Comments on: Lakers/Nuggets Game 3 Chat

By: muddywood

muddywood — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:59:08 +0000

The Nuggets have no concept of team ball at all. Their two “stars” just crank up shots. Melo in particular. When he gets it, he’s gonna shoot. They have weapons on that team but AI and Melo are nothing but scorers and neither one makes anyone on their team better. In fact their shoot first mentality has infected everyone else on that team except for Camby(because he rarely touches the ball in the offensive set.

Watching these games is just a glaring contrast of styles.
And team ball wins .

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:18:42 +0000

Nomuskles game live blog is up. Tomorrow a little game breakdown post will go up. Trying to think of nice things to say about Denver. It’s a beautiful city.

By: pb

pb — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:13:24 +0000

Where’s AI? I would like to have him explain why Karl sat him down almost the entire 4th quarter. Maybe to save him from picking more techs?

I don’t think dENVER players want to win game 4 and travel to LA for another game, which will be a ROUT. I’m sure they’re already shopping for new fishing gears.

A great win by the SMART, DISCIPLINED, and EXECUTING team. I think seeing SA maul PHX really helped our team to come out and show that they’re the BIG DOG in this year’s playoffs. The way they controlled the tempo and moved the ball reminded me of the veteran team of 2000-2002. I know that talent wins in NBA, but character and discipline keep the winning continue. I’m glad we have a bunch of guys who are talented AND have great character, especially in FIsher, Gasol, and Luke. I think they really make our team special. And of course, having MVP, KB24 isn’t too shabby either.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:05:54 +0000

A healthy Luke makes all the difference, as his play has really improved as his health has returned. Gotta say the same is true for Lamar. This was a great effort by the Lakers. The coaching staff will look hard to find some fault, and the only thing they can really find is the uncharacteristically poor FT shooting. They might look at the rebounding battle too, but the big discrepancy came down to how few offensive rebounds the Lakers had, and that was due to so many of our players immediately getting back to defend once we put up a shot. Don’t want to let the Nugget fast break get going in Denver.

By: drrayeye

drrayeye — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:57:31 +0000

Despite the determined efforts of Linus “Killer” Kleiza, Eduardo “the assassin” Najera, and Kenyon “Mojo” Martin, the Lakers came through without major injuries–while proving that they can play team offense AND defense–and win “San Antonio style.”

They’ve obviously been watching playoff basketball.

One more to go–Let’s hope they are “Rocky Mountain High” on Monday!

By: Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:46:17 +0000

what a great game!! 3-0 it is… I look forward to seeing some exciting moments in game 4 as well!!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:43:39 +0000

The Yahoo recap said it was a fight b/w fans. Didn’t say who the participants were..

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:36:57 +0000

By far the best defensive game the Lakers have played in this series, and in a while. Denver shoots just 40.1% (eFG%) and had an offensive rating of 87.5 (points per 100 possessions). They really did the best they have done in a while taking away what Denver wanted to do, counting on them not to make a series of smart passes. It worked.

By: Bill Bridges

Bill Bridges — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000

Great team effort. But for me, the game ball goes to Derek Fisher. Clutch shooting. The biggest being the 3 when Denver dared to hope to get back in the game in the 3rd quarter. But more important was his D. His man D on Iverson was fantastic. If not for some cheap calls he would have pitched a virtual shut out. But it is on team D that he stood out. Whenever a Nugget started to penetrate, Fisher was there swiping at the ball. He only got credited for 2 steals but I saw many deflections and turnovers as a result of Fisher’s activity.

By: Not Charlie Rosen

Not Charlie Rosen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:22:59 +0000

I have to ask…anyone know what was going on in the stands towards the end of the game? The TNT camera caught several Lakers staring up into the stands near their bench, along with what looked like security or arena staff, while the game was going on…TNT didn’t even mention it, did KCAL or the radio identify what was going on?

Loving it, btw. Series is over, Monday’s just a formality. Why am I not worried we’ll show up complacent and let that one slip? Same reason we play better on Sundays now: Shaq’s in Phoenix, this is Kobe’s team, and he lives to twist the dagger.