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Turnovers and missed free throws.
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From the moment the game started and the turnovers start piling up to the tune of five turnovers in the first quarter alone I knew the Lakers were on their way to hospice care. The missed free throws only made that journey more attainable. And to make things more confusing to me, what happened to Reaves, Melo, and THT? At least we could use Reaves’ energy and Melo’s midrange, if not his three point shooting. Lebron and AD combining for 2-9 in the fourth quarter is not acceptable.
Well Buba, Melo was sick. THT has been battling that ankle injury for a couple of weeks. He’s been in and out of the line up with it. As far as Reeves, I’m not sure. I know he’s been struggling a bit on both sides of the ball lately. I don’t know if it’s the rookie wall thing or what. Both LeBron and AD were gassed in the 4th. I would have liked to see them run something for Malik or DJ on that last play. Everyone in the building knew LeBron was going to get the ball. We basically have to win out now.. after the Blazers the spurs have the Nuggets, TWOLVES, Warriors and the Mavs. And they all have something to play for so the Spurs are not out of the woods either but they hold the tie breaker as well so we basically need to win out. Steph is out and CP3 probably won’t play either, so there is that I guess. It’s looking pretty bleak.
Man, thanks for clearing my mind, Michael. As always, you are a voice of reason on this blog, and thanks for all you do. I am still not giving up on the team as long as we’re healthy. Things look grim but I still have the faintest of hope in me. What an uphill battle we are faced with!
And some among us will still say we should double down on this core and can expect championship contention. They are who they’ve shown us to be, and to expect different now is either just blind homerism, or at worst, just a lack of understanding of this game. Lebron and AD were the 3rd and 4th best players on the court last night, and that’ll never get it done. Paying a guy increasing salary for diminishing returns isn’t a recipe for championships, it’s a recipe for high lottery picks. Picks these same bloggers will have you believe are worth trading for a championship window that’s closed. Send him back to Cleveland. His “home” where it all began. Let them deal with his decline same way they got to enjoy his peak.
Indeed we have and I didn’t like it the first 40 times.