The Implosion of the Los Angeles Lakers

[Wulfgar1224]

Another W for them. Mamba playing out of his mind lately.

He sure is. This has probably been stated here in the past. But, the Lakers best chance is to pass Utah due to strength of scheduling. I think Houston's schedule is too manageable for the Lakers to catch them. That said, I still don't think it is all that big of a deal either way. Once you get past about the 10th pick in this draft, it becomes a roll of the dice/ projection type of thing for the players that will be drafted anyway.

 

[Cavsfan1985]

He sure is. This has probably been stated here in the past. But, the Lakers best chance is to pass Utah due to strength of scheduling. I think Houston's schedule is too manageable for the Lakers to catch them. That said, I still don't think it is all that big of a deal either way. Once you get past about the 10th pick in this draft, it becomes a roll of the dice/ projection type of thing for the players that will be drafted anyway.

Big differences from 28 - 29 to mid teens though. As we saw last year, a mid teens and 2nds can move you up to grab a player you want.

 

[Pioneer10]

Re: Tracking the 2013 Draft Picks

This Lakers team is messed up: on a team with Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, it's still all Kobe Hero Ball every single possession.

 

[Ohio]

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Lakers up 1 with 33sec left.

 

[Ohio]

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MAMBA! Lakers up 1 with 9 seconds left.

 

[Ohio]

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Lakers win!! Woo

 

[Kovah]

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Kobe and their defense won it in the end. wow. J Smoove had a chance if he caught that pass clean.

 

[tristan+kyrie=$]

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Huge win tonight! 22 games left...I say the Lakers finish 15-7 and finish 45-37 which gets them in

 

[wuck]

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Interesting Lakers game. D'Antoni got so desperate he only held Kobe out for 1 minute in the second half, Nash could not handle the ball tonight, and they went KobeISO over and over and over. But it was just good enough.

Even though I also hate paying attention to the Lakers, I have to admit that Kobe's slam with 2-3 minutes to go was tremendous. Really turned back the clock on that one.

They may have made just enough defensive plays in the last few minutes, but their defense is terrible. And they barely survived a Hawks club at the end of a long road trip. But they are .500 for the first time in forever, so that's something. Too bad they play @OKC next before a bunch of easier games.

 

[The Process God]

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Lakers won?!

 

[daytripper]

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Let's all hope the League does the right thing and suspends Ibaka for the Laker game after his below the belt shot on Blake Griffin today.

 

[Just Checkin]

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The ending of that game was really scary. The Hawks almost got away with the same play (a direct pass behind a completely unaware defender) but Smith mishandled the pass and ended up throwing the ball away.

Next game vs. OKC. If they can pull this one out, the rest of the schedule looks manageable.

 

[oasis05]

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Did horford guard kobe the last possession?

 

[wuck]

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Did horford guard kobe the last possession?

Smith guarded Kobe for most of the end of the game. Horford ended up on Kobe on the final possession after Howard screened and the Hawks switched. Kobe paused, then was able to go right by Horford, and Smith ended up contesting the shot too late at the rim.

 

[Reeko_Htown]

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