Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves

By: skigi

skigi — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:45 +0000

Jones,
Late in the game… Bynum had the ball and he was trying to pass it to Kobe but hesitated and lost the ball off his hands and out of bounds… He was then quickly yanked from the game for Turiaf. Then I saw a shot of Bynum on the bench with Shaw talking to him and I really hate to jump to conclusions…. but Andrew kinda looked like he was a little teary eyed.
All I can assume is that he got chewed out for not holding onto the ball when we needed to kill time and took it too hard. The TV showed Shaw talking to him calmly and Drew with a towel in his hand and his eyes were all red and Sasha gave him a big hug around his head.
In case everybody forgot… this kid is ONLY 19 playing center for the LA Lakers.
Drew looked like he was gettin over it by the next time they showed him on the TV… I’m sure the scoreboard had something to do with that.

And how about a golf-clap for the Smusher. Nice game. I especially enjoyed how all of his shots were from spot ups from Luke or Lamar or Kobe driving and passing it to Smush for wide open 3s. I also enjoyed watching him penetrate and kick it out. Hadn’t seen him do that all year. Hence the 9 assists.

By: Dave Fallon

Dave Fallon — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:31:52 +0000

I’m back! I couldn’t summon the energy to hit up here/the NBA sites while they were losing. I applaud all of your abilities to struggle through, but man, it’s too fustrating for me.

First, re bshaw/bynum. That actually looked like a blowup between phil and bynum, and bshaw was stepping in after. Indeed, it went down after bynum bobbled the ball and then there was a timeout, then when they panned over the huddle, bynum and phil were kinda going at it. Then after they came back from break, bynum was yanked, turiaf was in, and bshaw/bynum were chatting on the bench. Anyone see any comments from phil about it?

Second, Yay! Nice two games. However, I’ve said it before, and I’m more concerned about it now… We’re not going anywhere with kobe playing the horrible defense he was playing. He was getting killed constantly – the only reason the twolves were in that game was due to slow (or no) rotatation by kobe, esp. against ricky davis. He wasn’t even challenging shots, letting guys dribble past him, etc. He really seemed like he just figured he’d make it up on the other end… Which is wrong! Dammit, this guy can be one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, with his skills and smarts, and to have the attitude of complacency out there from your best player, and the team leader, is why the general laker defense is so bad. I didn’t track the game, but it felt like 10+ possessions where it was just plain kobe’s fault…

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:13:10 +0000

I missed the game, what went down with BShaw and Bynum?

By: Rico

Rico — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:56:20 +0000

That was a very nice change of pace… but the late game stagnation is back.

By: colt

colt — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0000

hi guys
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By: burningjoe

burningjoe — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:50:28 +0000

Only 50? I hate when Kobe slacks out after a high scoring game 9the 65 on Friday)…only 50 points….

LOL…I’d be lucky to score 2 points in an NBA…50 to follow a 65…is just amazing.

Smush did look great….he has the potential to play like that all the time. Luke was great coming back. Lamar…is getting his movment back.

If they are healthy (as JONESONTHENBA said) nobody will want to play the,…Phoniex, San Antonio or Dallas or even Utah…nobody. Our Boys are a threat.

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:09:20 +0000

I’ve said this on the fanhouse before, but when the Lakers are healthy, I don’t think there is any team that wants to play them in the playoffs. Now, can they stay healthy?

By: k_swagger8

k_swagger8 — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:44:53 +0000

its been a while since i posted something here or even followed the laker games after the all-star break. ever since lamar alnd luke went down, i knew it would mean big trouble for the team. I said then that kobe needed to be ultra agressive for the lakers to stay afloat while the two were gone. but i only realized now that he needs luke and lamar to be able to pick his comfortable spots on the offense. I just hope we get EVERYONE healthy and like last year get a good winning run going into the playoffs. I’d rather that the lakers stay on the 6th spot because they will be a better match up with san antonio, as compared to phoenix. Lets just hope for more laker wins and timely losses by denver for the team to be able to hold on the 6th spot!

By: ian

ian — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:27:56 +0000

It seems pretty much impossible to catch Houston for the the 5th spot, so the question is do we want to play San Antonio or Phoenix in round 1?

I think we match up much better with San-An since Kwame can actually stay with Duncan, where-as he would be destroyed by Amare.

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:53:30 +0000

That has to be one of the prettiest box scores I have ever seen. Luke, Odom, and Smush each with near triple doubles on top of Kobe’s 50.