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Carlos Boozer, PF 30 MIN | 9-15 FG | 0-0 FT | 9 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 18 PTS | +11Boozer had another efficient offensive night, hitting his jumper with good consistency and sneaking into the paint when his man played him too tight to defend against that shot. Add in his solid defensive rebounding and this was a very nice outing. | 
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Wesley Johnson, SF 27 MIN | 5-11 FG | 2-2 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 1 STL | 1 BLK | 0 TO | 13 PTS | +9Wes’ stat line doesn’t stand out as super impressive and his three pointers were not falling, but overall he had a solid game. He hit four of his six 2-point shots and had what was a game sealing dunk in the closing minute as the Raptors were making one last push by hitting a couple of threes. He did not have a big impact defensively, but he also wasn’t a minus on that end even though he had to chase around Kyle Lowry for stretches. | 
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Jordan Hill, C 34 MIN | 6-11 FG | 4-5 FT | 12 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 3 BLK | 0 TO | 16 PTS | 0After struggling the last couple of games, Hill had a nice bounce back effort against Toronto. His 16 points and 12 rebounds were strong, but more impressive was his late game rim protection. He had two of his three blocks in the 4th quarter and overtime, both of which were big plays at the time. | 
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Jeremy Lin, PG 35 MIN | 3-11 FG | 4-4 FT | 3 REB | 3 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 11 PTS | 0Lin’s numbers look dreadful, but I liked the way he was in attack mode all night. He aggressively used his dribble to drive by closing out defenders and was good at creating shots in the paint when he got a step on his man. Those shots didn’t fall with any consistency, but getting those shots up kept the defense honest which allowed for his big men to get offensive rebounding chances. | 
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Kobe Bryant, SG 42 MIN | 11-24 FG | 9-13 FT | 11 REB | 12 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 2 TO | 31 PTS | +2Kobe was the man of the match. While his shooting numbers were again under the 50% mark, he hit big shots down the stretch to put the Lakers in a position to win. Bigger than those buckets, though, was the way he whipped the ball around the court for assists. Early in the game he set up his teammates wonderfully and then late in OT he had another big assist to Young for a three pointer. His triple double tells the story of his night — a night that also saw him become the lone member of the 30K career points and 6K career assists club. | 
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Ed Davis, PF 18 MIN | 0-0 FG | 1-2 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 1 PTS | -9Davis’ 6 rebounds and single foul in 18 minutes were nice, but he was a non-factor offensively by only making a single FT on the night. I would have liked to have seen more cutting and activity on that end rather than looking so out of sorts. Davis also wasn’t his typically disruptive self defensively, especially when compared to Hill and Sacre. The fact that he was the lone Laker with a negative plus/minus (-9) on the night really tells the story for what his night was like. | 
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Nick Young, SF 31 MIN | 6-11 FG | 3-5 FT | 4 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 4 TO | 20 PTS | +3Young was efficient with his shooting and, as mentioned above, had a huge three to give the Lakers some breathing room in overtime. Also big was his ability to prop up the offense when Kobe took his first breather by hitting shots and working well off the ball to draw defenders’ attention. |
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Robert Sacre, C 19 MIN | 2-4 FG | 2-3 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 2 BLK | 1 TO | 6 PTS | +7Sacre doesn’t get a lot of love from Lakers’ fans, but he was more than solid in his nearly 20 minutes in this game. He played strong position defense and took advantage of his offensive chances. He will never wow you with his rebounding and his usage can be a bit high for his skill level, but his maximum effort and high motor are traits this team could use more of. |
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Three Things We Saw
- Though Terrance Ross and others did a nice job of stepping up, it was clear that Raptors missed DeMar DeRozan. Lowry was the lone offensive creator down the stretch and I’m sure the Raps would have loved to have been able to go to DeRozan in isolation or in the post to get a bucket or draw a foul in what was a really close game.
- The Lakers’ offense really had some nice movement in the first half. One of the reasons Kobe was able to get his triple-double was because when he had the ball at the top of the key or was looking to create off the bounce, there were cutters and players shifting around the perimeter to create passing angles. It also helped that Kobe was actively looking to pass, but the guys made his life easier by sliding into the open spaces and creases.
