WMC 12/13: Mercy kill. (0-4)

The Rock wrote:Gonna be a tough game on Sunday. Rockets match up real nicely vs us, Dragic looked like a superstar tonight, I can only imagine what J.Lin would do to Morris. Kobe vs Harden is gonna be fun to watch. But man, Ron is gotta hit those 3s or post up to keep the Rockets honest so that they put Chandler Parsons on him...as good as a defender Harden is , Parsons is even better and he gave Kobe some problems last year. Asik also defends well vs Dwight. Their weaklink is PF no noteable PFs on their team so Pau has to go to work

Tonights Suns game, Pau hit like 5 shots in a row in1st Q and did little else the rest of the game. Didnt have more than 2 postups I think the whole game. We have to put him in the post.

The Rock wrote:Gonna be a tough game on Sunday. Rockets match up real nicely vs us, Dragic looked like a superstar tonight, I can only imagine what J.Lin would do to Morris. Kobe vs Harden is gonna be fun to watch. But man, Ron is gotta hit those 3s or post up to keep the Rockets honest so that they put Chandler Parsons on him...as good as a defender Harden is , Parsons is even better and he gave Kobe some problems last year. Asik also defends well vs Dwight. Their weaklink is PF no noteable PFs on their team so Pau has to go to work

Tonights Suns game, Pau hit like 5 shots in a row in1st Q and did little else the rest of the game. Didnt have more than 2 postups I think the whole game. We have to put him in the post.

Finwë wrote:

The Rock wrote:Gonna be a tough game on Sunday. Rockets match up real nicely vs us, Dragic looked like a superstar tonight, I can only imagine what J.Lin would do to Morris. Kobe vs Harden is gonna be fun to watch. But man, Ron is gotta hit those 3s or post up to keep the Rockets honest so that they put Chandler Parsons on him...as good as a defender Harden is , Parsons is even better and he gave Kobe some problems last year. Asik also defends well vs Dwight. Their weaklink is PF no noteable PFs on their team so Pau has to go to work

Tonights Suns game, Pau hit like 5 shots in a row in1st Q and did little else the rest of the game. Didnt have more than 2 postups I think the whole game. We have to put him in the post.

Agreed with everything except about Lin. IMO Dragic > Lin.

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

ElginTheGreat wrote:

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

I agree. Happy with the win of course, but I would like to see us pound the paint a bit more.

Lakerjones wrote:

ElginTheGreat wrote:

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

I agree. Happy with the win of course, but I would like to see us pound the paint a bit more.

Count me in on this as well. Big time. I get that the staff was trying to start them up with the running thing, but it looks pretty schizophrenic to me for them to go from a more half court type set that we've seen for years with Brown and the one who now must remain nameless for many Laker fans who don't want to hear about him, and this current offense. D' Antoni's not even here yet, so we really can't complain. But last night seemed kind of silly to me. Why do you not use your size advantage at all? And Pau as simply a jump shooter - I don't know if that is going to work. People are harping on him, but he was doing what he was directed to do as far as I could see.

I truly hope that we can find a middle ground. I think D' Antoni should be able to find a way - if he wants to, though, that's the main issue.

Doc Brown wrote:More Jamison, more Meeks, more cowbell......

Lakerjones wrote:

ElginTheGreat wrote:

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

I agree. Happy with the win of course, but I would like to see us pound the paint a bit more.

Count me in on this as well. Big time. I get that the staff was trying to start them up with the running thing, but it looks pretty schizophrenic to me for them to go from a more half court type set that we've seen for years with Brown and the one who now must remain nameless for many Laker fans who don't want to hear about him, and this current offense. D' Antoni's not even here yet, so we really can't complain. But last night seemed kind of silly to me. Why do you not use your size advantage at all? And Pau as simply a jump shooter - I don't know if that is going to work. People are harping on him, but he was doing what he was directed to do as far as I could see.

I truly hope that we can find a middle ground. I think D' Antoni should be able to find a way - if he wants to, though, that's the main issue.

Texas Lakers Fan wrote:

JGC wrote:We still don't get the ball inside enough. It's not like PHX has a formidable frontcourt either. I will keep harping on this until we figure it out but it's been years since we figured out how to do this.

Actually Phoenix does have a very good front court with Scola, Gortat, and Beasley.

Rooscooter wrote:

Doc Brown wrote:More Jamison, more Meeks, more cowbell......

Guess what!? I've gota fever..... and the only prescription is more cowbell.....