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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:51 pm    Post subject: LAKERS -at- JAZZ - 1-16-15 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

The 7 Assist Game… As much as the Lakers were on the same page last night with Kobe orchestrating the offense, they were completely off of it without him tonight. The team had just 7 assists to go with their 21 turnovers in the 94-85 loss to the Utah Jazz.

Is this the preseason? You’ve never seen so many passes go out of bounds or into the hands of Jazz players in one half. The Lakers had 15 turnovers in that first half.

Amazingly it was neck and neck until the third quarter. That’s when Gordan Hayward started to take over for the Jazz (he finished with 31 points and 7 assists). The Jazz rained a number of threes down on the Lakers to take a lead.

Nick Young finally found his game and was keeping the Lakers in it until getting called for an untimely tech late in the game. A 3-point Jazz lead quickly ballooned out of control. And that was that.

The Lakers are 12-29 at the midpoint of the season. Gary Vitti may get more active now to help the tank along. If you’ve got a scrape, a sniffle, some slight soreness…lookout. He’s coming for you. Ronnie Price rested tonight with his elbow pain.


Hill -- -- A double-double for Hill. One of the few guys to show up tonight, but also the team leader with 4 turnovers. We had more attempts from him going up against shotclocks than you ever see. He’s not the guy you really want to rely on to consistently create for the team in those situations. They really leaned on him more than just running their game. It just made things a little clunky unlike the flow they were in last night. Only two Lakers scoring in double digits tonight. The Stats: He scored 16 points on 8-15 shooting (0-1 from the line) to go with 11 boards, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls in 29 minutes. He was a -14. The Action: He worked the post and was blocked, got it back and missed the short jumphook. He sank a tough jumper from 18 feet out up against the shotclock. He missed a step-back from the top of the key. He attacked across the lane, got some contact separation and hit the step-back one-footer. He threw a pass over Wes’s head. He posted up, drew a whistle on a spin and flipped in an And-1 on the continuation, he missed the FT. He faced up and attacked across the lane for a jumphook. He jumped a passing lane to steal a pass on the other end. He faced up in the post and swished the jumper. He sank a top-of-the-key jumper next time down. He lost the dribble up against the halftime buzzer. He had 12 points on 6-10 shooting and 7 boards. Second Half: He missed a tough jumphook up against the shotclock. He sank a 20-footer straight away. He faced up and missed a sideline jumper. He missed a jumper from 19 feet. He attacked to his left and was stripped in a crowd. He attacked to his left, got away with a travel and hit the step-back jumper. He iso’d and traveled, turnover.

Lin -- -- He was moved into the starting lineup with Price out. This was his team to run today, too, with Kobe resting, but Jeremy came up very flat. We’re switching gears again as a team, so I’d expect a bounce back after this sluggish performance. He started the game with a couple of turnovers that went for dunks the other way. He led the team with only 3 of our 7 assists, which is just sad for both stats. No flow offensively with anything the Lakers did. “We got to be in the right place for each other to make the proper play and outlets and we got to make the simple play,” Lin said. Any kind of decent game from Lin and that probably puts the team over the top for the W in this one. “As a point guard a lot of it’s on Jeremy,” Scott said afterward, but he added “it wasn’t just Jeremy, it was the whole team tonight.” So many unforced errors or guys doing things they shouldn’t be. The Jazz are one of the worst at forcing turnovers, yet they came up with 11 steals. Defensively, as the “head of the snake” Lin had some moments with a couple of steals, a good challenge or two at the rim and drawing an offensive foul. The half court D was pretty solid in this game, but they gave away too many points off turnovers (the Jazz with 17 fastbreak points tonight). The Stats: He scored 6 points on 3-10 shooting (0-1 from three) to go with 2 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in 30 minutes. He was a -16. The Action: He was picked on a drive trying to dribble through a crowd, dunk the other way to start the game. He attacked and turned it over in the paint, dunk the other way again. He probed baseline and saw Ed free under the hoop for an And-1. He hit the floor for a steal. Nice challenge on D to alter a layup. He attacked the lane, took a little contact and missed a prayer. Another wild sequence in transition taking some contact and throwing up an off-balance brick from about 12 feet out. He missed a step-back elbow jumper. He hit Ellington in transition for FTs after pushing out a Davis shotblock. He drew an illegal screen call on the perimeter to get a stop. Second Half: He swiped a ball pushed it out, fumbled it and threw it away. He probed, turned on the speed and scored a layup elevating nicely over the D. He probed the lane and hit the turnaround from 13 feet. He attacked, took contact and missed a tough one-hander. He missed a long pull-up jumper. He got tapped on a three up against the shotclock. He picked up his dribble with 4 seconds left on the shotclock and we got a shotclock violation, uggh. He sank a 17-footer step back on iso. He missed a wing fade. He airballed a heave from three at the buzzer.

