It's definitley from free throws, they are doing bery poorly from the charity stripe. Like my basketball coach said last year"Free throws dont win every game, just the close ones."
I completely agree. I consider hitting freethrows a "big shot". They hit their freethrows they're winning this game. The Lakers are hitting their freethrows. The difference between a champion and contender is hitting big shots like those.
The missed free throws was a killer. But for the last three games at the end, it looks like everyone on Sacramento is tentative when they shoot except for Mike Bibby. I liked Sacramento more than LA, but Sacramento need a Mario Elie or Robert Horry type and they didn't have it.
The free throws were big but Rick Adelman is an idiot. His team is cold as hell from 3pt range but they still kept jacking them up. They shot 2 for 20 from three. That overtime was all jumpers. I can't believe they didn't post up Webber more often. The Kings really got exposed tonight for lack of experience, they were tight as hell.
That air ball from Peja Stojakovic surprised me in the fourth quarter. What was that? They should have run the offense through Webber in the high post.
My biggest gripe was Adelman putting Christie back in the game and taking Bobby Jackson out. Very reminiscent of Riles going w/ Starks instead of Hubert Davis.
