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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:18 pm    Post subject: KINGS -at- LAKERS - 2-28-14 - Thoughts and :-)) Ratings

The Rainmakers… It was pouring outside of Staples and inside as the Lakers tied a franchise high by sinking 19 threes, hitting 70 percent from behind the arc.

Jordan Farmar scored 30 points, including 8 threes, to set a new career high. He and MarShon Brooks took the game over in that fourth quarter and helped the Lakers score 72 points in the second half.

“At this point, I’m playing for pride,” Farmar said. “Nothing else matters. Every time you get on the floor, whether I’m playing basketball, video games, chess, checkers, whatever, I want to win. So I hope everybody in the locker room feels the same way.”

He and Brooks were the one-two punch down the stretch.

“I played with MarShon in New Jersey, so we have a little connection. I know what he can do so I want to see him succeed,” Farmar said.

Despite all that, the Lakers still just edged out the Kings for the 126-122 win.

Note the game changed with the team went away from small ball tonight in the fourth. Yes, Farmar and Brooks were on fire in the fourth, but defensively the Lakers slid Wes to the SF and Brooks to the SG and things changed. They weren’t getting worked over by Williams at PF or Gay at SF, and they held the Kings to their lowest quarter of the night.


Gasol -- -- The guards were making a more concerted effort to get Pau the ball. We saw rare repost passes from more than one guard. Pau had a bit of fumble-itis with some of the passes and the ball in the post, which led to a few too many turnovers. Too much complaining by Pau about Thompson outmuscling him in the paint and using his forearm. Man up. We’re getting killed in the paint (66 points in the paint for the Kings). Just no anchoring by Pau there and the two-man D is soft. We really need to be making up for that with more length and athleticism instead of exposing it more. The Stats: He scored 22 points on 10-17 shooting (2-4 from three) to go with 5 boards, 6 assists, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 2 foul sin 29 minutes. He was a +6. The Action: He posted up, took contact, kept his eye on the bucket and rattled in the 12-foot And-1 in the paint, he made the FT. He missed a face-up wing jumper. He took the drive and dish from Marshall off the two-man game and scored the easy And-1 layup, he missed the FT. He missed a turnaround in the post. He attacked on the face up across the lane and he drew FTs, he made one. Out on the break with speed and Meeks lobbed to him for the dunk. His jumphook across the middle of the paint was goaltended. He had 10 points in the first quarter. He missed a face-up jumper. He backed Evans down and scored easily with the left off the glass. He took the bounce pass from Farmar and scored the layup easily. He drew a clear-out foul on Evans. He dished to a cutting Meeks for the dunk. He swished a face-up wing jumper on the repost. He missed a short jumphook out of a timeout. He drew a charge on Thompson in the post. He missed an elbow jumper and fell to the floor. He scored a layup off the bounce pass from Marshall. He had 18 points on 8-12 shooting and 3 assists in the first half. Just 2 boards. Second Half: He gave up a couple of putback scores. He hit the short jumphook over his man. He kicked out to Meeks for the three. He blocked Gay’s reverse jam attempt. He forced up a shot between two defenders, layup the other way. He blocked a drive. He missed a wing jumper on the face up. He fumbled the ball away in the post. Back in and he was stripped in the post. Poor attempt in the post, forcing it and he missed. Kind bounce on the jumper at the top of the key to get it to drop. He got tapped on a runner across the lane. He fumbled a pass away for a score.

