The Lakers come back home and find a bad deal for Black Friday as they lose to the Sacramento Kings in triple overtime 141-137. Tune in as LakerTom from lakerholics.com returns as we talk about the struggles for the team when they have a double-digit lead, the myriad of mistakes taking away from some solid performances by Russell Westbrook and Malik Monk, and why the team couldn’t close out the game down the stretch.
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Good stuff! Lousy game.
Have we all moved past the “it’s only 1 game”. brush offs? I sure hope so because this team is in dire need of some tough love and serious internal and external evaluation. We can’t stop anybody who is possessed of decent to elite speed. Shoot the three poorly because our three point guys can’t defend, AD, LBJ and Seuss still figuring out how to close games. Frank doesn’t have the gravitas to force LeBron away from his tendencies and, if one is honest, why should he? LBJ has won doing things his way. Just got to ride this out and hope it improves. One positive is that Russ is playing well enough that he could be traded so…not sure if that’s a true positive or more if a fallback/silver lining…
The problem is the ‘it’s only one game’ mantra doesn’t keep the glass half-full when you have 11 of them in your first 21 games or quarter of the season. Doesn’t mean that injuries and roster construction won’t still be a problem though. Last night was too much of the same problems with no promise of things getting better.
I know agree the Lakers have major issues. I still believe the return of Ariza and Nunn would be a huge help but also that the Lakers will need to fix the small forward size issue at the trade deadline and luck out in the buyout market because Ariza and Nunn are not enough to fix all of our problems.
Since we realistically cannot make a major trade until THT is eligible to be traded on January 15, Vogel has to somehow survive until then, a full month and a half before the Lakers will be able to get help from outside. There’s a good chance Frank may not make it that far in my opinion. The problem is we can’t be 15-15 on December 15 or close to 20-20 on January 15. AD said this team can go on a 10-game win streak and everything will be fine. Well, AD, truth is that is exactly what the Lakers need to do if Frank Vogel wants to keep his job.
We need to see changes in the starting lineup tonight. If Frank refuses to do that, he may precipitate his own firing. Coach better realize how hot his head coaching seat has become and how much pressure there is on him to do something bold and successful.