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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:59 pm    Post subject: LAKERS -at- BLAZERS - 2-11-15 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

Toyed With… That’s what it felt like…and is kind of how the season has gone for the Lakers. It’s just a matter of time every night before a team imposes their will on the Lakers, and they succumb to the pressure.

It happened again in the third quarter. Like the previous night, the Lakers had just 3 turnovers in the first half. To open the third quarter, they were outscored 23-10 in about 6 minutes of turnover-prone ball. They were quickly down by 21 and the game was pretty much out of reach.

“Teams have been able to turn it up a notch, and we haven’t been able to match that intensity,” Scott said.

The rest of the game was just a formality. There was no return punch from the Lakers and they fell 102-86.

The Lakers will take a break from their tailspin. They lost their sixth straight game and eleventh in a row on the road, making a strong run for a high pick in the draft.


Clarkson -- -- I’m not sure if they told him to be more aggressive in the second half, but it seemed like that’s what happened. It wasn’t very effective as the Lakers ended up getting blown out during this stretch. He played a role in that but it was a team effort in the turnover department that really did them in. (Clarkson escaped the game without a turnover.) “They got a lot of weapons, so it was tough,” Clarkson said. Prior to this game, he’s averaged 13 points per game and 3.8 assists as a starter. He’ll edge that up tonight as the Lakers leading scorer. It wasn’t a clean game in that regard. He scored a few garbage-time points to pad that slightly. No one had much of anything out there tonight. Offensively, it seemed like Clarkson worked specifically with Sacre quite a bit. Good job again on the boards. It sounded like he was going to keep putting in work during the break. I like the work ethic. Hopefully, those rookie legs hold up. The Stats: He scored 17 points on 6-14 shooting (1-3 from three, 4-4 from the line) to go with 6 boards, 4 assists and 2 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -11. The Action: He drew FTs on a pull-up jumper on the wing, he made both. He couldn’t finish in the lane, but got it back and hit Sacre for FTs. He gave up an And-1 layup on iso, letting his man spin back to the middle. He attacked, drew the D and set up Sacre for the open baseline jumper. He worked off the split play and hit the short floater in the lane. He probed and was blocked out of bounds. He missed a wing three on a switch with a big. He swished a wing jumper working the two-man game with Sacre. He couldn’t finish a layup on a drive. Second Half: He missed a sideline three, fading slightly as he rose up. He attacked after getting his man on his hip and scored with his off-hand over the big. He missed a pull-up 17-footer working off the screen. He missed a step-back wing jumper. He pushed out the break with speed and drew FTs on the layup attempt, he made both. He attacked and couldn’t finish over a bigman. He was nearly stripped, got it back and attacked for the layup. He swished a pull-up at the FT line over some good D by Blake. He sank a long three in early offense.

Black -- -- He wasn’t even an afterthought in the offense. Clarkson ran everything through Sacre, it seemed. Black’s first shot came with under 2 minutes left in the game on a pass from Sacre out of the triangle. He worked the glass and played solid D, blocking a couple of shots. Nice to see he’ll still put in the work even if he’s not included in the offense. That is much appreciated from a bigman. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-1 shooting to go with 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 fouls in 24 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: He rejected Lopez’s dunk attempt on help D, so nice. He tied up a man on an offensive board but couldn’t win the jumpball. Second Half: He missed a weakside elbow jumper out of the triangle. He blocked a drive on iso D.

Ellington -- -- He and Clarkson shot the same 6-14, but it sure felt like Clarkson missed a lot more than Ellington. He scored at a steady pace throughout the game with his usual array of jumpers. Good job on the glass in this game to pull down 8 boards. I love when guards rebound. He and Clarkson had 14 boards between them. “We just kind of folded under the pressure,” Wayne said. A familiar quote from Lakers lately. The Stats: He scored 16 points on 6-14 shooting (2-3 from three, 2-2 from the line) to go with 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in 34 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: He missed a step-back bank from the wing up against the shotclock. He sank a 19-footer working off the pick for the Lakers first score. He missed a midrange jumper working off the screen. He swished a wing three off the high handoff. He came up short on a pull-up a few feet away. He missed a layup taking some contact on the drive. He sank a step-back baseline jumper. He was fouled on a pull-up wing jumper, he made both FTs. He had 9 points on 3-8 shooting. Second Half: He missed a wing jumper. He was picked at midcourt to eventually give up a dunk. He threw a pass away. Then gave up an And-1 oop on an inbounds play a couple seconds later. Next time down, he was called for a clear-out on a drive. He swished a baseline jumper. He lost his man and swished the open sideline jumper. He swiped a ball on the perimeter. He sank a wing three. He missed a step-back three. He missed a baseline jumper on the inbounds pass.

