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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:52 pm    Post subject: LAKERS -at- CLIPPERS – 1-29-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

Freefalling… The Lakers have won just one of their last 14 games. It’s so bad right now that you look for games to just be close. That’s how far away they are from winning.

So when the Lakers actually had a lead a couple times in this game, that’s about as good as it gets for this team right now.

They took a lead after the first quarter, the Clippers without Blake Griffin (DNP stupidity) and DeAndre Jordan in early foul trouble (thanks, Lou Williams).

The Laker bench, however, struggled hang with the Clipper reserves and the Lakers trailed at the half. The team fought back in the third to take a 4-point lead.

Turnovers and ineffective bench play caught up with them for good this time. The Clippers turned 18 Laker turnovers into 28 points, cruising to the inevitable 105-93 Laker loss.

“We can’t afford to give that many possessions away and getting nothing out of it,” Scott said. Frankly, I’m putting a chunk of those turnovers on some ill-advised iso strategy, so the coaches can share the blame with the players.


Clarkson -- -- He led the team in the first half with 11 points on a solid 4-8 shooting. He should have had 13 but got blocked by the rim on an uncontested dunk. He was a little less effective in the second half. His floater can look pretty good at times as that’s tough to cover for defenders with his athleticism and all his other skills. He might have wanted to go to that a little more in this one. He seemed to be affected by DeAndre’s presence even if he wasn’t contesting JC. Nearly a double-double for Clarkson with the boards in this one. The Stats: He scored 17 on 7-16 shooting (0-3 from three, 3-3 from the line) to go with 8 boards, 2 assists, 3 turnover and 3 fouls in 36 minutes. He was a +7. The Action: Not close on a wing three. He sank a wing pull-up jumper. Quick attack off the ball reversal, he drew contact on the big and scored the And-1 reverse, he made the FT. He sank a 16-footer straight away when his man fell. He attacked the perimeter pressure and drew FTs on the hold, he made both. He swished a pull-up from the top of the key. He left Paul wide open for a three on the other end. He missed a floater at the FT line. He was blocked by the rim on the dunk attempt, ouch, then threw it away, double ouch. He missed a pull-up elbow jumper and wanted the foul, then fouled and sat. Second Half: He missed a wing pull-up jumper. He lost Paul on a reverse of directions at the top of the key and hit the floater. He missed a reverse after taking a pass on a cut. He scored a layup cutting weak to strong and Roy found him. He missed a three in transition. He attacked the paint and knocked down the floater. He lost a dribble pushing it up court, dunk the other way. Awkward toss up at the rim when he tried to probe against DeAndre, not close. He missed a long three.

Williams -- -- DeAndre Jordan was frustrated early on after Lou sent him to the bench by drawing his second foul of the first quarter. You could see him trying to explain to the ref how Lou drew the foul. As Jordan reached off the screen while Lou dribbled with is left, Lou swung upward with his right arm, hooking Jordan on his way up to grab the ball and shoot. The ref explained it didn’t matter because that was Lou going into his shooting motion. Clippers seemed frustrated at times by that. Getting Jordan out early allowed the Lakers to get a first quarter lead. Not a good shooting game, but he scored efficiently with his ability to get to the line. Some nice setups to Roy for assists, as well. Defensively, he had some moments in transition with a great block and another steal shortly later. The Stats: He scored 11 points on 2-6 shooting (7-10 from the line) to go with 6 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 35 minutes. He was a -13. The Action: He probed baseline and kicked to Brown for the corner three. He drew a whistle behind the three line and chucked to draw the FTs, he made two. He suckered Jordan into another foul from deep on the perimeter, he made one FT. He hit Roy on the screen-roll for a dunk. He swished a baseline pull-up on the left side (that’s his beach). He drew a whistle in the paint, same tactic to get the contact and then chuck, he made one FT. Short on a baseline jumper, he got his board, then served it up to Jordan to reject to midcourt. He missed a layup attempt on a drive right. Second Half: He lobbed to Roy, who drew FTs. He hit Roy for the open jumper off the two-man game. He swished a step-back wing jumper. He missed a step-back way short. Great hustle back in transition to block Wes and we ended up getting the stop. He swiped a pass in transition. He suckered the Clippers into another reach and foul on the chuck from three, he made all three FTs.

