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The Portland game was rock bottom. It's been a steady climb since.
I don't know how many people caught this, but the Spurs just beat two winning teams on back to back nights.
Nobody is consistently putting up stellar numbers (except Duncan who sat out last night), but it looks like it doesn't matter. It looks like we're finally seeing this team gel together
The Portland game was rock bottom. It's been a steady climb since.
Yes spurs did but the Lakers without Gasol and Kobe playing hurt doesnt mean a great deal.I don't know how many people caught this, but the Spurs just beat two winning teams on back to back nights.
Nobody is consistently putting up stellar numbers (except Duncan who sat out last night), but it looks like it doesn't matter. It looks like we're finally seeing this team gel together
It means that we are now 3rd in the west and creaping up on the fakers!
i expect to see you in the WCFIt means that we are now 3rd in the west and creaping up on the fakers!
Just stay healthy enough to get there first.
i expect to see you in the WCF
its still a win, we all know what happens when you underestimate a shorthanded team.
This same laker team beat the mavs with kobe playing even less. It means something. Also the big east beast is coming up in the game. Big up to blair.
The Spurs were outplaying them when Kobe was in (-6) and they got a great performance out Bynum, so I don't think you can ready nothing from it either.
Actually, most encouraging was the fact that it's been Odom who has given us the biggest matchup problems down low in the past, and our bigs handled him rather easily on Tuesday.
The last two games the Spurs have shown something that was lacking previously. No matter what you call it(backbone, grit, etc.), it's a welcome sight.
Although I wouldn't be completely sold on the Spurs yet. However they have been playing with heart and intensity the last couple of game and that's something they have really lacked so far this year.
Na Kobe Bryant is due a major injury. You guys cant go anywhere with out him.
i expect to see you in the WCF
I agree.. It was a breath of fresh air watching parker/ginobili/jefferson all make clutch plays at OKC without duncan. Things are on the up.. BLAIR! Thats all I gotta say.
I agree! Its about time the Lakers suffer some injuries! Everyone is concerned about the old spurs and them being injured and thats why the lakers will win it again... but look where we are right now, the old Spurs are healthy and the lakers are not. (i know bonner and finley are out, but i'm on the side that says we don't need them and they slow us down defensively).
I agree that they are playing with a lot more intensity now as opposed to before where it seems that the team was just going through the motions.
Although, the one thing that frightens me are these large droughts without points. I think last night there were multiple 3 minute droughts without scoring where we couldn't even get a play together.
Why is he? Kobe has had plenty of injures over the years...he just plays through it.
no lakers will go nowhere without him it's the same for any team
I feel this way too. Been a slow, but steady uphill climb since then. Lots of improvement to go, but look better every game.
lakers will offically be healthy tomorrow when Pau returns.
Lakers have suffered injures the past two years in the playoffs...bynum, ariza and bynum not completely healthy last year.
People said Lakers would win it all again wether spurs were healthy or not it wasn't just down to them being healthy.
Actually, I think all the other teams will be fine if Kobe is injured.
Actually, I think all the other teams will be fine if Kobe is injured.
The droughts don't frighten me, I think we have enough offencive players to drown that out. However the weakness in Spurs paint defence is pretty worrisome.
Exactly - this is when Jefferson needs to take it to the rack and get to the line. Slash already. That's one of the main reasons he's here anyway.
And now we have Blair, who can eat up space and draw fouls as well. There's no reason for us to go into such scoring droughts...it only means that we're shooting too many long jumpers.
Against the Lakers, a 22 point lead was cut to 6, and I only remember LA hitting one three the whole time - and that three was countered by one from Manu. They cut our lead down because we made so many ridiculous turnovers that it was humiliating. And all they did was dump it into Bynum, and of course Pop refused to double him.
With our offensive firepower and slashers such as RJ, Manu, and TP, there's no excuse to have long scoring droughts. In those cir stances we need to get ourselves to the line.
I defenitely think this game was a turning point. Unfortunately, it was a turning point in the wrong direction.
Pop's over-shortened & confusing lineups, Duncan MIA's, and subs ution patterns are gonna catch up to this team eventually. There is no flow or consistency that the players can get used to. This is going to take its toll as we head into the 2nd half of the season.
Not developing Mahinmi and/or getting Ratliff involved on a regular basis is going to be very costly as well. That goes for Hairston to a lesser degree, moreso if Keith Bogans can't get his shooting act together. Haislip I would have imagined as a situational player, but there doesn't appear to be any situation Pop thinks he is suitable for.
The real shame in all this is this team has what it takes to win another championship with some halfway decent coaching.
We'll see
No. Not at all. It seems to me that these inconsistencies are the reason why all of our top players are healthy (besides parker). The fakers and celtics are hurt because their top players play a lot more minutes than ours do. This strategy is definitely going to pay dividends in the long run imo.
I agree. It proves Lakers have no depth more than anything.
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