- I’m still not sure what the Lakers’ issues are in the 3rd quarter, but they need to try and figure it out. After leading by nine at the half, the Lakers were promptly outscored by eight in the 3rd period, giving up separate runs of 8-0 and 13-0 during those 12 minutes.
harold says
For a second I thought I came to the wrong site. Is this by any chance a format that is mandated (or recommended) by ESPN?
LakerPauer says
I think this formatting will be good once the kinks are worked out. No mention of Rick Fox’s “Kyle Lowery put his nuts on the back of Kobe’s head” remark though. I definitely wish color commentators could be that colorful all the time. Haha.
bJ says
I really think the Lakers are trying to tank this year.yes I want and Byron Scott to be the new coach of the Lakers but some of his decision making is questionable.he acts like he’s scared to shuffle the lineup to get the right fit.ant Davis should be a starter, Boozer come off the bench.Ellingson are young at the three Or Earl Clark if you require him. I could even make the necessary moves that need to be made for this roster to be successful.and it wouldn’t take 20 games to figure things out. The question is do the Lakers want to win this year, Or do they want to tank?I truly believethey have their mind on the draft and everyone is overlooking that. You have to seven footerswith good skill that will be coming out in the first round.if the Lakers finish higher then the six worst record in the league they will lose their first round pick to Phoenix.by tanking they have a opportunity to put one of those seven footers alongside Julius Randle and Earl Clarkson and you still have money to bring in Rondo.in just two years you would have rebuilt the Lakers into a contender with Kobe Bryant leading the way.I am sold on is this being what they are trying to accomplish. I believe Mitch Kupchak, Marlon Scott, Jeanie buss and Jimmy bus, as well as Kobe Bryant,are all on the same page. A big sacrifice for a huge pay off in the end.please tell me what you think about this theory. I believe I’m dead on point.expect Kobe Bryant to play 2 To 3 more years to accomplish his goal. 7 rings..
bJ says
please excuse the typing errorsI made in the previous comment.
pat oslon says
Big win and a fun game. Best team ball the Lakers have played so far this season. This was a sweet victory for the Lakers team and for the fans who have not had much to cheer about this season. The team can now head out of town on a positive note after a tough homestand.
Ethan Shalev says
Dear Darius,
Please do something about the new format. It’s awful. Huge photos of players faces and text all squeezed to the side
The Dane says
The format looks great now (using Chrome), I like it, nice with a little recap.
BigCitySid says
-That was awesome to see. The team played well and Kobe was outstanding. Easily the Lakers best win of the season. Well worth a new & different FB&G look.
-Kobe also became the oldest player to post a triple-double consisting of 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, & 10+ assist.
-For those of you to young to have seen Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, “The Big O” play, Kobe’s incredible stat line bought back memories of him when he labored for the Cincinnati Royals (now the Sac. Kings).
-Darius, would be interested in your grading of Coach Scott for this game.
-17 down, 65 to go…Pistons up next.
PurpleBlood says
-For those of you to young to have seen Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, “The Big O” play, Kobe’s incredible stat line bought back memories of him when he labored for the Cincinnati Royals (now the Sac. Kings).
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nice reference BigCity, thanks
Agree says
Kobe rocked it in overtime! He really looked great and dominated and LIn and Wes Johnson stepped up in OT as well to cap off the win. I still think they need to do something besides Kobe Iso’s the last 5mins of the game, given it has failed every time this season until this game.
Swaggy played big time, good to see him have a good game after a couple stinkers. The raptors have got to be irked, I’m loving it. Even with the losses, I can handle watching this team if we get some of this over-achievement wins. I still want to see them get at least around 27 wins, Kobe still has the fire, I just hope his legs can recover or other guys step up. How about Hill with that sweet block. Seriously, it was a great team effort in OT, wish they played like that all the time.
0910 says
I like the new format, and yes, it is a common one at ESPN.
Craig W. says
I do like the new format, as it gives stat heads the ability to quickly run down the major players and if we have a questions about some data we don’t have to go to another site. It doesn’t take too much room and the comments may become more varied due to the additional data.
Darius Soriano says
Ethan,
That seems to be an issue when you use Explorer as your browser. On Chrome, it looks fine. That said, I have made some adjustments so that the pictures are gone on Chrome, but look correct on Explorer. I will look into a better fix soon.
