Lakers Draft Pick Watch: Hindenburg or bust thread.

[Phrazbit]

Man, the Lakers look like hot garbage against good teams. If not for some officiating favors this race would be toast.

Kobe just left the game with some sort of elbow/shoulder problem. No idea what caused it, he and Thabo were jockeying for position but Kobe came away holding his outside (right) arm, no real contact on the play.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Utah has a tough schedule from here on out... they'll be lucky to go 11-11. The Lakers have a cakewalk by comparison, something would have to go wrong for them to do worse than 14-8.

like Kobe going down with an injury for a couple weeks? Let's hope that's what just happened in the OKC game where he had to walk back to the locker-room holding his arm. who am i kidding? after all that crap Kobe gave Dwight, his arm would have to fall off to miss any time right now... BUT, Kobe, playing completely injured could just as easily screw that team up, although it'll be easier for them to bottom out without him at all.

 

[Phrazbit]

Joey Crawford is a pathetic official. He isnt incompetent, I feel like he makes deliberately bad calls to provoke reactions out of people.

 

[Errntknght]

Joey Crawford is a pathetic official. He isnt incompetent, I feel like he makes deliberately bad calls to provoke reactions out of people.

I agree about him provoking people but I think he's also imcompetent. At one time he was my favorite referee because he didn't give 'homer' calls and he called a pretty good game - even then he had a very short fuse. Now he showboats, botches calls and indulges in provocative behavior. He should have been forcibly retired several years ago.

 

[Cheesebeef]

love listening to Laker post-game after losses. They called tonight's 17 point shellacking an "inspiring loss" and bitched about not getting calls even though the Lakers outshot the Thunder 40 to 24 on free throws.

 

[Phrazbit]

love listening to Laker post-game after losses. They called tonight's 17 point shellacking an "inspiring loss" and bitched about not getting calls even though the Lakers outshot the Thunder 40 to 24 on free throws.

The rigging needs to be to WWE standards for the Laker faithful to be satisfied.

 

[D-Dogg]

love listening to Laker post-game after losses. They called tonight's 17 point shellacking an "inspiring loss" and bitched about not getting calls even though the Lakers outshot the Thunder 40 to 24 on free throws.

shellacking? it was 6 point game late and then Metta Metta'd it up. Game of spurts. I had already written it off as a loss.

Nothing inspiring about it.

 

[Cheesebeef]

shellacking? it was 6 point game late and then Metta Metta'd it up. Game of spurts. I had already written it off as a loss.

they were down 12-18 most of the game, made one run in the fourth quarter... and then lost by 17. that's a shellacking.

 

[D-Dogg]

they were down 12-18 most of the game, made one run in the fourth quarter... and then lost by 17. that's a shellacking.

They were down 10 the entire game, and most often between 8 and 10. They cut it to 4 late, then 6, then Metta went stupid and ruined them, and they collapsed in the stretch. It got up to 16, but by no means were they down 16 most of the game. They got it back to 10 pretty fast.

Almost the entire game they were hovering between 8-10, due to opening the game missing 10 straight and digging an early hole they never could dig out of.

I don't consider a 8-10 pt spread the entire game a shellacking. I don't consider it a positive, either. And I want the Spurs to take the number one spot, so if the Lakers sneak into the 8, they have a chance in the first round, because they don't have one against OKC.

 

[Mainstreet]

They were down 10 the entire game, and most often between 8 and 10. They cut it to 4 late, then 6, then Metta went stupid and ruined them, and they collapsed in the stretch. It got up to 16, but by no means were they down 16 most of the game. They got it back to 10 pretty fast.

Almost the entire game they were hovering between 8-10, due to opening the game missing 10 straight and digging an early hole they never could dig out of.

I don't consider a 8-10 pt spread the entire game a shellacking. I don't consider it a positive, either. And I want the Spurs to take the number one spot, so if the Lakers sneak into the 8, they have a chance in the first round, because they don't have one against OKC.