Davis -- -- He looked like one of the few players to be ticked after this game. This was a hard one to lose but the Lakers managed it. Let’s hear it from one of the only guys not to have a turnover: “We were just sloppy, careless with the ball. Just some bad turnovers, man,” Davis said afterward. You might have been hoping for some Davis/Lin action with those two in the starting lineup. It didn’t happen. Nothing was fluid. He struggled at the FT line, missing short on a several of his flat shots. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 2-3 shooting (1-5 from the line) to go with 4 boards (2 offensive), 2 blocks and 2 fouls in 26 minutes. He was a -15. The Action: Not close trying to go glass in the post. He blocked his man under the hoop. He scored an And-1 layup off the feed from Lin, he made the FT. Great help D rejection to ignite a break. Second Half: He was fouled on a dunk attempt, he missed both froze rope FTs. He out-muscled his man to grab a missed shot and dunk it back in. He drew FTs trying to create off a clunky two-man game with Lin, he missed both again.

Johnson -- -- Paging, Wes Johnson. These are those MIA games that drive you nuts. A waste of 30 minutes. The Kelly/Johnson combo at SF was awful tonight. You would have never known they were on the floor. You can’t just coast when you are a marginal player. Gordan Hayward had 31 points and dominated. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 2-3 shooting (1-1 from three) to go with 4 boards, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 1 foul in 30 minutes. He was a -15. The Action: He attacked and was blocked. He posted up a smaller man and scored a layup around him. He rocketed a backdoor pass out of bounds. His lob pass was picked off. He sank a wing three popping out behind a screen to take a pass. He telegraphed a post entry pass, turnover, dunk the other way. Second Half: He swatted Hayward.

Ellington -- -- Decent game from Ellington, which only irks you a little more thinking how key that could have been in a game like the last one when Nick was stone cold and Kobe could have used another dependable shooter out there down the stretch. Not easy going from DNPs to starting minutes and DNPs, but he made the most of his start tonight. In general as a starter, he scores twice as much as a bench player on twice as many minutes. So he stays his steady self throughout all this. The Stats: He scored 9 points on 4-6 shooting (1-2 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in 25 minutes. He was a -14. The Action: He hit a quick-fire pull-up from 21-feet straight away. Horrible cross-court pass, easily picked off for a breakaway. He drew FTs filling a lane in transition, he made one FT. He jumped to shoot off the pindown, then realized his man was still all over him and threw a pass out of bounds. Second Half: His man gambled for steal and Ellington stepped in and hit the jumper. He forced up a baseline jumper and missed. He was rejected badly on the break. Strong attack baseline and he scored a layup around the D. He swished a jumper coming off a screen.

