L.A. LAKERS thread

[nerub]

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insecure ka nuh??kay imung favorite team kay dli pareha nga record sa lakers...

dude, get a girlfrined, a dog, or a gay friend, we dont care, basta get someone to love you. para mausab imo outlook in life.

[am_believer24]

insecure ka nuh??kay imung favorite team kay dli pareha nga record sa lakers...

huh?!

[tackielarla]

Substitution pattern doesn't sit well with Lakers' Andrew Bynum - Los Angeles Times

In his own, low-key way, Lakers center Andrew Bynum was critical of Coach Phil Jackson's substitution pattern in the fourth quarter of tonight's 118-117 loss to the Indiana Pacers.

Bynum was with the second unit of Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza when they blitzed the Pacers with a 17-0 run to end the third quarter to give the Lakers a 15-point lead.



Bynum was with that group when they built the lead to 16 early in the fourth.

But after that reserve unit turned the ball over four times in the first 2:44 of the fourth, made one of three shots and saw a 104-88 lead cut to 104-96, Jackson pulled Odom, Farmar, Ariza and Vujacic and replaced them with the starters.

Bynum stayed in with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher and Vladimir Radmanovic.


But Bynum still was taken aback that the reserves were yanked. He had found his groove with that group during their run, scoring six of his seven third-quarter points.

"The second unit played well, got a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter. We were all taken out with six minutes to go in game," Bynum said. "We didn't get any rebounds [after that]. I don't know what to say about that."

Bynum actually wasn't pulled until the 5:32 mark of the fourth.

He was asked why he was taken out of the game, considering how the Pacers out-rebounded the Lakers 50-41 overall and 19-8 on the offensive end.

"I don't know," Bynum said, who turned 21 at the end of October. "That's a question for Phil."

Jackson spoke first to the media immediately after the game. He had walked to the bus by the time Bynum and his teammates were asked to explain how they lost to a 7-10 Indiana team.

"I didn't like it at all the way we started the fourth quarter," Jackson said. "That's not the way you want to start the fourth quarter. They came out and fiddled it away. We were one for 11 on the first 11 possessions. You can't do that on the road. That gives more momentum to the home team."

Jackson was critical of his team's interior defense.

The Lakers gave up 44 points in the paint and 24 second-chance points.

Bynum admitted the Lakers were at fault for that happening.

But he still harped on Jackson pulling the second unit out of the game in the fourth quarter, a group Bynum had played well with.

"We didn't play well. I not saying say that," Bynum said. "But in the fourth quarter, the second unit put a nice run together and I think we all should have been rewarded by being able to stay out there on the court."

Gasol sat in his chair putting his socks on.

He glanced at the stat sheet on a chair in front of him and pointed to the rebound total.

He was dismayed by how the Pacers out-rebounded the Lakers, 17-7 in the fourth quarter, by how the Pacers collected six offensive rebounds in the fourth.

"We weren't active enough, smart enough to be able to box them out all the way out to the free-throw line," said Gasol, who had nine rebounds, which tied him for the team high with Bynum. "Those rebounds were long and they kept getting them. They out-hustled us pretty much in that fourth quarter and they got a lot of second-chance points."

The final rebound of the game that the Lakers were unable to get is what doomed them.

Marquis Daniels missed a wild, reverse layup as the clock was winding down.

With no Laker boxing out Troy Murphy, he stuck up his left hand and tipped the ball up in the air with about 1.9 seconds left.

The ball danced on the rim, bouncing and rolling around five times before it settled into the net as time expired, giving the Pacers the victory.

Murphy had been out-working the Lakers all game. He had 17 rebounds, six offensive.

"He went to the boards like he did all night consistently and tapped it in and the ball finally got in," Gasol said. "Tough, tough play. But they did a lot of work tonight to get a win and beat us. We didn't deserve it and didn't go it as much as we should have."

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Disgruntled Kobe Version 2.0?

[truelegitballer]

apil ko diri beh... long time LA Lakers fan pod ko.....

[EvenStar]

welcome bai truelegitballer!

once a laker always a laker jud bai

[fish]

welcome to our thread truelegitballer...

[SQUiDnine]

yay! gamay ra man labaw! 53-49! 2nd quarter nah!

[fish]

lagi... nabalaka ko aning atong team... kay murag nideteriorate na ilang defense... murag naka-adjust napud ang ubang teams sa style of defense sa lakers da...

[EvenStar]

another 4th quarter choke by the LAKERS! mau gani wa na shot ni Butler.LAmar with Pau way au depensa.di ko ganahan ni Odom kay inconsistent kaau sa depensa cge lang foul.maypa si Bynum mudepensa.

anyway, they should improve their DEFENSE kay wa jud au!!!!!

[fish]

another 4th quarter choke by the LAKERS! mau gani wa na shot ni Butler.LAmar with Pau way au depensa.di ko ganahan ni Odom kay inconsistent kaau sa depensa cge lang foul.maypa si Bynum mudepensa.

anyway, they should improve their DEFENSE kay wa jud au!!!!!

dili consistent ilang defense bro... maayo unta kung ma-kuha nila ang pagdepensa ug tarong within this season, kay kung dili... maka-ubo napud ni sila sa celtics...