Comments on: Preview and Chat: The Sacramento Kings

By: jaaason

jaaason — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:44:33 +0000

Thanks! I was too bummed last night to rewatch the last possession. =)

By: AM

AM — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:43:34 +0000

jaaason,

Sasha was actually covered by Martin in the corner, but looked open after the shot because Martin moved closer to Kobe when he knew KB was going up with the shot. I replayed the play a few times on my DVR, because I was wondering why Kobe didn’t pass it, but when Kobe had a chance, Martin was only an arm’s length away from Sasha (and stuck his arm out), cutting off the passing angle. It was almost off-screen, so it was hard to see.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:19:37 +0000

new Fast Break Thoughts post up.

By: pb

pb — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:11:36 +0000

When the Spurs lost at Phoenix, I had a bad feeling about this game. As I expected, the Lakers came out flat and lost. But as many have said, I think it’s a good wake up call. They have to realize that there’s no gimme games in Western Conference. Even Clips and Wolves can cause trouble. Well, Grizzlies are the only ones who can’t do much. The Lakers have to realize that they’re only good when they play hound dog D and get out on transition to get easy buckets. It seems like Gasol had some trouble with double teams, and PJ needs to work on getting our shooters open when they do that. By the way, how many WIDE open 3s did Derek Fisher miss yester day. He hits even a couple of those and we could have taken leads before 3:00 mark. Overall very frustrating game to watch. One last note is that I see more and more teams spotting up for 3s on 3 on 2 or 3 on 1 break. What happened to filling the lanes and dunking on people?! I miss Magic passing to Worthy, Scott, or AC on fastbreak. You seldom see that perfectly excuted 3 on 2 fastbreaks anymore.

By: jaaason

jaaason — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:09:53 +0000

37 – Sasha was shoved.

If I remember correctly, he was also open on the last possession of the game. Would’ve been nice to see how he reacted to a game winning attempt.

By: Renato Afonso

Renato Afonso — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:09:54 +0000

Good wakeup call. They needed it…

Coming playoff time, the only team I want nothing with is the Hornets, but we probably won’t meet them in the first round nor the second.

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:47:00 +0000

Bynum or Gasol???
One reason the trade was so good was that Gasol answers the need for an active PF who can play center in emergencies and allow Ronny to go back to PF.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:12:07 +0000

Jimmy,
“Kobe, LO, and Bynum or Kobe, LO, and Gasol?”

At this point, I think the Lakers are better with Gasol than with Bynum. But give Bynum another year or so (assuming he keeps working at his game like he did the past year) and I think he will be better than Gasol.

By: 81 Witness

81 Witness — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:58:04 +0000

Jones – Hawes reminds of Brad Miller. Questionable on defense at times, but with good passing and range.

Kobe put it best, “I think we lost this one from the onset — coming out with the right sense of purpose and execution,” he said. “I think it’s a good wakeup call for us.”

The Lakers went into last night’s game thinking they had a 1.5 game lead over the Spurs who lost earlier on Sunday. Poor offensive execution and little help defense on the pick ‘n cuts.

Personally, I thought there were too many questionable passes for the Lakers and Gasol missed too many 3-5 foot looks in the first half. The defense let them pick n’ cut as they wanted. No help on the screens.

Also, did Ronny play yesterday? He just disappeared.

By: reed

reed — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:48:00 +0000

Glad they lost. Sick of them thinking they can turn it on at the end against bad teams.