Complain all you want, the Lakers are getting better..

RMurphy_22 · Star Player Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 4193

I don't know if they will make the playoffs, but I do know the team is getting better and the individual growth of players is improving. Tonight the Spurs were on fire and just beat the Lakers, but if the Lakers give that kind of effort the rest of the season, we are going to be fine. Lamar and Kwame are growing in confidence, and bringing in Jim Jackson will make guys like Luke, Sasha, and Devean mind there P's and Q's so they won't get pulled (as fast). If the Lakers come to play Wed. in New Orleans and pull of a victory we should all feel better about our team. Maybe with teams breathing down our necks, we will take it to another level?

Go Lakers!

critical_beatdown · Star Player Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 2072

We're going to make the playoffs...losing to a Top 3 team is nothing to cry about (not that I'm saying you're crying...but others are).

RMurphy_22 · Star Player Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 4193

Exactly, we are doing fine.

Go Lakers

Kobe2Clark · Star Player Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 6047

They aren't getting "better", they are just playing harder now that they see they could miss the playoffs. We have a lot of BAD losses this year due to lack of effort and concentration...
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Mr. EiGhTy-OnE · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

I'm pissed about the loss but I agree with you
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osj · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject:

we had ONE bad quarter today, when the spuds became white-hot from 3-pt land...

the win against the pistons didn't turn us into title contenders overnight...we are still 8th in the west, and the spuds are still 1st...a 7-point loss is no shame.

hoopschick29 · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject:

I have to agree. I'm the first one tp complain after a bad loss, but this wasn't a bad loss. We had a bad stretch...but we're talking about the Spurs here, not the Hawks or the Blazers.

When you're not yet a great team, there's only 1 or 2 ways you can beat a great team. Either you play a near perfect game, or you hope that great team has a bad night. Saturday, we had a perfect stretch late in the 3rd AND we were the beneficiaries of Detroit going stone cold for about 6 minutes.

Tonight, we collapsed on Timmy, he kicked it out, and his guys were making shots all night. That's kinda what championship teams do.

We did some good things tonight. And we are starting to get better again.

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heineken · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject:

I agree the Lakers are improving.
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RedSnapper · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject:

I'd feel better about this loss if they hadn't gone so far into the tank defensively in the third quarter. They've always been able to score - but they do seem to execute the offense more often now.

But defensively, they are "jekyll and hyde" - game to game, quarter to quarter, posession to posession.

I thought they were getting it together after they put together some smart offense and solid defense three games in a row there, then they went back to looking like a high-pick lottery team.

I do believe this team is improving... but I hope that isn't just because that's what I want to believe.
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aiel · Star Player Joined: 16 May 2001 Posts: 1211

Another person in agreement. I was worried this team was getting worse as the season progressed which is atypical for a jackson coached team. Prior to kobe going nuts from three point range, the team limited it's three point attempts which I found encouraging. I think this team is playing hard but isn't physically equipped to play the type of defense necessary to beat san antonio and phoenix.

Sister Golden Hair · Franchise Player Joined: 01 May 2001 Posts: 15872

I think the Laker defense had regressed as the season progresses. And since defense is actually more critical to this team's success over the course of the season and into the playoffs (assuming they make it), that is cause for concern.

SGH

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osj · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

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angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32754

The Lakers lost because they didn't feel like playing defense for the entire 48 minute span. After contesting shots the first half, they abandoned any semblance of defensive discipline during the third and most of the fourth quarter. They could have beaten the Spurs tonight; they are their own worst enemy.

OX1947 · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:02 pm Post subject:

They played their asses off, Spurs didnt miss, simple as that. If we play the Spurs on a day where they play normal offense, we would have wiped our asses with them. If they continue to play like this, we will make the playoffs.

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Addicus · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject:

I still think it is a bad loss.

It is a loss we should take against a team that is much deeper, cohesive, mature and talented than us, but leaving Ginobili wide open 4 times is not acceptable.

I'll take the Finley 3's because he was being aggressively closed out on. I can't accept Ginobili hitting 4 set shot 3's on us.

I just can't.

I hate that chump.

The refs need to realize Bowen is tapping Kobe and holding him nearly every time until the game is pretty much out of contention.

Phil needs to play Jimmy. Why else did we sign him?

Good night and sweet dreams all.
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1hu2ren3dui4 · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

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thumpinghead · Star Player Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 5657

Kobe had 43 but the rest didn't do much in scoring.

Rebounding and Defense was consistent again and is a good sign! Way to go Kwame with a block and 7 boards, Mihm with 2 blks and 6 boards, Odom with a block and 7 boards. These stats show heart and passion and we didn't need Turiaf!

If Jackson could hit a few shots a game we could be very dangerous. Too bad Smush and Sasha really looked like CBA players against the likes of Tony Parker and Van Exel....

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