Lakers 87, Jazz 99: Sour Notes in Utah
by SoCalGal on Feb 4, 2012 9:34 PM PST
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PrintWelp, that wasn't very pretty was it? The Lakers and Jazz played a fairly decent game in the first half, matching each other well enough to end up with a 2-point differential at the half, Lakers up 49-47.
Then everything changed, for the worse, it turned out.
The Lakers and Jazz both came out in the third quarter like two different teams from the ones who played in the first half. There were missed bunnies on both ends, missed jumpers, missing persons, you name it, they were missing. At one point in the third quarter, the Lakers had scored 9 points, the Jazz just 11. There were just under 4 minutes left to play. Then the scoring picked up on both ends and both teams set out to win the quarter. It ended tied.
For the game, there were 21 lead changes and 12 ties. There were hard fouls on both ends, but as in last night's game, there were also a lot of non-calls. One in particularly fired up Lakers coach Mike Brown. Pau Gasol was pushed to the floor by Earl Watson who blindsided him and stole the ball, taking it to the other end and passing it off for an uncontested "dunk" by Derrick Favors. Mike Brown went ballistic, bumping ref Zach Zarba, in the process, and earned himself two quick technicals and an automatic ejection. Assistant coach John Kuester took over from there.
The rest of the game was a build-up of Jazz momentum with Earl Watson making shot after shot after shot. The Jazz went on a 14-0 run to seal the Lakers fate and hand them another road loss, which leaves them at 3-8 away from home.
More to come. I'm going to get drunk. Ta.
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First recap ever, be gentle with me.
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 @Jazz.
Tweetness
¡Bien hecho chica!
"Please tell me some of these stories about Los Angeles being the basketball capital of the world." - Red Auerbach
"质量是我们的尊严。服务是我们的电梯。" ("Quality is our dignity. Service is our lift.")
"make em eat your bubbles" - Cup Noodles
But the 4th quarter???
"Please tell me some of these stories about Los Angeles being the basketball capital of the world." - Red Auerbach
"质量是我们的尊严。服务是我们的电梯。" ("Quality is our dignity. Service is our lift.")
"make em eat your bubbles" - Cup Noodles
Like the headline too.
"Please tell me some of these stories about Los Angeles being the basketball capital of the world." - Red Auerbach
"质量是我们的尊严。服务是我们的电梯。" ("Quality is our dignity. Service is our lift.")
"make em eat your bubbles" - Cup Noodles
this is your first recap?
doesn’t look like it. Great job, SCG!
"The true athlete should have character, not be a character."- John Wooden
"I never met a person from whom I did not learn something."- John Wooden
"If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me."- John Wooden
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good recap
I didnt get a chance to watch the game so looks like you gave me all the juicy details. Brown bumped a ref? Oh man, he’s gonna get suspended for sure.
AWFUL
Then everything changed, for the worse, it turned out.
yeah, just, like, this, recap!
ooo sick burn.
Maybe I'll just fade into Bolivian
Um, okay.
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 @Jazz.
Tweetness
Can I have a word?
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 @Jazz.
Tweetness
TWSS
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
I got over this loss pretty quickly
Best thing to do at this moment is to focus on the next game.
Proud to be a brony.
Exactly....I'm over it.
Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang / we arent winning anything this year :P - Madmaxx350 / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude. - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously. CLDPC
Hat tip to the bench. But because i'm a glass half full type of dude
I have to say that I am so fuckin happy with Gasol’s game. His rebounding was so good. No need to jump off the ledge and start asking for Mitch’s head on a platter. Get off the ledge chicken littles its just one game loss. As I said yesterday, to hear the NBA world talk and some Laker fans speak you would think that the Lakers weren’t only 4 1/2 games behind first place in the West.
Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang / we arent winning anything this year :P - Madmaxx350 / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude. - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously. CLDPC
NOOOOO BLOW IT UP!!! OVEREXAGGERATION!!!! BRING IN EVERY FA !!!!
TRADE PAU/BYNUM/KOBE NAO!!!!!!!!!!
by Fin Fan Forever on Feb 4, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you Fin
The voice of reason
If you can't laugh at yourself... laugh at someone else
by x Nightwing x on Feb 4, 2012 10:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
A glass half empty guy would say
Playing 3 vs a Team is a recipe for disaster. Kobe Pau and Drew cant do it all. Pretty much every player besides them and Glock suck. We need reinforcements and we need em fast
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by EmmCeee on Feb 4, 2012 11:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It will happen..give it time. I tried looking this up but couldn't find it. I might be wrong
But every year, since Mitch has taken over, the Lakers have made some sort of trade or signing. Karl Malone, GP, Kwame, Pau Gasol, Ariza, Shannon, Farmar, Blake, Barnes and on and on.. In my opinion, I don’t think Mitch deserves the criticism by some fans. Its not like the dude hasn’t tried.
Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang / we arent winning anything this year :P - Madmaxx350 / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude. - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously. CLDPC
I think Mitch deserves the criticism.
Lets take a look at what he’s done so far this season. Traded Odom for an exception and a first round. Signed Troy Murphy, Jason Kapono, and Josh McRoberts. Drafted Darius Morris and Andrew Goudelock, though I didn’t expect them to contribute this year given their youth and inexperience. This roster hasn’t been upgraded. Shooting hasn’t been addressed. Bryant still doesn’t have a capable backup. Shannon Brown leaves and he’s replaced with Kapono? Seriously?
Murphy and Kapono are reluctantly played by Mike Brown, who is a defense first coach. Neither player is capable of playing defense. Murphy can’t move and racks up fouls rather quickly in games. Thus, his production is nullified because he can’t stay on the floor long enough be effective. Kapono can’t move either. He’s weak strength-wise and defensively, he does not provide much resistance. Kapono can barely get off the bench at times. You sign those two players who will be playing under Mike Brown? That makes no sense.
The TPE is not likely to be used given the Lakers recent track record. Elijah Millsap sits in the D-League waiting to be called up. Lakers need defense and shooting at the two guard and he provides it. He’s just like Goudelock, a four year college player that has some understanding of what he can and cannot do. Millsap can be much more productive than Kapono or Ebanks. Hell, Gerald Green can be productive than either of those players. Throw something new at the wall and see what sticks. Its not like these guys haven’t been around the Lakers and aren’t familiar to the organization.
Point is, Mitch should try something new because currently, Goudelock is the only capable scoring player off the bench who isn’t an utter atrocity on defense. All Lakers fans want is for him try something different. They aren’t seeing it.
Criticism? maybe. Lost faith in him? nope. His track record
gives me faith that he will get something done. I will give him until march 15th.
Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang / we arent winning anything this year :P - Madmaxx350 / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude. - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously. CLDPC
By the way,
I wonder how the team felt after arriving to Utah at around 3-4am and getting only a short amount of sleep?
Proud to be a brony.
06 all over again
AMMO carried the Lakers to back-2-back titles and we couldn't even get LEWIS MONROE for him...
by Q.Calloway25 on Feb 4, 2012 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Ya I wonder what's up.
"It ain't Chinese algebra. If you get stops and you execute on offense, normally that team wins." - Tony Allen
"One thing LeBron James has won that Kobe Bryant never has, and never will: A bronze medal."- Josh Tucker
Actually so do I... wonder what's up
I thought he was good at getting rebounds, scrapping, etc… maybe the scorings down so low we need more of that…
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
not a big loss
rest/refs/some late game execution made us lose. but the way a lot of the players played kept this a game when it couldve been much worse. this was a trap game in every sense of the word and you could see it written on Kobe’s face. Barnes missed two open threes and was fouled and had a no call alongside a couple other no calls and it swung momentum extremely fast to Utah. On top of that, this is a win Utah NEEDS in the regular season for its fanbase, make no doubt. they’ll ge tthe calls on these games, but they’ll only get it once. don’t sweat this L. Lakers played pretty well.
Posted this in FanShots where no one will see it.
Lakers Slip In Pursuit Of Dwight Howard
FUCK DAVID STERN for vetoing destiny.
screw dwight howard if he doesn't want to come to LA
I’m no gotemcoach that quickly forgets and will hate on whoever its cool to hate on at the moment due to some dumbass unknown source.
That said, I doubt that’ll be the reason he wont come.
if this report is true
then that does tell one good thing, how kobe sticks up for Gasol.
Don't even care anymore
That being said, not one reliable guy has confirmed this…
If you can't laugh at yourself... laugh at someone else
by x Nightwing x on Feb 5, 2012 6:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
ya know...
somehow i see it coming from kobe…now now everyone! sit down!!….what im saying is look what he said about bynum last yr, where kobe said drew knows the “pecking order” and who eats first on the table. kobe isnt afraid to lay it out there, and some may take as abrasive, and we all know that howard, the little kid inside him, took it the wrong way.
remember the rumors last yr? that kobes wife vanessa spilled the beans on pau’s girlfriend/shannon brown fiasco? and that pau was “pissed” at kobe, thus the meltdown in the playoffs yadda, yadda….
they seemed to resolve there issues, so dwight needs to grow a pair, and if he is traded to L.A., MAN UP, TALK IT OUT, AND BECOME THE JUGGERNAUT ONCE MORE…..!!
by Mark Jaramillo on Feb 6, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Since we don't that any of this happened, we can't "all know that howard, the little kid inside him, took it the wrong way".
