#16: 12/2 - LA Lakers @ Indiana Pacers. 4:00 pm

[dockingsched]

Indiana Pacers (6-10, Home 4-4) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (14-1, Road 5-0)

Date: Tuesday December 2nd, 2008
Time: 4:00 pm pacific
Location: Indianapolis, IN
TV: KCAL Live
Radio: KLAC am570



Starting Five

TJ Ford______________________pg_________________Derek Fisher
Marquis Daniels_______________sg________________Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger______________sf_____________Vlad Radmanovic
Troy Murphy___________________pf_________________Pau Gasol
Rasho Nesterovic______________c______________Andrew Bynum



Key Reserves




Brandon Rush / Jarrett Jack / Jeff Foster / Roy Hibbert




Lamar Odom / Jordan Farmar / Trevor Ariza / Sasha Vujacic


Game Notes



- 24.2 ppg - 10.9 rpg - 5.3 apg
- 54.1 fg% - 1.8 bpg - 1.0 spg

Last Five: ORL - L, CHA - L, HOU - W, DAL - L, MIA - L




- 24.4 ppg - 9.1 rpg - 4.2 apg
- 54.6 fg% - 2.2 bpg - 1.7 spg

Last Five: TOR - W, DAL - W, NJN - W, SAC - W, DEN - W

[DEEP3CL]

Granger has been playing relentless lately.........hope Kobe get the call the check him instead of Vlad.This is bonding time for the squad time to test the battle vest so to speak.

[iamworthy]

Nice GT Cash. Hopefully Bynum can continue his tear. Gasol has been golden and no one is really talking about it.

[dockingsched]

thanks. figured i'd get it up before tomorrow so everyone is aware that its a 4:00 start, something rare so far this yr. luckily kcal is now showing the games live this season.

granger is going to be a nightmare, and troy murphy is going to be able to draw a big out of the paint. hopefully gasol and/or bynum make them pay on the other end.

[Tommy Trojan]

Damn 4 pm start? ill be at work then....

[hermes]

shout out to BRush and Hibbert

GO LAKERS

[crazyeights]

Nice thread, and good call. I definitely did not remember the tip-off was live.

[Hunter103]

Just a heads-up, Wednesday and Friday are 4:00 tip-offs also.

[semi-sentient]

These next 3 games are important for establishing ourselves as true contenders. The Celtics have shown that they are not ready to let up after winning the title and have taken care of business both at home and on the road. We need to do the same. There is absolutely no reason we should lose any of the next three, so here's to hoping we stay focused and take care of business.

[lakersfanatic]

at 4pm? live?

Whew! i'm glad i get home by 3:30p. Hey i can finally watch a full game before having to go to work at 9pm hehe yes!

Go Lakers!

[HicksvsKnicks08]

Pacer Fan,

Really looking forward to this game. We looked like stir fried sht last game at Orlando. Easily our worst game of the year. Forget the fact we played in OT the night before, excuses are for the weak.

Truthfully I dont give us much of a shot (although I thought the same thing before we played Boston) . This will be agreat test to see if the Boston game was real or just a abnormality.

Things Im looking forward to seeing....

TJ Ford in the open court, cant see Fisher staying in front of him
Daniels on Kobe
Rasho vs Bynum, interesting to see different styles
Jarret Jack playing out of his mind so the L:akers suddenly get the urge to trade for him, lol
The rookies : B Rush and R Hibbert have beed better than expected

PS someone always, always has acareer night for the oponent. Seriously almost every game someone has a "career high" in pts, rbs etc

I have a sneaky feeling Trevor Ariza gets a careeer high, which is what by the way?

Anyway good luck (not like you'll need it, lol) should be a good game for at least 3 quarters. lol

[SALMIEN]

go lakers keep streek on ---- so proud of you big win ( in shaa Allah)

[Danny Darko]

Trevor's career high was 24 vs Golden State

Anyone else think Jordan gets major burn because of Ford's speed?

Bynum pretty much needs to abuse Rasho.

[Erik Eleven]

Yeah, DD. It'll be a big night for TJ Ford. Fisher will be torched by TJ and probably get in FT. Farmar's best defense will unfortunately be to attack him on the other end. I hate that he does that when he gets lit up.

Either way, I'd rather see TJ having a big game than Granger. I'd put Ariza on Granger once Rad picks up his early fouls. In the end, they have no answer for Kobe, Gasol, Odom or Bynum. Let's keep the road record perfect.

[HicksvsKnicks08]

they have no answer for Kobe, Gasol, Odom or Bynum

Respectfully disagree,

The only person that applies too in my opinon is Kobe. Ford has been off his game lately , but I think you will be suprised to see Marquis Daniels game, outside of Granger he has been our most productive player.

Ariza goes for 28 tonight, lol
watch

[hermes]

hey HicksvsKnicks,

how do you see the big man battles going? will rasho and murphy be able to hold their own in there against gasol and bynum?

[Flipdog69xxx]

Go Lakers!

[The Skyhook]

Idk if their going to be able to contain Bynum and Gasol. DId you see what Dwight did to them, he had 32 points 21 rebs and 4 blocks

[HicksvsKnicks08]

how do you see the big man battles going? will rasho and murphy be able to hold their own in there against gasol and bynum?

Great question,

In my humble opinon they will neutralisee each other. rasho has a sweet outside shot, and is a great passer out of the post. Defensively though, Bynum should be able to get a lot of offensive rebounds and bully his way in the paint

[dockingsched]

if murphy/rasho neutralize gasol/bynum the lakers are in for a long night