yes I did but he got a good look because of Amare's screen plus he wasn't trying to race up the court trying to beat the clock and he was closer to the line. Pretty much a completely different scenario. Instead of Nash dribbling up the court as fast as he can covered by 2 Spurs players keeping an eye on the clock a few feet behind the 3 pt line. It looked like Duncan was on him..
Yes it was. Fakers get those call though. The Commish doesn't want to risk losing the confidense of his cash cow.
The game didn't come down to that call though. Billups had a couple of very questionable plays at the end. The foul on the Billups 3pt by Fisher was questionable. Despite the loss, Denver seems to have the Laker's numbers this year. We will see how the post season comes along.
Denver really screwed up in the end. JR Smith made some boneheaded plays and Melo kinda dissappeared in thr 4th quarter. When its all said and done, I really think Denver will be the West Champs. Look at the starting five comparisons: Billups>Fisher Afflalo<Kobe Melo>Artest Martin<Gasol Nene>Bynum The ultimate X-Factor is gonna be Ty Lawson, cuz I don't see anyone on that Lakers bench that can guard him. Farmar and Brown really struggle against him and if he didn't go out in the 2nd half, they woulda won that game.
Denver really screwed up in the end. JR Smith made some boneheaded plays and Melo kinda dissappeared in thr 4th quarter. When its all said and done, I really think Denver will be the West Champs. Look at the starting five comparisons: Billups>Fisher Afflalo<Kobe Melo>Artest Martin<Gasol Nene>Bynum The ultimate X-Factor is gonna be Ty Lawson, cuz I don't see anyone on that Lakers bench that can guard him. Farmar and Brown really struggle against him and if he didn't go out in the 2nd half, they woulda won that game.
Are you blind? He had more than enough room to get that shot off. And overall, it's better to get some kind of shot up than pass it off with the buzzer going off and get no shot at all. That was r****ded. Tell me you're joking. What the hell kind of logic is this? Denver is better than LA if you take Kobe and Gasol out of the lineup? No sh-t! The only thing that could have made that moronic theory even worse is if you posted it twice. oh wait...
what does carmelo do for the nuggets when he does NOT score? and nene needs to get more shots. A LOT MORE. and it's clear the lakers can get to the finals even if kobe puts up a couple of C-D games every series. they're just that deep and good.
I actually think as a unit the Lakers have a better starting 5 than the Nuggets (not by much, though), but . . . the Nuggets have much superior bench with (Andersen, Smith, Lawson and Carter) . . . it's like they can throw another set of starters at the Lakers. Especially having Lawson, who can be a nightmare for the Lakers' point guard. You also have to like the Nuggets mentality of attacking/being aggressive . . . Hard to say if they'll win the West, they could lose to the Mavs or any strong WC team that comes out in a blaze in the playoffs.
lol @ that pic Anyhow, for those complaining how the Rockets run iso plays late in games, are you watching this Bucks-Hawks game? Almost every single play out of the last 8 possessions between the two teams has involved Joe Johnson or John Salmons going 1-on-1 starting out on the perimeter. Ridnour scored one bucket in between. I understand that the complaints about the Rockets doing that are that Brooks wasn't good enough and that is correct. The point is though that almost every last team in the league spreads the floor and isos late in halves, particularly at the end of games for the team in the lead. They want to use up clock and avoid turnovers so they spread the floor and drain clock. If a double comes, it's up to the ballhandler to find the open man. Every team does this, it's not just the Rockets. Obviously, it's more effective when you have a star perimeter player. That's why we got Martin. Expect to see him iso quite a bit late in halves/games as we move forward instead of Brooks. And don't flame him for it when he doesn't finish. All teams go this route on critical late possessions when defenses kick it up a notch and the clock is a factor. The ball movement, player movement, running the offense, etc... is more typical and should be expected more often in all other game situations.
