NBA: 50/50 Harden/Lakers

[DMC]

James Harden hits 50 for the first time in his career



The Lakers reached the 50-loss mark for the second straight season and only the fifth in the franchise's 67-year history. That compares to 32 seasons with 50 or more victories and 16 NBA championships.

[Koolaid_Man]

stop making bull lame ass threads...ok fat fingers....go stick your fatty Native American fingers in M>s ass and leave the keyboard alone....

[Killakobe81]

James Harden hits 50 for the first time in his career



The Lakers reached the 50-loss mark for the second straight season and only the fifth in the franchise's 67-year history. That compares to 32 seasons with 50 or more victories and 16 NBA championships.

I wallow in the misery of our second straight 50 (heck, I'm shooting for 60 or more!!!) if Russel Towns or Okafor are wearing purple and gold next year ...

With our luck lately we end up with Mudiay who I a m not sold on ... but hoping for the best.

And 50 is 5o who cares if 22 came from FT's ...

[DMC]

I wallow in the misery of our second straight 50 (heck, I'm shooting for 60 or more!!!) if Russel Towns or Okafor are wearing purple and gold next year ...

With our luck lately we end up with Mudiay who I a m not sold on ... but hoping for the best.

And 50 is 5o who cares if 22 came from FT's ...

They should care. For one, you don't want your offense predicated on getting to the line. That's historically not worked out well during the playoffs. Secondly, and most important, is that you don't want half your offense coming from one guy. That has absolutely not worked out well in the playoffs.

Harden scored 28 points from the field, the rest were from the line. So if it was a real score summary, it would read like "James Harden finishes with 50 points, 22 of those coming by way of the free throw".

I never understood why they say "free throw" or "charity stripe" then say "make him go to the line and earn them". How can it be both?

[Killakobe81]

They should care. For one, you don't want your offense predicated on getting to the line. That's historically not worked out well during the playoffs. Secondly, and most important, is that you don't want half your offense coming from one guy. That has absolutely not worked out well in the playoffs.

Harden scored 28 points from the field, the rest were from the line. So if it was a real score summary, it would read like "James Harden finishes with 50 points, 22 of those coming by way of the free throw".

I never understood why they say "free throw" or "charity stripe" then say "make him go to the line and earn them". How can it be both?

You may be right yet I still don't care. I hope that they lose in the playoffs not cuz of Harden but I want to see the Coward and Lurch fail miserably.

if you played in a compe ive league with Harden Im sure you would want to punch him in the face. And a s fan of a rival team his act is probably loathsome. But I am always telling the kids I coach or yelling at my Lakers to drive to the basket. Harden does ...at least when he is not playing hero iso ball on the perimeter. Drawing fouls not only helps himself but also his team. He is also causing foul trouble on his defenders.

[da_suns_fan]

Hes a sixth man. Not worth a max contract.

[djohn2oo8]

They should care. For one, you don't want your offense predicated on getting to the line. That's historically not worked out well during the playoffs. Secondly, and most important, is that you don't want half your offense coming from one guy. That has absolutely not worked out well in the playoffs.

Harden scored 28 points from the field, the rest were from the line. So if it was a real score summary, it would read like "James Harden finishes with 50 points, 22 of those coming by way of the free throw".

I never understood why they say "free throw" or "charity stripe" then say "make him go to the line and earn them". How can it be both?

A bigger problem is the Rockets are a live by the three die by the three team with no real offensive strategy. That will get you in more trouble in the playoffs than free throws. When their 3's don't go in the team looks absolutely clueless on what to do.

[RsxPiimp]

Always hated Hardens game but he's legit this year.

[DMC]

You may be right yet I still don't care. I hope that they lose in the playoffs not cuz of Harden but I want to see the Coward and Lurch fail miserably.

if you played in a compe ive league with Harden Im sure you would want to punch him in the face. And a s fan of a rival team his act is probably loathsome. But I am always telling the kids I coach or yelling at my Lakers to drive to the basket. Harden does ...at least when he is not playing hero iso ball on the perimeter. Drawing fouls not only helps himself but also his team. He is also causing foul trouble on his defenders.

Ok, saying you don't care isn't the same as saying "who cares?" as if any 50pt performance is the same as any other.

[LkrFan]

In over 60 seasons, the Lakers missed the playoffs like 5 times. The last 2? Tanking. Pity post.

[The Gemini Method]

In over 60 seasons, the Lakers missed the playoffs like 5 times. The last 2? Tanking. Pity post.

Tough times my fellow Laker brethren...

[LkrFan]

Tough times my fellow Laker brethren...

We aight. History tells me we'll be back. Eddie Jones, Baby Drew, and Julius Randle - off the top of my head are the latest lottery players we picked up. If B Scott don't mess it up, we should have another high pick after this debacle of a season is over with.

[Killakobe81]

Ok, saying you don't care isn't the same as saying "who cares?" as if any 50pt performance is the same as any other.

DMc after this week how many guys really are going to go back and check that boxscore to see he took that many Ft's?

For Rox fans they will say "remember that night when Harden hit 50? Even McGrady never did it"

For some hardcore NBA fans and analytics guys? Maybe.

Casual sports fan will see that last 3 forced over two guys on ESPN (which was a horrible Worst of Kobe type shot) and be impressed with the degree of difficulty.

Maybe I should of said not many NBA fans will care in the end ...it's still 50.

[Killakobe81]

Of course it sucks that we lost 50 back to back. It's in the books in ink. But if we get Okafor Towns or Russell to be a #2 and can lure a #1 in the next two years we should be good. I doubt even with Okafor we make playoffs next year but that's ok ...as long as we in 35-40 games ...

Man, has the bar been lowered ...

[unleashbaynes]

I like that kid Towns.....very good post scorer...

[DMC]

DMc after this week how many guys really are going to go back and check that boxscore to see he took that many Ft's?

For Rox fans they will say "remember that night when Harden hit 50? Even McGrady never did it"

For some hardcore NBA fans and analytics guys? Maybe.

Casual sports fan will see that last 3 forced over two guys on ESPN (which was a horrible Worst of Kobe type shot) and be impressed with the degree of difficulty.

Maybe I should of said not many NBA fans will care in the end ...it's still 50.

We're still talking about how meaningless TMacs stats were. So yeah.