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chazz
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:11 pm Post subject: ++++GRIZZLIES VS LAKERS+++++ 11-26-14 7:30 pt |
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| Grizzlies are favored by 6.5 My first ever game thread |
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lukewaltonsdad
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep it close. Try to compete...that's all I'm asking. |
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DrWolf
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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i just found out my friend got tickets for section 110, going to go see if lakers can pull off a miracle, if not its what it is
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DShotMaker1824
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Grizzlies-Lakers Preview By BRETT HUSTON per NBA.com
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Marc Gasol didn't even hit double digits in points when Memphis saw the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month, but the fulcrum of the Grizzlies' offense kept the ball moving and got his teammates involved.
Lately, the ball's been stopping with Gasol - and Memphis couldn't be happier.
Coming off two of his highest-scoring games as a pro, Gasol and the Grizzlies take the NBA's best record on the road Wednesday night as they kick off a four-game trip against the Lakers.
Gasol has been the best player on the best team in the league, anchoring a defense that's allowing the NBA's third-fewest points (92.4 per game).
The surprise, though, has been Memphis' offense - and the former Defensive Player of the Year's part in it. After averaging no more than 14.6 points in his first six seasons, Gasol is at 19.9 after hitting the 30-
point mark twice in as many games.
Coming into this season, he'd scored 30 once in 436 career contests.
"He's very difficult to guard right now," coach Dave Joerger said after Gasol hit 13 of 18 shots in Sunday's 107-91 win over the Clippers. "We've got to find places on the floor where he can get it and get it cleanly. We're pretty good right now if we move the basketball and move ourselves, and let the defense have a chance to make a mistake."
Gasol has a Western Conference-leading 136 post-ups and leads the NBA by a wide margin in touches on the elbow (198), where the Grizzlies (12-2) like to run their offense through their big man. Though Memphis is in the middle of the pack in points per game (99.9), it's scoring 106.0 per 100 possessions - the league's sixth-most efficient offense.
The Grizzlies were 17th in offensive efficiency last season, though according to Gasol that improvement is a matter of familiarity on the other end paying off.
"Offensively, it's going to come," he said. "Defensively, we build trust that carries into the offensive end."
Gasol only had eight points in a 107-102 win over the Lakers (3-11) on Nov. 11, but he had nine of Memphis' 21 assists. The Grizzlies' reserves outscored Los Angeles' 38-14, and that started a trend.
Memphis has averaged 38.1 bench points in its last seven after putting up 20.4 in its first seven. Beno Udrih has averaged 10.2 points in that stretch on 59.1 percent shooting and Jon Leuer has put up 13.7 points per game in his last three.
The Lakers allow the most points in the league (111.6 per game), though on Sunday they bounced back with a far better defensive effort two nights after allowing 140 at Dallas.
Problem was, their offense failed them. Los Angeles held Denver to 37.8 percent shooting but shot 37.1 percent itself - missing 21 of 24 3s - in a 101-94 overtime loss.
"To me, we kind of felt a little flat, but we had some spurts where we had high energy and got into transition and stuff like that," said Kobe Bryant, who went 5 of 15 from the field in the second half and OT. "We've been playing better as of late, outside of the Dallas game."
Any good feelings the Lakers might have had disappeared Monday. Guard Xavier Henry, a former Grizzlies first-round pick, ruptured his Achilles in practice and will miss the rest of the season.
That's the latest long-term injury for the Lakers, who also are dealing with a more minor one. Carlos Boozer, who fouled out with 20 points in the first game against the Grizzlies, missed Sunday's contest with a strained left shoulder and is questionable Wednesday.
Memphis has won seven of the last eight meetings for which Gasol has been healthy. |
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K28
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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We played them close in Memphis...refs shafted us bad though.
We can play with them.... |
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Dave20
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Should be a close game because Memphis isn't a high scoring team, but I don't think we will win. Too much Randolph and Gasol. |
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angrypuppy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| The Lakers are 7 point underdogs. |
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Lakersprime
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I think we will win tonight. |
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Who Takes The Blame
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope Hill and Davis can out rebound Gasol and Randolph |
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LakersMDGurl
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Just how many points will we lose by is what we need to ask...
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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I feel confident because the promos said the lakers have been planning payback
The voice sounded very serious.
Were definitely winning |
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PLATNUM
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Laker_Town wrote: | I feel confident because the promos said the lakers have been planning payback
The voice sounded very serious.
