Lakers vs. Rockets Game 3: 2nd Quarter Thread
by DexterFishmore on May 8, 2009 7:15 PM PDT
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PrintKobe Bryant has a very particular set of skills - skills that make him a nightmare for people like Shane Battier.
ESPN obviously has high hopes for this game, as it chose to air the tip-off on Classic. (How exactly did Boston-Orlando manage to run for, by my own conservative estimate, five hours?) Time will tell whether Game Three lives up to such an august designation, but so far there's been plenty of action.
Kobe is still searing-hot, hitting five of six FGAs in the first quarter, most or all of them challenged. Jordan Farmar, starting in place of Fish, picked up four assists and one breakaway dunk. Yao, for his part, is back in Game One domination mode, getting the ball in post position without breaking a sweat and scoring eight quick points.
Keep on commenting, dear readers, and brace yourself for the adventure of watching our second unit....
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Do the threads get slow for you guys? At PTR we get to 800 comments without problems. Maybe a thread per half is enough?
Just an idea.
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Where is Josh this evening?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Odd, eh? Considering it’s a playoff game.
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Sasha is stinking it up. He cant make a shot and he picks up errant useless fouls to get us in the penalty quicker.
I want Farmar and Brown in at the same time. Sasha should be the one picking up DNP’s because he has been giving us nothing
What do you call a Shooting Guard that can't actually shoot?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
The Lakers' bench is reputedly deep, but they are short at the 2 and 3...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Walton is a stiff.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Bynum has nice touch inside 12 feet...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Operaman is a stiff.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
That gal was Dirk’s fiancee??? Whoa. (Off-topic, I know. But whoa.)
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Rockets lead. Kobe answers with a 3...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
So now we are all taking bad shots/
Ugh Luke and Sasha
Luke the puke foul and T.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
T on Luke.
What is wrong with our bench? Its almost as if theyre trying to give away points and take bad shots
What was that T about? Missed it.
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probably for kicking the ball while standing over one of the Rockets.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers and Houston tied 1-1
Nah, he kicked the ball. That’s just Luke being Waltonish.
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Is Bynum the Travis Outlaw of the Lakers in this series? (Timbo reference)
Last year hurt in playoffs, no experience in huge NCAA games, physically superior in high school (and even there no title), …
HA!!! "Steve Javie many feel is the best ref in the NBA..."
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
There are 20,000 people in Portland who chant in unison:
JA — VIE — SUCKS!!!!
JA — VIE — SUCKS!!!!
JA — VIE — SUCKS!!!!
JA — VIE — SUCKS!!!!
JA — VIE — SUCKS!!!!
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Who the hell said that? He’s second only to Crawford in his ability to ruin basketball for the fans.
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Whoever is doing the play-by-play on ESPN said the above idiocy...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
JVG has slobbering over Battier.
“Might have been an illegal screen” Basically all screens in the NBA are illegal
Very true.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
I'm wondering, who IS the best official in the NBA?
Usually the best ones, I don’t know their names.
Bork bork bork!
The ones you don’t remember, of course.
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Luke's making a great contribution
He puts us in the bonus picking up full court when he can’t even guard half court, then he picks up a T and he’s 0-2 from the field, while not even being able to hit both free throws. Then again, if he can’t score from the field when nobody is guarding him, why should a free throw be any different.
Same could be said for Sasha as well.
Take them out theyve both given us nothing but fouls
Sasha isn't even in the same category
Sasha made a couple good defensive plays and hasn’t picked up a T. They also respect his shot more so we’re not playing 4 on 5 on the offensive end.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Hes picked up errant fouls
and missed WIDE OPEN shots…..
He did
and yet Luke is still in a category all his own.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Right now, yes
but Sasha doesn’t stink as much as Luke
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally Luke and Sasha are out
but Bynum taken out as well
Good call on Lamar, he was trying to "box" a guy already with position and in the air... That's 3 on him.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Hmm. The Rockets are getting the calls. They’re fouls, I think, but they’re getting everything.
Then again, I thought Yao got the short end of the stick in game 2. Make up game/calls?
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Javie has an enormous ego and he gets himself puffed up by pissing off the crowd, so he's a decent ref for the Lakers tonight...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Its really a simple solution Pau
all you have to do is front him…
You should listen to the latest Simmons podcast with Rockets GM Morey
That was insightful and pretty funny. He seems happy Yao is at least proportionally and anatomically correct for such a huge man. Not to speak of longevity in his career.
I heard an interview with Morey on some other station
a very interesting guy.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does Josh Powell shoot jumpers at all?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
If he's wide open he's money
He just can’t shoot with a hand in his face.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice drive to the rack by Trevor. He's a tough guy. I like him.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
He should be
with Lamar in foul trouble, he can’t afford to get in foul trouble.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 8, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
But in exchange hes giving up EASY baskets
hes not even contesting
And the Rockets are making silly passes.
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This is a much more free=flowing game than I expected...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
A great series so far. Evenly matched teams, even if you guys or the Rockets fan don’t like it. :)
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Just need to finish the half close to tied...
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No one wants to take the shot.
Everyone is passing it up until there is 5 seconds left on the shot clock in which they give the ball to Kobe so he can throw something up before the shot clock runs down
After Kobe got that last steal, that possesson looked like crap
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers and Houston tied 1-1
It’s so boring anyway. They can only show the stupid, PC, generic comments. I want Sloan cussing like mad, I want Pop just tearing into a guy who missed a rotation.
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Lakers have missed 9 in a row. Not so World Champion-like. Kick it into gear, please...
