That's the problem: keeping him out of foul trouble. And Bynum didn't do a good job of that tonight. But still it shouldn't happen that often. And the only way that Bynum should get in foul trouble is from LeBron driving to the basket. Otherwise, it shouldn't really happen. Z doesn't really like to post that much. Yeah, he has that big sweeping hook, but he's much more comfortable hitting the outside j. And AV isn't going to get Bynum in foul trouble.
So, there's no reason except LeBron that Bynum should get in foul trouble. He just has to stay disciplined, box out, move his feet and not reach for rebounds and defense and he should be able to stay out of foul trouble.
And I think that the confidence that Bynum will have knowing that Kobe is on his team as well as Pau will give him a lot of confidence.
Bynum has shown me a lot over the last several years in the improvement that I have seen in his game.
And if they put Z on Pau, Pau will eat him alive. Z is way too slow to guard Pau. Pau would put the ball on the floor and go right past him.
They could try Ben Wallace if Ben is healthy enough. But Ben is much smaller than Pau and Bynum. And he's not the same defensive force that he was earlier in his prime. And he could only guard one of them. The other one has some sort of mismatch.
Last year, the Jazz had a healthy squad while we were missing Ariza and Bynum and still managed to win comfortably. This year, Jazz are missing an important piece in Okur (who changes the whole dynamic of the game) while we're at full force and we managed to win the first two games by 10, with game 2 being a lot closer than it should be. This series isn't as easy as people make it out to be.
Bynum has a habit of getting himself into foul trouble. He did that earlier this year too. Now it's showing again. Whether or not he'll play better remains to be seen, but I hope he starts playing smarter because we're going to need him if we want to win. I think it's safe to say if we do meet the Cavs in the Finals, LBJ is going to get a lot of calls because he is so strong and is looking to attack so much.
Bynum knows hes strong as but he needs to chill back. He's literally running over players. I like his agressiveness but he's just trying to be too physical & pickin up dumb fouls. Hopefully he'll learn if he watches some game tape
You can't say the Jazz are in trouble so much when they won tonight with Deron Williams playing like crap also so him and Kobe off-setted each other tonight.
Did I stutter?
Prediction for game 4 ?
I will give you Utah and 6 points.
Utah pulled it off? I got bored and stopped watching at halftime figuring the lakers would get in gear, but guess they never did. This should've been over in 4.
That's what he has to do. He is relatively new to playoff basketball and he seems like he's in LA LA LAnd. I think Phil should bring him off the bench. The way he's picking up fouls he wont get much pt in this series. Bring him off the bench and he'll be a bigger help to the Lakers and he'll stay on the floor longer.
I picked the lakers to lose this game but I thought it would be a much bigger margin than the 2 points it turned out to be. I still like the lakers in 5.
I agree. We were playing much better with Pau and Lamar as the starters. Pau and Drew just clogs up to paint for Kobe (if he ever decides to drive, damn it) and limits the space for Pau to operate 1 on 1. Drew as the starter isn't working so far so why not bench him. Collins isn't a threat offensively so Pau can get away with guarding him and we can put Odom on Boozer. Pau gets overpowered by Boozer anyway and he doesn't even jump to contest. At least with Odom, we have a better chance of guarding him.
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