Good Game A couple missed free throws from the Lakers But an A performance if they played this way vs. any team in the league except Dallas they would have come out with a win. Why didn't the Lakers play defense like they did vs Sacramento
It was a loss, but it sure gave more encouragement to us, our guys can play a close game against the 2nd best team in the league even without our 3 or 4 main players, excellent job I must say. It was a road game also. It wasn't the best shooting day for Kobe, but I won't complain about that, it's not easy for him. I'm so pleased with Cook's game. He gave us 22 points and 14 rebounds with shooting 8-15, 4-6 and 2-2 and he was 31 minutes on the floor. I've always thought that he is a good player to our team. He is an excellent pick & pop player who can hit the jumper and threeball with a pretty nice accuracy. Imo, 16.1 minutes per game for him isn't enough. Why did Andrew only take 3 shots ? He took 3 shots with 19 minutes and hit all of them. Lol. Suns' guys didn't have a BAD NIGHT at all neither (if someone comes here and says that Phoenix just was off, that's why the game was close). They had all their All-Stars with double-doubles and got 20 from Barbosa off the bench.
The team doesn't look for Andrew anymore, I don't get it. He was 3/3 yet when he's in the game, he usually gets great position. When the post entry comes, if it ever does, it's usually terrible and he has to give up his position to get the ball. I can understand why he gets frustrated, because it's frustrating to see him work his ass off for position and not get rewarded. There is no reason why when Kwame went down and he was starting he shouldn't have been averaging 14 and 10. We need to look for him more often, he's got such a soft touch. I love how we play so well agianst the Suns. We really give them a lot of problems, which is something that is somewhat of a relief if we match up against them.
<div class="quote_poster">Flow Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> Lol. Suns' guys didn't have a BAD NIGHT at all neither (if someone comes here and says that Phoenix just was off, that's why the game was close). They had all their All-Stars with double-doubles and got 20 from Barbosa off the bench.</div> The Sun's game was off. We looked sluggish and unmotivated. They still put together a decent stat sheet, but the Lakers forced the tempo and that is why we did not score over 100. Thus the Suns did have an off game, I give props to the Lakers, you guys always give us a good battle.