Kelly -- -- Good start for Kelly. He and Sacre contributing to the offense helped keep the starters in the game in the first half. In the second half, the starters got killed in that third quarter. He did all his scoring in the first half and was a little out of control on a couple fourth quarter sequences. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 3-6 shooting (2-2 from three) to go with 3 boards, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in 25 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: He missed a runner down the lane to start the game. He drained a quick corner three off the catch and shoot. His man gambled and missed a steal, Kelly moved in and hit the 16-footer from the wing. He sank a wide open wing three on a swing pass. He was stripped in the paint. He had 8 points on 3-4 shooting (2-2 from three). Second Half: Another brick trying to post up a PG and clanking the turnaround. He spun and was wide open in the lane but totally off-balance and couldn’t score despite no D. He attacked and threw it away out of control.

Sacre -- -- Good to see Sacre a little more of a threat offensively. He was certainly involved heavily. He was hitting his usual face-up jumpers. Defensively, he did a poor job as a presence in the paint. He didn’t pull down a defensive board in this game, either. How is that possible as a starting C? The Stats: He scored 12 points on 5-11 shooting (2-2 from the line) to go with 2 offensive boards, 2 assists, 1 turnover and 5 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -12. The Action: He drew FTs on a short turnaround, he made both. He sank the short baseline jumper on the drive, draw and dish from Clarkson. Short on a jumphook next time down. He sank a face-up baseline jumper. He pulled down an offensive board but couldn’t finish the short jumphook. Nice idea on the up and under, but he couldn’t finish. Nice foul to give with 2.6 left in the half. Second Half: He sank a 16-footer to start the second half when our play busted. He missed a wing jumper in early offense (no challenge on help D on the other end). He missed a 17-footer. He ball-faked, his man bit and Sacre scored the layup. He missed a jumper from the top of the key. He was called for an offensive foul trying to post up.

Lin -- -- The numbers going into this game didn’t look good. He averages about 12 points per game at home and just 9 per game on the road. With 0 days of rest between games, he averages just 6.3 points on .239 shooting in the 9 games prior to this one. The stats predicted that this would be a lackluster game from Lin and they held too true. He started out clanking from the perimeter and never got on track. He’d finish with just 2 points, not making any of the six attempts from the floor. The Stats: He scored 2 points on 0-6 shooting (2-2 from the line) to go with 1 board, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 fouls in 21 minutes. He was a -5. The Action: He probed baseline, pulled it out and missed a wing jumper. He missed a wing jumper off a pick next time down. Looked like he stripped Blake on a drive. He missed a 19-footer straight away. He didn’t score on 0-3 shooting. Second Half: In trouble picking up his dribble in the paint and he drew a fortunate foul with a second on the shotclock, he made both FTs. He missed a step-back jumper from the top of the key. He attacked and couldn’t finish a layup. He missed a baseline jumper.

Young -- -- He strained a tendon in his foot on a drive at the end of the third quarter and couldn’t return. “It should be all right over the break,” Nick said. He was doing a good job of attacking a little more in this game. Nice to see. In the two previous games against Portland, Nick averaged 10 points on a poor 3-12 shooting per game. Tonight, similar numbers with 9 on 4-12 shooting, but it was in only 14 minutes. No telling how the injury will affect him, but the All Star break came at the right time for him in a variety of ways. “I need to just get away,” Nick said. “…I’m going to get my revenge on a couple of dolphins.” Odd stat of the day, he shoots .374 from three but just .365 in total from the floor. The .365 is the worst of his career. The Stats: He scored 9 points on 4-12 shooting (0-4 from three, 1-1 from the line) to go with 2 boards, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 14 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: He was blocked on a three from behind by Blake. He missed a good look at a 16-footer straight away. He got completely tapped on a three that spun around, down and then out. He stepped on the sideline taking a pass. He blew past his man, took contact and scored the And-1 layup around the help D, he made the FT (more attacking, please). He swished a baseline jumper working off the screens. He missed a wing three. He attacked, lost Blake putting on the brakes and hit the FT jumper with Blake on the ground. He had 7 points on 3-7 shooting. Second Half: A series of moves against Blake before clanking the long jumper. He spotted the shotclock low, attacked and scored a layup just before the shotclock went off. He didn’t hit rim on a pull-up three in early offense next time down. He somehow pulled an offensive board away from a couple defenders, then missed the 5-footer. He attacked and came up injured on the miss (seemed flukish). After the injury he took an ill-advised foul with 0.2 on the clock in the quarter so he could sit, uggh.

