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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:17 pm    Post subject: LAKERS -at- WARRIORS - 11-1-14 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

The 0-4 Start… The fourth game in five nights and the home opener for the Warriors and just their second game. The NBA served the Lakers up on a platter.

The Lakers built a 10-point lead in the first half, but saw that quickly erased. They fought back and kept it close during the third behind 19 points from Kobe.

When the fourth came, the wheels fell off and the Warriors blew the Lakers out, 127-104. The Lakers starting 0-4 for the first time since they were in L.A.

The Lakers will have a little time now to regroup and work on the defensive end of things. We’ve heard a few times that the Lakers aren’t sticking to their defensive principles. The 30+ point quarters, 60-point halves and 120+ point games are painful proof of that consistent failure.


Kobe -- -- Ugly first half for Kobe. He had more turnovers (5) that makes (3). You’ve started to wonder after a year of not playing ball and a preseason where we rested him quite a bit, just how he was feeling out there. He said his legs were a little tired but that he regrouped. Indeed. He came out strong with 19 points in the third quarter, hitting from all over and was shooting 50% from the floor for the game at that point despite a slow start. After the team fell back in the early part of the fourth, he came back in firing and missed some tough chucks. Not a good sequence then. I think he was a little ticked at that point by the lack of showing by everyone but Jordan Hill. Lakers really deferred to him a ton in this game. Only 1 assist, but just a lot of sloppy passing for turnovers. Defensively, the Lakers got worked. We put Lin on Curry and Wes on Klay, basically keeping Kobe out of the point of attack. The Stats: He scored 28 points on 12-28 shooting (1-6 from three, 3-6 from the line) to go with 6 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals and 7 turnovers and 3 fouls in 36 minutes. He was a -30. The Action: Tough turnaround with Klay smothering him and he missed. He missed a three short. He was hit on a baseline jumper off the inbounds, he made both FTs. He missed a 20-footer working around a screen. He missed a short turnaround and stared at the refs. He sank a 20-footer working off the high screen. He sank another coming off the screen again. Way short on a turnaround jumper, he then fouled Curry on a three in transition. He missed a long wing jumper. He was called for a travel on a ball fake (looked like no travel again). He missed a drive. Deflected pass on the perimeter, dunk the other way for the Warriors. He attacked from the wing, crossing over between his legs, got contact on the right side of the hoop and flipped a high And-1 reverse on his way down on the other side (the shot went above the top of the basket before spinning in), he missed the FT. He had 8 points on 3-10 shooting and 5 turnovers. Second Half: He missed a long three with the shotclock low. He was hit on a turnaround in the lane with no call. He scored a layup off the interior feed from Hill. He blew past Klay, pumpfaked a few times and was hammered as someone came down on his back but no FTs. He swished a wing jumper when he got a switch with Bogut. He deflected a pass, busted out, spun and scored an And-1 high over another defender, he missed the FT. He iso’d and swished a fallaway over Klay after a series of moves. He missed a wild chuck from the corner. He drained a wing three behind the Hill screen out of a timeout. He attacked and set up Hill for FTs. He swished a wing jumper working off the two-man game. He stood in and took a charge, getting knocked into Hill’s legs. He spun away from a trap and drained the long sideline jumper over two defenders (Warriors ran into his legs, too). He tracked down an offensive board in the corner and it led to a Laker score a few seconds later. He missed a long heave from about 35 feet trying to beat the shotclock. He blew past Klay attacked down the lane for a layup over the help D. He swished a long wing jumper with Klay on his hip the whole way. He missed a long three, kind of a heat check, but he hasn’t been hot from three. He had 19 points on 9-14 shooting in the third. He got tapped on a three with the shotclock low. He missed a long jumper standing on the three line, poor shot selection. He drew FTs on a turnaround from the high post, he made one. He lost the ball trying to rise up, turnover. He missed a baseline jumper.