Young -- -- There was a key moment late in the game when he picked up a tech, trailing by 3. The lead ballooned shortly after that. “You just got to be smarter than that,” Scott said. Hopefully, Nick has snapped out of his slump. He scored 23 points on an efficient 4-9 shooting. He was getting the whistle on the three-pointers tonight, getting to the line 13 times and making all of them. The Jazz fans were getting angrier as each whistle came. He and Davis were the only players not to have a turnover. Nick was fortunate because his went right to Boozer for a score. I can’t image how bad this score would have been had Nick been playing like he has been the past couple of weeks. The Stats: He scored 23 points on 4-9 shooting (2-4 from three, 13-13 from the line) to go with 2 boards and no fouls in 25 minutes. The Action: He attacked after running clock and swished the short jumper. He was blocked on a wing jumper, got it back and missed a three. He didn’t hit rim on a drive, shotclock violation. He pump-faked his man and drew FTs on a three, he made all three. Second Half: He drew FTs on a dumb reach at midcourt, he made both. His man gambled for a steal, missed and Nick hit the three. He airballed a wing three or was blocked, wasn’t close in any event. He iso’d, faked one way, spun back the other and hit the fading jumper. He up-faked his man and drew FTs on the long wing jumper and made both. He was fouled on a wing three, he made all three FTs. He crossed over to lose his man and swished the pull-up three (he looks like himself finally). Next time down he drew FTs on the three again, he made all three. He was called for a tech. Wide left on a pull-up three with over a minute left.

Boozer -- -- More of a typical Boozer game tonight. He hit that jumper, grabbed some boards and was his usual self on D. We needed his A game or maybe a B+ instead of an average one. The team didn’t have much fluidity with the lineup changes. The team seemed pretty rudderless out there. The vets and PGs never really stepped up to fill that void. The Stats: He scored 9 points on 4-7 shooting (1-2 from the line) to go with 7 boards, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and no fouls in 22 minutes. He was a +6. The Action: He missed a jumper short, got it back and attacked for a little floater. He faced up and sank an elbow jumper. He attacked baseline and earned FTs, he made one. He stripped Booker as he went to a spin move. He was stripped on a drive. He hit Clarkson on the give-and-go for FTs. He backed his man down in the post and traveled. Second Half: He missed a face-up wing jumper. He swished a wing jumper on his next touch. He was rejected in the paint, dunk the other way. He scooped up a loose ball and scored a layup.

Clarkson -- -- Good minutes for Clarkson as he was able to run the backup PG spot for the team with both Kobe and Price out. He wasn’t effective shooting, but scratched out a few points. The second unit actually won their minutes with a +7 when Clarkson was out there vs. the starters. It would be nice if Clarkson got to string together a few games instead of the intermittent minutes. That’s hard to build your game on. He didn’t get much love from the refs on a few of his misses. He said he should have gone to his floater when he wasn’t getting the calls. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 1-6 shooting (0-1 from three, 4-4 from the line) to go with 1 board, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers and no fouls in 18 minutes. He was a +7. The Action: He pushed out a break but couldn’t finish at the rim. He was blocked on a pull-up jumper. He lost his man probing off a screen and hit the short floater. He attacked hard off a give-and-go past Exum and drew FTs, he made both. He probed in transition off Black’s little rub screen and fed it back to him for a slam. He threw a pass away expecting Kelly to cut cleanly, he stripped it back in transition to regain the possession. Second Half: He attacked the pressure D from Exum and drew FTs, he made both. He missed a wing three. He recovered to his man and blocked his jumper. He attacked a crowd in transition and couldn’t finish (layup the other way). He forced a pass to Nick after picking up his dribble, turnover. He attacked down the lane and couldn’t finish over a big after taking contact with no call.

Black -- -- He had some moments on the floor, but not the big impact he’s been having lately. Still, very steady on both ends. He doesn’t compound mistakes like most rookies. He does a pretty good job scoring around his man in the paint off the dribble. Nothing flashy, but effective. Defensively, he held his ground and took a charge in transition once. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 3-4 shooting to go with 3 boards, 1 turnover and no fouls. He was a +5. The Action: He faced up, attacked around his man across the lane and scored a layup. He erased a break by standing in to take a charge. He slammed off the probe and pass off of Clarkson who was working off Black’s transition screen (good job by Tarik getting down court to make that happen). He up-faked, attacked past his man and scored a layup. Great switch on D, roofing his man and forcing a brick. Second Half: Not close on a long baseline jumper against the shotclock.