Marshall -- -- He needs to look at how Farmar is leading right now. He’s the guy stepping into the leadership vacuum in the locker room right now (from coaches and everyone else). Just another thing Kendall can learn from. Offensively, yep…another bagel. He’s the new Bagel. He did only take a couple of shots and dished out double digit assists, but there were some ugly turnovers in there, as well. He struggled at times handling Isaiah Thomas defensively. We also don’t have an anchor out there to help shut things down in the paint, either. So this isn’t just a one-man thing. When you get our D scrambled with a screen, it’s easy to score. When asked if D’Antoni might start Farmar instead, he just pointed to whomever plays better after three quarters will be the one closing. That’s been Farmar. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-2 shooting from three to go with 1 board, 10 assists, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls in 19 minutes. He was a -1. The Action: He attacked the paint, drew the D and set up Pau for the easy And-1 layup. He missed an early offense three. Poor D off the jumpball and he gave up a breakaway layup getting beat down court. His backdoor bounce pass was picked off. He missed another three on a kickout. He set up Pau with the bounce pass for a layup. Bagel again in the first half, but 6 assists. Thomas had 14 points on 5-7 shooting and 5 assists. Second Half: Sloppy kickout to an open Bazemore, turnover. He charged into Thomas not using the screen well. Bad transition pass, right out of bounds.

Bazemore -- -- He was making a more concerted effort to feed Pau in the post early on. You could see that from the start. Defensively, Gay has quite a bit more size on him. Bazemore is thin and doesn’t have the strength to deal with him as well as someone like Wes. Not a good matchup and hard to be critical of the D when he’s stuck in that position (and stuck with Wes at PF who was struggling with that spot and on rotations that left Bazemore in situations where he had to leave his man). Just not good chemistry. Offensively, he was a bit of a garbage man. He got out on the break and also knocked down a couple of threes. The Stats: He scored 12 points on 5-11 shooting (2-4 from three) to go with 6 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -6. The Action: He missed a baseline jumper, followed it, picked up the board and reversed for the Lakers first score. He scooped up a loose ball, probed and finished around a big next time down. Out with speed, he took the shovel pass and dunked at full speed. He swiped a post entry pass and ignited the break. The clock low, he attacked with speed but couldn’t finish a good look at a layup. Sloppy pass to Pau rolling for a turnover. He blocked a drive on help D. He was blocked on a breakaway dunk when Gay chased him down. He swished a three from the corner on the inbounds pass instead. He slipped, rose up and missed the wing chuck (got to reset the offense on that or gather yourself more). He had 9 points on 4-8 shooting and 6 boards. Gay had 15 points on 6-9 shooting. Second Half: He swished a corner three over the smaller Thomas. He missed a three on a kickout next time down. He gave up a putback to Gay. He got caught having to body up two Lakers under the hoop and Gay dunked the putback. Poor long chuck and he missed.

Meeks -- -- I doubt you see too many instances where a guy shooting like Meeks was (8-8 from the floor for 22 points) has to watch from the bench as others try to close. “I was happy. Got a chance to get some rest,” Meeks said. It was the right call. The Farmar/Brooks unit had the Kings on their heels and we needed length at SF, not smaller guys like we were running with Bazemore and Brooks at SF. Meeks had some nice curls down the lane the Kings never adjusted on. He finished in the paint with a dunk or that floater that is turning into money. The Stats: He scored 22 points on 8-8 shooting (3-3 from three, 3-4 from the line) to go with 4 assists and 1 turnover in 33 minutes. He was a -1. The Action: He sank a three from the top off the arc off the handoff. Quick attack off the curl for a layup. He lobbed to Pau perfectly on the break (you don’t want to throw it up too high). He was stripped for a dunk the other way. He drew FTs on a baseline drive, he made one. He cut off Pau, took the pass and jammed hard. He attacked a crowd and drained the floater, looking like money on that. He had 10 points on 4-4 shooting. Second Half: He cut strong off the Pau post, took the pass and drew FTs, he made both. He curled into the lane and scored the layup. He busted out, took the outlet the distance and scored the layup. He swished the wing three on a kickout. He swished another wing three in transition next time down, his eighth make in a row and it forced a timeout.

