It's just one game. Remember when Chicago beat the crap out of Miami in game 1 last year when Lebron and Wade were hungover from their vegas party? Everyone said Chicago would sweep and then Miami won the next 4, lol.
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Just got back from work and saw the scores. I wouldn't say I'm shocked, but blowouts of this proportion in the playoffs are rare. These are my opinions from looking at the highlights and boxscores: 1) OKC played a PERFECT game. Shot nearly 60% for most of 3 quarters. Didn't turn the ball over AT ALL, which is a huge weakness of theirs during the season (4 total has to be some sort of record). Made their 3s and FTs. Their jumpshooters made jumpshots ALL NIGHT. This was their A+ game. And obviously the Lakers couldn't hang. Most teams wouldn't hang with this OKC team tonight. 2) Lakers still can't defend the PG position. Kobe was on WB tonight and it didn't make a different. Defending the PG is something the Lakers MUST address this offseason. They simply can't afford to let every type of decent PG run them over with ease. 3) The positives for the Lakers (if there are any): a) WB isn't going to make all these jumpers this consistently again. He was on fire, partly b/c the Lakers didn't know how to defend the high pick and roll. But still, he's not this good even given that much space. b) Sooner or later, OKC will turn the ball over again. The Lakers must capitalize. c) Kobe HAS to match Durant's production. It's very unlikely, but he has to turn back the clock somehow someway d) Feed Bynum. OKC can't stop him. Overall, this series will end in 5. But the Lakers should be more competitive than this. That was embarrassing.
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The main problem defensively for the Lakers is Andrew "I'm as good as Dwight Howard defensively" Bynum Dude has absolutely no idea what to do on a PnR.
The beauty of the Thunder is that they have 3 really good offensive threats. Assuming they move Artest on Westbrook, they have to either put Kobe on Durant (Durant's size would cause problems) and they'd still have no one to guard Harden. Unless they put Matt Barnes in for Sessions and move Kobe to the point guard (which would be really stupid on offense)- putting Artest on Westbrook will only create mismatches.
I think it was a discussion about trading Lowry+fillers to Lakers for Pau. DD said the Lakers would not do it because they already have a better PG. I'm paraphrasing of course.
Thunder look like a championship team, this year. Durant is 24, Westbrook is 23, Harden is 22, Ibaka is 22, Perkins is 27. That's not fair.
I suspect they're gonna let Kobe take Durant and switch off with Ron on Westbrook and let Sessions take Sefalosha. The other option I can see Brown going to is Artest at the 4, stretching Ibaka away from the paint and letting Bynum go one-on-one with Perk. Yes, the big 3 does present matchup dilemmas. Brown has to find a way to get Kobe, Artest, and Barnes on the floor together because that's his best perimeter defenders. So, either Kobe has to go to the point or they're gonna have to bring somebody in off the end of the bench (Morris) that gives them a huge lift. In my opinion, most of the solution for the Lakers lies on the offensive end. They have to find a way to spread the floor out in the halfcourt so their bigs have room to roam in the paint. I think they need to split up Gasol and Bynum, one of them starts, the other comes off the bench, and the either start Sessions, Bryant, Barnes, Artest at 1-4, or they start McRoberts at the 4 with Sessions, Bryant, and Artest. They really need to spread the floor out, run the clock, and get better looks, better shots. The more shots go down, the less you will see OKC running up and firing jumpers. It's just that simple.
