Lakers @ Blazers Game Thread 02/23/11.........

We love having meltdowns against the lakers

 

Batum gagged in the 4th quarter. I put the loss on him.

 

I honestly don't get it. I really don't. I'm not looking to win via lawyerball, but that was silly.

 

We gave up a great win by missing FTs and open threes. They doubled Aldridge on the touch for the entire fourth, and we couldn't hit open shots. Nothing else to say about this one.

Just hope there's no carryover effect, because this team doesn't seem particularly strong (mentally) right now with all this trade hubbub.

 

Well the good signs:

Matthews is about as good of a defender on Kobe as you can ask for.

LMA can certainly beast against Gasol -- he just needs help!

Roy might be on his way back to being an NBA player

The defense was pretty good -- they held the Lakers to under 90 points in regulation.

If it takes Ron Artest to shoot out of his gourd for the Lakers to win, then you are a little on the unlucky side.

Now the bad:

I think RoyToy brings up a good point. Nate has to keep LMA fresh for the 4th quarter and go to him.

The Blazers need to repost when the shot isn't falling.

Rudy's not a very good ballhandler. He ran a lot of time off the shot clock when he was bringing the ball up.

The Blazers desperately need another rebounder to help out LMA. When the Blazers were missing 3 pointers there was no one besides LMA trying to rebound. Rudy played fairly well in trying to be active but the Blazers were sorely missing Camby.

 

The Blazers got the beneficial calls throughout the course of the game. So what if the Lakers got a few calls down the stretch...they deserved it with they way they were playing. You can't tell me with a straight face that the Lakers didn't get any blown calls during the game either.

Blazers lost this game because they couldn't close down the stretch, or hit free throws. Man up, move on.

 

Blow it up, Cho

 

Roy is back, btw, and that's awesome news. He looked pretty decent, I thought. Need to integrate him into a better role, though.

 

Yes I understand that and I pointed out already I blame the lack of execution more than the refs. However, when we should be getting free throws, but don't get them, it can help change a game as well.

 

So did the refs ever reverse the 3 pointer by Kobe?

 

I already have, but apparently you chose to ignore the part where I blamed the lack of execution when your originally quoted me.

 

I could ask for more then.

 

When you have a 24 -13 advantage on fouls and a 25-13 free throw advantage, I don't think you should be complaining about the refs. They typically swallow their whistles down the stretch too so it's not like you can really blame them for anything.

 

Totally forgot about that.

 

Yes, they reserved the three.

 

What, you mean this? Are you implying the refs should be helping us?

 

Worried about the Blazers not rebounding from this bad loss and playing a Nuggets team that has something to prove on Friday. Game could be a little shaky.

That said, I'm done for the night. 13:41 until the trade deadline.

 

I believe Sheed retired.