As an aside, I won’t use this format all the time, but thought I’d try it out. If folks like it, I will continue to use it. If not, I can scrap it.
harold says
I don’t mind the format, was just curious because it was the format I first saw on the Heat Truehoops affiliate back when LeBron was there and wondered if this was sort of a mandate. Guess it is not, and I don’t mind one way or the other (it is ‘missing’ the grades for the other team as a whole but I guess that’s largely irrelevant for FBG).
Darius Soriano says
Harold,
No, no mandate by any means. I haven’t been recapping many games this year because 1). it is time consuming and 2). there are only so many ways to say the team lost (especially when they seem to lose in similar ways each game). But the grades format can be useful at times so I went with it for this game. I’ll toy around with other formats too (stuff that incorporates more social media like twitter, vines, and youtube clips to go along with more written analysis).
BigCitySid says
Darius, I like the new format. Photos & summaries look good on Mozilla FireFox also.
Mid-Wilshire says
Darius,
I vote yes on the new format. It looks great. I hope you make it a standard.
Regarding the game, as I said in a prior post several weeks ago, it will take several weeks for the Lakers to figure out how to play together and perform at a consistently high level (at least on offense). As a result, I suggested that this could be the tale of two seasons — Season #1 being the first 30 games or so with the Lakers struggling mightily, Season #2 being the remainder of the year with more flow in the offense and occasionally even some attention to defense.
If this game is any indication, then the Lakers are NOT as horrible as many are insisting although they are certainly far from being a well-oiled engine. But I predict that by game number 40 that this could be a very different-looking team than the one that went 3-13 to start the year. Last night’s game against the Raptors (7 players in double figures, 24 assists, only 10 turnovers, some timely, game-saving blocks from J. Hill, excellent shooting from Boozer and Swaggy, smart play all the way around, especially from Kobe, etc.) may have been an indication of a highler level of play to come.
But they still have to work on their defense.
bryan S. says
Darius: Enjoy the recap and player grades. Keep it up when you can. Really fun game to watch.
That’s all I can ask for; playing the right way. Good ol’ Kobe–stud.
Vasheed says
I love seeing a game like this from Kobe. Its been a rough start with a lot of criticism but a game like this shows just how much Kobe is still capable of.
I believe the Lakers have not intentionally tanked. There is a question of timing. To intentionally tank the Lakers would have had to have shown no intent of signing quality players. They held out trying to sign guys like James and Anthony. If they had theoretically signed either or both of those guys how many would argue the Lakers didn’t do their best to improve the line up? I would have preferred using their cap space to acquire draft picks along with bad contracts. By the time the Lakers shelved their all-star signing plans they got Lin and a draft pick right before the door slammed shut on the big free agent signing period. After that I believe they signed some of the best talent available. They have problems that go beyond a talent pool problems as they don’t really have all their positional needs met especially at Center and SF. I do believe a few smart moves could make the team better then they are now and I suspect that is how the Lakers will proceed.
J C says
Can Mr. Bryant keep playing this way?
I think he could get double digit in assists every game if he tried.
And in so doing, the team would flourish.
It’s ok if he prefers to think it’s his idea 🙂
Robert says
After carefully reviewing the stats and the grades I have mathematically concluded that:
Kobe Rules !
Darius: The format changes are good. I am using IE and it was not working at first, but the tweaks you referred to have corrected all the issues.
Snoopy2006 says
Another vote in favor of the new format. I agree with Darius – there’s only so many ways to recap a loss, plus team success probably won’t be too common this year. This is a clean way of parsing out individual performances, which I like for this season.
Chearn says
Darius, the format is fine. I admire the more nuanced analysis on wins, but this form is excellent in tightly contested defeats. I agree when the team drops games by double digits or is not playing a technical game that it isn’t worth a write-up. I’ll read your posts regardless.
The team is making incremental steps just as expected. The offense is starting to resemble a system. Now, it’s time for players to show some consistency. I think Wes is turning into a nice rotation player that warrants a contract extension, he’s improved in many areas of his game. Hopefully, this summer he’ll add a defensive identity to his resume. I like Ellington, and look forward to his continued growth within the Lakers objectives for this season.
Sacre is also revealing development; he’ll never be confused as a starter, but he’s all right as a backup center particularly in this era of basketball that lacks real big men. One thing you know about Sacre is that he is very consistent, so you know what to expect from him. What more can one ask of from a rotation player?
