Game 50: Los Angeles Lakers (38-11) vs. Houston Rockets (32-18) - 10:30 PM ET

[Landsberger]

Green trying to attack with the ball is pitiful.

[EArl]

We need Collison bad.

[TKainZero]

Booooooo!!!

[Kilroy]

Theres a pattern. We smash crap teams because of talent. We lose close games, because we have Zero offensive execution. We need to make moves

That was yesterday bro...

[kblo247]

-Benched Dwight
-Overplayed Rondo
-Ran no play for Kuzma other than end of quarter heaves

This one on the coach

[TKainZero]

What a gross game

I can’t believe vogal

[RamonSessions7]

Gross performance. Nothing more than a normal regular season game. But to **** a giant AD sized advantage away while lebron bricks a buncha 3s, loses a ball going up for a layup, dribbles a couple TOs away just doesn’t speak well to our chances of this aging window

[Kilroy]

We need Collison bad.

I think it's a little optimistic to put that much hope on a dude who hasn't played this season.

We need several things. Starting with testicles for all our players.

[BEazy]

We can’t beat teams above .500...

[politm]

This L is on Vogel and LeBron

[what would jack bauer do?]

We lose every game we try to go small ball. The lack of trust in Dwight and Javales' defensive impact is asinine. Maybe a small ball lineup featuring Collison could be good though. We really don't get any advantage with small ball at the moment.

[tugs]

Lakers and Jazz may be the most overhyped teams this season. Both unacceptable with their executions late in games, mostly hero ball

[NoseBleedLakers]

Another lackluster L at home thanks to absolutely zero perimeter defense and absolutely zero offensive system/strategy. Not gonna win when you get outscored by 30 points from behind the arc and get outscored 58-48 in the second half.

West lead continues to drop, now at 2.5 games thanks to the Lakers playing .500 ball in the last 10 games.

[BEazy]

Watch we play the Warriors and beat them to a pulp and we’ll be high mighty again. Then comes a good team and we’ll choke...

[Kilroy]

This L is on Vogel and LeBron

I still feel like Vogel really doesn't understand who he has as players... Like he's always over-thinking and over-reacting to matchups, and in the process diminishing our strengths.
Houston sucked us into playing their game tonight.

Do you guys ever remember Phil playing a reaction game with other teams. He never countered anyone, he forced the other teams to counter.

I think Vogel lacks confidence.

[thebigbird]

Vogel needs to figure things out. His rotations have been bad for awhile now. He also needs to figure out some offensive sets.

[RamonSessions7]

Vogel is a retread coach hiding behind elite top end talent that is aging

[TylersLakers]

Whenever we lose close games, it’s the same formula:

- Other teams are more physical
- Rondo sucks
- Can’t shoot, settle for threes late

Need Darren Collison, Marvin Williams and AD and LeBron to be tougher down the stretch. Can’t rely on jumpers.

Bradley
Green
LeBron
AD
Howard

With Kuz, Collison, KCP, Williams off the bench.

If a 10th man is needed, it’s Caruso.

[Spanish_Laker]

Even though I might be one of the most positive posters here this season, I'm really worried/pissed about the team's lack of success vs the best teams in the league. In fact, I don't really know who to blame: coaching staff and their rotations and lack of offensive sets, LeBron and AD's passiveness or role players underperforming in those games. We will see what happens next few weeks when we will play the best teams in the NBA.

[kobe808lak]

This team is going no where... probably get bounced in the 2nd round by a team like the Mavs..