Hill -- -- Offensively, he picked up where he left off last night. He was firing and on target for 14 first half points, just great to see him to string together a couple of games like this. Hopefully, this is a habit this season and we’re watching Hill elevate his game and not just on a two-day hot streak. He was the only other Lakers to really elevate his game tonight and rise to the challenge. Defensively, he had 3 blocks. Our bigs weren’t being as aggressive as Scott wanted. Not sure what Hill’s energy was like to be trapping and getting out high with consistency after all these games, but they need to do a better job of that. The Stats: He scored 23 points on 10-14 shooting (3-4 from the line) to go with 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls in 33 minutes. He was a -17. The Action: He missed a baseline jumper against the shotclock. He sank a turnaround jumper, flashing to the FT line. He drained a top-of-the-key jumper when his man left him. He rejected a layup attempt out of bounds in transition. He dunked off the interior feed from Davis. He sank a baseline jumper. No one was open so he backed his man down and hit the jumphook. He blocked a layup on the other end. He missed a 17-footer. He blocked a shot off Bogut and out of bounds. He missed another 18-footer next time down. He tipped in a missed Boozer drive. He sank an open elbow jumper. He had 14 points on 7-10 shooting and 1 board but 3 fouls. Second Half: He reversed off the interior feed from Boozer. He battled for a board and fed Kobe with an interior feed for the layup. He scooped up a kickout and hit the baseline floater. He took the pass from Kobe under the hoop and was hammered hard, he made one FT. Great job battling for a Kobe miss and drew FTs, he made both. He dunked off the over-the-shoulder feed from Lin in the lane. Not close on a long jumper. His interior pass was picked off.

Lin -- -- Slow start to the game until he started getting aggressive and drawing FTs near the end of the half. That was his lone stretch of scoring. The Lakers went to a super small lineup to start the fourth I think to spread the floor for Lin and see if he could get going. Unfortunately, he had some turnovers and was pretty ineffective during this stretch. “I didn’t give the team what they need from me. There’s nothing really more to say,” he said. He and Kobe combined for 12 turnovers this game. Defensively, you’ve got to have better teamwork to cover Curry. “Anytime they go for what they went for, there’s a billion things we could do better,” Lin said. The Lakers would have been better off with these games spaced out so they can work on stuff between games. Hopefully, they’ll start to look better with the spaced out games coming up and plenty of practice time. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 0-6 shooting (0-1 from the floor, 6-6 from the line) to go with 6 assists, 4 boards, 1 steal, 5 turnovers and 5 fouls in 32 minutes. He was a -22. The Action: He found Boozer for a baseline jumper. He found Hill left open for the jumper. He airballed a jumper on an inbounds play out of a timeout. He missed a wing three off the Horns. He missed a turnaround, got it back and hit Hill for the jumper. He drew contact on a rare drive in the paint and threw it up to earn FTs, he made both. He floored it in transition and drew FTs, he made both. He drew FTs with 0.6 left pushing up the inbounds, he made both. He had 6 points and 4 assists without a turnover. Second Half: He bricked an open pull-up in the paint, got to hit those. He was called for a charge trying to attack to his right. He found Wes in the corner for a three. He was stripped on a drive. He attacked and fumbled away the drive. He got into the paint (off a pass as he cut) and went over his shoulder to Hill for the dunk. He couldn’t finish a drive, dunk the other way. He attacked and threw the ball out of bounds instead of trying to put a shot up. He missed a wing pull-up jumper. His two-man game pass was picked off, uncontested dunk the other way.

Boozer -- -- Second night of a back-to-back. Last time Boozer completely disappeared. He was pretty much a non-factor in this one, as well. He got some garbage time points (5), too little too late. His help D is painful to watch at times. The Lakers bigs didn’t stick to the game plan as mentioned by Scott and Davis afterward. By the time we have another back-to-back, we may see Davis and Kelly taking away some of his minutes on those second nights. The Stats: He scored 9 points on 4-9 shooting (1-1 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 1 assist and 4 fouls in 24 minutes. He was a -26. The Action: He sank a baseline fallaway on iso on the Lakers first possession. He missed a putback attempt. He sank a baseline jumper. He was blocked on a layup. He missed a drive in traffic, but Hill tipped it in. He swiped a bad pass, then threw it out of bounds on the other end. Second Half: He hit Hill with an interior feed for a layup. Back in and he instantly fouls away from the ball. Not close on the step-back in the paint. He waited before finally throwing it to Price in the corner and that allowed the D to not only recover but trap and force a turnover on Price. He fouled on the offensive board to give up FTs on a missed Kobe FT. He had a brick bounce right to him for an easy putback. He scored a garbage-time And-1 layup, he made the FT. He was rejected on a layup.