Kelly -- -- Way too quiet of a game. He drew a charge and really that was about it other than a couple turnovers. He ran him as the backup SF. Could have run anybody with how little impact he had. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-2 shooting to go with 4 boards, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in 15 minutes. He was a +7. The Action: He forced a tough lefty leaner in the paint and missed. Sloppy pass, right out of bounds. His pass on the two-man game was picked off for points the other way. He airballed a pull-up baseline jumper and wanted the foul. Second Half: He erased a break taking a hard charge.

Scott -- -- As mentioned, as much as they were on the same page last night, they weren’t on it tonight. Several turnovers to start the game, allowing the Jazz some easy hoops in transition in the process. The Lakers sat Kobe and Price, giving Lin and Ellington the start… He brought in Boozer, Black, Young and Clarkson with 4 minutes left, leaving Wes out there with them…. The Lakers trailed 28-23 after the first quarter… Same unit to start the second except Kelly in for Wes… The Lakers trailed by 1 when a Jazz timeout came after some nice work by Clarkson off the dribble… He brought back in Lin with 7:17 left for Clarkson, Lakers down 1… Hill and Davis in with the Lakers up 2 midway through the quarter… He brought back in Ellington shortly later for Nick with the score tied. So all the starters with Kelly instead of Wes… Awful turnover prone ball all half long… The Lakers trailed just 44-43 despite 15 first half turnovers that led to 17 points… Clunky ball again from the Lakers this half. Amazingly they got a lead… They trailed by one when Boozer and Black came in… The Jazz started hitting threes and the Lakers quickly trailed by 6 with 3 minutes left in the third. This is where the game changed… He brought in Nick and Clarkson out of that timeout… The Lakers trailed 70-63… Same unit to start the fourth that started the second… Down 5, he sat Black for Hill with 7 minutes left… The Lakers trailed by 5 when Lin came in for Clarkson with 6 minutes left… Lakers cut it to 3, then it ballooned to 9 again unable to handle Hayward… Starters with Nick instead of Ellington down the stretch. Lakers faded… The Lakers tried to give this game away all night, finally they did…


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:52 pm    Post subject:

FIRST!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:52 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB
7 assists for the entire game, jeez
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:08 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB. Good to see Clarkson getting some burn. He's playing more under control than the last outing.

And good to see Young's shots falling again .
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Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:44 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:50 pm    Post subject:

Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.
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razor wrote:
Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.


Did Klone_dd mention Lin? Did anyone mention Lin in this thread except for DB who covers everyone who plays? Nope.

Lin is not that important to anyone but his fans, who bring him up at every opportunity.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:03 pm    Post subject:

SweetP wrote:
razor wrote:
Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.


Did Klone_dd mention Lin? Did anyone mention Lin in this thread except for DB who covers everyone who plays? Nope.

Lin is not that important to anyone but his fans, who bring him up at every opportunity.


you fall in his trap..
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:12 pm    Post subject:

Nobody played well tonight. No ball movement, no screens, no cuts. Everyone throwing stupid passes. If you watch Utah play, they have less talent than the lakers but move the ball so well. It's really not that hard to make a simple pass to the open man. Why's it so hard for these Lakers to make a simple pass?? Is it me or are we just running the same plays over and over. It's so predictable.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:32 pm    Post subject:

This was basically a contest between a modern NBA pick and roll offense and a throwback isolation offense. Even though the Lakers shot better individually and got to the foul line, their quality of shots was much worse, and even their freethrows were off of tough contested jumpers. The offense was easily countered by denying the first option, which resulted in a lot of late shot clock situations and turnovers. It also had players playing to their weaknesses- Wes Johnson trying to facilitate off the dribble, Jordan Hill going one on one (though he killed it this game, he also had 4 TOs), Lin and Clarkson trying to iso late in the shot clock. If the Jazz weren't shooting poorly on open shots, they would have blown the game wide open.

