[picappgallerysingle id="8619657"] We’ve been talking adjustments all series, so why stop now? In game 5, the Lakers implemented some subtle (and quite effective) changes on offense while also switching Kobe onto Russell Westbrook as a major defensive adjustment. These refinements on both sides of the ball (plus some good ‘ol fashion hustle) erased the memory of [...]
On Wednesday, Darius had a fantastic post about the re-emergence of the triangle offense in their Game 5 domination over the Thunder. In that post, he mentioned that he wished that he had visual examples. While he was able to paint the proverbial picture for those of us who are avid hoop fans, there are [...]
[picappgallerysingle id="8648227"] With two days off inbetween games for the Lakrs, it’s again time to take a look around the rest of the league. *Fear the Deer. And if you don’t, at this point the Hawks probably should. Kurt penned a very good piece on the Hawks (and their coach’s lack of innovation in the closing [...]
Practice report (with video) from NBA.com: The buzz word heading into L.A.’s impressive 111-87 Game 5 victory on Tuesday night was “transition,” which the Lakers certainly heeded in not just holding Oklahoma City to a series-low seven fast break points but in scoring 12 FB points themselves. Perhaps just as key as curtailing the Thunder [...]
[picappgallerysingle id="8649878"] Somewhat lost in the shuffle of Kobe guarding Westbrook, the Lakers bigs coming up even larger than their combined 14 feet of height, and the overall dominance of a nearly 30 point victory, was the return of the Lakers actually running the Triangle Offense. Over in his behind the box score, Kelly Dwyer [...]
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