Leon POWE!
Who is a guy Gee didn't even know was in the league until last week?
Leon POWE!
Who is a guy Gee didn't even know was in the league until last week?
Who is a guy Gee didn't even know was in the league until last week?
And, those were some of the worst officials I've ever seen. I sure hope the Lakers get that kind of treatment when they get home.
I'll tell you. I have absolutely nothing riding on this series, except for individual bets, and I thought it was the worst officiated game I have seen all year. If I was a Laker fan, I would be absolutely livid. When Leon Powe (who had an amazing game) shoots more FTA than the entire Lakers team, something is a miss. It's not like they were shooting jumpers all night either, they were playing pretty aggressive around the rim until the 4th Q and the 3's brought them back.
That must have been a painful game to watch as a Lakers fan, but you can take that comeback at the end of the game as a positive to build on for the 3 Lakers games at home.
it is called the "smack" shack after all.Funny how you show up on this thread when the Lakers finally fall behind by two games.
Looooser.
I very, very rarely complain about whistles (or lackthereof), but this case was ridiculous. Even the announcers were getting into it.
The Celtics owned them in the paint on offense. Lakers became an outside shooting team. When you attempt most of your shots in the paint you probably going to have a 4-1 advantage in free throws.No team is going to win on the road when the home team has an almost 4-1 advantage in free throws.
I'm not blaming that for the loss, but come on!
The Celtics owned them in the paint on offense. Lakers became an outside shooting team. When you attempt most of your shots in the paint you probably going to have a 4-1 advantage in free throws.
I don't think so. The Lakers were aggressive for the first 3 quarters, became a jump shooting team in the 4th and they shot the ball extremely well, which got them back into the game.
yea, an aggressive shooting team for the first 2 quarters...not 3. The Celtics dominated in defense in the 2nd & 3rd quarter. Not sure what game you were watching.I don't think so. The Lakers were aggressive for the first 3 quarters, became a jump shooting team in the 4th and they shot the ball extremely well, which got them back into the game.
The Celtics owned them in the paint on offense. Lakers became an outside shooting team. When you attempt most of your shots in the paint you probably going to have a 4-1 advantage in free throws.
No, not every foul was legit. That's just dumb to even say. And also, the shot charts for both teams are remarkably similar, until late in the game when the Lakers shoot a lot of threes trying to come back, so this "perimeter shooting team" myth can go pound sand. The game wasn't called the same on both sides, and that's cool. You work with it. There is a HUGE amount of holding going on with the celtics on defense that is being ignored. It's on the potential cutters so they can't make a move to the rim.
2nd, I don't get the Pau comments. He had a pretty good game, putting 17 and 10 together, and was really aggressive in the first half especially. The bench was horrid though, and perimeter defense is just getting worse and worse.
Rebounding and defense are the issue for the Lakers, but when two teams shoot around the same percentage and one gets an additional 17 points at the free throw line off 28 more chances, losing by just a few points is an encouraging sign...especially when they played that bad of D and rebounding was poor and lack of hustle.
I won't say that the fouls called on the Lakers weren't legit fouls (most were, if many were minor) but if that is what constitutes a foul in the game, the refs missed a huge amount on the other end. Several plays had the same feel on one end that were fouls, and the other that were not. I agree with Phil that it was due to the Lakers horrid spacing, and refs aren't going to make calls on guys they can't see. If the reffing doesn't change to balance out, the Lakers will have to adjust to it. It's no excuse..you have to win despite good or bad officiating, a fact of the game.
I don't expect the Lakers bench to look as bad at home. We'll be taking this back to boston, hopefully up 3-2. Winning in Boston is going to be terribly difficult though; the place is in the Lakers', and especially the Lakers' bench players, heads.
This practically the exact ooposite of the game I saw..
This practically the exact ooposite of the game I saw..
yea, an aggressive shooting team for the first 2 quarters...not 3. The Celtics dominated in defense in the 2nd & 3rd quarter. Not sure what game you were watching.
Celtics:
45 perimeter shots
23 shots in the key
Points in paint: 34
38 free throws
Lakers:
42 perimeter shots
41 shots in the key
Points in paint: 40
10 free throws
5 more FG made. 6 pt loss.
First of all , they had 34 points in the paint. Second of all they shot 38 FTs which most come from fouls in the paint. That equals domination IN THE PAINT. Had the fouls not occurred, those 34 pts would have probably doubled....get it. The FTs will not show as points from the paint.Doesn't surprise me at all.
I don't even think that you know what game you were watching. First you say that the Celtics owned them in the paint (which was not the case) now you say that the Lakers were aggressive for 2 out of the 4 quarters when I say that it was 3 out of the 4. Even though the Lakers missed a ton of shots, and were fouled a ton, and the Celtics played good D in the 3rd, doesn't mean that they weren't aggressive.
First of all , they had 34 points in the paint. Second of all they shot 38 FTs which most come from fouls in the paint. That equals domination IN THE PAINT. Had the fouls not occurred, those 34 pts would have probably doubled....get it. The FTs will not show as points from the paint.
The Lakers were aggressive in 2 quarters. The first and the last quarter. Celtics dominated the 3rd quarter and the second. They got their lead in the second and third. Nuff said.
GAME SET MATCH!
First of all , they had 34 points in the paint. Second of all they shot 38 FTs which most come from fouls in the paint. That equals domination IN THE PAINT. Had the fouls not occurred, those 34 pts would have probably doubled....get it. The FTs will not show as points from the paint.
The Lakers were aggressive in 2 quarters. The first and the last quarter. Celtics dominated the 3rd quarter and the second. They got their lead in the second and third. Nuff said.
GAME SET MATCH!