Hibbert -- -- I don’t understand why we dump the ball to him to iso against Jordan in the post. Not that Jordan is a great post defender, but this has to be one of our worst offensive options against the Clippers. Roy missed some ugly hooks on those sequences. Might as well just hand the other team the ball (he had 3 of those misses in the first half). On the smarter side of things were plays when we would draw Jordan over on help D to try to swat and then we’d kick to Roy for open jumpers. That worked well. Take out those three post bricks and he’s 5-9, much more effective. The Stats: He scored 12 points on 5-12 shooting (2-4 from the line) to go with 5 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls in 28 minutes. He was a +2. The Action: Not close on a jumphook, iso’ing on the right block. He swished a jumper from the top of the key. He dunked off the screen-roll with Lou. He was tied up by CP3 on a pass for a jumpball (dunk the other way for the Clippers off that). He missed a wing jumper. Not close again on a hook on iso against Jordan. He missed baseline jumper. He sank a baseline jumper when Jordan was sucked into the paint. He missed another hook attempt over Jordan in the post. Second Half: He drew FT attempts on a lob pass, he missed both. He swished a wing jumper off the pick and pop with Lou. He missed a 19-footer. He blocked a man who then fumbled it out of bounds (Roy never left his feet on that). He drew FTs on the drive and dish from Randle, he made both. He hit Clarkson cutting baseline for a layup. He swatted Wes’s drive. He didn’t recognize the shotclock and didn’t shoot in time. He swished a baseline jumper. He missed an 18-footer.

Randle -- -- “Coaching staff is going to look at that and say 6 turnovers,” Worthy said after giving Randle some praise. Those turnovers are on the coaching staff. The Lakers wanted to take advantage of his size against the smaller Clipper PFs, but we really don’t know how to design anything effective other than, “iso against this guy.” That resulted in Randle trying to create off the dribble against smaller men. Maybe try bringing him weak to strong to get low position, or screening a screener to free him up for a second to get low position on the move without the ball, maybe some high-lows with Hibbert at the FT line. Everything for Randle was on the ball and iso, nothing drawn up off the ball to put him in a good position. That’s why you have the high turnover numbers in this. We simply put Randle in a horrible position with our complete lack of X’s and O’s in our game plan to take advantage of the size. So, I’m not irked at all by Randle’s turnovers. He just willed his way to the big numbers by hustle, improv and garbage play. I’ll take that. He nearly had the double-double in the first half with 8 points and 9 boards. He ended up leading the Lakers in points and boards. “Just can’t win like that in crunch time,” Randle said of the turnovers. He said he needs to work on not going too fast on the floor. He said he wants to find a balance on his jumpers and his attacking. The Stats: He scored 23 points on 9-16 shooting (1-1 from three, 4-4 from the line) to go with 14 boards (4 offensive), 1 assist, 1 steal, 6 turnovers and 3 fouls in 35 minutes. He was a -1. The Action: His perimeter pass was picked off. Short on an elbow jumper. He missed a 16-footer trying to beat the shtoclock. He attacked down the middle of the lane and hit the runner. He cut baseline off Russell’s drive, took the pass and was fouled on the dunk attempt, he made both FTs. He was blocked trying to iso. He missed a drive attempt with his right. He drew Jordan over to help on a drive, then kicked to Roy for the jumper. He grabbed the low lob from Lou and laid it in (a lot of L’s in that sentence). He fought for a missed Lou layup, was blocked, got it back and powered it in. Second Half: He sank a quick-fire wing jumper. He was blocked on a drive. He pushed out the break, was nearly picked from behind, then drew FTs at the rim, he made both. He drew the D and fed Hibbert who was fouled for FTs. Bad outlet and it was picked off. He shed a guard with an off-hand and was called for the foul. He attacked right into Jordan who was illegal on D and then turned it over (should have waited longer to expose Jordan zoning in the middle of the lane). He cleaned up a missed Russell drive. He took a pass at the three line, attacked and powered in a runner over a bigman. He iso’d out of a timeout and dribbled it off his foot, then Stephenson dunked on him on the other end. He missed a layup in transition. He attacked to his left and banked in over his man and Jordan. He banked high off the glass after nearly losing the ball on the perimeter on iso. He tried to spin on iso on a smaller man, turnover. He swished a wing three on an inbounds.

Brown -- -- Some nice moments on D out there tonight. His team D reads were strong (a nice block at the rim on help). Individually, he even had some moments against CP3 that helped us get stops. Not a lot of rebounds, but some better work on the defensive glass. He made just one shot in the game, a corner three. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 1-5 shooting (1-3 from three, 2-2 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 block and 3 fouls in 34 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: He missed a long three up against the shotclock on the first possession. He sank the corner three off the kickout next time down. He gave up back-to-back layups to Wes, come on, rook. Way left on a wing jumper. Great help D rejection at the rim. He was hacked on a layup attempt in transition for FTs, he made both. Second Half: He missed a wing three. Some nice defensive sequences against CP3. He missed a wing jumper.

