Lakers 106, Bobcats 73: It's Raining Threes
by wondahbap on Jan 31, 2012 10:33 PM PST
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PrintWell, wasn't that fun? Thanks to Michael Jordan's rapid "ascension" to be the G.O.A.T. bad owner, the Los Angeles Lakers picked up an easy win, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 106-73, just before they embark on their annual two-week Grammys road trip. Having their way inside and out, the Lakers overwhelmed MJ's team in a blowout so thorough that Luke Walton actually saw playing time.
The game started out with the Lakers pounding the ball inside for a few possessions, establishing Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol easily. Then Kobe decided "Hey, you know what? No one here can guard me. Plus I'm on fire," as he looked to improve on his 35-point, 5-9 three-point domination of the Wolves. He came out firing. After a dust-up with Gerald Henderson, score 14-11 Lakers, Kobe apparently decided he wanted to rest the second half and proceeded to light up Henderson and whomever else covered him to an 18-point first quarter that set the tone for the rest of the game. After "only" six points in the 2nd quarter, Kobe got a little three happy, before letting Andrew Bynum and Pau do their work, en route to a 24-point lead at half.
As it usually goes in the third quarter, the Lakers come out a bit lazy, then the reserves reminded us why the Lakers aren't real contenders yet, as Charlotte tried to claw back. Clawing might be a strong word for the Bobcats, seeing as they have nothing to scratch with. This team is bad. Too short and too terrible. Stu Lantz actually had to sing praises of Henderson for being the Bobcats' leading scorer. Umm yeah....Add that to the fact that fat Boris Diaw starts at PF for them. They were able to get the score as close as 13-points until Troy Murphy, Andrew Goudelock, Matt Barnes, and even Jason Kapono put on a 4th quarter gun show that kept Kobe and Pau resting for the night. Combined, the reserves went 10-14 from deep, and the Lakers shot 46.2% overall from deep on 12-26 shots. Whatever ammo they used, I hope they packed it for the upcoming road trip.
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Hopefully, the 3's tonight only settled the January quota
and did not count towards February’s reserve.
Glock has been shooting
something like 55% form 3 in the past 4 games. Even if he settles into his norm, Ill take slightly better than 40% from him all year long. Murphy also seems to be finding his shot.
I think our shooting is here to stay. As long as Kobe is chucking 11 a game, Barnes limits his looks and MWP doesnt shoot any.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
LOL
Chake it Kitty! Chake it.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Poor small market MJ the weak ass exec.
Great win, when we were supposed to.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
For basketball reasons?
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's teams like that that locked players out and leveraged their partners for more of THEIR profits.
Bad business = take a percentage of a successful team’s profit.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
I think the NBA promised Charlotte a team after the Hornets moved to New Orleans.
Sorta like how the NBA promised Seattle a team after they moved to Oklahoma City.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
by SuperNerdToTheRescue on Feb 1, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
LOL small but significant.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
It is prob just the 2 games,
but honestly the bench goes awry when MWP is trying to lead it. He is not a shooter or creator. It has looked much better with Glock controlling the ball, with Pau or Bynum in the post. I dont mind Metta in the post, but he should not be asked to do anything on offense. Just play your defense with the starters and we’ll call it good.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
Nice to see our shooters get in a little groove.
Share the rock.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
Time for the annual road trip
"If you have a debate with a scholar, you can win. If you have a debate with an ignorant person, you will definitely lose."
"You're welcome." -Kobe
Time to bond...and tighten it up.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
Lakers might sign Rasheed Wallace. WAIT, WHAT!?!
If the Lakers don’t sign Martin, they could have interest in adding Rasheed Wallace, who contacted the team several weeks ago
I hope they just let the phone ring.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
Word...we're getting y-o-u-n-g-e-r
and Kenyon costs too much
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
honestly,
i think Rasheed could really help this team. The bench has NO post player. In the game last night, we had 5 guys stand on the perimeter and we swung the ball until someone jacked up a 3. it was nice that they were falling, but if they weren’t, the starters would of had to go back in the game.
