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We need to do a better job of taking care of the basketball. Turnovers finally got to us last game even though we got away with it the first 3 games.I'm not worried though, it's just one loss and Phil can hammer some points home when there's a loss. I agree with Nik on that regard, Phil can use the loss to teach the team some things. The D got shaky and the passes got sloppy resulting in turnovers, which is what did us in.Plus we went away from the inside game that we used in the first 3 games. In the first 3 games we put Bynum and Odom on the low block and they went to work. After the first quarter on Sunday, we went away from the low block for some reason and shot a ton of 3's, which rebound long and result in transition for the opponents. Bad O equals bad D.We have a good team, a few tweaks on that end and we'll be fine.
Quote from: Juronimo on November 07, 2006, 11:25:22 AMWe need to do a better job of taking care of the basketball. Turnovers finally got to us last game even though we got away with it the first 3 games.I'm not worried though, it's just one loss and Phil can hammer some points home when there's a loss. I agree with Nik on that regard, Phil can use the loss to teach the team some things. The D got shaky and the passes got sloppy resulting in turnovers, which is what did us in.Plus we went away from the inside game that we used in the first 3 games. In the first 3 games we put Bynum and Odom on the low block and they went to work. After the first quarter on Sunday, we went away from the low block for some reason and shot a ton of 3's, which rebound long and result in transition for the opponents. Bad O equals bad D.We have a good team, a few tweaks on that end and we'll be fine.I agree...Odom also stopped being aggressive on offense for the first time this season. I think he needs to be our first option for AT LEAST the first month of the season, until Kobe is back to his normal self...He still has that habbit of laying low for long stretches, expecting to get the other guys going, but forgetting about himself...It's because he's so unselfish, it's natural to him...Of course, he's been getting better with it as time goes by, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get those moments where he forgets to look for his own offensive game...Nonetheless, I expect us to pick things up and easily defeat the T-Wolves tonight after our last loss...PeACe
Quote from: Now_I_Know on November 07, 2006, 12:18:33 PMQuote from: Juronimo on November 07, 2006, 11:25:22 AMWe need to do a better job of taking care of the basketball. Turnovers finally got to us last game even though we got away with it the first 3 games.I'm not worried though, it's just one loss and Phil can hammer some points home when there's a loss. I agree with Nik on that regard, Phil can use the loss to teach the team some things. The D got shaky and the passes got sloppy resulting in turnovers, which is what did us in.Plus we went away from the inside game that we used in the first 3 games. In the first 3 games we put Bynum and Odom on the low block and they went to work. After the first quarter on Sunday, we went away from the low block for some reason and shot a ton of 3's, which rebound long and result in transition for the opponents. Bad O equals bad D.We have a good team, a few tweaks on that end and we'll be fine.I agree...Odom also stopped being aggressive on offense for the first time this season. I think he needs to be our first option for AT LEAST the first month of the season, until Kobe is back to his normal self...He still has that habbit of laying low for long stretches, expecting to get the other guys going, but forgetting about himself...It's because he's so unselfish, it's natural to him...Of course, he's been getting better with it as time goes by, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get those moments where he forgets to look for his own offensive game...Nonetheless, I expect us to pick things up and easily defeat the T-Wolves tonight after our last loss...PeACeThe D ain't all good though, the perimeter D has been shaky thus far. Still we can make our lives a lot easier by running the offense and taking advantage of our size advantage inside, which is how we won the first 3 games. I agree with you, LO should be the 1st option until Kobe gets his legs and timing back. Kobe is at about 25% right now. LO needs to get it in his head to be agressive, he's too talented to be passive.
Bynum is playing great. I am watching on League Pass, I dont like the Lakers color analyst he is horrible, I remember thinking he was horrible when I watched the Lakers last year. Lakers looking great though
Quote from: Spice Iz Active on November 07, 2006, 09:15:02 PMBynum is playing great. I am watching on League Pass, I dont like the Lakers color analyst he is horrible, I remember thinking he was horrible when I watched the Lakers last year. Lakers looking great thoughStu Lantz? He's great, knows the game really well...Been with the Lakers for 20 years now...PeACe
Quote from: Now_I_Know on November 07, 2006, 09:25:07 PMQuote from: Spice Iz Active on November 07, 2006, 09:15:02 PMBynum is playing great. I am watching on League Pass, I dont like the Lakers color analyst he is horrible, I remember thinking he was horrible when I watched the Lakers last year. Lakers looking great thoughStu Lantz? He's great, knows the game really well...Been with the Lakers for 20 years now...PeACeDamn my bad, he seems smart I just dont like his delivery much as a announcer, but then again I usually don't like most announcers, I like ur play by play announcer alot. Damn Odom just hit a sweet J as I am typing this lol, Lakers look impressive. Pacers and Lakers look like they are gonna surprise some people this year