1/24-1/30 Game Discussion Thread

[TheMatrix31]

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I love when Kobe shoots a lot.

Same here.

[Rawdeal28]

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First quarter of the game I think, they both got double techs. Bosh fouled Harden, KD went and talked to his teammate and Bosh stepped up to him.


Waiting for the rest, but here's some notes from twitter.
KD with some STRONG words about Bosh. Called him a "punk" when talking about the little first half skirmish.

Said that Bosh thinks he can talk now that he's on a good team. KD said he wasn't going to take that in his house.

KD said he was just talking to his teammate and Bosh saw the need to "butt in" and put his "two cents" in.

Finally, complete Durant quotes:

“I was talking to my teammate and [Bosh] decided he wanted to put his two cents into it,” Durant explained after the 108-103 setback. “I am quiet guy, laid back guy, but I’m not going to let nobody talk trash to me. He’s on a good team now so he thinks he can talk a little bit. There are a lot of fake tough guys in this league and he’s one of them.”

“I’m no punk,” he continued. “I wasn’t even talking to him first off. He decided to butt in and I’m not going to just let that slide. Especially in our house. Like I said, he’s not one of those guys I look at and say he has a rap for talking back to guys or getting into it. He’s a nice guy. I’m not going to let that type of person say something to me like that.”

@ he's a nice guy

i love KD.

Spoiler

just not when he's facing us.

Kobe had no choice but to shoot. Either that or watch Pau miss jumpers instead of going in the blocks.

exactly.

Bynum and Pau played like **** today. thank you for not showing up.

what im also upset about is that thats already 7 losses at home already. i think thats all we had all of last year. smh

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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Boys vs. men out there.

Pierce never gettin due respect

[ex carrabba fan]

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The lakers look like the heat right now... Iso iso iso...

Uh no, in the second half Kobe decided for some odd reason to not look to do anything but hold the ball and try off balanced fadeaways. Or put his head down and go to the bucket.

It was called for to an extent, but he tried to ride that out too long.

Everything Boston did on offense in the second half looked easy. A stark comparison to LA's pathetic showing on offense.

Kobe had no choice but to shoot. Either that or watch Pau miss jumpers instead of going in the blocks.

Not surprised you'd feel this way. It's called Laker guards not getting the ball inside. Not sure what Phil was doing today but he was completely outcoached in the second half.

Lakers played beautifully on defense in the first half, but during the second half Boston adjusted and LA did not.

i love KD.

Spoiler

just not when he's facing us.

exactly.

Bynum and Pau played like **** today. thank you for not showing up.

what im also upset about is that thats already 7 losses at home already. i think thats all we had all of last year. smh

Once again, not surprised to read these comments. When the rock doesn't go inside and out, you're going to have issues. They hardly go the ball inside to Andrew and the ball never swung in the second half around the perimeter.

Complete iso game for Mr. Bryant, who played right into Boston's defensive scheme. No doubt he had an impressive scoring game, but he really wasn't looking to create for others at all.

He also took the shots Boston wanted him to. Tough contested, fall aways, fadeaways, stand still out of rhythm jumpers. Pathetic showing from Phil Jackson if anyone.

Not blaming Kobe at all unless he was completely ignoring what Phil was telling the team to do. This one goes on coach.

[jeebs9]

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Now are the Lakers in trouble now?

[ex carrabba fan]

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Now are the Lakers in trouble now?

Nope.

They will get out of the west.

It was crystal clear from day one that they would only have to worry about the East. And if they don't get out of the West, well then I guess certain Lakers aren't as good as we thought they were.

We will see if Mr. Bryant is as good as everyone has made him out to be once playoffs roll around.

[Kashanova]

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im really not surprised by the outcome, lakers usually lose when kobe takes alot of shots...

[ex carrabba fan]

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im really not surprised by the outcome, lakers usually lose when kobe takes alot of shots...

He played fine in the first half, not sure what he was trying to prove in the second half.

Odom was playing beautifully in the first, then completely disappeared in the second. Not sure if that was due to Kobe stopping the ball or just because that's what Odom does [vanish].

Pau played soft but still, the guards never got him the ball inside. Either credit Boston defense or fault Laker guards and Phil Jackson.

Andrew attempted how many shots? Are going freaking kidding me? Totally unacceptable.

Kobe with 0 assists. Not surprised LA lost either. Especially if you saw how Kobe operated in the second half. No playmaking what so ever. Had his mind made up that the ball was going up and never looked to create a damn thing. All 4 other Lakers just standing around looking stupid.

Great job today Phil.

Regardless still no reason to panic, I still believe they are a top 4 team if not top 3. They need this type of game to show that Kobe needs to use his teammates and get them in better position to be effective on offense.

[Jasong7777]

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Ex, those two bitches won't doing nothing down low when they got the ball. All Pau was doing was shooting jumpers when he did get the ball. Pau wants no part of KG down low. And Bynum needn't get mentioned.

[Kobalt]

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Chauncey showed up to play today, 22points so far on 6 of 8 shooting. Too bad no one else did.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Ex, those two bitches won't doing nothing down low when they got the ball. All Pau was doing was shooting jumpers when he did get the ball. Pau wants no part of KG down low. And Bynum needn't get mentioned.

Pau yes, I admitted he played soft today with his fadeaway jumpers and fallaways.

But Andrew IMO played fairly well. His foul trouble plagued him but they never look to him. It is truly frustrating.

The ball never moved in the second half, bottom line. The ball never went inside in the second half, bottom line.

They were not going to have a good chance at winning playing that way. Where Kobe is predictable in every thing he does. Where Kobe is attempting that high a degree of difficulty shot attempts. Totally uncalled for on his part.

Once again, I won't blame Kobe, I will blame Phil. The stark contrast between Boston and LA's offense in the second half was amusing. LA errr I mean Kobe labored for every point, while Boston got wide open three's/jumpers and shots at the rim.

Big Baby had a great game today. He seems to play really well against LA.

[Jasong7777]

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And yea I know the Lakers play better when Kobe plays playmaker, but those two girls didn't have it today.

[Jasong7777]

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I agree the Laker won't win like this. Too many other good teams. And what was up with Ron Ron?

[ex carrabba fan]

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Ron Ron all year has been an enigma. His defense today wasn't too great, let PP get wide open looks all day.

[redcedarrevenge]

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It's still hilarious seeing Laker fan act like, after some of these drubbings, they're still defacto best team in the West. Hate to break it, but how many games back are they to San Antonio?