Some stats-
FGs made at the basket:
Jazz 18
Lakers 8

3 pointers made:
Jazz 12 (100% assisted)
Lakers 3 (33% assisted)

Corner 3 pointers made:
Jazz 6 (15 attempted)
Lakers 0 (0 attempted)

Mid range jumpers made:
Jazz 6
Lakers 20

Passes:
Jazz 368
Lakers 227

Assists:
Jazz 24
Lakers 7

Secondary assists:
Jazz 5
Lakers 0

Assist percentage:
Jazz 66.7%
Lakers 22.6%

Uncontested field goal attempts:
Jazz 39
Lakers 20
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:39 pm    Post subject:

fiendishoc wrote:
This was basically a contest between a modern NBA pick and roll offense and a throwback isolation offense. Even though the Lakers shot better individually and got to the foul line, their quality of shots was much worse, and even their freethrows were off of tough contested jumpers. The offense was easily countered by denying the first option, which resulted in a lot of late shot clock situations and turnovers. It also had players playing to their weaknesses- Wes Johnson trying to facilitate off the dribble, Jordan Hill going one on one (though he killed it this game, he also had 4 TOs), Lin and Clarkson trying to iso late in the shot clock. If the Jazz weren't shooting poorly on open shots, they would have blown the game wide open.


Utah's offense looked so much better, quick passes, simple passes, picks, rolls, cuts etc. Us? Elbow play, Wings come from the side, Iso Swaggy, and throw it to Jordan Hill. Absolute garbage. Tonight was unwatchable. Has Byron already given up?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:02 am    Post subject:

THX DB. GO LAKERS
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:05 am    Post subject:

Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


I haven't watched a full game for a couple of seasons now
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:50 am    Post subject:

Some other observations:

Davis is still not playing the PnR properly on defense. If he's not going to show then he should be dropping back further. Right now he's giving the roll man a free path to the basket and an easy passing lane from the guard.

On PnR starting from low on side baseline, the Lakers should probably go back to the Ice defense they were doing earlier in the year, because they give up a basket every time they let the guard go middle starting from that spot.

I saw at least two possessions where Hill could have gotten a layup if he just rolled after his screen. But for some reason he just doesn't do it.

Not sure if Lin is purposely choosing not to call his own number or what, but he shouldn't be giving up the ball early on every possession to let other guys do the ball handling.

This was a very poorly officiated game. One moment touch foul, the next moment, uncalled floor tackles.

In the first minute into the game, the Jazz announcers were already remarking how much better the passing and player movement was for the Jazz than the Lakers.

It's funny how much worse the Jazz bench is than their starters. Exum and a lot of the other young guys have that deer in the headlights kind of vibe to their game.

Otherwise, Jazz system (a lot copied from the Spurs) could be dangerous in the future as their core gets more seasons together running it together.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:51 am    Post subject:

Honeybadger81 wrote:
SweetP wrote:
razor wrote:
Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days
So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.
Did Klone_dd mention Lin? Did anyone mention Lin in this thread except for DB who covers everyone who plays? Nope.

Lin is not that important to anyone but his fans, who bring him up at every opportunity.
you fall in his trap..
This game is another confirmation of the type of players on this roster. The team lacks "veteran ism" (Robert Horry phrase that Big Game James used) with this group of complimentary bench players that would be more effective in short spurts with star players or starters on small market bottom dweller teams.

This roster have been competitive hence in most of the games. Their inexperience and/or abilities are also seen in their lackadaisical play against bad teams where they are flat (as oppose to being up for the elite teams.
Conclusion: they are usually meeting expectations
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:01 am    Post subject:

How disappointing. I would have thought the team would be at least better than a team like the Jazz.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:04 am    Post subject:

cdg wrote:
How disappointing. I would have thought the team would be at least better than a team like the Jazz.


