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| Rookies will have ups and down all part of the learning curve. 13 assists isnt shabby. |
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That was a great effort by our team.
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I can live with a loss, but that was going to be a blow out (against not a particularly good opponent) until they rode a wave and made it respectable.
The defense minus that run, is still unacceptable tbh.
Luke keeps losing me with those terrible 3rd quarters coming out of half.
Pelicans bailed out by Moore hitting that big time 3. Lakers also did pelicans a favor by not getting Cousins to foul out when they had the mojo.
On to the wizards, let’s hope they learned their lesson of showing up to start and not getting down by so much. The wizards have a weak bench so the lakers need to take advantage of that unit. |
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Anyone else noticing that Luke has no clue how to utilize a center like Lopez?
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He's the playmaker, he played decent D down the stretch, |
not to pile on....but he played horrible defense all night...especially down the stretch....but we know he is terrible on defense....so that is on Luke for putting him in during a period where our defense was winning us the game. |
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kobeandgary
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| Practice wrote: | | kobeandgary wrote: | | Practice wrote: | | kobeandgary wrote: | | Sentient Meat wrote: | Ball didn't cause them to lose this game, they just went cold.
Look at this way, our rookie with three games under his belt had a bad game and he still had more assists than any of our guards have had in years, and he should have way more if our players could shoot. |
He definitely lost us the game. If he wants to be our leader he sure better accept when a loss is on him. Getting blocked on a forced drive, giving up a three, shooting terrible bricks, slowing our offense, stopping our dribble penetration etc... |
I would definitely say the main reason we lost the game is because is because the Lakers let the Pelicans get a 20+ point lead on them and then went cold after they fought back. |
For most of that duration Clarkson wasn't at the point guard either. |
You're trying to pin the loss on Lonzo when the team as a whole was terrible and/or struggled. |
We looked pretty good down the stretch with Clarkson at point if you ask me. |
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| KingKobe20 wrote: | | TrekLife wrote: | | Win or lose, that comeback was damn exciting |
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That’s what I hope to see this season. I don’t expect us to be a 50+ win team all of a sudden but I want to see effort and energy and good chunks of smart play.
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panamaniac
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| Tough loss. But all things considered, not a bad way to go down for a young squad. We missed alot of 3s down the stretch. Hart, Lonzo, Kuz, JC,.. we make one of those maybe we have a chance. But we fell behind early, dug ourselves too big a hole. |
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repandpresent
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Great loss!
I mean, that hustle and grit from the second unit.
KCP! I'll say it again, easily the best defender we had in years!
There is a scrap in this team that I haven't seen in years. Not even the Kobe and Shaq days.
Randle decided to man up and ball out! He did great when he was on the floor.
It's only been three games so far but the biggest change I see is that, off the rebound, the bigs are really looking for a guard to hand off too. It just creates continuity of the flow and spacing.
Last year you had, Randle, Ingram and Nance pushing the ball up at times. Unless everyone is on the same page at all times, that just creates confusion.
I like the way this team is figuring things out, from the coaching to the players. |
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Fortysixn2
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Fun game to watch at the end. Lonzo's shot was bad, so was BI's....randle looked pretty good though. I think Kuzma missing that 3 when we were up 5 was the difference between winning and losing.
I wish Luke had stayed with that group that took the lead, but Lonzo is the man...I probably would have done the same. If he hits a couple of shots, then it was a good move. |
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bandiger
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| MJST wrote: | | Anyone else noticing that Luke has no clue how to utilize a center like Lopez? |
Well as the season goes on, we see more that Luke is a fraud coach ala Dfish, Rambis, Byron, etc. |
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| mad55557777 wrote: | | Luke was pretty smart using JC as backup PG instead of Caruso and Ernis |
as long as he is allowed to play his way, he can play some PG minutes |
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anth2000
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| Really can't complain. Yes, this team makes mistakes. I mean, its game 3. I do like what I am seeing though. Let's all remain calm and ride this out. I think the comeback was mighty impressive, I have to say. I am happy about the fight. Sure, I wished they could have finished out stronger but hell, for game 3, I think it was a good game. |
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KingKobe20
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| OCWA wrote: | | Give Pelicans credit. They hit 3 to 4 tough contested shots to stay close and then pulled it out. |
Jameer’s 3 was the dagger and that lil pos has been annoying as hell ever since Derek Fisher owned him in the 2009 Finals lololol
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Sentient Meat
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| adkindo wrote: | | Sentient Meat wrote: |
He's the playmaker, he played decent D down the stretch, |
not to pile on....but he played horrible defense all night...especially down the stretch....but we know he is terrible on defense....so that is on Luke for putting him in during a period where our defense was winning us the game. |
He did, but not during the crunch time where the Pelicans made great shots and we went cold. Law of averages caught up with us... and it's as irrational to think that Ball will always be cold, as it is that Clarkson and Randle will always be that hot. We fought hard, Kuzma continues to surprise, and I leave the game with a positive feeling at least. |
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Lakers 4 eva
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | I never thought I would ever post this but I think that Cousins would fit in here really well |
Yup Cousins and PG13 would be nice |
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PHILosophize
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I really really liked our small ball lineups. Plus, if that kind of lineup can succeed against a team like the Pelicans (with two bigs like Cousins + Davis) I think it can succeed against most teams in the league.
