Lakers Remind Wizards Why They're the Wizards
by DexterFishmore on Jan 26, 2010 8:44 PM PST
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PrintHow nice to enjoy a game with so little drama. No leads blown, no injuries. No buzzer-beaters or bizarre whistles to complain about or defend. Just a straightforward beatdown of an overmatched opponent. Exactly what the Lakers and we needed in this, the winter of our semi-discontent.
With their 115-103 stompage of the Washington Wizards tonight, the Lakers are halfway through their road trip, having won a pair and dropped a pair. Powering the victory was a sleek, efficient offense and an invigorating performance from the bench. Aside from the second quarter, the defense wasn't much to admire. Not that it mattered. From early in the game the Lakers had the look of a team that knew it could call its own number.
The Wiz are a crap team, but they have a couple guys who can score. For one quarter at least, that kept them in the game. Both they and the Lakers were sniping in the first as they traded unchallenged looks. Kobe Bryant began the night in facilitation mode. Sometimes he passed himself into turnovers, but he did a top-notch job of getting both the bigs and the outside shooters into a flow.
In the second the Lake Show turned up the volume on D. Credit the bench: Shannon Brown and Sasha Vujacic were alert and active while Lamar Odom worked the glass. They held Washington to 0.63 PPP (points per possession) for the quarter, and although the defense was pretty awful for the rest of the night, that burst of energy was all the Lakers would need.
The offense was killer from beginning to end. Nearly every possession the Lakers looked like a team with a plan, whether it was setting up Pau Gasol on the blocks or swinging it around the arc for an open three. The Lakers took a lot of treys tonight, almost 30% of their FGAs, but they were in the flow of the offense, the expected products of thoughtful ball movement. There was very little that was crazy or forced.
On the night the Laker attack was amazingly steady. Check out their PPP by quarter.
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Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Game |
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Laker Points Per Possession |
1.30 |
1.25 |
1.29 |
1.27 |
1.28 |
Dope! The Wizards had no real hope. In both the third and fourth quarters they cut the lead to 10, but they couldn't string together nearly enough stops to make it a contest.
The Lakers are now 34-11, half a game (plus a tiebreaker) behind Cleveland. They fly to Indianapolis tonight to face the Pacers tomorrow. After the stats table below, enjoy a nooooice compilation of Shannon's Tuesday night dunks.
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Poss. |
TO% |
FTA/ |
FT% |
3FGA/FGA |
2PT% |
3PT% |
EFG |
TS% |
OReb Rate |
DReb Rate |
PPP |
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L.A. |
90 |
10 |
0.29 |
82 |
0.29 |
66 |
41 |
65 |
68 |
12 |
67 |
1.28 |
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Wash. |
88 |
15 |
0.17 |
71 |
0.24 |
56 |
35 |
55 |
57 |
33 |
88 |
1.17 |
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Well.....
At least D.C.’s got Georgtown :)
(although they got their asses handed to them by ’Cuse yesterday)
we got everything that we wanted from this game
1. Killer Offense
2. Killer Defense ( esp. in second q.)
3. Good Play from bench
4. Strong play from Pau, who’s been a bit shy so far
5. More of the “team player” rather than a “one-man-team” from Kobe
by koberules on Jan 26, 2010 8:56 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Kobe needs to tighten up his ball control a little bit
…I swear the dude thinks he’s like John Stockton when he passes…
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
My ball control is extraordinary
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by Gils_Keloids on Jan 26, 2010 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Great overall play
If they play like this, indiana and philly should be easy wins.
can’t wait for the celtics game…gonna be interesting now that KG has returned.
also the memphis game will be interesting too with their 11 game home win streak rite now (they’re going to play new orleans before us)
still kinda want bynum to.....
sit out of the memphis game. he has very bad luck vs that team when playing them in memphis.
"A true laker fan is the only one in the room who believes there is still a chance, even though there is only .4 seconds left on the clock." - CG
Hmmmm......second straight game that Kobe has played facilitator.
How long this trend lasts remains to be seen. However, I will bask in its glory. Praise be to Kobe.
All I want to know is who or how does someone create those You Tube videos so fast
That is pretty amazing. And in HD quality to.
"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Jan 26, 2010 9:41 PM PST reply actions
record the game on a dvd, put into the PC/MAC and cut paste the video clips?
Stu Lantz – For not being Hot Rod Hundley. Grade: A Motherfucking Superplus +.
thnx
I kind of figured that but it’s the “how to” stuff in between that seems confusing.
"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Jan 27, 2010 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
thats a foul in denver
Stu Lantz – For not being Hot Rod Hundley. Grade: A Motherfucking Superplus +.
haha miller got iced in that series
i felt a little bad though cuz he’s a Riverside product
by desecrator09 on Jan 26, 2010 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
To this day
I think those games against Indiana has been Kobe’s best basketball he’s ever played. Especially in the fourth quarters.
