Game 32: Los Angeles Lakers (24-7) @ Portland Trail Blazers (14-18) - 10:00 PM ET

[chefy]

what a good win. A lot of players showed up tonight.

[politm]

Good win folks and a season high for bench scoring.

LeBron was really mad at the officials when he left the game...

[TylersLakers]

Big time fourth quarter performances by Dwight and KCP.

We needed a W. Really have to sharpen a lot of things up however.

PLEASE SIT AVERY BRADLEY.

[kblo247]

If they could flip Avery Bradley and Danny Green into Iguodala at the expense of cash and THT, they would be so much more balanced and better off.

Minutes, shots, and roles all fall in place then

[kblo247]

Crazy stat. First game of the year a Laker bench player has cracked 30 mins. And tonight two guys did it in Kuzma and KCP. About damn time.

[BEazy]

Such a luxury to have Dwight off the bench when JaVale is mentally not there. Tonight proves how important it is to have him.

[evilpimp972]

Two things :
- Avery Bradley should not start period, Lebron needs space, Lebron needs to play with KCP as much as he can, AB can come off the bench when he can handle the ball a bit more.
- Finally Rondo doesn't play as much and you get good minutes out of him (coincidence??)

AD wasn't even looking at the rim last night, he should've abuse Melo like he did the first game vs Portland

[evilpimp972]

If they could flip Avery Bradley and Danny Green into Iguodala at the expense of cash and THT, they would be so much more balanced and better off.

Minutes, shots, and roles all fall in place then

Iggy is not a good shooter though, why would you give up defenders for another one, who is a worse shooter? lol

[Spanish_Laker]

Good win, we were desperate to end that losing streak. Sit both AD and Bron tonight, just don't burn them out vs the regular season juggernaut Mavericks on a back-to-back.

[Dr Aki]

If they could flip Avery Bradley and Danny Green into Iguodala at the expense of cash and THT, they would be so much more balanced and better off.

Minutes, shots, and roles all fall in place then

We really going to do this every time a couple of role players don't shoot 50/40/90?

[stan francisco]

Haven't heard anything from the KCP haters in quite some time.

Oh, not a hater here but I am KCP critical. He’s still overpaid and inconsistent/unreliable despite the one night where he does what’s expected. We just don’t know what we’re gonna get each night. Bench players do that. Same with AB. I always liked both of their defensive effort level, but I like very little about their offensive games. I like two way players, only.

I cringe when AB takes the jump shot. KCP’s shot looks better than usual at the moment but I still feel he might as well not reach the rim on any given attempt.

Green needs to wake up, engage. Caruso needs more minutes to improve before the playoffs. LeBron and AD should be capped at 32/34 mpg respectively. Kuzma needs to just continue getting back. Cousins would be incredible help.

I like Vogel but he’s is pretty stiff and rigid, not good at adjusting on the fly. He should listen to some of what Hollins has to say about in game tweaks.

[Ball so hard]

Haven't heard anything from the KCP haters in quite some time.

Oh, not a hater here but I am KCP critical. He’s still overpaid and inconsistent/unreliable despite the one night where he does what’s expected. We just don’t know what we’re gonna get each night. Bench players do that. Same with AB. I always liked both of their defensive effort level, but I like very little about their offensive games. I like two way players, only.

I cringe when AB takes the jump shot. KCP’s shot looks better than usual at the moment but I still feel he might as well not reach the rim on any given attempt.

Green needs to wake up, engage. Caruso needs more minutes to improve before the playoffs. LeBron and AD should be capped at 32/34 mpg respectively. Kuzma needs to just continue getting back. Cousins would be incredible help.

I like Vogel but he’s is pretty stiff and rigid, not good at adjusting on the fly. He should listen to some of what Hollins has to say about in game tweaks.

Hard to take you seriously after reading this nonsense. One night...KCP is having a career year. 47% fg, 42% 3p, 59% TS,etc. KCP's TS% is around the same as our franchise player AD. KCP at 8mil per is currently a bargain compared to Danny Green at 14.5m per. KCP has arguably been our third best player this year.

[bb22]

Such a luxury to have Dwight off the bench when JaVale is mentally not there. Tonight proves how important it is to have him.

Javale is mostly out of it. When he's not getting easy buckets, his mental lapses on D are too much to ignore. Even if he gets a block or two. I like him out there for 10-15 min.

[Landsberger]

Kuzma has had 3 pretty good games in a row. He seems to have gotten the green light to attack... either that or he's finally healthy enough to do it. He is moving like he did early last year again. If he can keep this up and he gets a consistent 15ish shots a game I think we'll have that 3rd scorer. Rondo is still somewhat up and down but there are certain matchups he excels in and this seems to be one of them.

Danny Green is having a really rough stretch on both ends over the last several games. Having Bradley back to defend the point has been a good thing as well.

Good to see the bench step up and help stop the bleeding. Now let's repeat this again tonight.

[stan francisco]

Haven't heard anything from the KCP haters in quite some time.

Oh, not a hater here but I am KCP critical. He’s still overpaid and inconsistent/unreliable despite the one night where he does what’s expected. We just don’t know what we’re gonna get each night. Bench players do that. Same with AB. I always liked both of their defensive effort level, but I like very little about their offensive games. I like two way players, only.

I cringe when AB takes the jump shot. KCP’s shot looks better than usual at the moment but I still feel he might as well not reach the rim on any given attempt.

Green needs to wake up, engage. Caruso needs more minutes to improve before the playoffs. LeBron and AD should be capped at 32/34 mpg respectively. Kuzma needs to just continue getting back. Cousins would be incredible help.

I like Vogel but he’s is pretty stiff and rigid, not good at adjusting on the fly. He should listen to some of what Hollins has to say about in game tweaks.

Hard to take you seriously after reading this nonsense. One night...KCP is having a career year. 47% fg, 42% 3p, 59% TS,etc. KCP's TS% is around the same as our franchise player AD. KCP at 8mil per is currently a bargain compared to Danny Green at 14.5m per. KCP has arguably been our third best player this year.

If he’s our third best player, the Clippers are going to the NBA finals. This is why I can’t wait for Kuz of this summer to be back on the floor every night.

KCP the only one with trade value that could get us a better fitting piece, like FVV. And, I know about the NTC. Klutch can strong-arm a GM into extending him long term and make it good for KCP.

I had his pay wrong, was tired and on last year’s payroll when writing that post. I take back calling him overpaid.

Listen, I don’t dislike him personally but he is an inconsistent player, unfocused oftentimes. I just don’t feel that I can trust him in the clutch in the NBA finals.

[kblo247]

If they could flip Avery Bradley and Danny Green into Iguodala at the expense of cash and THT, they would be so much more balanced and better off.

Minutes, shots, and roles all fall in place then

Iggy is not a good shooter though, why would you give up defenders for another one, who is a worse shooter? lol

Because I would shorten the rotation from 10 to 9. Let KCP start next to Iggy and you got shooting. Let Caruso and Rondo play backup back court. Then let Kuz eat up all the minutes

A 9 man rotation of Bron, KCP, Iggy, AD, Javale, Kuz, Dwight, Caruso, and Rondo to me is better than The 10 man group where you squeeze kcp and Kuz out of minutes.

More minutes and shots for kcp and Kuzma works. Add in Iggy is a better defender and playmaker than those two and that’s another reason. You add a ball handler.