Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Portland Trailblazers

By: Yusuf

Yusuf — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:57:18 +0000

This is a slump. The Lakers havent figured it out yet because of injuries they’ve had key players in and out of the lineup. Once they get all their players back for an extended period of time they’ll be fine. Until then their going to have games like this.

What’s scary is they arent close to their peak and their still first in the league.

By: nimble

nimble — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:55:25 +0000

@165

keep dreaming for 5 years more.10 FTs?Stern must be kidding me:)

By: BOOBOO

BOOBOO — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:27:51 +0000

#158, You’re telling me that the Lakers wouldn’t try their hardest to break a five year losing streak in Portland? Seriously?

Maybe you’re right and it’s just me, but I don’t buy it.

By: sT

sT — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:34:49 +0000

Second loss in a row that I missed, what kind of Laker fan am I? I actually cought the last 1 1/2 minutes, just to see Portland get some layups and extend their lead. I do agree though that we can all talk about what the team did wrong and how these weaknesses have to be corrected before Playoff time, now in January. I am surprised that we could not win with all of the injuries that Portland has at the moment, I guess Warrens 1st post in the previous thread did not count to the basketball Gods tonight, huh?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:31:08 +0000

So far we dont seem as good on the road anymore.

By: Moshi Moshi

Moshi Moshi — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:27:59 +0000

I really don’t think we can reference the 3-peat Laker teams from 2000-2002 with regards to our current team.
Regardless of how they played during the regular season, those 3-peat teams had Shaq who was comically dominant and really turned things to a whole new level in the playoffs. Unfortunately, Kobe right now is not at that level and probably will never be with his increasing age.

It’s almost the half-way point in the regular season. Our bench has yet to find stability and consistency. Injuries have been a concern as well. And for some odd reason, our offensive efficiency is worse than Houston’s.
Defense wins championships as the saying goes, but unless we find a consistent offensive flow, I really don’t see how the Lakers can repeat this year.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:17:51 +0000

New post up

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/01/08/a-couple-thoughts-on-the-losing-streak/

By: CVD

CVD — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:16:20 +0000

ROY > KOBE. Both scored 32 points, but Roy took 26 fewer shots to get there! Yes, 26 fewer shots!

By: drrayeye

drrayeye — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:56:25 +0000

Tonight, we saw “bad” Kobe–hopefully at his worst without Pau. He was a relatively low percentage volume shooter (47, count ‘em, shots) who singlhandedly failed on enough three point shots (6) and commited enough turnovers (5) to power Portland’s transition offense. Euclid clearly knew more about the triangle than Kobe Bryant tonight.

On defense, Kobe not only wandered away from his man, but failed to compensate with a single steal. During a brief period in the third quarter, he briefly reverted to “good” Kobe and facilitated a comeback, contributing many of his 7 assists during this interlude and playing real defense.

Lamar’s fiesty 15-15 was wasted on a team that seemed slow and confused on defense and offense most of the night.

By: Igor Avidon

Igor Avidon — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:45:46 +0000

A healthy Team Leprechaun might be a lot of things in theory, but I’m starting to question if they’ll ever have their entire unit healthy. Age exacerbates the injury problem for them. Hopefully we can get all our injuries out of our system before game 60 so we can get a nice groove going heading into the playoffs.