12/27-1/2 Game Discussion Thread

[LingeringRegime]

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Those guys were swarming all over the ball. Shame on me for doubting them.

[Kashanova]

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im actually surprised kobe played so bad, i could of sworn he was up for the challenge... good win by the spurs though.

[The 24th Letter]

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What? so are the Lakers struggling? or are they in ultra cruise mode....Last year, theyd at least get up for games like this and Miami

[Rawdeal28]

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You do realize the Clipps beats the bulls the same way last week? Rose missed the last free throw.

Is that not creepy at all to anyone?

yeah i realized that, forgot to mention it lol

What? so are the Lakers struggling? or are they in ultra cruise mode....Last year, theyd at least get up for games like this and Miami

no were struggling. the offense has been really bad. no one has played well. defense has been bad too.

i have noticed that everyone has been reading our cuts to the hoop and jumping the passing lanes. so its been lots of turnovers.

smh

we stink right now

[Kobalt]

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Can't believe Denver decided to play D tonight. Only team in NBA to not lose 4 straight in last 4 years which is a good thing.... I guess.

[Chrisksaint]

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Arenas looks good and actually looks like he's enjoying himself in Orlando

[TheMatrix31]

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What? so are the Lakers struggling? or are they in ultra cruise mode....Last year, theyd at least get up for games like this and Miami

They're just actually playing good teams.

[Rawdeal28]

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They're just actually playing good teams.

were 9-7 against teams .500 or better. not great but not terrible either

[TheMatrix31]

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no...you guys have only played 7 games against teams greater than .500, and are 2-5.


.....today's little FB nugget of wisdom?

_____ how many times do lakers haters wanna be wrong...like seriously ill admit they are not playing well but all that happens is u talk **** and talk **** and talk **** and then they win and then u complain about it, just stfu and wait til the playoffs<abbr data-date="Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19<img src=" forums="" images="" smilies="" graemlins="" 59.gif="" border="0" alt="" title="Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 7:59pm" smilieid="15" class="inlineimg"> 8 hours ago</abbr>

That wasn't directed at me btw. I didn't say anything about the game. Just a comment by some dude I don't even know on someone's status update.

[JBH3]

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Saw Sportscenters coverage of the Laker/Spurs game last night. They mentioned expanded standings, and how the Lakers are 3-6 vs Above .500 teams. Decided to look at who has the best record vs Above .500 teams...

EAST
Boston 11-3
Miami 7-7

WEST
Dallas 14-3
San Ant 12-3
OKC 10-8
Nawlins 9-8
Utah 8-8

Astounding. The East is some garbage, but for that matter the West has the only team that has not beaten an over .500 team; Sacremento is 0-12.

[TheMatrix31]

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Saw Sportscenters coverage of the Laker/Spurs game last night. They mentioned expanded standings, and how the Lakers are 3-6 vs Above .500 teams. Decided to look at who has the best record vs Above .500 teams...

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/24/sports/la-sp-lakers-heat-20101225

2-3 as of the Miami game. Then they lost to Miami and to the Spurs.

[JBH3]

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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec...-heat-20101225

2-3 as of the Miami game. Then they lost to Miami and to the Spurs.

ESPN NBA Section Standings are reflecting a 3-6 record.

[Kashanova]

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ESPN NBA Section Standings are reflecting a 3-6 record.

whats crazy is that lakers have played 22 games against below .500 teams...

[King_B_Mack]

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whats crazy is that lakers have played 22 games against below .500 teams...

This isn't anything new though. This happens every year, the Lakers consistently have the easiest early schedule in the league and when I pointed that out earlier this year when they were beating the breaks off teams you woulda thought I said the Lakers weren't a championship level team or something. The Lakers will eventually be fine I'm sure of that, but it's just a fact of NBA life now that the first part of their season they will feast and stack wins by virtue of the easiest opening schedule in the league, it's just a matter of getting things done when it gets harder in January thru February usually.

[JBH3]

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This isn't anything new though. This happens every year, the Lakers consistently have the easiest early schedule in the league and when I pointed that out earlier this year when they were beating the breaks off teams you woulda thought I said the Lakers weren't a championship level team or something. The Lakers will eventually be fine I'm sure of that, but it's just a fact of NBA life now that the first part of their season they will feast and stack wins by virtue of the easiest opening schedule in the league, it's just a matter of getting things done when it gets harder in January thru February usually.

Yea....this year may be different though. You can tell there's something up w/ Kobe. His play has been "abnormal" by Kobe standards, and he's been getting riled up in some contests; most recently w/ George Hill. ESPN stated that last night's Spurs contest was the first game of Kobe's career where he missed 13 shots in a row.

They look to be getting almost nothing from Ron Artest this year. He has to have the lowest PER in the league for any player avg'ing over 24 minutes/gm.

Artest: 26.9 mpg/11.2 PER