Lakers @ Hornets (01/09/08)

[Copperhead]

Man... We should play the whole season on the road, we suck at home....

Hogwash. Some of us diehards wouldn't appreciate that. I know I wouldn't. The Saints however did suck at home this season.

[Copperhead]

Andrew Bynum just played a terrific game and really abused Chandler down low and exposed Chandlers defense. Byron Scott lost us this game his rotations where just ineffective and i feel we are defiantly better than what we should tonight. Get rid of Bobby Jackson, Pargo i like keep him either ship armstrong or send him to a psychologist so he can work stuff out in his head no reason for him not to do what Chandler does all the tools are there just his mentality is garbage and he is reduced to playing like a scrub. Paul got caught up in the hype today and just tried to do too much down low was not workign for the hornets but they kept force feeding it down anyway. Byron has to recognize that the shooters were non existent in the game and it was dreadful to watch. Unless you are a Lakers fan. Peja was used ineffectively and barely saw any time the boxscore says 17 minutes that is just ridiculous, considering the fact that the bench was not producing anything. I dont care if the Hornets lose its just the way they lost. If they want to stay competative paul has to realize getting his teammates involved early and then taking over in the fourth is the way to go. When Paul distributes early Hornets get going. Was i the only one that sensed a little tension between the starters today?

Yes, I didn't sense any tension at all. Paul always distributes early to get the other guys going but they couldn't get going tonight. He always tries to get the going before he begins looking for his. Lakers came to play and the Hornets didn't. I'm ready to move on to Miami.

[Copperhead]

Lakers will cool off, the defensive effort has been there.

7-0 run to close the half, an 11-point deficit with momentum to start the half isn't insurmountable by any means.

Crowd looks good and they're certainly into the game, I think we're still in for a good game.

They were during this run but that quickly dissipated in the 3rd quarter.

[bww78]

For a team that is just made up of 5 or 6 guys the hornets are doing great. But this game is just an example of this team not being able to ride on Chris and David the whole game. Peja should have been able to get open shots the whole game and knock them down, as lakers cant defend the perimeter very well.

I know this is kinda off, but it seems JJ Reddick is shown intrest to teams, and this team needs a guy to get open and hit shots, just saying, i could see Rasul Butler in a Orlando uniform.(sorry Rasul).

Lakers are third in the league in opponent's three point percentage.

[2poor]

Came out real flat last night against a hot Lakers team, can't be too surprised with the results. One of those cases where the 3 days off might have worked against them since they were playing so well prior to the lay-off and were bursting with confidence.

Bench...sucks.

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