Were definitely winning |
That's good enough for me. Calling my bookie right now.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Boozer in tonight or not? Any confirmation? |
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Carlos Boozer & Ed Davis are both expected to play: 
| Quote: | | Despite missing the past two practices because of respective left shoulder and right ankle injuries, both forward Carlos Boozer and Ed Davis are expected to play tonight when the Lakers (3-11) host the Memphis Grizzlies (12-2) at Staples Center. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Lets hope its a competitive game |
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Don Draper
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Laker_Town wrote: | I feel confident because the promos said the lakers have been planning payback
The voice sounded very serious.
Were definitely winning |
The juxtaposition of epic editing, booming narration, and the vacant faces of Wes Johnson and Jordan Hill rattles the soul. |
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I predict we'll keep it very close for three quarters as
a) we will continue to evolve slightly to playing more team ball on O for 1st 3 qtrs
b) even stubborn B Scott may finally stop essentially splitting time between Price and Lin
c) Boozer (to the extent he gets in) and Kobe will be more rested and not as awful at defense as they have been lately, slight uptick there in the usual and
d) the obvious being more completely obvious that there must be SOME minimal plan for the bigs not to be lazy against Gasol...
...having said all that, the big question is, even if we do keep it close, will the supreme idiocy of coaching-abdication-with-Kobe-iso kick in again late in the game? Even BScott (and Kobe) have to get a clue that its not working at some point? |
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INTERESTING STAT:
Kobe is #25 in the NBA among qualified SGs in FG% (#26 Adjusted FG%). Basically about the worst among regular starting SGs. Kobe is 30th among SGs in 3PT%.
Lin is #4 FG% (real and adjusted) among all PGs in the NBA at .487.
Hmmm... does it take much coaching skill to think perhaps Kobe's chucking needs to be toned down a bit in the 4th, and some plays for Lin designed other than him having to make it happen himself, perhaps a pass BACK to him? |
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Who Takes The Blame
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| If were down by 10+ i expect Kobe to start chucking again smh |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| In the final seconds with the game on the line, if I have to trust one player with the ball in his hands, without question it's Kobe. |
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danzag
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Won't watch the game. It starts on 1:30 AM here in Brazil  |
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Don Draper
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| angus wrote: | INTERESTING STAT:
Kobe is #25 in the NBA among qualified SGs in FG% (#26 Adjusted FG%). Basically about the worst among regular starting SGs. Kobe is 30th among SGs in 3PT%.
Lin is #4 FG% (real and adjusted) among all PGs in the NBA at .487.
Hmmm... does it take much coaching skill to think perhaps Kobe's chucking needs to be toned down a bit in the 4th, and some plays for Lin designed other than him having to make it happen himself, perhaps a pass BACK to him? |
If Lin had some fire he'd just ignore Kobe and get his own. |
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| angus wrote: | INTERESTING STAT:
Kobe is #25 in the NBA among qualified SGs in FG% (#26 Adjusted FG%). Basically about the worst among regular starting SGs. Kobe is 30th among SGs in 3PT%.
Lin is #4 FG% (real and adjusted) among all PGs in the NBA at .487.
Hmmm... does it take much coaching skill to think perhaps Kobe's chucking needs to be toned down a bit in the 4th, and some plays for Lin designed other than him having to make it happen himself, perhaps a pass BACK to him? |
Kobe isn't shooting that well thus far, but he will always be the #1 option on this team. This is Kobe's team till he retires so get over it. All your crying and selective stats will not change that. |
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| Don Draper wrote: | | angus wrote: | INTERESTING STAT:
Kobe is #25 in the NBA among qualified SGs in FG% (#26 Adjusted FG%). Basically about the worst among regular starting SGs. Kobe is 30th among SGs in 3PT%.
Lin is #4 FG% (real and adjusted) among all PGs in the NBA at .487.
Hmmm... does it take much coaching skill to think perhaps Kobe's chucking needs to be toned down a bit in the 4th, and some plays for Lin designed other than him having to make it happen himself, perhaps a pass BACK to him? |
If Lin had some fire he'd just ignore Kobe and get his own. |
You call it lack of "fire", I'd call it playing like a PG should holding out hope for some real team ball movement. Reason for some of that hope-holdout actually exists... actually is getting slightly better as common sense settles in, but too slowly perhaps for playoffs' sake. Lin will not and should not try to start evolving into Kobe's alpha dog style as a PG. |
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