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let's just take it one game at a time

Go Lakers Go!

RocketPower23 wrote:Go Lakers Go!

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Deep reading that made me feel soooo much better! Lets go LAKERS!

I have my broom out already.

ElXavier407 wrote:I have my broom out already.

Then take your broom and sweep your ass out of here because this is the Lakers game thread. Go to the OKC board and chat with the 3 people over there.

ElXavier407 wrote:I have my broom out already.

GTFO of here

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Okay ignore that tool.

A few thoughts.

Sessions: Brown and the coaching staff have to do something to get this guy involved. Sometimes a player needs a jump start; run some plays for him, have him run multiple PnR with Pau and Drew, make an effort to get him into transition. He has to have some imprint on the game and since he isn't coming off the bench, we need him to fit in with the unit he's playing with. And he has to be a factor for the whole game; we don't want a situation where he does a few things to start the game and then disappears for the rest of the game. He's a talented player, use him like one.

Kobe: Make more of an effort to get him closer to the paint where he can properly attack. The Thunder defense is forcing him to catch the ball beyond the three point arc and that's putting an extra load on him to create something. Putting him in the high pitch area he likes and let's get some proper spacing on the court. If the Thunder try doubling or crowding him, hope Kobe makes the correct play and guys have to nail shots. We can't expect Kobe to create something out of nothing all the time; like Sessions give him something to work with.

Bench: Blake, Barnes and Hill. It's your turn to come through. We're on our homecourt, this is the time when role players have to come through. Blake, forget about the last few moments of last game, for the most part you played well defensively, if you have a shot take it with confidence. Barnes bring the activity you're known for. We need you to cut to the basket more, especially when our offense stalls. Please try to find your shot; you a hot/cold player, you've been cold for quite some time, I think your due for a good game. Hill you've been solid, keep up the work and give us good minutes.

Defense: Know your personal. If it's between letting Harden get to the rim or letting Ibaka get an open 15 footer, choose the latter every time and tip your hat if he scores. One play last game that pissed me off was when Perkins was wide open from 15 feet and we decided to rotate onto him and leave Ibaka wide open. Who is more of a threat between the two, again know your personal. I've said enough about Harden and his ability to only do two things on the court; his impact can be controlled. Everything else though was good; keep Durant off the line like last time, close out on Westbrook and force him out of the paint and control the interior. I liked our activity from our perimeter players last game, Artest and Kobe were all over the place getting in the way of passes that saved multiple scores that the Thunder would have for sure had.

Offense: The last quarter was terrible for us, but it was honestly a problem the whole game. Get into whatever we're doing faster. I mentioned it last time but we got into our offense so late into the shot clock, of course we were going to get a crap shot off. Some shooting from the perimeter should open things up and will hopefully create some much needed fluidity. Keep control of the ball; our offense in a lot of ways is our best defense, just run it nice and smooth and force OKC to play in the halfcourt.

Last game was tough, but it let us know we can battle with OKC. We just have to do what they did; hold homecourt. A series doesn't start until a team wins on the road, we're not dead in the water yet. We can control OKC and our offense should get a boost playing in front of the home crowd. The effort level has to be there the whole game, no knockout punch is going to beat these guys. We need a good clean decisive win that we can build off of. I'm pumped though; this is our season, we'll know if we're in this series one way or another by the end of the night, so no need to fret. The Lakers have sensed the need to play with urgency in the past, this game should be no different. Give 'em hell Lakers!

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Still stinging from last nights loss, but until we go down I'll continue to believe we'll come back

ElXavier407 wrote:I have my broom out already.

Don't bother giving this guy too much attention.

Some people are just so miserable that all they can do is hate on Great Franchises because more than likely there team is a bottom dweller. An it just so happens that 90% of these people are who flood the General Board. LoL




The Lakers need to continue Goin' H.A.M.
One Game at a time and protect your house!

Regardless what happens by the end of the series I still think this
Lakers big three is gonna be a major force with hopefully some major tweaks around them.

They'll still be one year younger than last seasons Boston Squad.

An if those old grumpy men are still putting in work there's
no Reason at all this Lakers squad won't still be in the fight.

One things for sure during this summer is that the F.O will have to definitely stack up the bench some more.

DEEP3CL wrote:Don't have a defeatist mentality, like Karl Malone said in 2004 "Why not us?" Why not ?

Well... in the end... we didn't win anything in 2004 and Karl Malone never won anything ever... soo...

*hides*

ElXavier407 wrote:I have my broom out already.

We mad



Lakers better come out strong for this game. No joke, no lack of effort, no acting like we deserve a win because we're the Lakers. No ballhogging and passing the blame by Kobe, no smiling and joking or pouting by Drew, no sad face or crying by Pau. Our guys need to make open shots. Our guys need to move their feet on defense, on EVERY play. Our guys need to run back on each and every fastbreak, even if it looks like a one on zero, I want to see them follow the guy down. MB did a good job of making adjustments and actually coaching last game I felt, keep that up (and have someone run an offense).

We can do this and DEEP is right, one game at a time. The odds are against us but nothing is over until one team wins 4 games.

Go Lakers.

Anklebreaker702 wrote:Still stinging from last nights loss, but until we go down I'll continue to believe we'll come back

Same here. I hope our guys aren't as deflated as the fan base. That was a really tough loss to swallow.

I can see the Thunder really laying it on us this game, but I hope we can pull it out and and even this series up. Another beat down in the playoffs would really suck at this point. Last years exit was embarrassing enough, so I was hoping we could at least extend it to 6 games this year.