<div class="quote_poster">Quoting heatfan83:</div><div class="quote_post">My pred: Lakers by 8pts. They Lakers will attack using D causing turnovers that lead to fastbreaks.</div> Ty Ty Ty
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting trenchteam:</div><div class="quote_post">damn, i missed this game. WTF happened in the 4th. Anyone tell me the breakdown?</div> They never actually blew their 33 point lead. The Hornets cut it down to as close as 7. The lakers just had problems controling the ball. They had a ton of bad turnovers. They had two 8-second violations in the 4th quarter, they had a ton of offensive fouls (some questionable) ... I think they ended up with 9 TOs in the 4th . At any rate, a huge lead like that can make a team laxidasical so I'm not too concerned. The Lakers looked pretty sharp against the zone, and that's something I'm happy about The important thing is to see if they can win a back-to-back tomorrow night.
Jordan Complex? Kobe's putting up some nice numbers so far. He's made at least 11 free throws in every game. I think it's pretty much guaranteed that he'll lead the league in free-throws made and attempted.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">Jordan Complex? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/durvasa/NUH10811100428.jpg"> Kobe lol. I haven't seen anyone get to the line like that since Mike and Charles in the 90's.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">Kobe's putting up some nice numbers so far. He's made at least 11 free throws in every game. I think it's pretty much guaranteed that he'll lead the league in free-throws made and attempted.</div> Um...show a little respect for Shaq ;-)
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting heatfan83:</div><div class="quote_post">Um...show a little respect for Shaq ;-)</div> You're right. Shaq could lead the league in free throw attempts. Makes, no way.
IDK if Shaq will lead the league in attempts if he can't get his playing time up. But it's not quite and achievement if you only hit half or even less then half of them. But anyways another good win for LA. Yeaaahhhh!!!!!
Unfortunately I couldn't watch the game. But i'm happy with the results, seems like we had a solid victory, even if we did lose a 34-something point lead. And not to mention the ton of turn-overs. Caron Butler and Odom seemed to have stepped up, and the Lakers shot free-throws well. Kobe is stationed at the charity stripe it seems. Bryant is looking good, if he could try to keep his field goal percentage above fifty percent and get just slightly more rebounds and assist, then he'd be a player you can only dream about, which he kinda is anyways.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Cody 7k:</div><div class="quote_post">. Bryant is looking good, if he could try to keep his field goal percentage above fifty percent and get just slightly more rebounds and assist, then he'd be a player you can only dream about, which he kinda is anyways.</div> I woudln't make too much out of his low field-goal percentage, at least not yet. He's getting to the line so much that overall he's still been a very efficient scorer. He doesn't seem to be playing with the same control as, say, Michael Jordan did in his prime. But for now, I'd say he's been playing pretty well. As the season progresses and he learns when and how to pick his spots in offense, I'm sure his fg% will go up.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">I woudln't make too much out of his low field-goal percentage, at least not yet. He's getting to the line so much that overall he's still been a very efficient scorer. He doesn't seem to be playing with the same control as, say, Michael Jordan did in his prime. But for now, I'd say he's been playing pretty well. As the season progresses and he learns when and how to pick his spots in offense, I'm sure his fg% will go up.</div> The reason his fg% is so low is because he is getting to the line so much, he is really using the sweep under move to get the foul and that is how he is getting the mojority of his free throws which means everytime he does that he gets another missed shot added to his % because that move he has is designed to just get the foul, I mean 1/2 the time they call a shooting foul the ball is going into the seats. Those misses really drag down his %, but he will def continue his free throws thro out the season because of the fact he can beat anyone to the hoop and post anybody up, which means when your playing him face up your not going to give him any room to make cuts or just shoot so Kobe uses that to his advantage and does that swing under and shot to draw fouls. It's really being working good for the Lakers. Also I am loving Caron Butler, this guy is great! Man if he puts up 20/6 a game and if Odom puts up wut shud be his 20/11/3 a game those two players alone fill the void we had with Shaq. Odom is a great player, I love his ability to rebound and take it coast to coast and score, he has this great drive and lay up/finger roll type of thing which is great and I think Rudy T. needs to get that play more involved in the game and tell Odom, Look take it to the hoop don't worry about passing I want you to score this time. I mean everytime he drives the lane and elevates over his guy and does the little lay up 75% of the time he can make it. So really I think this trio of Bryant/Butler/Odom is great. Talk about Chucky Atkins coming thro tonight, 4/6 3 pointer, 18 points! Good Job, I wonder if he has been practicing his shot? It seems a lot smoother then some of the last games when he has taken some threes. Oh well he played real good last night.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Billa_Bong:</div><div class="quote_post">The reason his fg% is so low is because he is getting to the line so much, he is really using the sweep under move to get the foul and that is how he is getting the mojority of his free throws which means everytime he does that he gets another missed shot added to his % because that move he has is designed to just get the foul, I mean 1/2 the time they call a shooting foul the ball is going into the seats. Those misses really drag down his %, but he will def continue his free throws thro out the season because of the fact he can beat anyone to the hoop and post anybody up, which means when your playing him face up your not going to give him any room to make cuts or just shoot so Kobe uses that to his advantage and does that swing under and shot to draw fouls. It's really being working good for the Lakers. </div> Actually, missed shots on fouls don't count against you. If the shot goes in, it counts as a make and attempt. If it doesn't go in, its not an attempt. Kobe is definitely attempting a lot of tough shots where he's covered tightly, and that's why he's getting to the line so frequently, and it also accounts for his low field goal %. Typically, its a bad idea for players to do that, but for Kobe it works because he still makes a decent percentage (hitting 40% with that shot difficulty isn't something many other players can do) and he's very good at drawing fouls from defenders.