Johnson -- -- It’s hard to get critical of some of the guys when they are being put in bad situations. He looked horrible defensively at the PF (despite what D’Antoni said). Williams was scoring with ease. He wasn’t helping the helper well, either, which is probably more important. When he was brought in early in the fourth to run at SF and cover Gay, the team looked much better and suddenly we chopped about 10 points off the quarterly scoring of the opponent. The Stats: He scored 12 points on 5-10 from three (2-4 from three) to go with 12 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks and 4 turnovers in 36 minutes. He was a +11. The Action: He was fading on an early offense three and missed the three (if you are taking those, make sure you get a good one off). He took the handoff from Meeks down the middle of the paint on the break, kept rising up and slammed. He blocked a jumper on help D. He missed a corner three on the other end. He easily finished a lob from Farmar against a smaller man in the paint. He missed a 20-footer. He blocked Williams on iso. Second Half: Nice board and outlet to Meeks for the layup. He drained a three out of a timeout. Williams blew past him on the other end on iso for a layup. He missed a three on the other end. He fouled Williams on the next trip (the two going back and forth here). Not a good effort on the defensive glass to help the helper and it gave up a putback. Lost in transition on D and Williams scored on the oop. He was sealed and gave up a layup. He drained a corner three for the Lakers 19th of the game. He got out on the break with Brooks, who set him up for the layup. He airballed a chuck from three against the clock, looked fouled.

Farmar -- -- Career scoring night for Farmar. He picked up where he left off with the three shooting in the last game. He sank several in his first stint on the floor (not the same range as those long ones, but looking automatic). He’s just been on fire from three. In the second half, he was in the zone. If they gave him room or went under the screen, it was going down. He playmaked well in the first half and helped the Lakers dig out of a double-digit hole. He and Isaiah Thomas had some serious back and forth scoring going on late in that third quarter. “I wanted to be aggressive and go back at him,” Farmar said. It’s nice to see him killing it on the floor with all that is going on off the floor. He’s been stepping into the leadership role now that he’s healthy and trying to rally the troops in the locker room. That’s a pro. He’s the anti-tanker. The Stats: He scored 30 points on 9-14 shooting (8-10 from three, 4-5 from the line) to go with 7 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 29 minutes. He was a +5. The Action: Nice challenge on a jumper to force an airball. He crossed over and sank the jumper from 20 feet out. He drained an open wing three trailing the break. He swished an early offense three. Perfect pocket bounce pass to Pau on the screen-roll for the layup. Quick-fire wing three off the handoff next time down. Good job seeing the mismatch and he lobbed to Wes for the layup. Heat-check wing three and he missed. He had 11 points on 4-5 shooting and 4 assists. Second Half: He sank an open wing three out of a timeout. He attacked quickly after getting scored on and he drew FTs, he made both. He took and outlet, pulled up and drained the wing three. Thomas hit a jumper on him, then a three. Then Farmar drained a wing three on him. He attacked and Thomas blocked his drive out of bounds. He jumped a passing lane, swiped the ball and was knocked down the break, he made one FT. Bad decision trying to pass to Sacre at the three line after he set a screen, turnover. He hit Kelly for the open three, working the two-man with Sacre better this time. He drained a sideline three in transition. He backed his man down and missed the turnaround. He worked the two-man game and sank the three, almost leaning back on that one, but adjusting. He couldn’t finish a drive. He sank a tech FT. He missed a good look at a wing three.

