Nash is amazing definitely one of my favourite players it will be interesting to see the match up. But I think Lin will do a solid job defensively. Nash is relatively easy to guard in my opinion. He rarely forces shots up. In fact Suns fans were angry with him because they wanted him to score more & he refused. Laker fans are seeing that right now as well, they want him to shoot more but that isn't his style he is strictly pass first & only shoots when open. He is also solely a half court player now as well & he doesn't drive to the basket that much. Nash just beats everybody with his passing which is resplendent. So really it is up to everybody else to really hold down there man. Also Nash is TO prone so Lin should be able to force him into a lot of TO's. Lakers transition D is awful as well so Rockets just have to execute there fast break perfectly pass in transition don't dribble the ball up. Also have to hit some outside shots so that the driving lanes will be there.
Looks like Kobe can't wait to have 2 less teammates he has to pass the ball to! Rockets need to troll him into launching 40+ shots.
I 've got a feeling that asik will play well tonight, because he usually does after bulls win an game and noah plays well. I am concerned about the next game, because hornets likely will have eric gordon.
I hope Parsons plays tomorrow. I cant imagine the horror of watching Harden going up against a motivated Kobe X_X
[QUOTEisn't t mmy88;7510470]I hope Parsons plays tomorrow. I cant imagine the horror of watching Harden going up against a motivated Kobe X_X[/QUOTE] if cp isnt playing tomorrow cd will guard kb.
Neither one of my books has it available yet... guessing they will post it sometime this morning. That article is probably right and Houston should be favored by around 6.
The more shots Kobe takes on offense, the less energy he's going to have left to play defense at the other end. Combined with the Lakers lack of an interior presence tomorrow, I feel like Harden can keep up with Kobe on scoring, and probably do it more efficiently.
No one wants she Mac and he is not playing well over there at all his team is in last place and the fans don't even think he is as good as starbury. Highlights are deceiving.
can't wait to see the Lin/Nash matchup. Nash makes a lot of telepathic passes but Lin's pretty good at reading passes and if he plays D like last time, I can see a bunch of steals and fast breaks.
Greg smith and his large bear hands vs. Robert Sacre might be the biggest mismatch in the history of basketball (slight exaggeration?) Dude will feast in this game
I think our backcourt will be bring their A+ games. They're playing against two of the greatest guards in the last decades and if that doesn't give that extra motivation, then I don't know what will. This is their chance to show the world that the torch is being passed to them.
Kobe lights up = lights out for Lakers. When Kobe scores under 20, he has done it 3 times this season = 3 Lakers blowing out opponents. We all know Kobe is going to get 30+ because James Harden is playing opposite, he don't want Harden get more points than him. Chandler, please rest, let Kobe win it for the Rockets.
