The Lakers Are Calling It a Regular Season
by DexterFishmore on Mar 5, 2010 7:32 PM PST
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We can all stop scoreboard-watching. The Lakers aren't going to overtake the Cavaliers for the NBA's best record. They've decided that home-court advantage in the Finals isn't a prize worth exerting themselves for. If that wasn't obvious enough from last night's indolent defensive effort in Miami, the turd salad the Lakers served up tonight in Charlotte removes all doubt. The Lake Show got routed, 98 to 83.
The Bobcats are a top defensive team, and having to play them on the road and on the second night of a back-to-back meant points were going to be hard earned. Even so, this was just an absurd offensive performance from the Lakers, maybe their worst of the year. Their recent turnover problems became even more acute, as they coughed the rock up like a hairball on over a fifth of their possessions. When they did get a shot off, it was usually blocked or off-target by a foot and a half. For the season they average about 1.08 points per possession but tonight they couldn't even crawl past the 0.90 Mendoza Line.
It's hard to remember now, but tonight's game got off to a decent start for the Lakers. When Andrew Bynum, who was active and aggressive early, dropped in a layup with 5:43 left in the first, L.A. led 20 to 13. Two possessions later, Pau Gasol missed a dunk that began a sequence of three straight missed Laker shots and Charlotte fast breaks. That key stretch seemed to ruin the circuitry of the Laker offense. They stopped working the ball inside, passes became loopy and misdirected and shot selection completely collapsed.
The Bobcats, for their part, weren't very good in their half-court sets. They didn't have to be. The Lakers turned the ball over so often, 12 times in their first 40 possessions, that the Cats got most of the points they needed from runouts and secondary-break action. Kobe Bryant was OK in the first half - shooting 5 for 11 with three turnovers - but it wasn't nearly enough. The offensive attack had no thought or energy behind it. As a team the Lakers made no secret of their desire to be somewhere else, spending their Friday night doing absolutely anything else.
The third and fourth quarters didn't get much better. Charlotte began the third with a 10-0 run, and that was basically that. The Lakers never made a counterstrike. Pau got his shot blocked about 17 times. No one could make a three. (They've missed 32 of their 41 three-point attempts so far this trip.) Ron Artest shot 1 for 9 overall. Derek Fisher shot 1 for 5. Shannon Brown shot 2 for 9 and displayed terrible floor awareness, even by his standards. Jordan Farmar's the only Laker you could say played passably well, and even he got worked over by D.J. Augustin in the fourth quarter.
The Lakers are now 46-17, three full games plus a tiebreaker behind Cleveland. That race is over. Taking a glance at the rearview mirror, they're only three games ahead of Orlando. That's a reasonable cushion at this point of the season, but it gets a bit less reasonable if the Lakers lose to the Magic on Sunday. Anyone ready to bet against that happening?
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73 |
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42 |
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45 |
33 |
77 |
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94 |
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74 |
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50 |
56 |
60 |
23 |
67 |
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The headline made me "LOL"
I don’t even know what to think of this team anymore.
It’s so frustrating watching Cleveland play like their hair is on fire, and then watching us play and our attitude is “oh..whatever…”
Hopefully when May comes it’ll be different.
But I’m offically worried now.
"It took twenty five years to get there, and they did it in championship style" - Van Miller 1/20/91.
I don't know what this laker team's mentality is, this season....
But it’s gotta change by the time the playoffs begin
Check their schedule
Weak teams abound. They have some issues with the Bulls, or at least they have. Maybe they’ll lose to Chicago.
The Lake Show is missing
I don’t know what it is, I can’t point fingers cause Lakers are sucking as a whole, it’s soo frustrating to watch, basketball should come easy to them, but these Lakers are missing something can they please hurry up and find it, playoffs are close and Lakers need to be better then this, we can only hope they turn things around soon
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see
they know they can basically walk through the 1st round. that is whats scary, what if they run into an opponent taht is going to outwork them
yeah, lakers can't afford to mess around like that
it sucks, cause they are just soo talented, they need to get it together now not later
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Lakers need Sun Yue back
probably the biggest mistake in the history of this franchise was letting go of him
no Sun Yue=no repeat….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
you think Pau
is sucking it up because he know that everytime he scores, he has to pay money for Haiti earthquake fund?
uhhhhh
that was for only one game which was vs the knicks…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
My only surprise about this that Farmar wears number 23..did he not hear what Lebron said about changing numbers?