Brooks -- -- So impressive tonight. They put him in the Kobe role down the stretch. He played it well. He was looking silky smooth out there on offense and holding his own on D between the SF and SG spots. His second stint tonight was a big reason the Lakers dug themselves out of a hole. He sank several threes in that second half from the right wing area as he and Farmar shelled the Kings. Meeks was perfect from the floor and couldn’t get back in the game. They had it rolling. “We shared it pretty well, didn’t we?” Brook said of the trio of guards combing for 75 points. He was more methodical than we’ve seen our wing players in closing the game than we’ve seen. That includes Nick Young, who can be a bit street-ballerish when we give him the ball to close. I hope we get to see him in that situation more. Farmar was certainly helping dictate that. MarShon mentioned the chemistry he and Farmar have. “He kind of taught me the game,” Brooks said. Defensively, he had to cover Williams at times as we ran him at SF with Meeks and Farmar on the floor. We then slid him down to SG with Wes going at the SF spot, much better. I like length on the floor defensively. “Once he finds his comfort, the skies the limit for him,” Bazemore said. The Stats: He scored 23 points on 9-13 shooting (3-3 from three, 2-3 from the line) to go with 2 board, 3 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in 26 minutes. He was a +5. The Action: He up-faked a defender, attacked the lane and scored a layup easily around another defender. He took his eye off a pass and fumbled it out of bounds. He iso’d at the end of the quarter and missed the runner. He was blocked on a layup. He hit Farmar on the break for a three. He grabbed the rim while trying to follow tip a miss and was easily called on it. Second Half: His man denied the post, so Brooks drained the wing three. He attacked Williams and banked the drive over him. He scooped up a loose ball and was fouled pushing it up. He gave it right back up attacking a few seconds later. He swished a deep wing three. He banked in a runner off the glass. He iso’d and drew FTs, he made one. He swished a wing thee in transition to tie it up. He pushed out the break hard, then kicked to Farmar for three. Great job stepping in to take a charge in transition and just got creamed, but got the stop. He posted up, hung and banked the sweet 10-foot And-1, he made the FT. He attacked, went behind his back to lose a man and then hit Wes for the score. He pumpfaked, moved in close and hit the wing jumper. He attacked from the wing, hung around the help D and scooped up the reverse with some touch, so nice. They gave him the ball, he attacked from the wing and overpowered his man for the score.

Hill -- -- He and Kaman didn’t play very inspiring ball, so D’Antoni ended their stint and went to his other bigs in the second half. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-1 shooting to go with 1 board and 2 fouls in 6 minutes. He was a -13. The Action: He airballed a long sideline jumper. Second Half: He did not play in the second half.

Kaman -- -- Ugly first half stint with Hill out there, a -10 in 4 minutes. Sacre and Kelly brought much better energy to the floor in the second half. Maybe it was because Reggie Evans was on the floor with Kaman out there. Evans will never live down that ball grab on Kaman from the playoffs years ago. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-2 from the floor to go with 1 block, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 4 minutes. He was a -10. The Action: He jab stepped and missed a sideline jumper. Not close on a wing jumper off the two-man game. He was called for a travel off a tough pass from Farmar on the screen-roll. Second Half: He did not play in the second half.

Kelly -- -- He was quiet, but I think just having decent size out there defensively and sliding Wes to SF made a big difference. He had some nice help D, including a swat on Gay, but we just weren’t getting overpowered and outworked like we were in the first half. “He’s become a shotblocker all of a sudden,” D’Antoni said of his D. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 2-2 shooting (1-1 from three) to go with 4 boards, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 foul in 16 minutes. He was a +16. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: He drained a three when Farmar hit him off the Sacre two-man game. He took a pass in the paint and scored a tricky hanging layup around a man. Nice help D swatting Gay out of bounds.

Sacre -- -- Short stint, but I thought he provided some toughness we lacked all game. Pau was soft as a noodle, Hill asleep and Kaman going through the motions. Sacre was willing to bang, crash the floor hard, whatever it took. He didn’t put up any stats and was whistled for fouls, but he gave the Lakers some interior toughness. Short minutes, but key to turning things around. D’Antoni specifically mentioned Sacre twice afterward providing the impact that wasn’t there previously. That’s what you want out of your deep bench big. The Stats: He didn’t shoot, score or board, but had 1 block and 3 fouls in 5 minutes. He was a +8. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: Ill-advised double and he left his man open for a score. Good box out to help secure the stop.

