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Originally Posted by grittyman20
I probably watched the last two minutes of game 2 like 10 times.Originally Posted by TheGoldenChild
they stopped going inside, they were up 7 with 2:08 to go. they call a time out, yet mike brown doesnt stress defense and to pound the ball inside.. because pau is at the top of the key, instead of posting downlow. gasol is a 75.2% career free throw shooter, yet he's on top of the key setting picks for other players..
also the last play of the game, it was not kobe that made the mistake. if he ran it the way mike brown wanted it, then brown is at fault. world peace inbounds the ball, and brown designs a play that goes away from the ball?? how smart is that, when you have so many players on kobe, because they know he wants to take the last shot?
it was a good play by metta world peace, because the lakers had no time outs and blake was wide open.. still i dont like blake, because he's very sporadic and doesnt deliver. he cant contain westbrook and neither can sessions.. why doesnt goudelock get a shot at him? same height as westbrook, weighs a little more.. but if he doesnt get a shot, do you go with the two players you know cant stop russel westbrook?
The Lakers were still trying to work the ball inside. Kobe was initiating the offense, Drew on the block and Pau in the high post. OKC countered by increasing pressure on the entry pass, Perkins fronted Bynum and Westbrook cheated over playing against the lob pass. Since the post entry pass wasn't there, Kobe swung the ball around where Metta dribbled around for a few seconds with no purpose. Eventually Kobe got the ball back with a few seconds on the shot clock and launched a low percentage jump shot that clanked off the rim.
While watching the game I thought that the Lakers choked, but after watching it again several times I have to tip my hat off to OKC for increasing their intensity and basically just wanting it more. Those late game turnovers were back breakers, and that had absolutely nothing to do with coaching in that situation.
the turnovers werent the coaches' fault, but then again, they had a time out before, for him to stress defense and fire them up. isnt that what a coach is supposed to do? and that final play, just irks me.. especially how world peace is getting the blame for not getting it to kobe. every ball player knows that throwing a pass from one side to the other goes through multiple players. especially where players know who is gonna get the ball.. world peace made a good decision, only it was bad that it didnt go in.. if it did, then nobody would question the decision..
pau just doesnt fit into the offense.. because a player of his skill set shouldnt be setting pick on the top of the key or the elbow.. he needs to be downlow.