Boozer -- -- Wow. His shot was not falling. He was having a good February until this one. You could hear him get frustrated early and the shots kept clanking. These were a lot of jumpers he usually knocks down. Just one of those games for him. The Stats: He scored 2 points on 1-11 shooting to go with 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 3 fouls in 21 minutes. He was a -4. The Action: He deflected a pass to get a turnover. He missed a wide open wing jumper. He sank a wing jumper with a man closer on him this time (stats show he shoots better like this than wide open). He gave up a board on the other end, not boxing out well. He faced up and missed a wing jumper (then gave up a three on the other end). He missed a short jumphook after rocking his man backward in the post. He missed an elbow jumper. He missed a 16-footer straight away. Just 2 points on 1-6 shooting. Second Half: He ball-faked and missed the 17-footer. His kickout was picked off for a three the other way. He missed a putback. He missed an open elbow jumper. He was blocked easily on a putback. He airballed a turnaround.

Davis -- -- Love seeing him battle and compete out there all game long. It didn’t matter that we were getting killed, he was still challenging shots, hustling for boards and doing the little things. He was really the only one with any consistent effort and impact on that end of the floor. Good job on the offensive glass. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 4-7 shooting to go with 11 boards (5 offensive), 3 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 24 minutes. He was a -7. The Action:He missed a floater in the lane. He grabbed a loose ball off a miss and slammed it down. Nice D on LA to force a brick in the post. Nice challenge to force a brick and the Lakers pushed out in transition. He hit a jumphook on the left block. He attacked and couldn’t finish the layup with his right (got to work on that off hand). He came up with another offensive board and banked in the jumphook. He had 6 points, 6 boards and 2 blocks in the half. Second Half: He blocked shots on two straight defensive sequences. He attacked from the elbow, stopped and hit the jumphook over his man after gathering himself. He stripped his man on a drive. Another nice challenge to force a brick.

Johnson -- -- He led the bench in scoring. Nothing spectacular, hitting a couple of threes and scraping together a few points on jumpers and putbacks. He didn’t fill out the stat sheet with any of those little things you want to see from him (steals, boards…). With his athleticism, you want to see it imposed on the game and it rarely is. “Just not getting down. That’s the main thing,” Wes said of the team coming back from the break. The Stats: He scored 12 points on 5-11 shooting (2-4 from three) to go with 2 boards, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 1 foul in 24 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: He missed a wing three. He missed a wing three in early offense. He got an offensive board and scored the putback layup. He traveled on a drive. He missed a pull-up 15-footer. Second Half: He sank a wing three. A pass nearly hit him before Nick yelled at him to pay attention, shortly later he then scored on a busted backdoor lob play (wasn’t a pretty sequences but was 2 points). He missed a three. He missed a baseline jumper. He swished a jumper from the top of the key. He missed a baseline jumper. He swished a wing three.

Scott -- -- The Lakers trailed 20-17 when the timeout came midway through the quarter. Sacre and Kelly stepping up early… He brought in Boozer and Davis out of that timeout. Lakers in a zone and give up an easy open score… The Lakers trailed by 2 when Lin, Johnson and Young came in shortly later… That trio couldn’t hit anything. The Blazers pulled out to a 30-20 lead when the next timeout came shortly later… The Lakers trailed 32-24 after the first quarter… Same unit to start the second quarter… Down 41-33 with more than 7 minutes left, he brought in Clarkson and Ellington for Lin and Young. And Sacre for Boozer… Down 11, he sat Johnson for Kelly and Davis for Black… The Lakers trailed 54-46 at the half. The Lakers shot just 37.5%, but had only 3 turnovers in the half… Lakers opening the half with turnovers… The Blazer lead quickly grew… The Lakers trailed by 21 halfway through the quarter when the timeout came. Scott should have called one earlier. He subbed out everyone… The Lakers trailed 88-65 heading into the fourth… We brought in Ellington for Young, who was injured, to run with the bench… Down 20, he sat Lin, Davis, Boozer and Wes to run with Ellington… They died a slow death in the fourth quarter…
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:01 pm    Post subject:

Missed 95% of the game so thanks for the write up!
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:35 pm    Post subject:

Thanks for your insistence especially for these ugly and boring games.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:44 pm    Post subject:

Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.


"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:44 pm    Post subject:

DB, thanks. It was an uninspired game. Didn't eve realize Clarkson scored 17, that's not bad. Get well, Nick.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:49 pm    Post subject:

BS should not sat Lin and Young after Young shooted so well.

He was ruining the game.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:58 pm    Post subject:

At least Clarkson has been looking good.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:05 pm    Post subject:

THX DB. GO LAKERS
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:29 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:10 am    Post subject:

Next best thing to being there. Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:19 am    Post subject:

Tanks DB!