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Smart play by Brooks
because Farmar cant make his FT’s
That was good.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Strategic decision.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
What’s the strategy? Lose? It’s not like they’re not getting fouls as it is.
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The idea is to keep Scola (and the other PFs) covered. Yao has not been dominating the last couple games...
…………………. So you yield 25 points to him, but shut down Scola…
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Id rather shut down Yao
and let Scola get his.. He hasnt been very good this series to begin with
If you front, you have to have weakside help behind him when the pass comes successfully, which leaves a man uncovered...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
You don’t want to shut down Scola. You want to shut down Yao. Yao’s the best Rocket.
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The Blazers lost using both strategies... I think shutting Yao is the way to approach it, but if you have total confidence in your Center, you can make it work...
You just have to acknowledge that Yao is gonna rack up his 20 or 25 points…
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We're not the Blazers....
And Scola played better against Portland then he has against us…
Scola’s a threat when he’s making his J. Wait and see whether he’s feeling it, then stop fronting Yao.
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Id rather have Scola making J's
then Yao making hook shots and layups close to the rim
He can look like an All Star if you don't have a guy on him...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
True. Yao is an All Star, though, even with a guy on him.
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The difference between the Blazers and Lakers is very, very small.
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It's true.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Okay, I'll bite...
Roy and Kobe are in the same quality class.
LMA is learning to play low, he can run with Odom.
Bynum is only incrementally better than Oden at this point.
Pau is great, that’s the difference for the Lakers.
Przybilla is a fabulous defensive Center, but can’t match Pau’s offense.
PG: Fisher and Blake are both ultra slow. Blake hits the 3 more consistently.
Backup PG: Next year Rex (Bayless) will be better. Farmar has regressed. UPS looks good, but he’s not super effective at any one aspect of the game.
Lakers have Ariza. Blazers have Nic. They are close defensively.
Blazers have Martell Webster back next year. Lakers have, what, Luke Walton.
Operaman sucks. Rudy Fernandez does not.
Blazers number 3 scorer is their 6th man, Travis Outlaw. Lakers have no equivalent.
Lakers have Mbenga on the bench. Blazers can’t answer that, but PJ has forgotten how to use him…
Powell and Channing Frye are incidental mehs.
VERY SIMILAR.
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Roy and Kobe are in the same quality class.
Not true, timbo.
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Ah, but they are!
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Yeah… but they really aren’t. And I love Roy.
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And one has lost a step...
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I’m a Spurs fan, I really think Kobe’s an ass, and I still agree with you, Gis. :)
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Exactly...
Scola hasnt been good or made his presence felt so far So i dont see why Phil would intentionally try to “shut down” Scola and let Yao get his. I think Paus just not fronting. Now WHY hes not fronting? I wish I knew the answer…. To limit Yao’s points and touches we should be fronting him its the most efficient way to stop Yao
The decision to front or not front comes from the bench, not from the player.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Well him not fronting
is definately not because his intention is to shut down Scola
Which is crazy, because a good lob pass should kill any attempt of fronting a guy who’s 20 feet tall, or something like that. No one can front Duncan, how can they front Yao?
That’s the weakest aspect of Yao’s game.
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I think it's a condemnation of the Rockets' passing more than anything. Yao can catch the passes, they can't throw them...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
There’s not one guy in the Rockets that can throw a pass? Can’t believe that.
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How do we know he can catch them if they dont throw them? (;
But yeah it does seem like they dont try to lob the ball to him when hes being fronted.
But then....
the more I think about it, dont you think they would practice throwing the ball to him when hes being fronted in practice? So maybe he just cant catch them who knows
Also, he won't jump very high to get it
And the weak side player can get there due to Yao’s slowness.
11th Rocket turnover there. That is what is keeping LA in this game, given their suck-ass shooting this evening...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
I had a good feeling about the three
Since he hit the midrange before.
Luke shoots much better with some success. He really can’t recover after missing a few.
HALFTIME: LAKERS 50, ROCKETS 48
Good half, given the location and situation.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
If we can make those outside shots.
then that will open things up for Kobe to go inside.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
Lakers and Houston tied 1-1
Kobe is 6-13? That’s not so hot. Not bad, but not game 2 Kobe.
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The first quarter was Game 2 Kobe.
I guess the 2nd quarter you could describe him as Game 1 Kobe
Got tired, plain and simple
He’s expending so much energy (even with his great conditioning), he’s like a boxer
By going hard every offensive possession
He’s wan’t just catching and shooting, he was making multiple moves on consecutive possessions
Guess so. But he did the same in the other games… if that’s true then he’s deteriorating fast. What’s going to happen in game 5?
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I think it’s going to be a close series throughout.
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Not so much over the series
Although that is a point, but I think he recuperates fine after a day of rest.
I’m talking more about those short 3 to 4 minutes that he takes over, or tries to take over. Have you ever taken even two fastbreak layups in a row on a full length court? It’s exhausting.
No… but I’ve eaten a kilo of icecream in one quarter. Is that the same?
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Not sure if LA’s forcing turnovers…or Houston’s just throwing some bad passes.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 8, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He's letting Yao stand around
Make him move, run down the court, make him move his feet in the half court
Lakers shooting 45.7%, Houston 48.5%
And Lakers up by 2. Not too shabby.
And I love watching these kinds of game. Intense.
While I may not always like his execution, I love Farmar’s attitude.
Good first half and much more flowing than I thought it would be.
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Lakers and Houston tied 1-1
Oh forgot about that.
They dont call it often do they ?
3rd quarter thread? Or keep it here?
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That's what Scola does there... Rucks for rebounds and puts them back in the hole...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Nice left hand by Pau.
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