Game #16 New Jersey Nets @ Los Angeles Lakers 11/29 6:30 PM

[dockingsched]

bynum has been dominating the defensive end and he hasn't been getting many opportunities on offense. definitely a good sign since he's been criticized for relying on touches to get his activity level up.

[CITYOFANGELSX3]

Is it wrong i wanna see the Lakers win by 50 or 60?

[The Skyhook]

Gasol come back hasn't been friendly to Drew.

[GreatAdrian]

Is it wrong i wanna see the Lakers win by 50 or 60?

Nahhh! I wanna see that tooo haha

[Anklebreaker702]

Soon as Drew goes out, Lopez cuts up!

[Anklebreaker702]

Gasol come back hasn't been friendly to Drew.

It'll be fine. Pau is getting major minutes to get fully back in shape. It will balance out.

[dockingsched]

farmar is having a heck of a game.

[The Skyhook]

Brown to Powell for the alley oop!

[b shaw20]

time out?
come on coach, you are just dragging on your inevitable death. Just die peacefully.

[The Skyhook]

We win! We help em tie 0 - 17 start

[snaquille oatmeal]

somebody knew Cocos butt is a winner.

[Slava]

Farmar had one heck of a game and nothing he isn't capable of doing on a consistent basis.

[Anklebreaker702]

somebody knew Cocos butt is a winner.

[Anklebreaker702]

bynum has been dominating the defensive end and he hasn't been getting many opportunities on offense. definitely a good sign since he's been criticized for relying on touches to get his activity level up.

+1

[Sedale Threatt]

Gasol come back hasn't been friendly to Drew.

Offensively, yeah. But that was to be expected. Gasol needs to be the No. 2 option on the team, and that means Drew is going to drop a spot in the pecking order.

And as long as he keeps playing a complete game, that's absolutely fine. We don't need Andrew to score to win games. That's just gravy. We need him to be a force in the paint.

It should also be noted that we've been killing teams lately, and he's had some foul trouble, so his minutes are way down as well.

[SashAlex]

I'm worried about Andrew's productivity since Pau came back. It's not that the team is trying to involve Pau after missing the sart of the season, it's because it is easier for them to score using Pau rather than Andrew, imho.

[Sedale Threatt]

Well, yeah. Gasol is every bit as efficient, his post game is polished and he's an infinitely better passer. It's only natural that the team would favor him. That's as it should be.

But Andrew can still have a big impact, as he did tonight with the blocked shots and solid defense. The more he has success on that end, the more it's going to sink in that his role on this particular team should be independent of his offensive output.

[Anklebreaker702]

Both of you are right but also another thing to take into consideration is that we've been blowing teams out so he his minutes have also gone down. I thik it will all average back out.