Johnson -- -- Klay Thompson with a career-high 41 points. The team D was poor, but Wes’s individual D left a bit to be desired, as well. I’d have liked to see Wes more physical and chippy with the D, intense like Artest. Instead, he plays soft at times. He just doesn’t have the mental game and approach to be a stopper. Scott said he wanted to trap and be more aggressive but the bigmen weren’t there. Still, there were some lax sequences from Wes. Offensively tonight he had a good game. He hit a few shots and cut down on the bonehead plays and wild chucks. The Lakers run one play for Wes, a Throwback set where he gives up the ball, ducks into the paint and comes back up to the top of the floor as his man gets screened. We’ve ran this in several games for him. Really the only thing where we are purposely calling his number. The Stats: He scored 15 points on 6-9 shooting (2-3 from three, 1-1 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 1 turnover and 4 fouls in 33 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: He sank an open sideline three. He took a pass baseline backdoor, got contact at the rim and put in the And-1 layup, he made the FT. He stepped on a sideline after a bad kickout. He sank a quick-fire wing jumper. He iso’d and bricked a three. Second Half: He missed a jumper off a throwback play to start the half. He missed a pull-up wing jumper in transition. He fell asleep and got backdoored for a layup. He sank a corner three on a kickout, but he didn’t stay with his man on the cross match in transition (just left him) and gave up an uncontested dunk. He grabbed an offensive board, dribbled it out and hit the 12 footer on the baseline.

Davis -- -- Strong game from Davis. He may have the best post game of our bigs. He just finds a way to score from there. I wouldn’t mind us trusting him a little more to do that. He should have seen more minutes tonight with how bad Boozer was playing. He hasn’t been the defensive shotblocking presence we need in the past couple. The Stats: He scored 13 points on 5-7 shooting (3-5 from the line) to go with 6 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 3 fouls in 21 minutes. He was a +6. The Action: He battled for a pass and then fed Hill for the dunk. He hit a lefty jumphook in the post. He scored an And-1 layup off a good passing sequence in early offense, he made the FT. He took a pass under the hoop, missed the short one but follow tipped it in with under a second left the quarter. He scored a layup on the off-the-dribble feed from Price. He jumped a passing lane to swipe an inbounds pass and he was fouled in transition on the other end, he missed both FTs. He couldn’t power in a layup under the hoop. He had 9 points on 4-6 shooting and 4 boards. Second Half: He attacked and hit Wes with the interior feed for a score. He attacked off a broken sequence and drew FTs, he made both. He powered in a layup off the two-man game with Price. He was called for a charge on the two-man game.

Price -- -- Our two PGs went 0-10 from the floor tonight. Uggh. Defensively, he was active and mixing things up. He had a couple of steals and drew a charge call. We lost the fastbreak 35-16 in this game. Our transition D was horrible. I don’t know who our defensive leader is on this team, but Price seems like he’s chippy enough and active enough to be that guy. “Take our hats off if they are hitting shots in our face every time down the floor,” Price said, “but if they’re getting open looks, uncontested looks, you can give a team of that capacity with great shooters those type of looks.” The Stats: He scored 1 points on 0-4 shooting (0-2 from three, 1-2 from the line) to go with 2 offensive boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 22 minutes. He was a -6. The Action: He stripped Curry on the perimeter. He missed a pull-up jumper. He grabbed a loose ball and whipped a pass off the dribble to Davis under the hoop for the score. He missed a three but got back his miss. Second Half: He missed a three from the top of the arc. He missed a baseline pull-up jumper. He worked the two-man game to Davis for the score. Great job standing in (and going down) on a Barbosa drive to erase the hoop. Fouled intentionally, he made a couple FTs. He swiped a kickout.