I’m captivated by the desire, will, and hunger with which Kobe plays the game after so many seasons. He entered the league with a pre-determined agenda, and I’ll be darned if he has not met or exceeded his goals. He absolutely is something like a ‘Phenomenon.’
Excellent all around, team victory. Let’s go, Lakers!
french says
I like the new format. I like hitting the site and getting my info. Thanks.
Calvin Chang says
Ditto what French said. Like the new format.
By the way – that’s how the Lakers have to play in order to win games. Lower the turnovers (good work Jeremy), have Kobe play point forward from the midpost. And get players to move.
When Kobe can get the ball in the 15 to 18 ft range (not 20ft beyond), then he will be able to create a good shot from there with one-on-one coverage. So once Kobe gets the ball, he can look for cutters or shooters. If after 4 seconds, no one gets open, he can start backing down and take a short-range fadeaway or draw fouls.
Lin actually did a good job last night as game-manager. Just make sure people get to the right spots and take care of the ball.
Calvin Chang says
I hope Ed Davis works on his freethrow shooting. That will help his confidence on offense.
Craig W. says
I have to be able to work with most of the browsers out there – I use Opera – and know those who use IE (Internet Explorer) should probably have at least one other browser they can use. They are all free and Chrome, Firefox, Opera are not linked to the Windows Operating System and follow international standards better than IE. However, newer versions of IE are getting much better.
Chris J says
Still angry that I was not able to watch Sunday’s game… There have been numerous stinkers this season, but easily their best win of the year came when I had other things to do? Just shoot me.
R says
Darius, you are right, there are only so many ways to say the team lost. Just like there are only so many ways to say the lakers should cheat by throwing games to get a high draft pick. However that doesn’t stop people from bringing it up beyond Ad naseum. Therefore, I too am bound to repeat myself: the caterpillar on byron’s upper lip MUST GO!
BigCitySid says
– @ PurpleBlood, thanks.
– 29 comments, not one mention of Coach Scott. Guy is killed everytime Lakers come up short…and gets no mention after they win their biggest game of the season. Such is life for an NBA coach of a bad team.
Calvin Chang says
After one month, my impression of Byron Scott is that he’s very old-school and doesn’t know how to adjust during games. He’s not the type of coach that will make a team over-achieve by maxing out players’ talents. He seldom calls time-outs to stop opponents’ runs. He sticks to the tried-and-tested formula on offense: play through Kobe. He’s improved a bit in late-game situations though. The offense-defense substitution is a good idea. And having Jordan Hill come up to confuse Harden’s iso in the last 2 minutes of the win vs Rockets was genius.
J C says
Big city,
I think we may need more than one win to start complimenting Byron.
That being said, we are seeing improvement.
One of the signs of a good coach is a team improving over time.
So the jury is still out, so to speak.
However, I do appreciate Byron’s demeanor postgame.
He actually seems to care.
That’s already an improvement over his predecessor.
Darius Soriano says
Sid,
I thought Scott was fine. I liked that he subbed Kobe out near the end of the 1st quarter (and he tried to do so again at the end of the 3rd), but would have liked for that to be earlier rather than within the last minute. I also thought he did fine managing his lineups, as the data backed up what he did last night by going back to the starters for extended stretches. I also thought him going small with Wes at PF to match up with Patterson was a nice wrinkle for a few possessions.
The thing is, however, this stuff worked last night but in previous games he’s made similar moves and they have not. Against the Wolves, for example, he also went small down the stretch and Nick Young ended up on Thadeus Young on that final possession and ended up fouling on Thad’s power move to the rim. He’s also continuously gone back to his starters to play as a group even though they have a negative 18.2 efficiency differential on the season as a unit.
I don’t bring this up to trash Scott, but in terms of process I still have a few questions about how he’s managing things even though last night the results were in the team’s favor.
bleedpurplegold says
Great new feature, thanks darius! I know ehat time it takes to do this, cudos to you!!
Just a quick thought: if we keep playing like that, on a game to game basis,we can still make the playoffs….am i day-dreaming a bit here?? Of course, but IF we can keep this up on O, kobe keeps spreading the wealth around AND we improve our defense, we could still do the impossible….and kobe will be mvp in that case….i agree with wilshire, we will improve over the season, but realistically i cant see this happening….still, i refuse to lose faith in my lakers and keep the hopes up until it is over! GO LAKERS!!!
