Adande on Bynum

[iamworthy]

LOS ANGELES --- Andrew Bynum is starting to get it, but not getting it enough to recognize that scoring 15 points against Tim Duncan on Sunday was a better performance than scoring 42 points against a decimated Clippers front line, or dropping 23 points in 27 minutes against a youthful Washington Wizards squad.

Those other two games had nothing to do with the playoffs, which are all that matters in the NBA. This looked more like a postseason possibility, and if Bynum can play Duncan to a 15-15 standstill while managing to help out on Tony Parker as well, and if Manu Ginobili is going to be this erratic then the series would be a short one. Back on their home court and back at full strength, with Jordan Farmar's surprisingly early return from a knee injury completing the restoration of the full roster the Lakers lacked in a narrow Spurs victory at San Antonio Jan. 14, Los Angeles pulled away in the second half for a 99-85 victory.

Bynum was in the middle of it all. He had 11 rebounds and four blocked shots. He guarded Duncan one-on-one and held his own. He made seven of eight free throws to pick up his points on a day his field goal attempts weren't falling (4-for-10). The only thing he didn't do was acknowledge this was the best game of his recent run of double-doubles.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=Bynum-090125

[dockingsched]

good article. this was definitely bynum's most impressive performance, despite what drew himself may think.

[DEEP3CL]

Good find worthy...............Adande writing something most of us here already know. Yet the media keeps up this propaganda that the Spurs pose a serious threat to the Lakers. I'm not buying it, like you said earlier today imworthy they just don't match up to the Lakers period end of discussion .

[TommyTheCat]

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no one matches up well with the lakers if bynum plays like he has the last week or so.

[The Skyhook]

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no one matches up well with the lakers if bynum plays like he has the last week or so.

Apparently George Karl doesnt think so. He thinks that there are still alot of other teams in the west like his nuggets that stand a chance against us.

[Sedale Threatt]

Let's see what he thinks after watching Kenyon Martin try to guard one of our 7-footers over the course of an entire series. I can't begrudge his confidence, and I take no opponent for granted, but the Nuggets aren't real high on my list of most feared teams right now.

[El Hardee]

Bynum has been off the chain as of late, he just doesnt want to feel the wrath of El Hardee anymore, Props to AB.

[doozyj]

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no one matches up well with the lakers if bynum plays like he has the last week or so.

Apparently George Karl doesnt think so. He thinks that there are still alot of other teams in the west like his nuggets that stand a chance against us.

George Karl is probably just bitter that Coby was released.

[DubaLakers]

Never liked Adande, but he is a good writer, he just seems like such a wuss when I see him on TV or hear him on the radio.

[Squirrel Boy]

Im a Stein guy, Adande's a second. Not a bad article on something we already know.
As much as Drew would like to say it wasn't his best performance yet, I agree with the others on the importance of this performance.