Tues. 12/28 - Lakers @ Spurs - Predictions & Comments

20 pt loss!!!!!

Okay.... I'll say it.

I'd rather have Farmar than Blake. Kill me. I don't care.

Despite being a momentum killer at times, Farmar was capable of going off in any given game.

Blake is good at bricking 3s consistently and having zero impact on the game.

DeJuan Blair was a huge rookie second round steals for the Spurs !

This thread is hiliarious...Some posters here

wow... i think i should just take a break as a Lakers fan until this team wants their fans to root for them.

kkmrx7 wrote:Okay.... I'll say it.

I'd rather have Farmar than Blake. Kill me. I don't care.

Despite being a momentum killer at times, Farmar was capable of going off in any given game.

Blake is good at bricking 3s consistently and having zero impact on the game.

No way. We would have 4 or 5 more losses with him in the second unit...

lakers_09tv wrote:

The Original 81 wrote:

lakers_09tv wrote:And it's clear what yours is.

Yeah, I'm a Lakers fan like 99% of this board.

I doubt that, you seem more like a Kobe fan.

There isn't ONE example showing how I'm a Kobe fan. In fact, I'm not even defending him. He had a terrible game and isn't looking good AT ALL right now.

Lakers will lose tomorrow as well

Blake needs to attack the basket more. At least attempt to penetrate into the key to draw the defense in, and make the defense work a little.

jumper... jumper... jumper.... fumble... jumper... jumper....loses balll.... jumper.... jumper.... hold ball... look lost... lose ball... jumper... jumper.... jumper...


that's the game folks. we have no game right now. no athleticism to compete. no shooting..

I can't wait to see these guys in the playoffs. I bet it'll be like 2008 all over.

I must say, Clippers fans and die hards of mediocre or scrub franchises deserve a s*** ton of props. This game is absolutely brutal but at least it's just one game. Even their recent string of crap performances, at least LA is still well over .500. To watch your franchise blow it year after year and still fly their colors takes a hell of a lot of dedication.

I didnt get to watch the game but this loss is just another bump I guess, but lately its just been bump after bump after bump so this loss certainly hurts. I figured we would bounce back after 2 embarrassing loss but.. Oh well...

Shannon has 11 rebounds??!!

Furious Laker wrote:Lakers will lose tomorrow as well

i wouldn't bet against you. :)

Furious Laker wrote:Lakers will lose tomorrow as well

Yeah...its real probable.

geezuz...smush and kwame might as well have still been out there.

basilhayden wrote:
No way. We would have 4 or 5 more losses with him in the second unit...

I understand I'm in the minority on this. Just stating my opinion.

Furious Laker wrote:Lakers will lose tomorrow as well

How can you even call yourself a Laker fan?

UNDERACHIEVERS??? i think it's more realistic this year than others.

Shadow wrote:I didnt get to watch the game but this loss is just another bump I guess, but lately its just been bump after bump after bump so this loss certainly hurts. I figured we would bounce back after 2 embarrassing loss but.. Oh well...

I admire your optimism, but something is seriously wrong with 3 straight blowouts

Blake & Brown were worse than Kobe tonight.... 2-15.

This team flat out sucks...

TheGoat wrote:Never thought I would be saying that we simply can't score the basketball. Our "D" has always been inconsistent, but we could always score. I dunno WTF is going on in these guys heads, but they need to right the ship.

That's true. For the last 3 seasons, the Lakers have overpowered teams largely based on their offense. Scoring 100+ a game was normal with over half of that offense coming from the paint. You could live with the Lakers not defending because they were just damn good at scoring. No team in contention even came close to their offensive potency and when they did dig down and defend, they could do it just well enough to be unstoppable.

But the last three losses have been some of the worst offense I have ever seen, for any professional basketball team. Bad entry passes, bad rotation, missed open shots, missed layups, missed fast breaks, missed free throws, too much dribbling, too much passing(i.e. Lamar passing an open shot to someone who is not open) Kobe chucking when he is dead cold, Shannon brown chucking when other players are open, turnovers, and more turnovers, and most of all: I don't even remember the last time the Lakers went on a 10-0 run or had multiple 8-0 or 12-2 type runs in a single game.

Whether it is the triangle offense showing signs of weakness(other teams are better at countering it) or whether the team isn't working out enough in the gym, or whether it is just supreme bad luck, the end result is some seriously ugly offense that turns into embarrassing losses by consequence of our normal haphazard defense.

The sad part is. The Lakers actually played decent defense for some long stretches of this game. There were definitely flashes of competent, aggressive, energetic defense tonight. But it just doesn't start on the defensive end with this team. If they aren't running their offense, nothing works.

Damn frustrating.

Call me crazy, but I'm not worried too much. We just need to get the role players to realize their roles, and stop trying to do too much. We need much better spacing so Pau can operate offensively, run the triangle and work on spacing. And we need to work on our defense, so we have the assignments...stop gambling too much like right now.

Well... At least Drew looked good. I know Kobe had a bad game and all, but if you're going to get on him, you need to get on Pau as well.

This team as is not playing well at all.