The Jazz are inexperienced but have good young talent. Plus a good up and coming coach. It's only going to get tougher to play them as the season goes on, and in coming years.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:10 am    Post subject:

razor wrote:
Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.


What just happened here?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:14 am    Post subject:

fiendishoc wrote:


Some stats-
FGs made at the basket:
Jazz 18
Lakers 8

3 pointers made:
Jazz 12 (100% assisted)
Lakers 3 (33% assisted)

Corner 3 pointers made:
Jazz 6 (15 attempted)
Lakers 0 (0 attempted)

Mid range jumpers made:
Jazz 6
Lakers 20

Passes:
Jazz 368
Lakers 227

Assists:
Jazz 24
Lakers 7

Secondary assists:
Jazz 5
Lakers 0

Assist percentage:
Jazz 66.7%
Lakers 22.6%

Uncontested field goal attempts:
Jazz 39
Lakers 20


Scott seriously dominating as with those numbers.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:37 am    Post subject:

DancingBarry wrote:
razor wrote:
Klone_dd wrote:
Thanks DB i'm missing more games than I'm watching these days


So everyone is trying to pin this one on Lin. I'm no fan of Lin at all, but what kind of consistency do you expect from an ever changing lineup?
The Kobe effect once again, guess he couldn't be bothered to play in a game without Klove's butt to slap. Hating or loving Kobe doesn't mean you're not a Laker fan, tell it like it is...what a sad freakin mess.


What just happened here?



I think he was pretty clear DB.
There's a Lin-hate conspiracy out there that "everyone" is in on.
But that conspiracy is equaled in magnitude and tied to the "Kobe is secretly in love with Love, but Laker fans are too brainwashed to seeing it" conspiracy.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:23 am    Post subject:

DancingBarry wrote:
fiendishoc wrote:


Some stats-
FGs made at the basket:
Jazz 18
Lakers 8

3 pointers made:
Jazz 12 (100% assisted)
Lakers 3 (33% assisted)

Corner 3 pointers made:
Jazz 6 (15 attempted)
Lakers 0 (0 attempted)

Mid range jumpers made:
Jazz 6
Lakers 20

Passes:
Jazz 368
Lakers 227

Assists:
Jazz 24
Lakers 7

Secondary assists:
Jazz 5
Lakers 0

Assist percentage:
Jazz 66.7%
Lakers 22.6%

Uncontested field goal attempts:
Jazz 39
Lakers 20


Scott seriously dominating as with those numbers.
I think another key stat was the Lakers attempting 20 fewer shots. A part of this was due to the differences in turnovers but the main culprit were the miss shots but getting free throws. Utah scored 9 more threes which I think was the real difference. With teams scored the same number of baskets but theirs were of the three pt variety while Lakers settled for two points or free throws.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:47 am    Post subject:

Thanks again DB!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:01 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB! Missed most of the game because I went to a high school BB game instead. The game I saw was fiercely competitive with full court pressure and trapping the entire game.

When I came home I watched the last part of the Lakers game...
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:08 am    Post subject:

Quote:
"This was basically a contest between a modern NBA pick and roll offense and a throwback isolation offense."


To me, every play looked like a one on one play, too. That's what really, really stood out watching Lakers offense yesterday.

Looked like players were trying to execute what Byron Scott wanted.

And after this game, I am starting to think that Byron Scott needs individual superstar talent at every position for his system to work.

Perhaps he needs to go and coach Lebron and the Cavaliers, then we will all see what a great coach Byron Scott truly is?

LOL!





(Lakers also got blown out 119 - 86 by Jazz in pre-season, even when Kobe played, so perhaps this loss isn't quite as shocking as it might appear if we just looked at Jazz won loss record now).


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