Now, i don’t know what his conditioning is like, but if he can play like he did in his last year in Boston, he could help the bench. he is a good post player and can be the backup c we are lacking. Murphy is not a center and plays better as a pf. It gives Bynum and Pau more time to rest. Plus, he is a good defender. Id honestly rather add him for the vet min, than anybody else we are looking at to add via free agency.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
That's great and all...
except that Rasheed has steadfastly refused to play in the post since about 2003, and is not the defender he used to be. Not worth it.
for half of the vet min?
do we have any better options for a backup c.
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
Trying to imagine a team with MWP, Wallace, Arenas, and Kenyon Martin......
Might as well add JR Smith too and have literally the most insane lineup ever
Rasheed...
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Call Nurse Ratchet, Frazier and Niles Crane and Dr Phil.
Then start ordering couches…and little paper cups
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hahaha..Nurse Ratchet
Jack Nicholson might have some advice on how to handle her
by Sonic8 on Jan 31, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions
Felt bad having to type Jack's full name
but there was already a mix-up with the Wallaces and I didn’t want to take the chance that someone would confuse Jack Nicholson with Jack Black or Jackie Chan
LMAO
…whew!
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
+1
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
We're listening...
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome
If you can't laugh at yourself... laugh at someone else
by x Nightwing x on Feb 1, 2012 7:04 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
If it's between Sheed and Martin
go for KMart please.
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Please..if they HAVE to choose between them
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
id go with rasheed, IF he is in shape
he is an actual c and can play in the post. k mart brings no offense and just adds to our list of pf’s (pau, mcroberts, murphy, caracter).
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
After reading this, I feel like Kenyon Martin will end up on the Clippers. He owns a home in L.A., he would get plenty of minutes and have only limited expectations… and well, quite honestly, if you were a neutral free agent big, would you rather join the Clippers or the Lakers?
God I hope that doesn’t leave us with Rasheed Wallace.
by Shazam! on Jan 31, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Good point
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'd choose the Lakers.
While this Clippers team has a better looking future atm, and has a better team currently constructed, the Lakers have a proven and dedicated front office that the Clippers don’t have. That, and I wouldn’t hate myself for being an employee of Jerry Buss, and I can’t say the same about Sterling.
Would he really get that many minutes playing behind Griffin, though?
He wouldn’t get that many behind Pau either… I think he’ll go somewhere else if playing time is important to him.
"If you have a debate with a scholar, you can win. If you have a debate with an ignorant person, you will definitely lose."
"You're welcome." -Kobe
ATL
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
He'd be taking Cook's minutes and his parking spot at the arc, .
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Help is on the way!
Ater Majok, a 6-10 center out of Sudan who last played professionally in Australia, was taken by tthe Lakers with the third-to-last pick in the draft, No. 58.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
has he been recalled to the team or something?
#confused
#sarcasmmetermaybebroken
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
I mean, they've been giving Reggie Evans, Trey Thompkins, and Brian Cook minutes at the 4.
Plus, if he parks his ass in the post, he knows he will get fed. As a big man, would you want Derek Fisher and Kobe starting in your backcourt?
PGs like Chris Paul are free agent magnets… or so I hear.
i wonder who can offer him the most money....
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
Kobe stopper Gerald Henderson?
…Rest in pieces.
Since the Lakers are all suited up and everything...why don't we let them play and see what happens?
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LOL, how did that happen?
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
she was posting a little light, it seemed
let Max have his moment.
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
lol..
307 is considered light, nowadays, lmao. i remember when 150-160 would get you the top spot
"If you have a debate with a scholar, you can win. If you have a debate with an ignorant person, you will definitely lose."
"You're welcome." -Kobe
Yeah, the good old days.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
Mid-season form
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, I was actually wondering how I made the top 10. I was busy setting up the second half thread and tweeting.
Then I left the thread to work.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
how long does setting up take? :p
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
Not long, but I was still watching the game!
