Fri. 1/20 @ Suns - Results Inside - Postgame comments

SKKG wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:

KB8@CL wrote:

Danny Ainge wrote:This is where having Bynum in would help because of his length to alter shots in the paint.

Phil is really annoying with his lineup.
Mihm or Bynum should be in. Suns have weak interior defense and Mihm was getting basket after basket...but he went small with scrubs like Green, Sasha, Puke..

Bynum is too slow for this style of ball.

Disagree with Phil's lineups all you want, but small ball vs. small ball works best.

No, it doesn't. In that case, why doesn't every team matchup to the Suns? The rule is you play your most talented guys

You sure about that? Then why have other coaches gone small against the Suns when they can?

Not all teams can do this, the majority of teams don't have the roster options on their team that would allow them to do this.

But Phil seems to be rather confident in the smaller players he has and has opted to go small vs small.

mvp wrote:Kobe played terribly tonight.

yeah he did

Dayam! Diaw has got some ears on him!

mvp wrote:Kobe played terribly tonight.

Correction, Lakers played terrible tonight.

ya Lamar great defense....


wow we are pathetic. My biggest problem is the Suns beat us INSIDE instead of the perimeter. wthey got 20 uncontested layups

Nice two handed jam by Kobe

jsm0331 wrote:

Total_Package wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:

KB8@CL wrote:

Danny Ainge wrote:This is where having Bynum in would help because of his length to alter shots in the paint.

Phil is really annoying with his lineup.
Mihm or Bynum should be in. Suns have weak interior defense and Mihm was getting basket after basket...but he went small with scrubs like Green, Sasha, Puke..

Bynum is too slow for this style of ball.

Disagree with Phil's lineups all you want, but small ball vs. small ball works best.

I have to disagree
Was Shaq too slow for the Kings or Mavs style of play back in the day when we had him?
Bynum or Mihm would be a advantage to us because of their size againts the Suns
Since Kobe is tired, we would be able to hand Bynum or Mihm the ball
Dont forget, we would be able to set the pace

Shaq in his prime wasn't too slow. Shaq out of his prime (fat Shaq) was/is. Why do you think Shaq struggled so much with the Suns this year? Why did he sit for most of the crucial parts of the game? Why has Amare ran all up and down him when they've faced one another?

Because Amare is more talented than Shaq. Are you telling me that if we had Yao, we should sit him because he's too slow?

ROFL@them starting to play defense with 1 min left wat the hell

Meh....at least our main competitors all lost tonight (save Minny).

Fortunate we are.

If only we won the game last night......

jsm0331 wrote:

mvp wrote:Kobe played terribly tonight.

Correction, Lakers played terrible tonight.

In other words, Kobe played terrible tonight.

Kobe-20 4th quarter points tonight.

Wow, 20 in this 4th. 21 in last night's first, and the game last night went into OT. He's got to be tired as hell. MITCH...GET HIM SOME DAMN HELP!

I don´t want to know what happened to the Lakers dicsussion forum

SKKG wrote:Because Amare is more talented than Shaq. Are you telling me that if we had Yao, we should sit him because he's too slow?

No, because what's their other options? Deke? Howard?

I said if the team thinks they have options on their team that would allow them to successfully matchup small vs small. Rockets don't have that, at least come up with a realistic comparison.

jsm0331 wrote:

SKKG wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:

KB8@CL wrote:

Danny Ainge wrote:This is where having Bynum in would help because of his length to alter shots in the paint.

Phil is really annoying with his lineup.
Mihm or Bynum should be in. Suns have weak interior defense and Mihm was getting basket after basket...but he went small with scrubs like Green, Sasha, Puke..

Bynum is too slow for this style of ball.

Disagree with Phil's lineups all you want, but small ball vs. small ball works best.

No, it doesn't. In that case, why doesn't every team matchup to the Suns? The rule is you play your most talented guys

You sure about that? Then why have other coaches gone small against the Suns when they can?

Not all teams can do this, the majority of teams don't have the roster options on their team that would allow them to do this.

But Phil seems to be rather confident in the smaller players he has and has opted to go small vs small.

Which teams have tried to matchup against them?

And yes, Phil has gone small against the Suns, which is why we're 0-2. You know, you can talk if the outcome had been different, but when the scoreboard is as it is, I might just keep my mouth shut. I know I would.

When Kobe wasn't hitting his shots, he came out in the 3rd looking for others but no one could hit anything. Tonight just reenforces the idea that this entire team depends on Kobe and when his shots are falling, there really is no one else that can step up.

I wish we would have played a better game, but did yall really expect to win this one?

Suns are one of the best teams in the league. This is our 2nd game in as many nights, and most of our players used up all they had in the OT last night. I expected a flat performance and that's what I saw. No shocker.

jsm0331 wrote:

SKKG wrote:Because Amare is more talented than Shaq. Are you telling me that if we had Yao, we should sit him because he's too slow?

No, because what's their other options? Deke? Howard?