Mins Player FGM/A
29 Artest 1-9
42 Gasol 5-14
24 Bynum 3-9
42 Kobe 9-21
21 Fish 1-5
21 LO 3-6
22 S. Brown 2-9
23 Farmar 4-6
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by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Mar 5, 2010 7:40 PM PST reply actions
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lol those are mins not player numbers. farmar is number one
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/lal/roster
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no. those are their numbers
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
-Kobe
so kobe is wearing number 42 these days?
artest is 29? bynum is rockin kobes 24? farmar thinks hes the real jordan. shannon is 22. fish droped the number 2 for the number 21? and to everybodys surprise the nba allows gasol and kobe to both wear the number 42 during the game…..
do u see the 3 lists? mins played,player,and the last stat is attempts vs makes
i really hope you didnt look at that and thought it looked right….
if you dont know what numbers belong to which players you def need to watch more laker basketball lol
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yes kobe is 42. farmar is 23, didn't you know!
this must be true… for the Lakers to be getting blown out by the Bobcats on a friday night.
right? I just checked them.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
-Kobe
Ummmm... if you are serious about the numbers...
You are beyond wrong.
those are minutes played, not their jersey numbers.
hahah
sorry....just making fun, I watch enough the lakers games to know their numbers.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
-Kobe
defending champion
I guess being the defending champion will not set in until playoffs time. But hey, everybody procrastinates right? I hope that works better in basketball than it does with work.
I WAS SOO WISHING FOR CLEVELAND TO LOOSE TO DETROIT....
That means, that the net distance between the Lakes and Cavs would not have changed.
it wasnt gonna happen
they were down 21 in the 2nd quarter at home against one of the worst teams in the east…lots of time
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Pau after the Miami game said..
Gasol had just 10 points and one assist in a muted supporting role. Gasol wasn’t as brazen with his postgame discontent as after some losses, but he did suggest the Lakers didn’t share the ball sufficiently, saying: "You’re going to get open looks (against Miami) after that third or fourth pass."
grrr….
"Embrace the battle" -Lamar Odom
Pau Gasol, SHUT.THE.FUCK.UP.
HTFU and start actually making plays, THEN talk. Only a team leader can make criticisms like that, and right now you’re more of the team bitch than the team leader.
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by Saurav A. Das on Mar 5, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that should be my signiture but i would get banned on so many boards lol
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Really?
I think CelticsBlog and FTS would like it..
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by Saurav A. Das on Mar 6, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
REC and Thank you
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ugh Pau
what happened to:
I’m a player that likes to play and that’s how I talk, by me playing.
if you want the ball more, then show us why. Take care of the ball, grab the boards, and be more assertive in the paint…. whats the point in giving you the ball if your going to shoot 4-11 and fade in the clutch???
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
by shaqfor3 on Mar 5, 2010 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly, exactly, exactly, Pau Gasol is killing me, I would slap him if I saw him
Damn, this dude sure has BALLS for a guys who’s play is way, WAY weak, he needs to stop bitching and do something.
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Pau seems discontented
He used to be boring to listen to. Now, he makes the most noise through the media than anybody on the team, starting with his “need to pound the ball inside” more comment. I hope he can turn it around.
Magic made me a Laker fan.
Can we get the Gasol of 18 pts and 15 rebs and 3 blks again!??
The PuertoRican Kid
by Kobe:The Legend on Mar 6, 2010 6:31 AM PST up reply actions
This is where the Lakers miss Luke Walton
Whatever you may have thought of his abilities, Luke was like a WD-40 for a squeaky offense, he would get in there and get some motion going, and the other guys would say “Oh yeah”, and start playing the triangle.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
luke was a hustler
if he comes back 100 percent not even the cavs can beat us
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game results
Dont feel so bad Lakers fans, they also knocked off Cleveland three times in a row. They are the 2nd best defensive team in the NBA. Who can figure it, my Celtics lose to the Nets, one of the worst teams in history this week, then beat Portland at there building by 20 points, and last night beat the Bobcats, who beat the tar out of you, and Cleveland, by 24 points, and it wasnt even that close, we pulled out our starters when we were up by 30. Sometimes its key player matchups, or maybe Boston isnt as dead as everyone says they are. We may still see you in the championship. Cleveland lost Shaq this week for the season, and we have won 6 of the last 8 games.
