Sun. 12/2 -Lakers vs Magic - Predictions & Comments

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2/9

FT shooting is still one of if not the main reason why we lose. (DWIGHT)

FT shooting is still one of if not the main reason why we lose. (DWIGHT)

now orl will get on fire mode...and start hiting crazy shots...

Get ready for Kobe ball/ hack a dwight

Team is lazy, extremely lazy.

BicepKiss wrote:Serious im pretty sure all our losses can be blamed solely on free throws.

I don't think they are solely to blame, but it's a HUGE part in close games. Really a problem.

JGC wrote:Haha Whatever makes you feel better. But ORL hasn't had that much more practice time with their coach as we have and they even more new pieces than we do.

Acceptance is the first step folks.

Sometimes you're wrong. This isn't a video game.

why not leave Meeks in??!

sorry but this team isn't championship worthy

Doc Brown wrote:MDA needs to learn to trust the bench more. We were building a lead and then they get the yank.

^^ Agreed. It was a quick reaction and I didn't get it. We had the lead!

Whew. Finally a make.

and it start now......go to hell basketball, this is [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.]

Can't even win at home.

It's hack-a-Howard... how pathetic... what a disappointment when a player has a limited tool box yet they pay an arm and a leg to sign him. DWIGHT LEARN TO MAKE YOUR GODDAMN FT IT'S EMBARRASSING AND YOU ARE COSTING GAMES

Yeah, Stu is calling what I thought - he's scurred up there.

psh...now dwight decides to start making them.

he made both...he made both...

This team is has been frustrating to watch all season, flashes of greatness marred by chronic inconsistencies, dumb plays and what I wish I could call uncharacteristic mistakes, but how many times can these same sort of errors be made before it is simply 'characteristic' of the team? The worst part, I think, is that there really isn't a strong sense of team unity, I'm just not really convinced these guys are really on the same page with their expectations and goals. It's not that they have bad chemistry out right, but they don't have GOOD chemistry either. Contrast it to recent Lakers teams that always seemed like best buds off and on the court and it is just kind of hollow.

Still, despite all of the woes and all of the frustrating play, I'm nowhere near giving up on them, and I truly think they can turn things around, sharpen their approach, and earn back their elite status. But it's got to start happening sooner than later.

Lakerjones wrote:

BicepKiss wrote:Serious im pretty sure all our losses can be blamed solely on free throws.

I don't think they are solely to blame, but it's a HUGE part in close games. Really a problem.

There was the thought that all the fouls on Dwight would put our better shooters at the line..... I was never a real believer in it but that was the conventional wisdom here when we made the move.

Howard's free throws will be an issue no matter what IMO. Finding a way to keep him out of these situations is the best way IMO....

2-2 on that last trip....

Dwight hit them. That's nice.

Wonder how humiliating it is to know that the team is daring you to do something to beat them that 90% of the people in your profession can do with ease.

Yes, Kobe, that is actually a foul.

Trade Kobe for Afflalo.

cachooka's channel shut down again?

trodgers wrote:

JGC wrote:Haha Whatever makes you feel better. But ORL hasn't had that much more practice time with their coach as we have and they even more new pieces than we do.

Acceptance is the first step folks.

Sometimes you're wrong. This isn't a video game.

Not in this case. If I were, then this performance shouldn't upset anyone. I mean, if practice is truly a valid reason then this shouldn't be a surprise at all. Yet, it seems like people are dumbfounded....

I know it's not a video game, but its also not the game called grasping at straws for an explanation other than the actual one!