinsec on May 26, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

I wonder where his "commentary" is when LeBron puts up 40+ as

Cleveland’s offense stalls in losses? When they have leads.

The Lakers are 12-2 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

There is a reason I don't find too much from TrueHoop to link to.

Don’t ask me why I even link to Simers sometimes.

Can someone tell him we get the point. He hates Phil.

So what. Why does he think we care about his vendetta?

The Lakers are 12-2 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Kobe

Is an unusual player, that is for sure. Definitely capable of taking over a game. Weird thing is, I swore watching the game last night that he was absolutely killing it from the outside. Especially when he came back into the game in the 4th. Then I look at the box score, and he’s 10 for 26 from the field, and 2 for 10 from 3-point range??? I really didn’t get that feel from watching the game. I think he takes and makes so many difficult shots that you lose track of the ones he misses. Which, at least last night, were plentiful.

Melo, on the other hand, just struggled mightily and everyone could see it. No elevation to his shot or drives to the hole whatsoever. I wonder if it was a mistake for GK to play him so much when he was obviously much less than 100%?

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;ylt=AvTTQaKMWa015lw4w599Ve8vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-bryant&prov=ap&type=lgns

by intuitive on May 26, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I find it absolutely horrible...

that kenyon martin thinks it’s amusing that dahntay jones is being labeled a dirty player. Kmart, that’s not amusing it’s sad, and you know what is even more sad? It’s true. He’s a horribly dirty player. He doesn’t play good defense, not even decent defense to be honest. People blow by him and all he does is put his hands on their back and push, it’s horrible. I’m not just talking about the Kobe shove, it’s EVERY single drive. Watch replays, watch closely.

I can’t believe i’m going to say this, but it appears Mark Cuban may have been correct.

by rshinsec on May 26, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions

Keyon and Dahntay are front runners. Always have been.

The Nuggets plated just as dumb last night as he game before. Only we weren’t too good. Chauncey and J.R. took the same dumb shots, only they hit them last night. We missed ours.

They have to pay their best to beat us. I can live with that.

The Lakers are 12-2 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

by MelMan2002 on May 26, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions

The Nuggets plated just as dumb last night as he game before. Only we weren’t too good. Chauncey and J.R. took the same dumb shots, only they hit them last night. We missed ours.

I don’t think this is true at all. The huge differences between last night’s Nugget effort and game 3 were as follows:

1. Last night the Nugs made a committment to taking the ball to the hole and stuck with it.
2. Last night the Nugs crashed the boards like they haven’t so far in the entire playoffs.
3. Last night the Nugs took care of the ball.

The Nugs were a dreadful 5 for 27 from 3-point land in game 4, but were only 7 for 24 last night (so not much better, but at least they didn’t hoist quite as many). The difference was definitely in the paint.

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree... but

if we take that 5/27 and 7/24 a bit further…
We made 2 more threes. So there’s 6 extra points. We attempted 3 fewer threes. If we postulate that on those three possessions they drove to the rim and made it, that’s 6 extra points. So the Nuggs have 12 more points on offense. Also, the Lakers made easy baskets off of missed 3 pointers, and missing 5 fewer 3’s meant 5 fewer chances for the lakers. Assume the Lakers convert 2 of those 5 for field goals and 1 for a three for 7 points off those 5 missed 3s. All of a sudden the difference is +19 for the Nuggs. What was the final score? Amazing!

Not really. Nuggs won because of second chance opportunities.

by NuggBuckets on May 26, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

You are probably right about your points. I don't dispute that.

But the dagger 3’s they took last night, fell in, and they really hurt.

Those same missed attempts let the Lakers linger around for a win in Game 3.

The Lakers are 12-3 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Not that anyone cares about these records

But you know how they are saying that Kobe set the record for the most points in the first four games of a Conference Finals series?

Lebron only has to score 22 points to break that tonight.

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

by Gils_Keloids on May 26, 2009 11:48 AM PDT reply actions

Really nothing has changed.

And nobody should expect anything different, why would we, we’re wining when it counts. All other stuff is for stat lovers and media junk. Our Lakers will chug along, max out the number of games played, win when we need to, and capture the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

by Jello Is Jiggling on May 26, 2009 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

+15

The Lakers are 12-3 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 26, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Update to Dahntay Jones

The league has assessed him a flagrant foul for his intentional tripping of Kobe Bryant.

The talk on LA’s sports radio says that this would make it the third flagrant foul for Jones this postseason. I’m not sure how many fouls it takes to get suspended though.

by hertagnism on May 26, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions