The Lakers are playing horrible. They are lucky to be down by only 6 points heading into the 4th quarter. Kobe shooting 7-20.
refs letting it very physical with some sissy calls here and there. refs have to be more consistant in their calls. artest and salmon doing a very decent job on kobe and odom. i'm impressed. their defense against paul is ok. they double as soon as the pass to gasol starts. making another player (not kobe) score. udrih is pretty damn good. controls the temple very well, and shoots the mid range realy good. brad miller, has been terrible. above average defense on paul one on one, but wow... missing point blank lay-ups. i am very impressed with the kings right now. they are missing quite a few pieces though, to make a playoff run.
Instead of flopping, Kobe flails way too much after every bit of contact. It's so annoying. Plus he whines to the ref more then Yao.
I have a feeling the Kings pull this game out,but not before a hard push to a wire job by the Lakers.
that was funny, wish the toyota center was a little more hostile freakin kings can't make any layups. I've seen them miss at least 4 in the last 5 minutes
the kings are just giving them the game. no offense. no movement. ugh someone needs to expose the fakers. they arent that great.
The Lakers were exposed for they are, the second best road team in the league, behind Bos. in a rounabout way, you are complimenting the Lakers' defense during cluth time, putting the clamp on the Queens' offense.
it was a tank job in the 4th quarter... i have no idea why reggie didn't put salmons back on Kobe after the great job he did in the first 3 quarters and also I have no idea why they didn't keep running the fast break. Laker's lack of transition defense was totally exposed in this game... Salmons and al got layups everytime they decided to push the ball.
I happen to like the Duncan, Thomas, Bowen, Manu, Parker lineup myself. That Bos and Det lineup isn't too shabby either....