Didn't watch the game. didn't matter I have this thread.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:40 am    Post subject:

DB, you must be a masochist. I don't understand how you find the time/will to keep doing this. Props.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:48 am    Post subject:

I don't know how you do it with these games. You need the All-Star Break to rest up as well!

Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:28 am    Post subject:

Definitely happy to have the break.

But so many losses... ahead.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:49 am    Post subject:

Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.


"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."


Then why aren't they starting?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:13 am    Post subject:

EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.


"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."


Then why aren't they starting?


When Wayne Ellington was in with that unit (Swaggy out with injury), that unit looked great, both on offense and defense.

Should be starting, or if Lakers are genuinely interested in player development rest of season, Lin and Ed Davis should be deployed with Clarkson (SG) and other role players they want to more fully assess (e. g. Ryan Kelly and Tarik Black or even their D-League prospects such as Keith Appling, Roscoe Smith, etc):

e. g. Lin & Draymond Green & Keith Appling & Emmanual Mudiay off season scrimmage:






Go back to pre-season games when Lin and Ed Davis were put out there with rookies Clarkson and Julius Randle and didn't look awful ( e. g.
).

Lin was veteran presence for young players, and Lin Davis pnr at least kept team somewhat competitive (e. g. wasn't that only reason second unit occaisionally beat starters in scrimmage in training camp?)

Product Lakers are putting on floor would at least be watchable, both for Lin fans and long-term Laker fans.

Recent Lakers Nuggets game was borderline unwatchable, particularly with how Byron Scott wants offense to play.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:24 am    Post subject:

DancingBarry wrote:
Definitely happy to have the break.

But so many losses... ahead.


Thanks DB.

In the past, I'd welcome breaks because they were good for my health. A week without worry, fear, or nervousness.

This time, it's different.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:40 pm    Post subject:

We should all chip in a little money and treat DB to a nice steak dinner.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:15 pm    Post subject:

EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.


"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."


Then why aren't they starting?


This is called "Tian Ji Racing", the Dao of strategy...haha...Byron is smart
http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_05.html
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:52 pm    Post subject:

Honeybadger81 wrote:
EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.

"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."
Then why aren't they starting?


This is called "Tian Ji Racing", the Dao of strategy...haha...Byron is smart
http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_05.html
Would the 2nd unit make us better than a mediocre team that can even "sniff" at being in the playoffs.

Kobe did make the starters "tolerable"

JLin and Boozer were not effective when they were starters

Plan is to develop players like Clarkson and Black
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:19 pm    Post subject:

koen wrote:
We should all chip in a little money and treat DB to a nice steak dinner.


Well I'm one of the folks who bet that we'd get over 39 wins, so I'll be giving the site a healthy donation this year.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:03 pm    Post subject:

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.

"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."
Then why aren't they starting?


This is called "Tian Ji Racing", the Dao of strategy...haha...Byron is smart
http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_05.html
Would the 2nd unit make us better than a mediocre team that can even "sniff" at being in the playoffs.

Kobe did make the starters "tolerable"

JLin and Boozer were not effective when they were starters

Plan is to develop players like Clarkson and Black


Plan is tanking, need some excuses...
I was being playful about the Tian Ji Racing theory.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:49 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:25 am    Post subject:

Honeybadger81 wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.

"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."
Then why aren't they starting?


This is called "Tian Ji Racing", the Dao of strategy...haha...Byron is smart
http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_05.html
Would the 2nd unit make us better than a mediocre team that can even "sniff" at being in the playoffs.

Kobe did make the starters "tolerable"

JLin and Boozer were not effective when they were starters

Plan is to develop players like Clarkson and Black
Plan is tanking, need some excuses...
I was being playful about the Tian Ji Racing theory.
BScott can play his best lineup and still lose most of the games since many times they are on the court at the end of games.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:56 am    Post subject:

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
EldenCampbell wrote:
Honeybadger81 wrote:
Scott said there is a reason why Lin, Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Ed Davis and Wesley Johnson are on the second unit.

"Our second unit really is our better unit right now," Scott said. "I like the way they play together."
Then why aren't they starting?


This is called "Tian Ji Racing", the Dao of strategy...haha...Byron is smart
http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_05.html
Would the 2nd unit make us better than a mediocre team that can even "sniff" at being in the playoffs.

Kobe did make the starters "tolerable"

JLin and Boozer were not effective when they were starters

Plan is to develop players like Clarkson and Black
Plan is tanking, need some excuses...
I was being playful about the Tian Ji Racing theory.
BScott can play his best lineup and still lose most of the games since many times they are on the court at the end of games.


Maybe, they also can be competitive and win with good coaching. Everyone wrote off the lakers and Byron rode on it to tank because he has no pressure to win. Both MDA and Scott deserve some blames.
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