Looking at the box score and seeing we gave up 40+ points in back-to-back quarters was all anyone really needed to do to understand why we lost this game. Looking at everyone’s stat line you’d think this game might have been close. We shot well, 50% for the game, 45% from three, but that was where the good vibes ended. Giving up a 41 point 2nd quarter and a 40 point 3rd doomed this game which was never really close.
- Sooooo I guess we’re waiting until after Christmas to get some kind of confirmed info on AD? Maybe New Years? Wouldn’t want to rush this team because we all know how well they respond to pressure. Heck, let’s get an even 10 opinions on what happened when AD’s foot seemed to bump into Jokic in midair. Let’s feel confident in the diagnosis because that might be the last professional thing the front office does this season.
- PatBev clowning while losing. You’re shooting 35% overall, 27% from three. Goofing off and clowning isn’t what this team needs right now. You’re helping the team give up 3.2 points/game when you’re on the court. Be a better player, not a better clown.
- None outta Nunn. After clamoring for more of…well, anything to the media Nunn has gone out and shot 6-18 in 31 minutes over 2 games. His garbage time scoring won’t be enough to up his value on the market (hard to see him signing anything but vet minimum deals or playing overseas after this season) and there is little question that this has been an awful waste of our MLE from two seasons ago.
- If the Lakers want to be taken seriously then they have to more than show up on offense. Scoring 120 points is usually enough to win you a basketball game. Of course, giving up 134 means you basically showed up for half the game. There’s an entire other end of the court some teams choose to worry about, too. It’s called “the defensive end”. Until they all try hard on both ends this team will continue to be a bad joke, again.
- Lakers missing Russ and Reaves off the bench. LeBron had 31 points on 21 shots, 11 assists and just 2 turnovers, and generally played pretty well. You could even make a case for the whole starting five we deployed scoring pretty well and evenly. But the bench was essentially a no-show. Since nobody really played much D we needed a lot more scoring from the bench for us to have been able to try and make this competitive. A lot of these guys will be fighting just to stay in the NBA in a few months, they have a chance here to show why they should and nobody is really stepping up, yet. Russ and Reaves off the bench, even though I still think Austin should start, are a solid combo of guards for a coach to be able to go to. Nunn and Christie? Notsomuch.
Really, it’s not the scrubs fault. Nobody should honestly expect a bunch of NBA journeymen on minimum deals to carry a franchise when two of the star players go down and the best guy off the bench follows suit. As long as Russ and Reaves are joining AD in street clothes we’ll be losing games. This team just doesn’t have enough to win without them. Honestly, if AD is out for 4+ weeks, it won’t really matter. This team was always going as far as AD and LBJ could take them. Even the King isn’t enough these days if the rest of the team only half shows up.
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