The Kobe - Pau pick n' roll was working magnificently well when we started deploying it in game 1 and again in game 2 but why is it being used very few times? Niether KG nor their perimeter players had any clue as how to defend it and they tended to overplay on Kobe (which BTW is part of their gameplan) and this opened up pretty high % looks for Pau. This is a blatantly noticeable point to exploit with the Celtics.
Then Phil goes away from it to run the triangle plays and a 10-0 run ensues. Its no secret that our defense comes out only when we start scoring, so why not employ this more or does Phil want to mix it up more and use it less sporadically?
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Part of why it's not working is that the Celtics are actively trying to stop it and because the rest of the L.A. offense is floundering, they are able to attack that and let the ball reversal action go forward and then break down.
You can't run the same play again and again and again while expecting the other team (especially the best defensive team in the league) not to adjust and stop it.
What the Lakers REALLY need to do is work on getting their ball reversal to end with Pau in the pinch post, facing the basket and attacking that way; the Celtics, especially when they put Perk on Gasol, need to have to worry about Gasol. He got, what, 11 shots in game one and 12 shots in game 2.
In Game One, that was as many shots as Odom. In Game Two, as many as Radmanovic. In Game 2, it was understandable and he was on pace to shoot a good amount until the fourth, where it is understandable that he wasn't going to shoot that much. The 4Q was the Kobe Show and it was working, so there was no need to screw it up. But a few more isolations earlier in the game would have been worthwhile.
There was a really bad stretch to open the second quarter when the reserves were in (Sasha, Luke, Ronny, Trevor and Jordan) and there was that 13-0 run the C's put up in the 3rd...
Realistically, this game was won on the strength of the drawn foul; the disparity at the line was +28 in attempts and +17 in makes. With the game lost by 6 points, I think the importance thereof is fairly clear. When the free throw disparity is triple the final margin, the refs dominated the game.
The thing of it is, they weren't calling anything especially undue on the Celtics... except for Leon Powe, who drew 13 FTA in 15 minutes on 7 shots somehow. I know he was going hard to the basket but that's kind of a shocker.
Anyway, the next pair are in L.A., so it should be interesting. It'll be big trouble if Boston steals a game, though, so L.A. needs to really settle in, defend and get into an offensive flow.
EDIT: Fixed typo; +28 attempts.
You can't run the same play again and again and again while expecting the other team (especially the best defensive team in the league) not to adjust and stop it.
What the Lakers REALLY need to do is work on getting their ball reversal to end with Pau in the pinch post, facing the basket and attacking that way; the Celtics, especially when they put Perk on Gasol, need to have to worry about Gasol. He got, what, 11 shots in game one and 12 shots in game 2.
In Game One, that was as many shots as Odom. In Game Two, as many as Radmanovic. In Game 2, it was understandable and he was on pace to shoot a good amount until the fourth, where it is understandable that he wasn't going to shoot that much. The 4Q was the Kobe Show and it was working, so there was no need to screw it up. But a few more isolations earlier in the game would have been worthwhile.
There was a really bad stretch to open the second quarter when the reserves were in (Sasha, Luke, Ronny, Trevor and Jordan) and there was that 13-0 run the C's put up in the 3rd...
Realistically, this game was won on the strength of the drawn foul; the disparity at the line was +28 in attempts and +17 in makes. With the game lost by 6 points, I think the importance thereof is fairly clear. When the free throw disparity is triple the final margin, the refs dominated the game.
The thing of it is, they weren't calling anything especially undue on the Celtics... except for Leon Powe, who drew 13 FTA in 15 minutes on 7 shots somehow. I know he was going hard to the basket but that's kind of a shocker.
Anyway, the next pair are in L.A., so it should be interesting. It'll be big trouble if Boston steals a game, though, so L.A. needs to really settle in, defend and get into an offensive flow.
EDIT: Fixed typo; +28 attempts.