#34 LAKERS@THUNDER 6:30pm TNT

[Doormatt]

Man, is ron in the 200s now in advanced def statistics now? Cuz I wouldn't be surprised, just completely uselss vs durant, not even slowing him down

Did you watch the game?

in fairness, the lakers are -4.8 (negative is good on defense) with ron on the court, but the offense is -7.1 (negative is a bad thing). his negative offense makes it even harder for us to set our defense as he clanks shot after shot. hes terrible.

[RamonSessions7]

Man, is ron in the 200s now in advanced def statistics now? Cuz I wouldn't be surprised, just completely uselss vs durant, not even slowing him down

what? he played really good defense him in the 1st half, only time Durant really got off was when Barnes/Kobe was guarding him, KD was destroying Barnes.

Maybe I caught a skewed sample while I was watching, but I saw him blow right by ron and get 2 and 1s as well as in the beginning when he blew right by him for a dunk

EDIT:I also saw the play where he blocked durants long jumper, durant got it back and missed again. Forgot about that earlier, that was nice

[CKRT]

I hope we see you guys in the playoffs! (not that you'll be an easy victory)
I've been waiting for a series with you guys since we got rid of Green and Nenad.

[laduane1]

Every team seems to have a young point guard these days. Every one of those teams just beats the Lakers. Lakers beat Dallas. Well Kidd is still good by at 38 or something. Lakers need that young PG or athletic guard to slow down the Westbrooks and CP3's of the world. Not looking for the top guard, they are not out for trade. Just something better than DFish.

I say used both #1 picks on guards. This has to stop.

[dub81]

Really impressed with James Harden's game...He's very young but play's like a vet... He's going to get big money next year..


Not liking Mike Brown at all on the first half of the season.

He need's to tailer his offense to the type of player's he has on this team and he has not done that yet. He run's a fast pace offense but he has older vet's that cannot run it. So either adjust or go get some player's that can run this offense. We should not be getting blow out by anybody with the type of talent we have on this team.

Also..it's the gift and the curse with Kobe..He can will you to a win or he can shoot you out of a game.

[Jajwanda]

Is it just me or does Portland stand a great shot at beating OKC. OKC doesn't match up well. If Alridge is at the 5, he will run circles in the P and R against Perkins. Portland has a few high quality defenders to send at Durant and they have a decent PG in Felton to match-up. There is no way Ibaka can guard Gerald Wallace. He has no chance.

[Anklebreaker702]

Man, is ron in the 200s now in advanced def statistics now? Cuz I wouldn't be surprised, just completely uselss vs durant, not even slowing him down

Did you watch the game?

in fairness, the lakers are -4.8 (negative is good on defense) with ron on the court, but the offense is -7.1 (negative is a bad thing). his negative offense makes it even harder for us to set our defense as he clanks shot after shot. hes terrible.

Normally this is true. Last night he shot 50% form the field & over 50% from 3. You can not shut Durant down. MWP made him work for everything. He really only got on a roll with Metta on the bench.