Los Angeles Lakers @ Atlanta Hawks Game Thread #48

[tkb]

We need a 3

Someone forgot to tell Sasha.

[Gerald3Wallace]

gasol was nowehre to be found

[laker_baller101]

wow the machine had a malfunction

[The Laker Kid]

The Machine malfunctioned

[Spanish_Laker]

Kobe lost the game for us.

[king_of_kingz]

Lakers starters, 21 boards, Al Horford 20 boards.

[Gerald3Wallace]

yall forgettin about the turnover from kobe...its not just sasha

[Sedale Threatt]

Damn. I despise blowing winnable games.

[tayzer]

Well I guess it takes time for Gasol to adjust. For some reason the Lakers look off. Our defense look pretty bad. Hopefully Bynum will take care of that.

[Minhee]

This team is pathetic, this loss is unacceptable. They plain out suck tonight. Losing to the Hawks, cannot play defense, cannot make free throws and cannot make any basket. This entire basketball team SUCKED tonight. They deserve to lose. They keep playing this way this team will not meet any expectation. Right now we are only 2 games ahead of the Warriors, forget catching the Suns because it isn't going to happen with the way these idiots played tonight.

[LakersfanAUS]

Im guessing the team is probably a bit tired for one, this road trip is a bitch and a half.

[critical_beatdown]

I haven't had a chance to see the game yet, but I'm going to chalk this one down as "growing pains". There's going to be an adjustment period, with the arrival of Gasol, we're on a long road trip, and Kobe has a bad finger, so maybe we won't win out, no big deal.

Let's win most of them, get everybody healthy, get back to a full squad, and stay up in the standings.

I would like to know why we didn't have any more timeouts at the end of the game though, that's very unlike Phil.

[milesfides]

That's what happens when we cruise. Kobe played a horrible game, dislocated pinky or not. Flat out outplayed by Joe Johnson tonight. He almost had a perfect playmaking game with 10 assists, but his one turnover came in the most crucial moment. Huge mistake.

Couldn't hit a shot either, horrible shooting game.

Credit the Hawks.

Tyronne Lue, that kid was flat out incredible in the 4th quarter.

Al Horford was huge too, that kid made it difficult for Pau, and Josh Smith was magnificent, almost had a triple-double tonight and had 5 blocks.

Hawks were terrific tonight, gotta hand it to them, they humbled us.

We were supposed to be bigger, stronger, better, but they showed us something else.

[Spanish_Laker]

We have to win six in a row.

[critical_beatdown]

Back to backs on the road are never easy, especially against a talented young athletic team like Atlanta, and Kobe with a bad finger, all while trying to integrate Pau Gasol in his 2nd game.

Growing pains.

Adjustment.

No biggie.

[tayzer]

Maybe it's Luke, we always do better without him.

[laker_baller101]

I haven't had a chance to see the game yet, but I'm going to chalk this one down as "growing pains". There's going to be an adjustment period, with the arrival of Gasol, we're on a long road trip, and Kobe has a bad finger, so maybe we won't win out, no big deal.

Let's win most of them, get everybody healthy, get back to a full squad, and stay up in the standings.

I would like to know why we didn't have any more timeouts at the end of the game though, that's very unlike Phil.

phil took a timeout 40 seconds into to the 4th when they had only made one basket. we couldve used that

[Spanish_Laker]

IF KOBE IS INJURED, PHIL DO NOT PLAY HIM.

[zen_4_10]

3 - 2 in what coulda shoulda been 5 - 0 on this roadtrip......can't cry over the spilled milk.

[El Hardee]

IF KOBE IS INJURED, PHIL DO NOT PLAY HIM.

+1, Kobe played like a scrub tonight. The finger was definetly bothering him.