LAKERS -at- SPURS - 12-12-14 - Thoughts and :-)) Ratings

[bws94]

Thanks, DB.

No 3rd quarter meltdown. Yay!

The Spurs did a bit of choking here and helped the Lakers. Manu missed a big FT in I think the last minute of regulation that could have won them the game.
Also got a break from Parker not being himself but the backup guard played almost as well and seems quicker than Parker. He made some huge plays for them.

I just don't agree with Byron's moves. Kobe as PG means a more tired Kobe who somehow had the adrenaline and willed his way to play PG in not only the last few minutes but the first almost 4 minutes of OT. I thought when Byron didn't have Lin in OT that was a mistake. And it almost cost the team the win. Kobe's fatigue showed in late regulation game TOs. And he just sort of chugged along in OT.

And about the starting lineup DB says: We’ve got to have one of Price/Johnson step up every game with that unit. Problem is, they won’t.

Right, if Wes does that's good and it happens sometimes, but usually not. Price isn't working out at all. Even if he has a game where his shot falls, those will be few and far between. Davis can score, and his best feeder is on the bench so maybe bring Lin in at the 6 minute mark and have him be a bridge to the 2nd unit. Just a thought. Lin should play 32 minutes and I believe he should close games. There needs to be a PG in there closing games and Lin will get used to closing games as a Laker, he's been pretty clutch in crunch time for former teams, it's nothing new to him.

Now Young also has to take more late-game shots, especially when he's hot, sometimes over Kobe and Kobe can facilitate mostly from the low block. So, Kobe, Young and Lin with bigs should really practice some things together and simulate as best they can late-game situations. Byron's team is weak executing in crunch time and it becomes Kobe save us when it doesn't have to be.

Closing out games I think should be Kobe, Young, Lin, Hill and either Davis or Boozer. I don't like the lack of a PG at all.

[Lakers#1Team]

Thanks DB! And thanks for giving B Scott a little bit of credit. Too many people have personal agendas for their favorite players which involves a hissy fit and a cat fight over why Scott isn't playing their preferred player like they want him to. Like I said last T&R, it's getting tiresome.

Lakers lose, B Scott criticism outside of P&M is fair game. Lakers win, coach should get some credit.

[Charisma]

Thanks DB. I agree with others that we won despite BScott.

And the team made 24 3's attempts. That's a no-no in BScott's book haha.

Swaggy3 is awesome. Imagine if he didn't miss the beginning of the season...

We beat the defending champion on the road! Lakers >>>> Spurs

[Lakers#1Team]

[Honeybadger81]

[Lakers#1Team]

[Honeybadger81]

[Lakers#1Team]

[Type Raba]

[Lakers#1Team]

[amak316]

In the 4th quarter, when it seemed like they went to the replay 3-4 times to see who had possession, there were very long delays all the spurs players were huddled around Pop to use it as almost a "bonus" time out where they would make adjustments. None of the lakers players felt like Byrons opinion was even worth hearing as they all stood around on the court. It is clear to everyone that Byrons basketball knowledge is useless, and it bothers me that Byron didn't yell and force his team to gameplan. He just seems to have no redeeming qualities as a coach.

[fiendishoc]

The only thing I would give him credit for in this game is perhaps emphasizing to the guys to keep their hands up on D. They forced a lot of turnovers with active hands.

Otherwise, he made a ton of mistakes including:
- Starting Price
- Playing Kobe entire quarters, and generally running him into the ground
- Pulling players right after they got going
- Not putting in a PG when the team had trouble hanging on to the ball
- Not calling a timeout to advance the ball with seconds left in the game

If Manu doesn't miss a free throw, if Swaggy didn't happen to jump at the exact right time to prevent a lob from Diaw to Manu at the end of regulation, and if Swaggy doesn't hit a miracle three, then we would all be on Byron for blundering the game away.

[tw-lakbfan]

[koen]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with the DB emoticon stats of the team: (my observations from typing up the whole thing is that the team is very inconsistent, the three most consistent persons on the team are Byron, Wes, and Ronnie and they are the most consistently bad )

Game__________BS_____KB_____JH_____CB_____WJ_____JL_____ED_____RP_____NY_____WE_____RS_____JC
10/28/2014______ ___ ___ ____ _____ ____ ___ _____ _____ -- ______ -- _____ _____
10/29/2014______ ____ ______ ___ ___ _____ _____ _____ _____ -- ______ ____ _____
10/31/2014______ _____ __ _ ___ __ ____ _____ _____ -- ______ ____ _____
11/1/2014_______ ___ ____ ____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ -- ______ _____ ____
11/4/2014_______ _____ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ _____ _____ -- ______ _____ -- ______
11/9/2014_______ ____ _____ ____ _____ ____ ___ _____ _____ -- ______ _____ _____ --
11/11/2014______ _____ _____ ____ ______ ____ _____ _____ _____ -- ______ -- _____ _____
11/12/2014______ ____ ____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ -- _______ -- _____ _____
11/14/2014______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ -- _____ -- _______ -- ____ ____
11/16/2014______ _ _____ ___ ____ _____ _____ ____ _____ -- ______ -- ______ _____
11/18/2014______ ____ ______ ____ _____ ____ ____ _____ _ __ -- _____ ____ __
11/19/2014 DIY
11/21/2014______ ____ ______ ____ _____ _____ ______ ____ ____ ______ _____ _____
11/23/2014______ ___ ____ _____ -- _____ ____ ____ _____ ____ _____ _____ ____ --
11/26/2014 DIY
11/28/2014______ _ ___ ____ _____ ____ ___ ___ ___ : ____ _____ ______ --
11/30/2014_ _ _ _ ____ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____ _____ ______ --
12/2/2014_______ _ __ ___ __ ____ ______ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ --
12/3/2014_______ ___ ____ _____ ____ _____ ______ _____ ____ _____ _____ ______ --
12/5/2014____ ___ ______ __ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ____ ___ ___
12/7/2014______ _____ ______ ___ _____ ____ ___ ____ ____ ______ _____ _____
12/9/2014____ _ __ ____ _____ ____ ____ _____ ____ _____ _____ ____ --
12/12/2014_____ _____ _____ __ ___ _____ ______ _____ _ _ ___ ____ --

[fafan]

[fiendishoc]

Nice work!

[thisissami]

i've been reading these forums for a while now (thank you DB for the awesome summaries). seeing the tank for bscott in this list made me burst out laughing for quite some time. so much so that i had to create an account to post about it!

also - totally agree with this:

[A Mad Chinaman]

[koen]

[A Mad Chinaman]

[koen]

[Shaber]