Craig W. says
bleedpurplegold,
I am known as an optimist on this board and even I don’t see how the Lakers could make the playoffs in the Western Conference.
Last night was a relief, however, we should not have needed overtime to win that game. We simply fell apart in the latter part of the 4th quarter and the only thing that saved us was the Raptors being unable to take advantage – they were dealing with their own readjustment due to DeMar DeRozan injury.
I too see improvement in our team and think we will be better in the 2nd half of the season. The fact of the matter is we don’t have enough defensive talent to get really tough. We will have to do this with team play/team defense and that takes time to develop.
Oldtimer says
There has to be a way in accelerating the development of Clarkson who is our only young rookie available, he could run with the PG’s of Raftors if given the p/t. Unfortunately, the rookie is bench on his first year for further observation and tested only during garbage time. Well, he could still produce double digit during those short stints when games are already lost. I noticed Lowry and LouWill were given a free pass and that was the reason why Lakers needed an OT to beat TOR. Defense is really the key to victories and we need the services of Davis and Hill in every 4th Q. to compensate our small Center compared to opposing team. Wesley is athletic but his defensive skills are inconsistent tho he could out-jump anybody if he wants to. Lin is purely offensive player, could easily distinguish his porous defense in every game where PG’s are given easy penetration in the middle which makes Patterson a star in the post.because Hill or Davis has to rescue Lin. Anyway, the most important thing is that they won and confidence are boosted when cellar dweller team beats a quality team. One of the reason why Lakers are having a hard time to win this season is the overhaul of personnel from the last season. As I mentioned in previous thread, if Lakers added Davis, Clarkson only maybe Ellington too while retain the Dantoni roster, Lakers would be in a better place today than just 4 W’s. No need of establishing new communication because they know where the strength lies – Kaman, Pau, Hill and Davis would be a formidable sentries in the shaded lane, that’s true rebuilding of defense.
Ko says
Like format a lot. Keep it going. Might be even more interesting on losses. Also think it would be cool to rate the coach.
With thin talent coaching and matchups are more important.
PurpleBlood says
the new format´s fine with me, though the longer, pin-point articles are something i look forward to – thanks to Darius for his dedication-
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Craig & MId are, without a doubt, right, our defense is glaringly suspect, nonetheless, it´s great to enjoy a hard-earned w like last night´s, and the fact that all of us here (of course, Mid & Craig included) are still giddy about it is even more fun! & why not? let the good times roll !!
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there was a post last night that defined Mamba´s performance as a `masterpiece´, darned straight! nicely put!
R says
Robert, I hope you see this reply because I would like to pose a question (two actually).
How many of Kobe’s 6000 plus assists were made to Shaq? Is that info even available?
I figure if anybody knows, it would be you.
Ko says
Clark signed
AusPhil says
Calvin Chang – Byron wouldn’t be alone among recent Laker coaches who don’t make adjustments in-game. Worst MDA thing in my mind was always the lack of adjustments and bafflingly late timeouts (plus playing the starters well after games were in hand).
Renato Afonso says
I used to see this format on the Celtics Truehoop blog and I think they work great for recaps if really there isn’t anything special to discuss (a major injury or someone throwing a towel at the head coach).
I also agree with your take on Scott. The pattern didn’t change, it simply worked out…
BigCitySid says
-Basically my point. Much harder to assess a coach’s performance vs player performances.
-By no means am I hoping for Laker losses, but I am opening cheering for wins by the Knicks, Hornets, T ‘Wolves, Jazz, & Pistons when they play anyone other than the Lakers.
-Starting to read/hear interest is building pertaining to acquiring Jordan Hill among some contenders looking for additional help at the 4 & 5.
-Expecting Lakers to make it two in a roll vs Pistons tonight.
Agree says
BigCitySid, I agree its really hard to assess Coach’s somehow apart from the talent they have. But wins/losses is one metric, overal def rating/off rating is another. Its the same metric all the coaches are judged by at some level, some just have far more talent. But Coach’s like Pop seem to be able to win even when he lacks superstars (because his are all very old).