Clarkson -- -- He got in for some run in the fourth. Just 5 minutes but that didn’t slow him from getting up 5 shots and also coming up with 2 steals. The Stats: He scored 3 points on 1-5 shooting (1-1 from three) to go with 1 offensive board, 2 steals, 1 turnover and no fouls in 5 minutes. He was a -3. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: He missed a wild one-hander in the paint. He drained a wing three on a kickout. He probed off a screen and missed a pull-up wing jumper. He knocked a ball loose but couldn’t finish the layup in transition. He was called for a travel, losing control of a shot attempt and catching it.

Ellington -- -- He somehow led the team with a +11. Good job hitting the boards and doing some of the little things in this game. Not much going on offensively. He got his only score off the pindown play we run specifically for him. The Stats: He scored 2 points on 1-2 shooting (0-1 from three) to go with 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 18 minutes. He was a +11. The Action: He whipped a no-looker in transition to Davis for the And-1. He sank the wing jumper coming off the pindown. Nice hustle in transition to steal the outlet. Second Half: He missed an open wing three. He fumbled a dribble out of bounds.

Henry -- -- He played 9 minutes and I looked down and had no notes on him for the first half. That’s usually not a good sign. Looking at the stats and it was straight zero’s across the board. The Stats: He didn’t shoot, score, board, foul, steal or anything else in 9 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: Nothing to report. Second Half: He did not play in the second half.

Sacre -- -- Scott mixed up his second rotation in this one leaving Sacre on the bench in the second half and going with a super small lineup of guards with Davis. Ouch. That didn’t really get us anywhere. Can’t wait to get Kelly back. The Stats: He scored 4 points on 2-4 shooting with 1 board, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in 7 minutes. He was a -6. The Action: He tapped in a rebound about 4 feet out from the hoop, longer than your usual tip. He missed an open baseline jumper. He was stripped in the post. He sank a top-of-the-key jumper left alone. Another moving screen on the offensive end while handing a ball off, turnover. Second Half: Nothing to report.

Scott -- -- Klay had to sit with foul trouble early, Lakers up 13-9 after 5 minutes… The Lakers led 16-13 at the timeout midway through the quarter… Lin and Boozer sat for Price and Davis at the 4:40 mark with the score tied 18-18… Ellington in for Kobe… The Lakers led 35-29 after the first quarter. Rare to not see them down after the first… He started a Sacre, Davis, Henry, Ellington, Price lineup… They pushed the lead out to 10 with some feisty D. That forced a timeout and he brought back in Kobe for Ellington and Boozer for Davis… The lead was quickly erased after three trips down court for the Warriors. Scott brought back Hill and Lin for Sacre and Price up by just 1 now… A 14-0 Warrior run and Scott called a timeout… Hill picked up a moving screen call and had to sit with a couple minutes left for Davis, down 7… The Lakers trailed 61-55. Another half of giving up 60+ points. Curry had 20 points… Both teams traded hoops and misses the first half of the quarter… He sat Boozer for Davis with 5 minutes left, Lakers down 5… He brought in Price for Lin… The Lakers cut it to 3, but got hit for a couple buckets to trail by 8 and Scott called a timeout. Kobe heating up this quarter… The Lakers trailed 93-86, 19 points from Kobe in the third… He ran a Davis, Ellington, Clarkson, Price, Lin unit. Super small ball to open the floor up for Lin, I think. And with no success… Down 9, he brought back in Kobe and Hill for Clarkson and Davis… Boozer in for Ellington… The slipped back to 12, some long misses from Kobe and no fluidity offensively… Down 20 as the Warriors pour it on, Byron finally subs out the starters with 1:45 left… The Warriors shot 55%...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:20 pm    Post subject:

Thanks.
At least they are competing better these last two games.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:29 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB. At least we lead at the the end of the first quarter for the first time
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:38 pm    Post subject:

moral victory... again..
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:06 pm    Post subject:

DB, how did you not mention Sacre airballing a dunk in your game notes? It was ugly, but hilarious too as Sacre seemed to forget that he doesn't actually have any hops.