Yeah but your team brings it every night
It’s hard to watch our team falter and stumble through a game for no other reason than just shitty play and no effort.
i agree, kenny said the lakers are arrogant. barkley said the lakers are the most annoying team in the NBA. Seems like they're quite right.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
-Kobe
I would hardly say Boston ‘brings it every night.’
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 5, 2010 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Cleveland lost Shaq this week for the season, and we have won 6 of the last 8 games.
For the REGULAR season they lost Shaq.
That’s really not much of a big deal since Shaq wasn’t brought there for the regular season, anyways. They’ll also be getting Illgauskas back fairly soon.
We may still see you in the championship.
Possible? Yes. Likely? No.
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 5, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
"maybe Boston isnt as dead as everyone says they are."
If it makes you feel better…go right on ahead and keep saying that.
by johnnyphoenix on Mar 5, 2010 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd nice article dex
the lakers made me so mad i cleaned my room i hadnt done that since 2007. i guess we just dont care anymore. i saw us “trying” to win the game but some very very ugly play. too many isos too many jumpshots. take it inside and try to draw a foul.
i really wish we ran the same O as the 1988 showtime lakers that team was stacked with magic,big game james worthy,and my man kareem
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Did you move your picture of Ammo from the back of the door
To one of the walls? I did that in my room yesterday after that loss.
i dont always drink but when i do im adam morrison
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by Czheck on Mar 5, 2010 9:45 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
brilliant.
“…stay thirsty my friends! "
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by Captain $hugg on Mar 6, 2010 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
these two play logs summarized the game in a nutshell:
2:39 CHA – Shooting foul on T. Ratliff
2:40 LAL – P. Gasol offensive rebound
2:43 LAL – K. Bryant misses a 26-foot three-pointer from the left wing
2:45 LAL – R. Artest offensive rebound
2:47 LAL – P. Gasol misses a layup
2:47 LAL – P. Gasol offensive rebound
2:50 LAL – A. Bynum misses a layup
2:51 LAL – A. Bynum offensive rebound
2:52 LAL – R. Artest misses a 23-foot three-pointer from the right corner
6:17 CHA – Team rebound
6:17 LAL - S. Brown misses a layup
6:22 LAL – S. Brown steals the ball from R. Felton
6:35 CHA – B. Diaw defensive rebound
6:36 LAL – P. Gasol misses a layup
6:36 LAL – P. Gasol offensive rebound
6:39 LAL – P. Gasol misses a layup
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
Just ridiculous
I can understand missing 3 point shots but point-blank-layups-for-a-7-footer-is-straight-up-ridiculous.
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Is he imitating Powell?
The PuertoRican Kid
by Kobe:The Legend on Mar 6, 2010 6:34 AM PST up reply actions
lakers reach 17 losses
the same amount of losses they had last season….i think we will finish with around 22-24…probably not good enough for HCA throughout the playoffs but probably good enough for homecourt throughout the west….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
in other news...
the Mavs won their 10th in a row and have surpassed the Nuggets for 2nd place in the West, 4 games behind our Lakers, with the Nuggets now 4.5 games back.
Of perhaps more importance is that Dallas is 20-12 on the road (best in the conference) while our Lakers are second best at 17-12.
Interesting question: is Dallas last year’s Denver?
All I know is that come playoff time, LA better get its game on, because the prospect of facing either Dallas or Denver in the WCF (if we or either Denver or Dalls get there) will be difficult.
Yet Gasol put it plainly: "We have no real confidence in what we’re doing right now."
"We’ve been pretty inconsistent overall on the road this year. That has been a fact," Gasol said. "We’re staying that way. I was hoping we could turn it up this part of the season. We’ll see what happens Sunday (in Orlando)."
With such insane offensive potential, the Lakers still have plenty of room to grow this season – if they really dedicate themselves to working together.
"There’s a lot going on," Gasol said, "other than individual things."
Pau needs to play better. If he does, so many of the Lakers problems are solved and the Lakers are so much more efficient on offense when Pau is playing well. He can’t go 5 for 14.. He’s not a guard he’s a power forward/center.