My biggest concerns thus far with Coach Scott are not playing Ed Davis enough, especially since he espouses defense and Davis clearly plays defense. Playing Kobe too many minutes, with him leading the team in minutes played, rather than hovering around 30mpg instead. Especially playing Kobe a lot when they were getting blown out by 30 points. Minute allotment is my main method of trying to evaluate a Coach since its clearly the one thing they CAN control.
So if all the metrics show one thing and the eye test confirms this, why not adjust minutes? Its not too hard to play Davis 28mpg instead of Boozer, you don’t even have to start Davis if you don’t want–just leave him on the floor longer. This team has some really good offensive players, they don’t need Boozer jacking up shots, not when they have Kobe/Lin/Swaggy and clearly Hill wants more shots as well. Davis clearly doesn’t care about putting up shots, so starting him with Kobe and Lin makes a lot of sense. Beyond that, I still am irritated that their offense makes almost no use of the corner 3 pointer–one of the best shots in basketball. Lin/Kobe are jacking up their threes mostly from the top of the key. The idea of an offense is to work to take better percentage shots, not to try and win by taking statistically harder or less productive shots. Work with what you got, they have some offense, I haven’t heard anyone think they actually have much defensive talent.
DieTryin says
New format is a step up. Also much better than old one on mobile device. And the stats and letter grades are a nice touch when either the game or your time allows.
Kobe was a marvel in this game. It would be impressive for a 25 year old Bryant but the stat cited earlier by Big City re:oldest player to post a triple double only adds to his legacy.
Craig W. says
R,
For those looking to ‘bag on’ Kobe there will never be enough to slow down their comments – look in the mirror – but regardless of how many assists went to Shaq 1) Kobe actually had to make those passes and 2) the first time this has been done in over 70 years of NBA history is still a singular accomplishment.
A gunner never lasts long enough or shares the ball enough to even come close – until Kobe – one complete basketball player. Even at 36 and mucho milage, Kobe can be worth the ticket to see the game.
Hale says
Text crashing over the pictures in Safari OSX. Doesn’t bother me but I don’t feel one way or the other about the format.
jodial says
I don’t know how many of Kobe’s assists were from passes to Shaq…but I’ll bet not as many as Magic got by throwing the ball in to Kareem and watching him drain a sky hook.
Red 5 says
Very interesting– this team has played close with the league leaders
until some untimely foul or turnover breaks their mo
then they get scattered on hustle-back D and the opponent sinks a trey or two.
Very happy to see RSacre be more than a foul magnet.
He hustles and can score and make his free throws, fa’ gooness’ sake.
One thing I’d like to see JLin lift from the Nash stylebook
is Nash’s ability to stop on a dime when breaking to the forecourt, leaving
his defensive man on his heels and then driving to the basket again
rather than getting t-boned and losing control of the ball.
Refs are not currently calling a foul in Jeremy’s favor on that play,
and Lakers usually lose posession and get scored upon.
Also looking forward to more contributions
from Wesley “Wingspan,” Ed the D and Way-nn-ne! ( sound ball makes thru hoop )
3-point marksmen that used to be a burr under the Lakers’ saddle
seem to misfire more often than not in the post-Horry era.
Do not enjoy “dying by the three”
or getting beat by teams that do little else but shoot them,
but we do need our specialists to get sharp again and give us
more options while working that inside offense.
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Oldtimer says
Forgot to comment on the format, sorry. I love the addition of score box, recap and stats of every player although the grading system may be subjective based on author’s pov. It reminds me of Chicky baby broadcasts, he never forgets to give the score, minutes left in absence of score box technology during his time. However, with the “things we saw” I prefer the narrative essay analysis from you, Darius because of its shot-gun approach in describing everything for people who did not watch the game plus your insights into it. There are many fans that I know who have been turned-off of the Lakers, that they watch only the highlights, the ESPN score on their smart phone while shopping. I like the clarity in segmenting topics, from time to time we need to know how the players’ performed. Perhaps, it will be provided on a weekly basis than every game. I’m sure the players will use this as a barometer of their performance based on the blogosphere’s view point.
Go Lakers, you can win in Detroit.
R says
Craig W – totally agree 6000 assists + 30,000 points is an amazing achievement. No intent to “bag” on Kobe whatsoever.