Our defense leaves much to be desired. Just reminds me of last season, where our rare leads were never safe and 5-10 point deficits felt like 20-30 point deficits since no matter how much we scored, we could never close the gap since the other team would just it back or more on the other end. Hopefully BScott and Davis weren't just blowing smoke and there is something we were doing wrong, because if these four games are what our defensive schemes allow and it isn't something we can fix, we may give up 120 a game.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:08 pm    Post subject:

Pissed off with Kobe there late in the third. Kind of reverted to his old self, just throwing it up there like there was no tomorrow. Oh well, here's hoping we get that first win sooner than later.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:11 pm    Post subject:

DB - Thanks for the painful recap

What is the story and future of our "Invisible Men" - Boozer and Johnson
Their presence/impact is not felt at all and makes one wonder what BScott is going to do with these two veterans.

At least JLin is making an impact - good and bad.

If Boozer is not scoring, taking charges, playing good position D or getting assists (since they seem to be playing him more on top of the key) - what will his role will be?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:25 pm    Post subject:

Yeah, Xavier didn't do anything. A shame, really. He has the defensive goods, and there used to be a time where Memphis wrongly thought that he was a Kobe stopper. What happened?

As for Wes, I think even Chris Kaman, with his general inattentiveness, tries harder on defense. A real shame.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:45 pm    Post subject:

missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:45 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB. I had to turn it off 3/4 of the way through the fourth. Only so much I could stomach.

At least I can still looking forward to the smiley faces you assign to each player.

Any Lakers statisticians in here? I'm wondering what's the most number of games any Laker team has lost in a row to start a season.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:57 pm    Post subject:

calistrtballr wrote:
missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.


Mostly Wes, but Kobe was guilty of leaving or sagging too far off of him a few times as well.
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mhan00 wrote:
calistrtballr wrote:
missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.
Mostly Wes, but Kobe was guilty of leaving or sagging too far off of him a few times as well.
Isn't Johnson suppose to be out defensive stopper?????

With Kobe having to carry the offense at 36 years old, as oppose to Johnson, he does get a little slack.
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A Mad Chinaman wrote:
mhan00 wrote:
calistrtballr wrote:
missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.
Mostly Wes, but Kobe was guilty of leaving or sagging too far off of him a few times as well.
Isn't Johnson suppose to be out defensive stopper?????...


No. People (media, etc. ) keep saying he should be our defensive stopper. At no point since he's been here has he ever actually been a defensive stopper. I'm about ready to say something on Lakeshow or something. They need to give up the pipe that Wes is suddenly going to turn into some other person/player.
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TDRock wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
mhan00 wrote:
calistrtballr wrote:
missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.
Mostly Wes, but Kobe was guilty of leaving or sagging too far off of him a few times as well.
Isn't Johnson suppose to be out defensive stopper?????...


No. People (media, etc. ) keep saying he should be our defensive stopper. At no point since he's been here has he ever actually been a defensive stopper. I'm about ready to say something on Lakeshow or something. They need to give up the pipe that Wes is suddenly going to turn into some other person/player.


He's actually one of the worst offenders in terms of missed rotations and defensive mistakes.

What killed me is that Byron played X and him together, when he should be minimizing the minutes that both players played.

That Sacre Boozer lineup worked wonders in killing our lead as well.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:33 am    Post subject:

EddieJonesss wrote:
Thanks DB. I had to turn it off 3/4 of the way through the fourth. Only so much I could stomach.

At least I can still looking forward to the smiley faces you assign to each player.

Any Lakers statisticians in here? I'm wondering what's the most number of games any Laker team has lost in a row to start a season.

The Lakers started 0-7 in 1957-58
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:40 am    Post subject:

Lakers gave good effort with what they have. They were hustling except near the end. 2nd night of a back to back on the road against a very good team. Can't expect much more. Just got outgunned.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:14 am    Post subject:

Lakers combination of front court lose us the game.

Even if they're Slow they shouldn't be Static.

