I believe Bosh made a lot of his points off pick and rolls or turnovers. Hard to blame Gasol fully.
I think Heat defense really hurt the Lakers. When a team plays that kind of D on the Lakers, they get into trouble. Boston exposed that past couple of seasons.
I don't know if Gasol is the jealous type, but you could possibly make the argument that he might be resenting the current roll Andrew has been on. I personally don't think he does--he in facts relish the fact that there is someone to help him rebound. Lamar Odom might be the more likely candidate to envy Bynum's surge.
meh Kobe's last couple of 3pt attempts werent that bad of a shot. The last one was open, though it was from about 28 ft, and not that bad considering the cir stances (down by 4, no timeouts).
Kobe just needs to wait a little longer before he starts going into hero mode. I dont think Pau/Bynum got any post touches in the last 3 mins or so. Inexcusable considering their talent and Miami's lack of interior D.
+1
If anything the corner 3 was the ill advised shot. If you watch the replay though you will find he hit that exact same shot on the previous possesion so I can see why he would take it.... but more patience in that situation would have been better. The 28 footer was a decent look and certainly within his range. It was gamble but one many coaches would take on the road with the clock and TO situation what it was. Many here are calling me an idiot for saying so but i'd rather go for it and have a legitimate chance to tie or win rather than depend on the Heat missing all thier freebies and hoping you can get several possesion down fullcourt in 15 or so seconds.
Anyway, nice post. Agreed on the bigs touches as well. For that though i blame both Bryant and the bigs. They need to stop being so passive and demand the ball and Kobe has to trust a little more.
...as for the OP...if i was Pau, Id be pissed I let Bosh use me.
If Kobe turns into a shot hogging chucker, it's up to Phil to sit his ass down for a bit. So why isn't Phil doing anything?
I love how lakerfan/others write Kobe's bull antics off then turn around with smack.
Random fan: "He just needs to learn when to go into hero mode and when to trust his teammates"
Lakerfan: "yeah, yeah, exactly! he's never had any teammates to trust!! they don't demand the ball from him enough!"
... 5 mins later
Kobe: 5
Duncan: 4
Kobe's so much better!
pathetic
Phil stopped coaching Kobe in 04, tbh.
Laker fans are priceless. Do any of you guys even understand what Pau means to your team? So Pau can be scrutinized for his defense, but Kobe gets a pass for doing pretty much doing nothing defensively game after game?
Fact: a post shot from Pau or Bynum is a higher percentage shot than a forced, contested long 2 by Kobe. Bynum absolutely abused Dampier on the only post up opportunity he had, then got frozen out the rest of the way.
I'll just say this, if Tim Duncan had Kobe's mindset going into this season he'd be putting up close to 20 and 10...and the Spurs would be a 5/6 seed at best.
I think killakobe said this, and I agree to an extent. If Kobe shoots a lot, but is efficient in doing so, then so be it. However, he rarely does this seeing as how his shot selection is pretty awful. The flip side of this argument is that Kobe shouldn't have to jack up a ton of shots for this LA team to win. Odom, Pau, Bynum, and even Brown on some nights, are all capable of scoring 15-20 points.
Kobe can be ty on defense (at times) but in the 4th (last night) he was not ...Wades buckets for the most part came off screens ...so It's not like I dont appreciate Pau. The problem is when the game gets rough sometimes he wimps out. Kobe may miss and sometimes ... miss A LOT but he always COMPETES and that to me matters ...most.
Kobe: 5
Duncan: 4
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