"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Jan 26, 2010 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
especially in game 4
taking over the game after shaq fouled out in OT…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
exactly..
he had a really bad ankle in one of those series to.
"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG
by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Jan 26, 2010 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Reggie is a gun.
It was so sad he had to come up against the lakers… it wasnt like AI and his great fluke.
yeah
that kinda sucks…
MJ stole many rings from those awesoome 90’s players (miller, barkley, ewing, stockton, malone, kemp)
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
seriously
sucks for those guys that really wanted rings… they came up in the wrong era
by matthewmafa on Jan 26, 2010 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Jordan ruined my childhood
first in 91 beating magic and co. then he beat the sonics and that broke my heart i was devastated.
i lived so close to chicago all those years and i still have not bought into the jordan hype dudes just lucky he played in the east and no super teams like the celitcs where around.
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i wont be happy unitl we beat a good team
which is boston coming up on sunday. Last year we were the streak busters and i loved it. W beat boston after a 19 game win streak and a 12 game win streak. and we were the first team to beat cavs in cleveland. A win against Washington doesnt tell me anything. And a loss against the Raptors is even worse.
yup
the lakers need a big win over a good team.. im not even sure boston is that cause of how horrible they been playing… but yes…
by matthewmafa on Jan 26, 2010 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
and then you won't be happy till we do it in the playoffs
and then you won’t be happy till we do it in the finals..
…etc etc. The expectations are so high for the team this year I’ve pretty much stopped caring about the regular season all together.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Wow
Of all the teams to do so, San Antonio is getting in on the Stoudemire discussions. Pop really must believe that the window is closing quickly. Honestly, this was probably the last team I thought would be getting in on these discussions.
Also, this is from Yahoo! Sports’ Woj, so you can be relatively assured that at the very least, the interest is tangible.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
woj knows what hes talking about
but this sounds more of a
“we are the spurs we arent going to make this trade but we want everybody to feel sorry for us because we had a dynasty but then kobe said no dynasty so we want you to feel bad for us because we are a small market team,and everybody loves the spurs,and we wont make the trade but we want u to know we still exist”
the spurs are who we thought they where “old”
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"Lakers Remind Wizards Why They're the Wizards "
But don’t exactly remind the Lakers why they’re the World Champion Los Angeles Lakers…
"That's a giant sig " - Ben R.
This the result of this game was almost pre-destined.
Seriously I couldn’t even bother to make a comment on the game thread because I was so bored, it was sorta like taking candy from a sleeping baby ( an awake toddler would have put up more fight or at least screamed for its’ mom/dad). The Wiz did neither.
I’m not complaining though because this is how I want Laker games to be for the moment, devoid of drama, just us winning big.
Sup?
From Long time LakeShow fan from the East Coast … I’ve been visiting this blog for a while and just decided to join today! I can’t wait for tonight’s game see you all in the game thread
Well Mike Ventre article about the Lakers better wake up or it will be to late, is a crock.
Now I know why this dude is a writer because he doesn’t no crap about playing the game, maybe he will jump on someone else’s bandwagon. Lakes are starting to come along with bench play last 5 games, maybe having Walton healthy makes a difference and Brown and Farmar look better. I would say that it would be time to start Farmar but the lakers don’t really use a PG like any team in the league. Can Jordan even direct anyone, I don’t know if he can command himself some of the time. Lets hope that Ron’s feet come around you can see the guy making faces on the court and it looks as if he has think about running after balls.
by so.cal.native1952 on Jan 27, 2010 10:18 AM PST reply actions
On Farmar
He’s played efficiently over the last 5 games. Not made poor decisions (shooting, passing, etc.) and hustling to defenders on the pick n’ roll. My 2 biggest beefs about Jordan.
You are correct, no matter what NBA PG starts for PJs triangle, their numbers will go down. Farmar has 2 advantages over Fisher right now: 1) Lateral quickness, and 2) Shooting %. Fisher has more chemistry, veteran leadership, and clutch shooting (though Farmar has been closing out buzzer beaters at the end of the first and third for some time now). PJ is not the type to match up to opponents as in Farmar on CP3 & Aaron Brooks (speed & finesse), and Fisher on Billups & Iguodala (bigger bodies). Farmar plays better against the zone (penetration), while Fisher commands the triangle O better against more man-on, semi-zone D. It’s going to have to be Fisher saying he wants to step down or injury.
Another concern is Kobe closing out the game. His play over this road trip has been horrendous mostly in part because of his dinged up body. The 2-man game just hasn’t been cutting it down the stretch. PJ, what’s wrong with running the triangle at the end of the game? Teams keep double-teaming Kobe at the elbow or the 3-line. Just isn’t working.
thing is though, bench play is improveing
but luke is hardly getting any burn…
maybe the young guys are just comming around.
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