NBA discussion thread

Originally posted by guy222
Lakers win again

woot

All they have to do is take it one game at a time

Yep

stephon marburys having his most productive year. knicks aint doing so bad.

seriously though... cant he buy his own contract out or something like that? i'm sure he could add something positive to a team... its obvious new york and marbury would be best to part ways. in his prime he wasnt a bad player.

Lakers lost

Didn't play well down the stretch

Next game tomorrow

Knicks lost to Portugal.
Probably so far the worst officiated game this season.

Originally posted by guy222
Lakers lost

Didn't play well down the stretch

Next game tomorrow

I'm not worried..

You will lose games when you give up nearly 20 offensive boards and miss damn near 20 ree throws..

Just play better tomorrow and win and then thank about the game on friday

Yep. Kobe almost always makes that shot. Just didn't fall this time

Fish got beat and a good tap by Murphy

One loss doesnt matter in the big scheme of things but i dont like the way we take our foot off the throat when we get big leads. That is the exact mentality that got us in trouble in game 4 of the finals. How many times do we need reminding?
Our defense hasnt been consistent for a while but we have been relying on a 5 minute burst of aggressive D to blow the game open in the 2nd half. That wont work against the good defensive teams that take care of the ball and if we cant force turnovers we have to challenge every shot and dominate the boards. Too often i see guys running out at shooters with their hands down, anyone that has been coached at even the most basic level knows that is a no-no (you dont have to block the shot, just contest).
Still one loss isnt the end of the world and it should wake us up and humble us, so its probably a good thing in the long run. I've always said you can learn more from losing than you can from winning.

Just one loss

Play better tomorrow, limit Philly to one shot. Limit turnovers and make all your freethrows. Its odd because the Lakers made the 6 down the stretch, but 12 misses. Add those and the Lake Show has a win

It was a good loss in the sense that boxing out on last second shots will be worked on now and they won't get beat like that in a game that matters.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
Knicks lost to Portugal.
Probably so far the worst officiated game this season.

Nowhere near as bad as the officiating in the Portland/Warriors game. But yeah, wasn't so great of officiating.

Originally posted by SpaceMonkey
It was a good loss in the sense that boxing out on last second shots will be worked on now and they won't get beat like that in a game that matters.

True

Originally posted by SpaceMonkey
It was a good loss in the sense that boxing out on last second shots will be worked on now and they won't get beat like that in a game that matters.

QFT

One of the Lakers problems last night was shooting the ball way too early in the 4th quarter. If you are nursing a slim lead with only a few minutes left in the game, why are shooting the ball with 10-12 seconds left on the shot clock? They need to have better clock management from their players and stop taking shots that look tempting.

Agreed

Originally posted by celestialdemon
One of the Lakers problems last night was shooting the ball way too early in the 4th quarter. If you are nursing a slim lead with only a few minutes left in the game, why are shooting the ball with 10-12 seconds left on the shot clock? They need to have better clock management from their players and stop taking shots that look tempting.

CD, I agree

Good win for the Lakers

Kobe was marvelous, Pau and Andrew had good games as well

Blazers currently sit at 14-6 at 2nd place in the West. The Celtics at Boston should be real real tough on Friday. Oh, and Brandon Roy was Western player of the week last week! Drexler is the only other Blazer to have won 3 players of the week.

Originally posted by Myth
Brandon Roy was Western player of the week last week! Drexler is the only other Blazer to have won 3 players of the week.

I hope you're not thinking of comparing Roy to The Glide yet.

No, I'm not saying Roy is equivalent to Clyde (besides, I don't think the weekly award started until the late 80s or early 90s after Drexler had several years behind him). But it does show that he is possibly the best Blazer since Clyde. I'd say that it is a toss up between him and Rasheed. Rasheed's had more strengths and weaknesses, while Roy remains more in the middle where his strenths aren't as strong as Rasheed's, but his weaknesses aren't as weak as Rasheed's.