D’Antoni -- -- First subs: He brought in Hill, Farmar and Brooks for Johnson, Bazemore and Marshall up by 3 with 4:20 left in the quarter... D’Antoni called a timeout tied 23-23. Lakers shooting efficiently, feeding the post, but unable to get any separation. Out of that timeout, they went to Pau in the post for a score… He sat Pau for Kaman with 2 minutes left… The Lakers trailed 31-27 after the first quarter despite shooting 57%… He went with Kaman, Hill, Bazemore, Brooks and Farmar… The Lakers couldn’t finish some layups and started to fade. Down 10, he sat Kaman and Hill for Pau and Wes… A 17-3 Kings run when the timeout came, Lakers down 12… Farmar went on a scoring spree to cut the lead in half… Timeout for the Kings with the lead trimmed to 4… Starters all back out there as Farmar sat for Marshall… Thomas scoring on the Lakers and the lead ballooned again… The Lakers trailed 65- 54 at the half. That’s way too many points to the Kings without Cousins. The Lakers shot 55% (23-42, 5-9 3PT, 3-6 FT). The Kings shot 59% (27-46, 2-5 3PT, 9-12 FT)… Coaches wanted to shut down Thomas better… Meeks on fire to cut the lead down to 4 and force a timeout in the early part of the third… A poor stretch of D (Wes not playing with energy) and the Kings stretched the lead up to 13 again and forced a timeout…Farmar now in for Marshall and Brooks for Bazemore… He sat Wes for Kelly down 12… The Lakers scored 41 points in the third, but gave up 34… They trailed 99-95 heading into the fourth… He went with a Sacre, Kelly, Brooks, Meeks, Farmar unit… He sat Meeks for Johnson down 6… The Lakers tied it up off some scoring by Brooks and paint presence by their bigs. This forced a Sacramento timeout… Lakers up 4, he sat Sacre for Pau… Lakers had made 10 straight threes before Farmar finally missed one… They played with intensity to close the game, going to Brooks like he was Kobe the Closer on offense…
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:22 pm    Post subject:

Fun game and they won, whoo hoo!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:54 pm    Post subject:

I know wins hurt our draft position, but i don't care. It was still fun to watch a rare win tonight.

Pau (bleep) a lot about contact, but he did have a point about Thompson and Evans. Three of Thompson's scores were blatant clear outs with his off arm (looked like the bald ref on the baseline didn't want to call his fourth foul early in the third), and Evans blatantly undercuts everyone on every shot attempt. No wonder he's so good at grabbing boards if he's allowed to do that every game.

Kelly and Sacre stepping up on d in the fourth was nice to see. Sacre got involved in some box outs and both he and Kelly challenged nicely, which was a switch from Pau and Wes and Kaman and Hill who were just kinda there. Sacre still sucks though.

Our defense was so awful, we made the awful Derrick Williams look like an actual, viable nba player today. Hell, we made him look like an all star. That's pathetic. No wonder teams have been running trains on us all season long.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:06 pm    Post subject:

(bleep) yeah, that felt good.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:29 pm    Post subject:

Thanks a lot, DB. Really learn a lot from you recaps. I forgot we played Big Ball to start the 4th. And it did work on the defensive end well, as you said.

Great win!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:59 pm    Post subject:

I really like Farmar and Brooks. It'd be sad if we didn't re-sign some of these guys while upgrading other parts.

It'd be nice if we could get more athletic in the front court and have a plan for defense in the future.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:31 am    Post subject:

The last 4-5 minutes were missing on nba league pass.

We finally got the lead and then it cut to the last 5 seconds of the game. I missed the whole Brooks thing
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:47 am    Post subject:

Well we got to 20 wins before we got to 40 losses.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:08 pm    Post subject:

Wes Johnson continues to improve and impress.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:10 pm    Post subject:

E_Wulf420 wrote:
Wes Johnson continues to improve and impress.


Wes? Continues to improve? Hmmmm.... I kind of missed that.




Wes was good to start the season. After that it's been up and down for him. And playing out of his natural position has not exactly helped him. All in all I think he is exactly what he was. Good potential, useful skills, would be a great role player, but disappears too often.

A good backup SF to keep though.
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