Static on offence make our shooters take low percentage shoot the whole game.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:13 am    Post subject:

fiendishoc wrote:
TDRock wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
mhan00 wrote:
calistrtballr wrote:
missed the game. who was guarding klay? crazy how he always seems to drop 30+ on us.
Mostly Wes, but Kobe was guilty of leaving or sagging too far off of him a few times as well.
Isn't Johnson suppose to be out defensive stopper?????...
No. People (media, etc. ) keep saying he should be our defensive stopper. At no point since he's been here has he ever actually been a defensive stopper. I'm about ready to say something on Lakeshow or something. They need to give up the pipe that Wes is suddenly going to turn into some other person/player.
He's actually one of the worst offenders in terms of missed rotations and defensive mistakes.

What killed me is that Byron played X and him together, when he should be minimizing the minutes that both players played.

That Sacre Boozer lineup worked wonders in killing our lead as well.
I agree with your assessment of Johnson. The media pundits have proclaimed that he is the Defensive Stopper.

BScott has a dilemma - any combination of Sacre, Boozer and Johnson is a major problem.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:34 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:37 am    Post subject:

Thanks for the recap DB. The game was better than the final score indicated. We kind of fell off the map the last part of the game.

Liked the improvement in team play in the first half. Appreciated what Kobe can do but he has a tendency to "test" his breaking point of being hot vs being effective. To his credit, he can have some amazing moments but then goes overboard as he finally reaches his breaking point.

Good to see J Hill making strides and Davis as well. Definitely picking up the slack of Randle's injury.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:30 am    Post subject:

Lakers O in the first Q looked really good. Really liked our sets. Seems we use the high post a lot, some good sequences with high-low action and looked like we were trying to run some Tri. Hill, Boozer, Kobe and Lin all seem to fit well within the O. The guy we need to possibly swap out is Wesley, he seems to add little to the starting 5 offense.

Just looks like we don't have talent to match 4 Q's on O with the Clips, Warriors or teams like that. The O execution is much better than a few weeks ago. Don't see why some people are still upset with coaching startegy on O. There is improvement. You want to see that. For all the talk, we're averaging 101 ppg while shooting badly from 3 (which may improve as season wears on) for the season. The bigger issue in our season thus far has been defense. We're giving up 118 ppg.

Reality is, this may be the weakest team Kobe has ever played with. Far weaker than the 2004 team that missed the playoffs.

Defensively, we played 2 of the best teams in the league on O in Clips/Warriors. At the same time, we need to get more stops. I'm not sure what exactly we can do without a defensive anchor, but for all the talk about the Lakers working/focusing on D, I don't see an improvement fro last year. Very concerning. Guys aren't moving their feet, rotating etc. There's some basic consistencies in bad D that we saw from last year - continue this year.

May be where Kobe comes in to play. Someone has to be the general on D on a newly put together team like the Lakers. Kobe seems too focused on "getting his" and running the O, when the identity he and Scott boasted about in camp was nothing of the sort. Time for Scott and Kobe to practice what they preach on D. Get on guys, focus on that side.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:07 am    Post subject:

Offense had made strides over the last two weeks. Really coming together after all of the injuries in the pre-season. Zone defense has shown spurts of effectiveness but you play too much zone and teams adjust. Man to man and indiviudal defense is horrible. No weak side help. It has to get better for the team record to improve.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:42 am    Post subject:

we dont have a 2nd option. that's killing us right now. Having to rely on kobe to do everything
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:00 am    Post subject:

calistrtballr wrote:
we dont have a 2nd option. that's killing us right now. Having to rely on kobe to do everything


Hill scored over 20 points again. Some nights Boozer may. Get more ball movement. Kobe's job is to facilitate some, score and lead . Lin's job is to run the offense but I think he should look to score more. He didn't have his shot last night but he can certainly get Hill and Boozer going when he learns their games better. But bring back Lin/Davis connection, that was very strong in the pre-season. I think a Lin-led team can lead to balanced scoring. Teams have figured out how to get Lin out of his dribble-penetration game and he needs to make adjustments. In practice, Wesley, Ronnie and Kobe should pressure him in defense and figure out with Lin's present skills how he can handle that better while he works on his handles because that's one weakness that is preventing him from being the player he could be.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:00 am    Post subject:

Thanks for the summary.

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