ambchang
02-26-2013, 09:05 AM
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278561
It really is no surprise that the vast majority of casual basketball fans still thinks the Lakers demise this season is due to misfortune rather than total lack of chemistry and not playing as a team.
The article came up with more excuses for the Lakers than bandwagon laker fans.
It's a good thing Danilo Gallinari was a late scratch for the Denver Nuggets. With a bruised left thigh, he couldn't have kept up with his hustling teammates as they sped past the aged and aching Los Angeles Lakers.
They almost make it sounds like if Gallinari played, the Nuggets would have lost.
And the Lakers were like a bunch of shuffle-boarders, trailing on the scoreboard and the hardwood all night long as they trudged through the second game of a difficult back-to-back.
Coming off a down-to-the-wire win at Dallas the day before, the Lakers wanted to slow down the Nuggets but just couldn't keep up with their younger, more athletic and, yes, better-rested opponents.
The entire article is about how the Lakers didn't get enough rest, and that is the reason for the lost. How about an idiot of a coach who has been pushing his aging players and not developing a bench? Playing only 8 players, with the big 3 playing 33+ minutes in both games of a back to back? Not developing any game plan other than "Let's go"?
It's sad because the uneducated public deserves to know more about the game, and like it or not, ESPN is the largest sports news outlet in North America. This idea of individuals trump all is reducing the game into a bunch of uncoordinated parts gunning for their own glory.
It really is no surprise that the vast majority of casual basketball fans still thinks the Lakers demise this season is due to misfortune rather than total lack of chemistry and not playing as a team.
The article came up with more excuses for the Lakers than bandwagon laker fans.
It's a good thing Danilo Gallinari was a late scratch for the Denver Nuggets. With a bruised left thigh, he couldn't have kept up with his hustling teammates as they sped past the aged and aching Los Angeles Lakers.
They almost make it sounds like if Gallinari played, the Nuggets would have lost.
And the Lakers were like a bunch of shuffle-boarders, trailing on the scoreboard and the hardwood all night long as they trudged through the second game of a difficult back-to-back.
Coming off a down-to-the-wire win at Dallas the day before, the Lakers wanted to slow down the Nuggets but just couldn't keep up with their younger, more athletic and, yes, better-rested opponents.
The entire article is about how the Lakers didn't get enough rest, and that is the reason for the lost. How about an idiot of a coach who has been pushing his aging players and not developing a bench? Playing only 8 players, with the big 3 playing 33+ minutes in both games of a back to back? Not developing any game plan other than "Let's go"?
It's sad because the uneducated public deserves to know more about the game, and like it or not, ESPN is the largest sports news outlet in North America. This idea of individuals trump all is reducing the game into a bunch of uncoordinated parts gunning for their own glory.