"Embrace the battle" -Lamar Odom
Well because he’s a power forward going 5-14 just isn’t good, at all. Especially for the guy that’s supposed to be the 2 in the 1-2 punch. I want Pau to say something like “I need to play better. I need to be more consistent, etc” instead of this “I need the ball more, the other guys aren’t making the right passes, etc”
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by intuitive on Mar 5, 2010 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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Pau sucks period, this dude is straight up ridiculously clueless to what the hell is going on with the Lakers, he is number 2 so he should start playing like number 2. Kobe sure knows how to play like number 1 now where the hell is his HELP???
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+1
those are unacceptable numbers for a big…btw does anyone think we should move bynum to the bench?? it really seems like a gasol-bynum frontcourt hasnt worked out too well this season…plus odom seems to shine as a starter….
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
I don’t think the Pau Bynum combo is the problem. I think individually each player on the Lakers, besides Kobe, hasn’t showed up consistently enough and that’s the real problem. Judging by their play this team, thus far, has no real identity, unless you consider a team winning solely on talent alone their identity, which is not a good one to have. Pau needs to show up. Drew and Lamar to an extent too, but if Pau shows up a lot of the Lakers problems aren’t as glaring and unbearable.
"Embrace the battle" -Lamar Odom
by intuitive on Mar 5, 2010 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed again intuitive
Pau would make things so much easier on all if he would play well, really really well, Kobe wouldn’t force it as much, he would just give the ball to Gasol but he can’t because Gasol has been playing like crap so here the Lakers are struggling to get it together. Cause when it was Shaq, Kobe had no problems giving the ball up, getting the ball down low, setting up Shaq, why? because Shaq would finish or get fouled, Shaq would make his presence known throughout the whole damn game, something Gasol fails to do. I feel sorry for Kobe really.
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you might have a point
seems like Pau is off his groove this year…like hes making alot more turnovers and hes getting pushed around by smaller players in the paint…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
I think PAU should go to the bench
Bynum has actually been showing heart and effort of late, Pau hasn’t.
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by Saurav A. Das on Mar 5, 2010 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
i said the same thing before the season
picture this lineup.
C bynum
pf odom
sf artest
sg kobe
pg fisher
and have GASOL comin off the bench teams would have no answer. but because of nba politics will never happen.
another line up i want to see at least at one point in the playoffs
c bynum
pf gasol
sf odom
sg artest
pg kobe
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Phil played that line-up earlier in the season
c bynum
pf gasol
sf odom
sg artest
pg kobe
"Embrace the battle" -Lamar Odom
are you serious?
where the hell was i? lol i bet we won by alot
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Nope
It didn’t really work, was -5 in like 6 minutes, before Phil took them out.
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by Saurav A. Das on Mar 7, 2010 1:55 AM PST up reply actions
I personally like that lineup
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by Kobe:The Legend on Mar 6, 2010 6:36 AM PST up reply actions
i know we wanted the best record in the whole nba
but didnt you forget the nba finals has the wierd 2-3-2 bracket? i know having all your home games in a row is bad but look at it this way.
Lakers Vs Cle NBA FINALS 2010 BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH
game one @ Cle Lakers win 112-110 in overtime (kobe game winner)
game two @ Cle Cavs win 190-75 (worst loss in basketball history)
game three @ L.A Lakers win 109-100 (luke walton has 5 assits,morrison hits a 3)
game four @ L.A Cavs win 101-97 (lakers blow 22 pt halftime lead)
game 5 june 15th my birthday lakers win 105-93 (Lakers are undefeated when nba finals game is on my birthday)
game 6 @ cle lakers win 134-97 (massive riots in LA,lebron doesnt shake anybodys hand,lebron goes to the nets in the off season)
FINALS MVP KOBE B. BRYANT
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by Czheck on Mar 5, 2010 9:58 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Wrong
its gonna be Raptors vs Thunder in the finals…
Finals MVP: Jarett Jack
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
oh of course
ugh now i have to recalculate everything all over again!
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
do the thunder take them to 7 games?
or is it a clean sweep for cb4 and the raptors?