The Lakers were down 16 points at halftime having decisively lost the first and second quarters. Although the Lakers won the third quarter by 8 points they lost the fourth quarter by 9 points. I'd call that a shellacking. Almost every game has runs. Total point differential for the game was 17 points.

Final: Thunder 122, Lakers 105.

 

[Michael]

Typical Kobe to catch a rebound one-handed after hurting his right elbow but then dribbling up and pulling up for a three-pointer...

It was an interesting game in which OKC simply abused the mismatch of Westbrook against Bryant.

I wonder how much better LA could be if Kobe would understand the concept of team play. So many times he got the ball, dribbled up the court and wasted a possession by chucking up a contested long-ranged effort. I know that he can catch fire (like every shooter) and can make those shots, but if you'd have a little more ball movement, you'd surely see an increased activity of other players, too. It's only natural that some players are more active on both sides of the court if they feel involved in the offensive schemes.

Ok, enough Kobe-bashing for the week. But that guy would drive me insane if he was on my favourite team!

 

[Phrazbit]

The NBA needs to swap out the refs in New Orleans. Halftime and the Lakers are down 48-67. Mike D'Antoni defense is still a sight to behold.

 

[Phrazbit]

I really question the integrity of this league... the officiating in this game has been abominable. The refs are absolutely killing New Orleans right now.

 

[D-Dogg]

The Lakers were down 16 points at halftime having decisively lost the first and second quarters. Although the Lakers won the third quarter by 8 points they lost the fourth quarter by 9 points. I'd call that a shellacking. Almost every game has runs. Total point differential for the game was 17 points.

Final: Thunder 122, Lakers 105.

With one minute left in the first half, it was a nine point game. The thunder then reeled off 7 straight points in a minute to lead by 16. The lakers chipped that down to 6, let it back up to 12, chipped it back to five, and collapsed down the stretch.

Shellacking, no. poopy game, yes. They were not down 12-18 points most of the game, however. They were down 9 most of the game. Consistently moving from 9 to 6 to 9 to 12 to 9, etc.

 

[Dr. Jones]

No way the NBA lets the Lakers miss the playoffs.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Well Robin Lopez didn't help us last night. In fact, he was a big factor in the Lakers' come back win (which was pretty amazing by the way). In the last few minutes, Lopez totally blew an easy dunk, then gets blocked by Dwight going in for another dunk. Lakers outscore the Pelicans 33/9 in the 4th quarter and eek out a victory.

The Lakers actually played some good D in the 4th Quarter.

 

[Errntknght]

Tonight the Jazz will probably drop into a tie with the Lakers... heck they probably won't have to find a way to lose to the Knicks, despite them not playing well of late. either. The Jazz own the tie breaker with Lakers but I don't think it will come into play. The Lakers are more likely to overtake Houston than they are to tie the Jazz - 2 games back of the Rockets now.
I can see just how LA's season finishes: with two games to go the Lakers have to win out to overtake Houston. In the penultimate game Pop rests his starters conceding the game and then the Lakers sneak past Houston in their finale - thanks to a record shattering 27 assists from the guys in stripes. This situation comes about because the Suns beat Houston four straight times to wind up with eighth slot in the draft. (Yes four wins could put us above seven teams: NO, Sac, Minn, Wash, Orl, Cle, Cha) In fact, it would be possible for two teams to then leapfrog us in the lottery so we actually drafted 10th after a 25 win season!

 

[BC867]

Then Robert Sarver shoves his foam finger in a self-induced prostate exam and sells his interest in the Suns to someone who enjoys basketball as a sport as well as an investment.

Then he vows to never come north of Casa Grande again.

 

[Phrazbit]

The Rockets remaining schedule is a cake walk, they'll make it. Utah is the worry. The Lakers are still playing lotto quality ball, edging out awful teams by the skin of their teeth and whistles of the refs. They cannot afford loses to the likes of Toronto and New Orleans. If they continue to play at this awful level it will bite them.

Lakers are also playing 8 of their next 10 on the road, and they've been an awful road team.