Russell -- -- “Anytime anybody says anything bad about me, that means I got to work,” Russell said. “They say I’m not living up to what my potential is, I know I’ve got to work, and that’s every day. LeBron still gets criticized, Jesus still gets criticized.” I hope he goes into this offseason a little ticked off. He’s got the right attitude. Hard work will get him everywhere. Our bench got killed this game. Russell had the team-low -18 as things fell apart while he was out there. I think he’s playing a bit confused, second guessing himself and losing a little of his confidence. Scott defended his communication with the young guys on this team, saying he explains things and tries to be very clear. Obviously, however he’s going about it, guys like Russell are clearly left with a lot of unanswered questions. That needs to improve. Russell did look a little better than last night. “He didn’t hold a grudge on me going into tonight’s game. I appreciate that,” Russell said of Scott. The fact that he’s saying that shows he’s not feeling terribly confident “…I know what I’m capable of so when I don’t perform that way I’ll always be hard on myself.” Some good D by Russell against his man to close the first quarter. Much better start out of the gates in this one with better passing. He struggled to scratch out some points and our offense lacked some flow when he was out there because I think we were purposely calling iso’s. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 3-10 shooting (2-3 from three) to go with 2 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 25 minutes. He was a -18. The Action: He pushed out the board with speed, lost Paul on a behind-the-back dribble and hit Randle cutting for FTs on the dunk attempt. He missed a turnaround in the post trying to draw a foul. He and Nance teamed up to cause a turnover and he outlet to Nance for the dunk. He got his man on his hip, Russell sealed him and hit the elbow pull-up jumper. He wanted a foul on a pull-up jumper. He drained a wing three in early offense. He attacked the paint, drew a crowd and missed the drive (looked like a lot of contact). He had 5 points on 2-5 shooting and 3 assists. Second Half: Horrible cross-court pass, easily picked off. He swished a three in early offense. He missed a short one in the post. He missed a three when the D sagged off. He missed a layup on a drive but Randle cleaned it up. He airballed trying to draw a foul.

Nance -- -- He was pretty quiet out there tonight. He definitely seems like he fits with the starters better, but what can you do when you have Randle dropping 23 and 14? If they trade Roy this season, maybe we can go with the Nance/Randle starting unit and get those guys some lengthy run together. The Stats: He scored 4 points on 2-2 shooting to go with 1 board, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 13 minutes. He was a -11. The Action: He and Russell knocked a ball loose, Nance leaked out and Russell hit him for the dunk. He sank a wing jumper when his man came up empty on a steal. Second Half: He fumbled a dribble out of bounds.

Young -- -- Not much to this game. He sank one three early in the fourth for his only FG. A couple of bad chucks from him. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 1-4 shooting (1-3 from three, 2-2 from the line) to go with 2 boards, 2 assists and 1 foul in 14 minutes. He was a -4. The Action: Bad chuck from 20 with a man on, he clanked. Second Half: He iso’d and swished a three early in the fourth. He sagged off Crawford too much with the shotclock low and gave up a three. He missed a wing three. He missed a long three. He drew FTs on a layup attempt, he made both.

Bass -- -- He had a size mismatch with Cole Aldrich. Bass tried to take him off the dribble and use his speed to his advantage while not getting burned by the size on the other end. He said they needed to play cleaner in this game and cut down on the turnovers. The defense was solid, but the easy breakaway points killed them. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 4-7 shooting to go with 6 boards, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in 20 minutes. He was a -14. The Action: He attacked his man with speed, shielded him with his body and scored the layup. He was stripped on a drive (should have passed to Nance). Quick attack around his man for a dunk (that caused the Clips to bring back Jordan). He missed a face-up jumper on a stalled offensive sequence. Second Half: He was stripped in the paint. He sank a tough 15-footer. He missed a drive against the shotclock. He was called for a travel (looked like he was dribbling to me). He dunked after getting a man in the air and driving past him.

