http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-lakers6-2008dec06,0,6700984.story Highlighted some important parts... But I wasn't home on Friday and didn't really catch the game, but honestly I haven't been impressed with this team in weeks. Remember at the beginning of the season? The goal was the improve EVERY game. So far that has not happened, we're looking worse and worse. The effort is not there, and if there is no effort, there is no improvement. We're lucky we played the Wizards yesterday, because had it been any other halfway decent team, we probably would have lost with the defense that was displayed in the fourth quarter. Time for guys to step it up, including Phil.
This road trip has seen our 2nd unit, who we grew accustomed to blowing up the leads, have now been giving up leads. It's really sad how quickly those guys turned. Those younger guys got complacent.
Farmar's defense is god awful, maybe the worst on the team. I thought I wanted to see him on the floor in the final minute, but no. I want Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol, and Bynum finishing games. No exceptions.
THe Lakers are having complacency issues. They're getting big leads and then falling asleep and playing down to their opponent. I don't know what their issue is though, because earlier in the year, they were getting big leads and keeping them and extending them. We need to figure something out, because I'm tired of blowing leads.
