***LAKERS -vs- BOBCATS Game Thread 1/27***

dna. · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:

Losing to the BOBCATS AT HOME... just unacceptable. Yet sadly I'm not at all surprised.

Rick12322 · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 19164

Amara D'Antona · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject:

Rick12322 · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 19164

What's wrong with Sasha's shot? It's as if he spent the summer trying to get a drive game going and totally stopped working on his shooting or something. It's getting where I'm cringing when he shoots.

Rick12322 · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 19164

Rick12322 · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 19164

He'll be evaluated tomorrow so we don't know.

KobeDunk · Retired Number Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 26849

up 6 in ot at home vs a lottery team you should hold on Kobe or no kobe. The supporting cast is not ready yet !

Amara D'Antona · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

10scott10 · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject:

well apparently wallace might have a collasped lung

nokio · Last edited by nokio on Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:54 pm; edited 2 times in total

Its the same old story. How many times have we seen Kobe, even dating back to 05-06, give us what we need on the offensive end possession after possession, only to see us give up wide open looks and offensive rebounds? No lead is safe with this team. Not a 20 point lead in the 2nd half. Not a 10 point lead in the 4th quarter. And when you play the Lakers, being down 3 with under a minute left pretty much guarantees you a tie.

Didn't you just get the feeling that if the ball was in Felton's hands, not that the Bobcats were going to score every time down the floor, but at the very least get a GREAT look every time? If you can't dig deep enough to get a key stop or two @ home against a team like the Bobcats, then we have a lot to be worried about hitting the road. The way it looks now, every game on the road is going to be a tough game to win, good team or bad team. Buckle up.

ahpark · Star Player Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 3101

Blame it on Phil, who took Drew out for Pau when they were up 6.

k4lakers · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:

PJ Interview:

-It's the way the roll of the dice goes some nights. They outplayed us tonight, more assists, more rebounds. Those are the things that really matter and that's a big key in it.

-(Regarding Kobe's last foul): Didn't see it but the video people said it was a suspect call, but there were a lot of calls tonight that were difficult fouls. Very physical game and there were a lot of things that could be called or not called.

-(Re: Ariza): Not sure what's going to happen with that. Ariza had some nausea and dizziness and ringing... he had his bell rung.

-Will talk to the guys tomorrow, we didn't talk about it after the game. We're disappointed obviously. The disappointment came when we had a three point lead and Diaw hit the 3 pointer on us. It was a situation where we shouldn't have been caught in that kind of a sequence. We just didn't run it right.
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k4lakers · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject:

StuLantz#1 · Star Player Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 3020

Cleveland and Boston passed us up tonight. The stand pat with the team we have approach will only work if we win homecourt advantage, and I can't see us outlasting both those teams record-wise. If we make it to the finals again I think we'll be on the road, so we better shore up more of our weakness before those get strategically exploited at the end over a 7 game series.

Larry Brown has totally figured out Phil over the last few years. The only time it didn't matter was when we had Shaq at his peak, who would steamroll you to victory whether or not you had figured him out.

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LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47581

The LO interviews are simply the most entertaing part of this or any postgame.
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k4lakers · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject:

LO, "Need to do a better job of executing our offense. Defensively, I think we were sub-par".
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pkflyers · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject:

limchrc · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 11477

Hope Gerald is okay.

Jerry Atrick · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 205

Larry Brown said that Wallace had a couple of broken ribs. That would probably keep him out for a couple of weeks at least. I don't know how much a collapsed lung would add to that.

Wallace seems to be an injury magnet. He got a concussion last year and it was said that he would be in big trouble if he had a second ocurrence.

Regards, Jerry Atrick

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Vercetti · Star Player Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 4610

great defense against a lottery team. Kurt Rambis for DCOY!

Curisu · Sixth Man Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 52

Okay, I'm going to ask you this. You're suggesting that Rambis is the reason why we're losing these close games? What in the hell. Seriously bud, it's the players who are falling asleep on the switches. And in regards to the meltdown of giving up 3's. Boston won't beat us from the arc. Cleveland, however, is another story. You're right about the HCA, we'll stand a chance because we have Kobe but he can't do it all. This team needs to show Kobe they can pull through, Vujacic, especially -- otherwise he won't dish it out to you when it matters. Tough loss tonight, I'm glad most of you aren't taking it too bad.

Bynum <3 Kobe <3

Teamof2000 · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject:

We needed more AZEEZA.