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i think it goes to 7
if the thunder win, Nenad Kristic is the Finals MVP…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
LOL, I really hope things did work that way
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if the Cavs really did beat us 190-75 in game 2
id probably tear my head off…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
I'll be right with you on that
probably never watch a Laker game after that…LOL
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as if game 6 of the finals wasnt bad enough
heh
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
yeah LOL
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TRADE KOBE
the guy is a cancer on our team! We played so much more alive when he was out!!!
lol kidding aside….. we need to stop being so cocky
In Kobe we trust!
ARE YOU KIDDING
DENVER IS WHAT YOU CALL COCKY!
by simplydatruth on Mar 5, 2010 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
phil should do this:
maybe it will get pau to play better…hahahahahahahaha (courtesy of anen87)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5Tb7VFAXU
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
haha
He should wear the Spanish National team uniform under his Lakers uniform so that he will play harder.
Magic made me a Laker fan.
i dont know why
but the phil in that vid looks like Count Dooku…
"Just by the aura of D.J. Mbenga being there, the shot missed."
PEOPLE LISTEN!
The Lakers know they are not playing for anything. The script has been pre-determined and LA knows it. When denver a physical team goes to the free throw more then their opponent; something has to be wrong. Also the players who get to the foul line often are the ones who can create their own shot….denver only has two players who can make their own shot. How do they get some many foul shots? Huum food for thought! But back to LA, they have an intuition that the season is fixed and therefore are not playing with any since of urgency. This the stuff that Donaughy wanted to let out the bag, but because the NBA would take a great hit and the results would effect the economy, no one is willing to challenge the NBA but rather try to hide the truth. MARK MY WORDS! THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT! MOMMA ALWAYS SAY WHAT’S DONE IN SECRET WILL COME TO THE LIGHT!
Haha, I like it.
It brings an amusing sense of balance.
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by Saurav A. Das on Mar 6, 2010 1:35 AM PST up reply actions
the win in orlando is GARUNTEED
lakers haven’t lost 3 in a row since they got pau, there is NO WAY they can lose. (play along, its the only hope we have left)
trade Kobe for Raymond Felton & Gerald Wallace
Kobe would play for MJ,his idol,Lakers would be unbeatable!
Kidding aside it was hard to watch Ron’s brick three pointers sway 2 feet away and Shannon’s incredibly poor play.Best solution is:
c bynum
pf gasol
sf odom
sg artest
pg kobe
like intuitive said.
Kobe shouldn't drain himself by chasing PGs around
And Odom is pretty bad at checking wings. The spacing is also really off with a lineup like that and the offensive flow is awkward.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Well, the offensive flow would be worse with a unit like that
Since you’re making Odom a purely perimeter player, although I suppose you do get the advantage of putting Artest at a spot where he’s noticeably better at making threes. In truth, the spacing does suck with both units, although I’d argue that you’re just exacerbating it with the big lineup. Regardless, I really don’t like that unit on the defensive end, namely because Kobe has to chase point guards and Odom has to guard wings. It definitely could work against some teams (Utah comes to mind), but for the most part, I think it’s effectiveness is being highly overrated.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
When did I say that line-up was the solution? I think you might have me mixed up..
Phil played that line up earlier in the season.
"Embrace the battle" -Lamar Odom
i said the lineup was a soultion
and i know nothing. i do however watch every game and i think at some points during a game going with that line up would cause the other team to give up
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I think Odom is not that good at sf position. He is better at pf.
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
-Kobe
I dont know about you guys but I didn't even bother to watch last night's game against the Jordancats
Why you ask?
Well in this world there are certain things that are almost a given 3 of them are.
1) The sun will rise the next morning
2)The Lakers will lose in Portland
3) The Jordancats will beat the Lakers.
In my opinion it doesn’t make sense for me to exert any energy to watch something that I already know the outcome of.
I got upset for the unforgivable loss in Miami but against the Jordancats naaah that’s totally expected.
Also it seems this team knows it can flip the switch come playoffs and kick into a higher gear. The problem for me is I would just like to see them do it more often so they can get used to playing at that level for extended periods of time.
I can tell that this years playoffs are going to be more frustrating then ever trying to watch a team i love that is so nonchalant and non-aggressive yet super talented, and something tells me to get prepared to have an early exit this year, sadly i think this team is wayyy to soft
If practice makes perfect....
Yet nobodies perfect.....
Then why practice ???
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