Scott -- -- First possession we tried to iso Randle. (Iso ball led to nothing, nothing led to rushed shot from distance up against the shotclock). We’ve got to be more creative than that out of deadballs. Those turnovers by Randle in this game were on Scott and his lack of ability to set up Randle with off-ball plays. Why do we come out of a timeout with plays where we just give the ball to someone to iso?… “You can’t turn the ball over in this game,” Worthy said afterward, most likely directing it at the players… Russell in for Williams, Lakers down 5 midway through the quarter… Nance in for Randle. Bass for Hibbert… Nick in for Brown, Lakers down 2… Some good D by Russell to help cause some turnovers and a get a good close to the quarter… The Lakers led 29-28 after the first quarter… Bass, Nance, Young, Lou and Russell to start the quarter… Lakers zone on D to start the quarter… Nick out for Brown, Lakers down 1… Randle in for Nance, Lakers down 3… Hibbert in for Bass… Nass and Russell in for the final minute… The Lakers trailed 54-49 at the half… They tied it up after a few minutes… That turned into a 10-0 run to lead by 4 when the Clippers called a timeout… He sat Clarkson for Russell off that… By the time the next timeout came, the Lakers were down 3… He brought in Bass and Nance out of that… An 11-0 Clipper run. Laker offense looking confused, that carried over to the defensive end… They went to a zone and gave up a dunk, 13-0 run… The Lakers trailed 78-71 heading into the fourth… Bass, Nance, Young, Clarkson, Russell to start the quarter… Scott called a timeout shortly later, trailing by 13… Randle in for Nance out of that… Randle’s energy forced a Clipper timeout, Lakers down 8… Iso for Randle out of a timeout, turnover… Hibbert back in down 12… Lou and Brown in for Russell and Young… Lakers fading fast…
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1st! Great game by Julius sans turnovers. We were more competitive than I expected.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:53 pm    Post subject:

Thanks, DB for working on a Friday night. Now we need Cachooka's highlights.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:32 pm    Post subject:

Thanks again DB.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:48 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:13 am    Post subject:

THX DB. GO LAKERS
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:38 am    Post subject:

How many games in a row do the Lakers need to lose before they dump Byron? At least last year we could blame injuries for the bad record.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:19 am    Post subject:

Annihilator wrote:
How many games in a row do the Lakers need to lose before they dump Byron? At least last year we could blame injuries for the bad record.


not until they get the pick...
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:15 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:18 am    Post subject:

lewis wrote:
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How many games in a row do the Lakers need to lose before they dump Byron? At least last year we could blame injuries for the bad record.


not until they get the pick...

This is the first year I'm seriously thinking of joining the "tank" crowd but it has nothing to do with the pick (although I hope we get it). It has everything to do with forcing the hands of the FO to make a coaching change (whether mid-season or soon after).
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:49 am    Post subject:

Going off DB's critique of Byron. If Brad Stevens was our coach, I think we'd be so much better. He's the type of coach who could play design creatively to maximize the different talents on the roster. Not just glorified iso plays every possession.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:50 am    Post subject:

K28 wrote:
Going off DB's critique of Byron. If Brad Stevens was our coach, I think we'd be so much better. He's the type of coach who could play design creatively to maximize the different talents on the roster. Not just glorified iso plays every possession.


Any coach would be better than Byron, even Doc.

But I personally want Rick Adleman.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:21 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB. I missed this one, probably for the best as my blood pressure is high enough as is. When you write:

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Frankly, I’m putting a chunk of those turnovers on some ill-advised iso strategy, so the coaches can share the blame with the players.


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Those turnovers are on the coaching staff.


I believe it whole-hardheartedly. Thanks for the recap.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 6:23 pm    Post subject:

K28 wrote:
Going off DB's critique of Byron. If Brad Stevens was our coach, I think we'd be so much better. He's the type of coach who could play design creatively to maximize the different talents on the roster. Not just glorified iso plays every possession.
Byron has definitely made some questionable moves

However, Stevens (a very good young coach) would have serious problems with Kobe and the Farewell Tour hoopla plus the missed defensive assignments. How would Stevens deal with the lack of effort and lack of fundamentals of the young players?

Just wondering
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:16 am    Post subject:

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
How would Stevens deal with the lack of effort and lack of fundamentals of the young players?

Just wondering


But this is exactly the point. There is no lack of effort from youngsters. Heck, Scott said he benched DLO for effort (take over the game is effort, not?). But there is serious lack of guiding these young players. Working on their fundamentals, as you put it. If Scott was working with them and developing their skills the fans might excuse the loosing.

As of now Scott only brings KFT and a chance for keeping the pick. Both still more like a waste compared to wins and team development.
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