Tuesday 04/08/2008 - Game Thread

shobe_81 · Post #361 » by **shobe_81** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 6:34 am

Kobay wrote:You know i don't want to be a conspiracy theorist and all but I can see why refs were hard on the lakers tonight. Just saw the standings and it seems Stern is working his magic trying to get Lakers vs. Suns first round.

Na I think it has to do more with the pathetic defense Lakers play!

sabi · Post #362 » by **sabi** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 6:57 am

refs were fair you guys think this was an attempt to block the ball or rough up on roy?

sabi · Post #363 » by **sabi** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:05 am

Milkdud wrote:Having Sasha guard Roy at any point during the game is a pretty knuckle headed move IMO. That guy seems only interested and jacking 3 and playing with his hair.

Kobay · Post #364 » by **Kobay** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:08 am

Can we trade farmar, odom, and gasol for Roy?

Jack wore plaid · Post #365 » by **Jack wore plaid** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 1:39 pm

Kobay wrote:Can we trade farmar, odom, and gasol for Roy?

Who do you think we are, the Grizzlies?

Post #366 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 3:22 pm

B-Scott wrote:Brandon Roy finished 8-15 for 23 points and 12 assist

How is that good defense?

Roy shot a high percentage, dropped 23 points and his 12 assist were due to Kobe's inability to stay in front of him. His teammates had to help out and there man was wide open.

I guess the same way people think of Battier as a kobe stopper when Kobe dropped 30 and 45 on him on the first 2 games of the season. :dontknow:

Post #367 » by **semi-sentient** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 4:22 pm

B-Scott:

Why do you consistently go after Kobe when he has a below average game? Why don't you ever call out Odom when he does?

Your constant attacks on Kobe is the reason no one on the Lakers board takes you serious in anything Kobe-related. Seriously.

No, Kobe didn't play particularly well on the defensive end. There were stretches where he had Roy on lock down, but with the game on the line, he didn't do a good job of keeping Roy in front of him. However, that gives you no right to go off and blame the entire defensive collapse on one player. The bottom line is that Odom did not come through either, and that is just as big of a reason for the loss. Our bigs, in general, did a poor job on help defense and boxing out. There is no way in hell we should have been out-rebounded that badly.

Odom wrote:They looked like they were the team that was preparing for the race in the West, and we looked like the team that was preparing for the long vacation

The key word there is "we", so stop trying to pin everything on one player.