2.4 Seconds on the clock and 2 points down .... you would?

Brooks was forced out of position. Plain and simple.

 

That's actually right if you can understand what I am talking about. When you are down 7 with 2 minutes left, there is not much pressure because the game is not on the line. Most people would expect them to lose. It's when you are tied with 20 second to go (you need a basket to win) or trail by 2 with 2.4 sec to go (you need a basket to tie as last night), that's when you are under most pressure. BTW, anyone knows that the winning team made more shots. It's like saying Lakers won because they score 2 more points than us.

 

bad play call by rick. lakers have the best big men and you let AB take it among the trees w/ 2.4 seconds left? bad coaching there.

AB and KM or cbud have been hitting their 3s tonight and on the road, you ALWAYS go for the win.

but we're fans, not coaches.

 

great play call by rick. AB had a wide open layup that he didn't take. it's not rick's fault that AB chose to take a difficult, contested layup instead.

gasol had 5 fouls. go for the tie and beat them in overtime. if gasol fouls out, the lakers have no interior size.

also, you need to consider where the inbounds pass was coming from and how it wouldve impacted a play designed for a 3 pointer.

as always, your analysis is shortsighted.

 

I could see sending KMart down there because he would have a good chance of drawing a foul.

 

No, he wasn't he was wide open, he took the wrong angle and got too close to the baseline.

SHEESH !!

Speak for yourself, my team's season starts in January.

DD

 

Get another player besides ab who can create his own shot

 

Would have been nice to have Yao out there. Maybe manage his minutes so he's there in crunch time?

 

Man, usually I would agree with that, but Yao was pretty awful last night on offense.

Very good on D and rebouding but on Offense he was missing everything he tossed up there.....and most were no more than 2 feet away.

DD

 

I am surprised AB did not finish a directly layup for last position. It is a simple basketball skill.

He dribbled the rocket's last position. All I can say is his Basketball IQ is not at that level.

 

Strategy seemed fine to me. Lakers were going to be all over 3-pt shooters. Back-door would give you a high percentage shot. AB missed; that's all.

 

They are not gonna call a foul. I agree that you go for the best shot whether its a 2 pts or 3 pts. Since they are not going to call a foul Im not sure a lay up attempt is the best but if you have a good look go for it.

 

Its pretty stupid to even have C as an option. The refs rarely make a call to decide a game in the closing seconds. AB was clearly fouled last night going to the basket but you never want to leave the game in the hands of the refs, that never works.

 

even if there was a slight opening, AB is a midget and it would have been a very tough shot attempt anyways.

a better play call would have been for kmart who is much better at drawing fouls or cbud/lee who are athletic enough to make tough layups.

regardless, bad play call to have the shortest guy going among the lakers' big men, regardless of how many fouls gasol had.

it was like ron artest trying to convert a layup against yao ming earlier in the game. it was NOT going to happen. size matters.

 

exactly my thought. now if that was kmart w/ the ball, it may have had a different result. bigger body, and better at drawing fouls.

coaches make mistakes too. bad play call there by rick and i'm sure he'll design a much better one when the same situation calls again.

 

smh. childish response as usual.

 

Just speaking the truth, I liked the play and have broken it down and added it to our playbook....

It worked....just poor execution....which happens you know...there are 2 teams on the floor.

Maybe one day, you will understand this great game of basketball, but judging from your posts, I am not holding my breath.

DD

 

Slight opening? He had a wide open layup that we've all seen him make dozens of time.

shortsighted, as usual.

brooks was shooting well last night, and that forced the lakers to overplay him on the final possession. that's why he had the open path to the basket.

lee/budinger didnt make a single 3 pointer last night. the lakers wouldnt have overplayed them, and they definitely wouldnt have given them a clear path to the basket.

wow...you really must be short. its not often you see steve blake referred to as a "lakers' big man".

its nothing like that at all. that comparison is so far off, its not even apples to oranges. its apples to idiocy.

a clear path to an unprotected basket is much different than being pinned under the basket and being guarded by a giant.

 

take whatever the D is giving, if you get a good look at a 3, take it. if you get a clear lane to the basket like AB got last nite, take it.. just unlucky that Brooks height hurt him under the rim, he shouldve pump faked and drew the foul becuz everyone were going to go for the blocked shot

 

Right on the money. Anytime you go against Kobe and have a chance to win the game as time expires, you do it. Don't leave any time (or overtime) for Kobe to be able to take a shot.

I think that our inbounds position really limited us, otherwise we may have had another 3 point shot option besides a covered Martin.