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 @76ers.
Tweetness
so what you are saying is kobe distributed and fed the bigs but we still lost?
this doesnt make sense /ESPN
We need a solid bench chucker
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by EmmCeee on Feb 4, 2012 11:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
We dont need D12
what will really make us a championship team is a PG. If we somehow get DWill, for Luke Walton, Artest, Morrius and a night with Jeanie Buss, that would be an epic trade.
We don't need a PG.
We just need someone to take some ball handling and scoring off of Kobe and play consistently. Enter JR Smith.
u mean....
chicken little
"If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. You know what I mean? Fuck it." -- Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant
by jXn on Feb 5, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
I lmao when he did that. Still funny.
Rambis’s face is hilarious too
Cannot stand that dude.
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 @Jazz.
Tweetness
Me either...
I really hope we sign him.
If you can't laugh at yourself... laugh at someone else
by x Nightwing x on Feb 5, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
lol same
"If somebody had their life on the line, and they’ve got their options on who they want to save their life — tell me who you’re going to pick? You’re going to look at the stats first?" - Kobe Bryant
by desecrator09 on Feb 5, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Mad Mike Brown about to bust a cap in somebody
Funsies
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
"So what if we're boring?" says Tim Duncan before taking a nap.
Damn
WTF happened, I put this thing on record/dvr whatever after watching a pretty good game with us up a few points.
I eat some food, come back, and Worthy is like, “The Lakers lost”. I didn’t expect that, actually.
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
Same here. I was reading so I started recording the game to watch it later
took a break and saw it was close, went back with 5 mins left and got into the game. 3 hrs of DVR space deleted which I got back in 2 seconds when I deleted the game. Oh well.
Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang / we arent winning anything this year :P - Madmaxx350 / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude. - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously. CLDPC
Frustration
I figured the Lakers would lose. I’m happy to see though our “Big 3” performing at high level right now. If you guys remember, at the trade deadline in 1995, The Rockets acquired Clyde Drexler from Portland. In the playoffs as a 6th seed, the Rockets went on an incredible run & won their second NBA title! Our Lakers just need “that 1 guy”. I’m praying for that to happen.
by 707214Lakerfan4ever on Feb 5, 2012 12:24 AM PST reply actions
Beep. Beep. Beep. BLIP.
Came back and saw a mini-recap by SCG. That said it all.
LOL good recap La Madrina. Just a blip on the radar. Seems like this bad officiating is getting out of hand a bit lately. I think Cuban ACTUALLY knew what he was talking about. AND Kobe shoots 16 times? and Pau gets more touches? Both Bynum AND Pau dominate same game and we still lose? Welcome to Aberration Nation folks.
"If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. You know what I mean? Fuck it." -- Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant
yeah no doubt great recap, it would be a great recap for a seasoned vet let alone a first timer
that said i predicted the bad officiating and I am really getting disgusted. Before the cp3 thing I was like “oh the NBA it is so great and la la la”, now I am starting to really wonder about things and I hate it…
Look at you: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. I'm tellin' ya, Rat, if this girl can't smell your qualifications, then who needs her, right? Mike Damone (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Yeah
We didnt lose because of officiating. We lost because our bench sucks. We dont have any players that contribute outside of Glock. The guys that were brought in to create “space” only do it for opponents since their defense is terrihorrible. Same thing each game. wash rinse repeat. etc
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by EmmCeee on Feb 5, 2012 11:12 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
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by x Nightwing x on Feb 5, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
lakergirl with the early exit -- id est . . .
my win has an asterisk.
"Please tell me some of these stories about Los Angeles being the basketball capital of the world." - Red Auerbach
"质量是我们的尊严。服务是我们的电梯。" ("Quality is our dignity. Service is our lift.")
"make em eat your bubbles" - Cup Noodles
Oh n nice recap SoCal!
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by EmmCeee on Feb 5, 2012 11:32 AM PST via Android app reply actions
Good recap SCG!
Hope you are sober now…
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
LOL, yes, I am. Didn't really get wasted, but my Bloody Mary was delish.
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 @Jazz.
Tweetness
Yum
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
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