I said if the team thinks they have options on their team that would allow them to successfully matchup small vs small. Rockets don't have that, at least come up with a realistic comparison.

Howard is better than Cook. And we don't know if Bynum couldn't make the same impact as Yao because Phil hasn't played him yet.

Kobe's teammates were 23/55 for 41.8 percent from the field

Kobe was 12/33 for 36.3 percent from the field; he was also 4/13 from three point land.

Kobe's horrible shooting tonight was a main reason why we lost.

mulisha wrote:When Kobe wasn't hitting his shots, he came out in the 3rd looking for others but no one could hit anything. Tonight just reenforces the idea that this entire team depends on Kobe and when his shots are falling, there really is no one else that can step up.

Bing-f'in - o


20 Pts in the 4th after 50+ the previous night (and he is going up a against a decent defender in Bell)? I dont give a rats arse .....get that dude some help. He shouldnt HAVE to drop $35-45 pts every night just to have a chance.

A friggin chance.....

mulisha wrote:When Kobe wasn't hitting his shots, he came out in the 3rd looking for others but no one could hit anything. Tonight just reenforces the idea that this entire team depends on Kobe and when his shots are falling, there really is no one else that can step up.

which is exactly why odom needs to be traded. when kobe's game isn't going, no one else can chip in and help out.

the suns have eddie house to spark off the bench, nash to score, raja bell to go off, barbosa, diaw, MARION, etc etc etc.

who do the lakers have that can go off? odom? NO. devean george? no, not more than 20 pionts for sure. mihm? lol?

this is exactly why we need a legitimate 20ppg scorer to give us another offensive weapon.

walton can't do anything but pass
sasha can't do anything but be a spot up shooter


damn. we're so desperate. after watching games like these, i don't know how we have 21 wins so far this season.

apparently, our defense is what has been key for us. but wow, our defense was absolutely non-existent tonight.

any team that uses the pick n' roll play a billion times a game against us, we get screwed so hard.

mvp wrote:Kobe's teammates were 23/55 for 41.8 percent from the field

Kobe was 12/33 for 36.3 percent from the field; he was also 4/13 from three point land.

Kobe's horrible shooting tonight was a main reason why we lost.

BUT he had 37pts
thats a little bit over 1/3 of the pts scored from the Lakers
No-one else is stepping up

SKKG wrote:Which teams have tried to matchup against them?

Nuggets, Sonics, Bulls, Wolves (for short durations), Mavs, Bucks, Hawks

Total_Package wrote:

mvp wrote:Kobe's teammates were 23/55 for 41.8 percent from the field

Kobe was 12/33 for 36.3 percent from the field; he was also 4/13 from three point land.

Kobe's horrible shooting tonight was a main reason why we lost.

BUT he had 37pts
thats a little bit over 1/3 of the pts scored from the Lakers
No-one else is stepping up

it's because he was trying to get the lakers back in thae game by shooting all those 3's at the end....

mvp wrote:Kobe's teammates were 23/55 for 41.8 percent from the field

Kobe was 12/33 for 36.3 percent from the field; he was also 4/13 from three point land.

Kobe's horrible shooting tonight was a main reason why we lost.

I disagree that Kobe's horrible shooting was the main reason. I remember at least 5+ shots where he had the ball with just a few ticks on the clock. Plus, he was chucking up threes late in the 4th because the deficit was so large.... I would have him do the same thing. Being generous, let's say 5 of those shots he made and missed out of pure necessity. That puts him at 12/28 "real" shots... that puts him at 43%... better than the rest of the team that had WIDE OPEN LOOKS.

SKKG wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:

SKKG wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:

KB8@CL wrote:

Danny Ainge wrote:This is where having Bynum in would help because of his length to alter shots in the paint.

Phil is really annoying with his lineup.
Mihm or Bynum should be in. Suns have weak interior defense and Mihm was getting basket after basket...but he went small with scrubs like Green, Sasha, Puke..

Bynum is too slow for this style of ball.

Disagree with Phil's lineups all you want, but small ball vs. small ball works best.

No, it doesn't. In that case, why doesn't every team matchup to the Suns? The rule is you play your most talented guys

You sure about that? Then why have other coaches gone small against the Suns when they can?

Not all teams can do this, the majority of teams don't have the roster options on their team that would allow them to do this.

But Phil seems to be rather confident in the smaller players he has and has opted to go small vs small.

Which teams have tried to matchup against them?

And yes, Phil has gone small against the Suns, which is why we're 0-2. You know, you can talk if the outcome had been different, but when the scoreboard is as it is, I might just keep my mouth shut. I know I would.

Thing is your not going to beat them at their game. So why try? Lets play big inside basketball the kind we know gets us good looks and not 27 foot shots that havent a prayer in the world. But Offense really isnt the story tonight its defense and on defense they hacke dinto our paint at will and we had to big to intimidate shots. I thought putting Bynum would through them out of their rythym just a bit. They exploited our weakness and we didnt exploit theirs which is lack of frontcourt depth. Not to say our front court is that well off but at the momment it is better than a Amare absent club.