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| TDRock wrote: | | KingKobe20 wrote: | | TrekLife wrote: | | Win or lose, that comeback was damn exciting |
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That’s what I hope to see this season. I don’t expect us to be a 50+ win team all of a sudden but I want to see effort and energy and good chunks of smart play. |
right....be shocked if we won more than 49  |
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lakerfan2012
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| Sentient Meat wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | Sentient Meat wrote: |
He's the playmaker, he played decent D down the stretch, |
not to pile on....but he played horrible defense all night...especially down the stretch....but we know he is terrible on defense....so that is on Luke for putting him in during a period where our defense was winning us the game. |
He did, but not during the crunch time where the Pelicans made great shots and we went cold. Law of averages caught up with us... and it's as irrational to think that Ball will always be cold, as it is that Clarkson and Randle will always be that hot. We fought hard, Kuzma continues to surprise, and I leave the game with a positive feeling at least. |
Yeah people saying that he was giving up threes. The ones that I saw were very well contested and when I saw the Pelicans make it, I told myself that you just have to live with those. Am I missing a play or something? |
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| kobeandgary wrote: | | Practice wrote: | | kobeandgary wrote: | | Practice wrote: | | kobeandgary wrote: | | Sentient Meat wrote: | Ball didn't cause them to lose this game, they just went cold.
Look at this way, our rookie with three games under his belt had a bad game and he still had more assists than any of our guards have had in years, and he should have way more if our players could shoot. |
He definitely lost us the game. If he wants to be our leader he sure better accept when a loss is on him. Getting blocked on a forced drive, giving up a three, shooting terrible bricks, slowing our offense, stopping our dribble penetration etc... |
I would definitely say the main reason we lost the game is because is because the Lakers let the Pelicans get a 20+ point lead on them and then went cold after they fought back. |
For most of that duration Clarkson wasn't at the point guard either. |
You're trying to pin the loss on Lonzo when the team as a whole was terrible and/or struggled. |
We looked pretty good down the stretch with Clarkson at point if you ask me. |
So you're going to blame Lonzo for other players on our team missing open shots and Moore hitting a ridiculous well defended 3? |
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| adkindo wrote: | | TDRock wrote: | | KingKobe20 wrote: | | TrekLife wrote: | | Win or lose, that comeback was damn exciting |
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That’s what I hope to see this season. I don’t expect us to be a 50+ win team all of a sudden but I want to see effort and energy and good chunks of smart play. |
right....be shocked if we won more than 49 |
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haha brook lopez only played 18mins tonight tho. Mozgov minutes.  |
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repandpresent
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People really trying to blame Zo?
The Pelicans just hit some ridiculous shots down the stretch. Most teams would have lost given the same situation. |
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kobeandgary
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| PHILosophize wrote: | | I really really liked our small ball lineups. Plus, if that kind of lineup can succeed against a team like the Pelicans (with two bigs like Cousins + Davis) I think it can succeed against most teams in the league. |
Regardless we lost to the pelicans who are kind of bad, so I don't see much hope for beating teams of any decent caliber. |
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repandpresent
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Great loss!
I mean, that hustle and grit from the second unit.
KCP! I'll say it again, easily the best defender we had in years!
There is a scrap in this team that I haven't seen in years. Not even the Kobe and Shaq days.
Randle decided to man up and ball out! He did great when he was on the floor.
It's only been three games so far but the biggest change I see is that, off the rebound, the bigs are really looking for a guard to hand off too. It just creates continuity of the flow and spacing.
Last year you had, Randle, Ingram and Nance pushing the ball up at times. Unless everyone is on the same page at all times, that just creates confusion.
I like the way this team is figuring things out, from the coaching to the players. |
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