LA Lakers @ 76ers, Game #19, 1/27, 7:30 PM PT

[Hans1984]

They played like crap for most of the night and deserved to lose. You could tell early on when Simmons scored at will that they didn't give a f about this game.

[Beethoven]

yeah i m beginning to question the overall team leaders' attitudes towards this season. It is very hobo-esque.
Nothing wrong w KCP, caruso, Kuzma however. Mostly AD. He's doing a lot of talkin and not a lot of walking to do anything about it.

[slifersd]

AD needs to get his head into the game. He has played like crap on both ends of the floor this season. The only thing active about him this year has been his mouth. Oh, and on top of that, he is load managing like crazy too. Guy is turning into Kawhi in front of our eyes and LBJ needs to make sure he stays on the straight and narrow.

[heezyo2o]

Caruso and KCP are in the top in 3 pt% and yet 5 teammates took more 3 pt shots including AD and Gasol.

Gasol is basically wide open for most of the 3s...he has to shoot those. AD definitely settles too much though. Vogel at the beginning of the year said he wants AD shooting more 3s than last year

[tamaraw08]

AD is playing like crap, is he hurt or something? He can't play defense, he is a turnover machine, he can't make FTs, he just takes bad jumpshots all game long...What's happened to him? If he was at like 60% we would have won this game.

Someone compared him with the 2002 Disinterested Shaq after he won the threepeat with Kobe. I sure hope it's not bec of his guaranteed money for the next few years. I compare him to the 35 yr old Karl Malone who got addicted to just taking 16 footers.
Part of it is also about Lebron with his personal mission to win the MVP this season, dominating the ball, either taking more shots or hunting for more assists ala Rondo.
It's amazing tho the Vogel treated last night's game as a playoff game, shortening his rotation and calling early timeouts and yet, he didn't call for more better setplays instead he relied on James' iso/bully game and taking 3's.