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
make 'em during halftime like I do lol
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I like to get 'em before the 4Q.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
you didn't get a "WHERE IS THE 2ND HALF THREAD!!!!!!!?????" DM now did ya
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by bluexfalcon on Jan 31, 2012 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, no because I got it ready during the 2Q.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @Bobcats
Tweetness
sigh...haters gonna hate
woke up just to say that.
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
"Fisher's defense is called escort service in my country, just accompany" -Ibou
42-1 on Barebones TDM classic ... BEAT THAT XBOXERS
Numero Uno!
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by Zen and Tonic on Jan 31, 2012 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
i know right ?
with what Monsieur #1 will go back to bed and feast on a blue Haters hateful tears….
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
"Fisher's defense is called escort service in my country, just accompany" -Ibou
42-1 on Barebones TDM classic ... BEAT THAT XBOXERS
by madmaxx350 on Jan 31, 2012 11:57 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
that*
stupid auto correct
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
"Fisher's defense is called escort service in my country, just accompany" -Ibou
42-1 on Barebones TDM classic ... BEAT THAT XBOXERS
by madmaxx350 on Jan 31, 2012 11:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I told you i'll let you win...no?
Faith is remaining certain in the face of doubt. You’re not sure how it’s going to end, but you’re constantly of the belief that it will end the way you want it to and the way you always believed it to end, and that’s on top - Derek Fisher
by lakergirl on Feb 1, 2012 6:33 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You already know...
Faith is remaining certain in the face of doubt. You’re not sure how it’s going to end, but you’re constantly of the belief that it will end the way you want it to and the way you always believed it to end, and that’s on top - Derek Fisher
9th and I didn't start commenting until the end of the first half?
I got this :)
Little things used to mean so much to her- I used to think they were kind of trivial. Believe me, nothing is trivial.
Srsly
Whatever ammo they used, I hope they packed it for the upcoming road trip.
For me its the consistent inconsistency that concerns me - PAGFL
It's always AMMO Time, in spirit- DexterFishmore
lebron should just lock himself away and not talk for the rest of forever-LA32
by 99bc99 on Feb 1, 2012 12:09 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
aaaaaaand, rec'd
"If you have a debate with a scholar, you can win. If you have a debate with an ignorant person, you will definitely lose."
"You're welcome." -Kobe
YES!!!!!!
AMMO carried the Lakers to back-2-back titles and we couldn't even get LEWIS MONROE for him...
by Q.Calloway25 on Feb 1, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
The message has been received...
Win or risk the team being changed.
“These are big games for us coming up," said Lakers center Andrew Bynum after putting up 20 points and 11 rebounds against the Bobcats. "We need to prove that we’re able to win, or else they’re going to start doing things.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/26630/bynum-win-or-risk-being-traded
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That might not b a bad thing....
Could end up with Fish on the bench!
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by EmmCeee on Feb 1, 2012 1:03 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
The Knicks also beat Charlotte 111-78 a week ago. So although it was a great game in terms of shooting, I wouldn’t take too much out of this.
all im taking out of this,
is that we actually have shooters who can make em as well….
"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung
Another source for Kupchack rumor
I did get some confirmation outside of Roland Lazenby’s original Tweet/article on Kupchak that there is some unhappiness/uncertainty in the front office. I’m not sure how that will resolve. My guess is – if Kupchak left, his replacement would be someone willing to work with Jim Buss doing the bulk of the player-movement decisions. In general, owners have the final say anyway. Some are just more hands on than others.
FUCK DAVID STERN for vetoing destiny.
Yeah, pretty soon all the Lakers will have to wear mandatory mullet haircuts...
For me its the consistent inconsistency that concerns me - PAGFL
It's always AMMO Time, in spirit- DexterFishmore
lebron should just lock himself away and not talk for the rest of forever-LA32
Small correction
The lead was actually cut to 11 at one point in the fourth quarter
"I promise you, we’re going to build a dictating, dominating, attacking defense. I’ve said it a million times. It’s not a slight on our offense, but we’re not going to win any world championship until we have that." - A.J. Smith
by njg425 on Feb 1, 2012 9:57 PM PST via Android app reply actions
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