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Streaky threes have taken the 10 inch out of the Spurs ass and put it in the Lakers.
Do you suggest they bench Bynum?
Now is not the time to learn, and Odom/Pau is plenty big a center/power-forward combo against a smallball Suns team. Imposing their will with Bynum, according to you,just doesn't work?
Streaky threes have taken the 10 inch out of the Spurs ass and put it in the Lakers.
Only best player in league required. Only works if you have someone named Kobe or Jordan running it.
If Phil was young enough, I'd guarantee he'd show up where Lebron was in a year or two.
I was being sarcastic. Bynum is as lost against the zone as any other guy, including Gasol. They lack either the synchronization or the dependable outside shooting needed to beat the zone consistently. They need practices or their shots to start falling more.
No, I think they need to keep playing Bynum. The only reason they're a superior team to Phoenix is their size. Why give away their advantage voluntarily?
This series is going to come down to how the Suns defend. They can always score in bunches. If the Zone works....don't knock it. Question is....can Lakers outshoot the Suns?
Son if Phoenix some how wins I hope they play zone against the Celtics...that's going to be funny. Rondo gonna drive right past Nash and Ray Ray, Pierce, etc are going to go off
The pink elephant thingy, is that your sign off after a post?
Phil's just "letting them play through it". You know thats PJ's motto and answer to everything. The best coaching is no coachingl.
9-for-28 (32%) from three point range isn't a horrible shooting game for the Lakers. On a lot of nights, that would be a decent percentage from long range. One of the main problems is the number of three pointers and long two point jumpers the Lakers are taking. That's not who they are. If they were the Suns or the Magic and that is what their personnel catered to and what their offensive strategy was supposed to be, then it would be fine. But outside of Derek Fisher (and he's not exactly the most consistent jumpshooter anymore), they don't really feature great three point shooters. What's disturbing is the amount of threes and long jumpers their settling for against the zone.
Basically every TNT and ESPN analyst had the same thing to say before and after the game. The Lakers have to consistently attack the middle of the zone to force the defense to collapse. It's such a simple banality and generality, but that's when the Lakers can actually get better and easier shot opportunities than they have been getting. Whether by getting one of the bigs right in that free throw/high post area or by dribble penetration, the Lakers have to force the zone to collapse. They're too content in swinging the ball around the perimeter and settling for long jumpers. It shows with the number of free throw attempts they had. 13 FTA for a Laker team with such a great advantage inside means they are just not attacking the defense.
Kobe's great performance skews the numbers. The offense looked decent if you just look at the boxscore where they shot almost 50% and scored 106 points. On many nights that's a good offensive output. Not last night. Plus, in the second half, I believe ESPN said they shot something like 33% from the field against the zone. They were settling for too many jumpers and not attacking the zone.
Obviously you aren't aware of playoff Kobe then.
Phil's just "letting them play through it". You know thats PJ's motto and answer to everything. The best coaching is no coachingl.
if it works for Phil he is the greatest ever
He's 27 for 66 in these playoffs from outside the arc, a 40.9% 3 pt percentage. Not bad, but not 66%.
And if you take out last night's game, then he's 21 for 57, which is 36.8%, slightly higher than his career 34%.
True but zone defense allows him to shoot better. Having Nash in the zone is a weakness no doubt rather than Hill or Dragic guarding him. And the bigger the situation, the more Kobe focuses.
Phil's just "letting them play through it". You know thats PJ's motto and answer to everything. The best coaching is no coachingl.
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