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5 Things: Lakers in a rough patch
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February 22, 2021 3 Comments
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Great ‘5’ Jamie. LeBron has to go into overdrive or 4 wheel drive through the bumps. No doubt.
Good fiver, Jamie. Better late than never.
1. Agree onus is more on teammates than on LeBron. He did what he’s supposed to do when doubled, which was find a wide open shooter and get the ball to him. Not his fault that his teammates missed 12 of 13 attempted threes in 4th quarter.
2. Yes, the bench needs to produce more but then we have two of the bench starting in Kyle and West and they both played fine, as did KCP, all scoring in double digits. Only Gasol struggled from the starters. The contributions from Morris, Caruso, and THT were their usual subpar. AC has become Dr. Zero.
3. It’s a testament to our futility that running the offense through Marc might be our best option with LeBron and DS out. The problem is Marc can’t score other than on wide open threes. Problem is as much the coaching staff’s lack of offensive X’s and O’s as it is the front office’s failure to acquire volume 3-point shooters. Let’s see if they do anything different tonight.
4. The lack of confidence to let shots fly by this roster is concerning as is Frank’s constant reminder that we will start hitting again. However, best plan is for LeBron to keep feeding those wide open shooters and having them let it fly. Good thing we have the Wizards tonight. Need to get back on D as they like to run. And don’t freakin’ help of BB.
5. I’ve completely changed my mind on Boogie and think he is a key to us for this season. He’s a guy who will take the open three and his 4.6 takes per game would be second on the team. I’d sign him, bench Gasol, and keep him as a starter once AD gets back. Davis can cover his weak defense. We need a stretch five who actually shoots threes. Nobody’s worried about Gasol but they’ll have to pay attention to Boogie.
Couldn’t log into the site for a couple days. Oddly works better from work for some reason…
1) yup.
2) might wanna check that box score, my man: LBJ struggled mightily from the field (7-21), Kuz was one better (8-21), Wes was cold (4-10, 2-7 from three), Gasol was 2-6, all from three (about at his average). KCP had one of his “better” games: 3-5 overall, also all from three (shot the ball exactly 1 time in the 4th quarter). THT actually had a decent game shooting (2-3 in 17 minutes) but got burned backdoor and got lost on multiple coverages hence his no-show in the 4th, I’m assuming. Morris continued his season long slumber from the basketball court…both ends, so hopefully we just put him on ice until his annual playoff thaw and stop playing him, again. I can’t watch that dude for much longer personally. AC started slow on D (also got burned backdoor at least once) but also got a couple crucial offensive fouls on Jimmy Butler. I agree with ‘Bron: he needed to shoot the hop back behind the line three pointer and not a supremely deep 2 but let’s also recognize that ‘win the ball game with your shooting’ is definitely not Alex’s role on this or any other team he’s likely to play on. I would argue that he got in his own head a little bit with some BS reffing (be a pro, get over it Alex) but ultimately did his job to the tune of a B- grade (subpar for him, agreed). So while, yes, Alex did gor 0-fer, he did his job on this team whilst guys who were brought in to shoot the ball (Morris & Wes in this game) are not playing to their potential in regards to their role. If you fulfill your role on a professional basketball team you’re doing what the coach asks. Caruso has been doing that, others have not. Mainly Morris and KCP these days, Wes to a lesser degree. Bottom line: with so many guys out everybody needs to take on more, AC included.
3) This is a 2 or so game salve. I’m not saying that we make a habit of running through Marc for 10 mpg going forward just until we get Schroder back. He’s on the team, he’s an excellent passer from places other than the high post, Frank struggles to cobble together a dynamic offense: try the path untrodden.
4) yup and I think it’s also a by-product of how poorly we’ve been shooting from deep as a team of late. Whole squad feels like it has the yips from deep these days…
5) Boognacious needs to ride over that hill on a pale horse Rohan-style!!! Pronto!