Wow, Lin. SMH. His decision-making is on par with fellow alum Ryan Fitzpatrick. I'd personally blacklist any Harvard grads in future drafts, tbh.
what's wrong with going with an open jumper with 35 seconds left? Taking a contested 3 has way less chance of going in.
I think the play was called for Kobe and Lin heard him wrong from what Tinman posted it's a lose lose situation, you either let Hill who was 6-16 at that point take a jump shot, or you give it to Kobe for a contested three to further pat his miss shots record.
ehh not really, kobe was really heating up and Jordan Hill was bricking all night, although that shot has been there for him all season, honestly cant believe his midrange stander
Lol you guys are too invested in Jeremy Lin. Why are you even reading and watching post-game interviews and articles from the LA Lakers. It's become quite pathetic.
I would rather be waterboarded then watch that dumpster fire team play unless it is against the Rockets. I had to sit through two years of cringe worthy Lin plays here in Houston. If I never see him play again I'll be completely content with that.
Hill was ice cold the whole night, couldn't buy a basket. Kobe hit his last 3 shots the last 3 possessions. Though to be fair to Lin, Hill could have still passed it to Kobe.
People questioned why some are still watching the Lakers games, post game interviews, ect...so that is how my comment is relevant. Since people are grouped together in this thread as either Lin supporters or detractors I was making it clear that outside of reading a box score like I do with every team that plays I'm not keeping up with Lin at all.
Starting PGs that played against the Grizzlies this season vs. Mike Conley Lin played OK-to-good last night. He defended Conley very well, made him shooting <=40% on half court sets and turned the ball over 4 times. He got 12 pts and 3 ast against the Griz-defense and I think that's pretty average if you compare him to what Rubio or Holiday had done with better supporting casts.
Right, because going to OT means you already gave up on the Rockets. Plus with 30 secs left there was just NO WAY the Blazers could have tied it up even if Lin had called the timeout. You're gonna call a game "won" with 30 secs left when the Blazers beat us in 2 secs in game 6. With 7 secs left Bev can't even bring the ball the court for us to try to tie the game and again not a single comment on the turnover that actually lost us the game.
I don't understand. I thought the play was Lin gave the ball to Hill around elbow area and then set a screen for Kobe and let him shoot. They run the exact same play for 3 straight possessions. I thought it was boneheaded play on Hill's part to shoot that 20 footer. Making no mistake, they still had plenty of time left on the shot clock. It wasn't like there was only 3 secs left and Hill had to take the shot. And how was it a better play by just handing Kobe the ball without the pick and let him go 1 on 3 anyway? It would be a safe play for Lin but it was definitely not optimum.
Not sure how much Kobe was "heating up" as he had missed 2 of his prior 3 shots and was 10-26 on the night. Lin should have taken the shot himself...
That was the play they ran in the last few possessions. Hill was supposed to pass the ball to Kobe after Lin set Kobe a pick, for a 3. Hill took the open jumper. Haters immediately blame Lin for passing the ball for Hill to shoot lol.
