At least Kobe shot 50%!

[midnightpulp]

Well done, Mamba.

[HarlemHeat37]

Come on man..give him some credit..the man is playing with like 10 000 injuries according to ESPN, I'm surprised he can even walk..where amazing happens..

[midnightpulp]

Come on man..give him some credit..the man is playing with like 10 000 injuries according to ESPN, I'm surprised he can even walk..where amazing happens..

Never ends. It's like the media can't let their golden boy go.

[Bob Lanier]

So at least his game-interrupting massage had a happy ending.

[MiamiHeat]

he shot only 2-3 times in entire first half LOL

guy is such a fucking drama queen

no balance.

[duhoh]

So at least his game-interrupting massage had a happy ending.

wrong on so many levels :lol

[jestersmash]

It's a good step forward.

Next step, go for 6-12. Maintain 50% from the field and carefully but surely increase your shot selection at the expense of the bench scrubs who were 1-7 or 1-8 tonight.

Yeah maybe 10 shots is a bit overboard, but then again it wouldn't have mattered for this particular game. He continues shooting 50% and takes shots that farmar, etc. took, fakers still don't win so it's a moot point.

But as far as personal improvement goes, he's on the right track.

Problem is, he really needs to re-learn how to get to the line again, drive hard, draw contact. It's like he just lost it.

If Ginobili can get it back over the course of a few months, kobe can get it back as well. That's not a talent you just lose out of the blue, it's a slow process.

[Kori Ellis]

Problem is, he really needs to re-learn how to get to the line again, drive hard, draw contact. It's like he just lost it.


:lol That's a little dramatic. He got to the line 15 times just 2 games ago.

[mogrovejo]

Come on man..give him some credit..the man is playing with like 10 000 injuries according to ESPN, I'm surprised he can even walk..where amazing happens..

Well, at least it seems he's feeling better about that finger. His shooting accuracy wouldn't have improved for any other reason.

[Cane]

He also led the team in minutes (32) and turnovers (3).

The Lakers were trying to force feed their bigs instead of getting a smooth offensive flow and it showed. Kobe and the rest of the Lakers looked discombobulated.

[NewJerSpur]

The Lakers need to utilize their size advantage more inside instead of jacking up outside shots (with the exception of Gasol and Fisher from behind the arc)....if a guy is being doubled they need to repost. Bynum and Pau have been getting off to decent starts while Odom and Artest have been taking bad jumpers.

[mogrovejo]

The Lakers need to utilize their size advantage more inside instead of jacking up outside shots (with the exception of Gasol and Fisher from behind the arc)....if a guy is being doubled they need to repost. Bynum and Pau have been getting off to decent starts while Odom and Artest have been taking bad jumpers.

Gasol is 0-5 for the season from behind the arc.

The Lakers have a serious problem with spacing. Difficult for them to make the entry post pass. The Thunder are fronting their bigs, forcing them to catch very deep and doubling hard on the baseline - but when the ball goes out, the Lakers can't punish them. It's a problem the Lakes have had all season - Farmar is their only player player shooting above 36% from downtown for the season. Fisher seems to be in good form, but Artest is going through a horrible slump.

The Lakers need better ball movement, more pick'n'rolls, quicker ball reversals, a quicker inside-outside game. Post up isolations won't achieve the goal of getting shots to the bigs, they did it a lot today and Gasol/Bynum combined for 20 shots.

[NewJerSpur]

Gasol is 0-5 for the season from behind the arc.

The Lakers have a serious problem with spacing. Difficult for them to make the entry post pass. The Thunder are fronting their bigs, forcing them to catch very deep and doubling hard on the baseline - but when the ball goes out, the Lakers can't punish them. It's a problem the Lakes have had all season - Farmar is their only player player shooting above 36% from downtown for the season. Fisher seems to be in good form, but Artest is going through a horrible slump.

The Lakers need better ball movement, more pick'n'rolls, quicker ball reversals, a quicker inside-outside game. Post up isolations won't achieve the goal of getting shots to the bigs, they did it a lot today and Gasol/Bynum combined for 20 shots.

I wasn't saying Gasol from behind the arc, I was saying Fisher from behind the arc. Gasol came up because I was referring to him shooting in general.

The other option they have is to try and work a high and low at the top of the key when Bynum and Gasol are on the floor together, especially given how close the Thunder are playing them. And I'd still be trying to repost after a double team and having the bigs go quicker on their offensive moves the second time around. Bynum got good position but tried to gather himself for dunks on a few occasions rather than just taking the best shot available.

[TheMACHINE]

The Lakers need to utilize their size advantage more inside instead of jacking up outside shots (with the exception of Gasol and Fisher from behind the arc)....if a guy is being doubled they need to repost. Bynum and Pau have been getting off to decent starts while Odom and Artest have been taking bad jumpers.

wtf...did you not watch the game last night?

The whole first quarter was feeding the big men inside....and it failed cuz we have a pair of pussy's

[DAF86]

:lol That's a little dramatic. He got to the line 15 times just 2 games ago.

lol Kobe fan

[DazedAndConfused]

It's hard to feed it into the post when the opposing team is allowed to hack, slash, and push off. If the refs aren't going to make those calls, it's impossible to effectively pass into the post.

Watch Game 5 be the complete opposite of Games 3/4. The refs will start making those calls, the Thunder will be less aggressive with their defense, and the Lakers will dominate the post.

[cobbler]

He also led the team in minutes (32) and turnovers (3).

The Lakers were trying to force feed their bigs instead of getting a smooth offensive flow and it showed. Kobe and the rest of the Lakers looked discombobulated.

Two of those turnovers had nothing to do with the entry pass. He simply got caught in the air and made dumb cross court passes. The other was a dribbling fuck up. He also led the team in assists, as usual. The Lakers looked discombobulated because the post players got pushed off the blocks and often outhustled.

[MiamiHeat]

Kobe has no idea how to play basketball, I seriously believe this.

He either refuses to play and just passes, or goes into KoMe mode

try to feed the paint, but if you have a shot, TAKE IT.

make the defense respect ALL parts of your offense.

if you sit there and turn into a predictable "HAI GUYS IM GONNA JUST FORCE FEED ALL QUARTER" then of course it doesnt work.

[supervietnamlakers]

kobe shots 10 times. same with bynum. same with gasol. and lakers lose by 20 points :lmao



you guys are stupid? i hope not, lakers play inside and kobe tries to pass and makes everyone involve and the lakers lose bigger than game 3.



if kobe shots too much you hate him, he passes and involves teammates who cant score on wide open shots, and you still hate him?:lol


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