How much credit does Luke deserve for benching the whole starting squad which turned everything around. Luke made some boss moves tonight and the team responded.
Great win especially for the young guys! Progress doesn't happen in a straight line as evidenced by the Cavs game, but this was a big step forward. OT win on the road against a good team.
Zu should be our starting center, or should have been getting groomed to be our starting center.
Why if Luke was going to bench McGee he decided to start Chandler and not Zu, I don't know. But Zu has all the tools to be fantastic for us as starting center, and those screens of his are money! _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:39 pm Post subject:
eddiejonze wrote:
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:44 pm Post subject:
Treble Clef wrote:
ChickenStu wrote:
eddiejonze wrote:
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
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Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 31789 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:49 pm Post subject:
Treble Clef wrote:
ChickenStu wrote:
eddiejonze wrote:
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
There are arguments for and against, but I am of the belief that you foul in that situation. But you can't cut it close. Commit to it and just take the foul, if that's the strategy, especially when there were only a few seconds left and they are out of timeouts. As soon as he got the pass around midcourt, take the foul.
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
Keep in mind that the thunder were out of timeouts, so they wouldn't have been able to advance the ball. Probably factored into the strategy.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
Tim Thomas says hi.
That type of play is why I hate the strategy. They make the 1st free throw and then tip out the miss for a Tim Thomas shot and you can actually LOSE a game like that.
I'm honestly embarrassed to call myself a Laker fan after some of you turncoats Immediately crap on a Laker, ANY Laker-rather than point out the refs made a bad call.
Zo didn't foul Russ in the act, you're being intellectually dishonest to yourselves if you think otherwise.
You should be ashamed.
Embarrassing, Mr Mcgoo type of stuff here.
While I agree with you that he wasn't in the act, Lonzo still made that way too close. There was just no reason to foul him that late. They should have fouled him when he was still 40 feet from the basket. The time was of no real consequence, at that point. Just take the foul. Don't make it close at all.
I don't understand the strategy of fouling to prevent a 3 point shot. Players almost never make those panicked three pointers and even if they do, the worst case scenario is a tie game where you get the ball back for the final shot.
Is it really fouling to prevent a three though? I thought it was more, make them pass it out with less time at halfcourt, because they didnt have any timeouts.
Nice win but my DVR cut out recording it 1/2 way through and I did watch it live. Is there anywhere I can catch the replay since it was on TNT??? Gotta see this game!
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