it's neither ! pau is getting grabbed,held, and hooked without any whistles being blown...but it is what it is...we just need to look at the positives and continue to build from there. image
I'll buy that being grabbed and held should be called, but only when it's having an effect on his shot or causing him to have the ball stolen from him.In the Utah series he was being pushed in the back hard just as the double team was arriving and he'd have the ball stolen.
Those should have beenfouls.
Right now, he isn't even making a move towards the hoop which means that he isn't posting up in the right spot and he isn't being aggressive. Theclutching and grabbing can be seen as what's expected in the post. He just needs to toughen up mentally.
Each time in the beginning of the first quarter of Games 1 and 2 he took it hard to Garnett by making a single move. He forced Garnett to foul once and dunkedon Garnett the other time.
Those are the types of moves he needs to be making. He should be jump hooking Perkins to death and taking Garnett to therack.
I thought the calls favored the Lakers, but that is home games in the NBA.
I saw some bad and missed calls on both ends, but I actually wanted to see
more calls on the Celtics. This game was full of ticky-tack calls (at leastone on Pierce and a couple on Odom and Radmanovic), but they missed some a lot of obvious calls.
so how many illegal screens did kg get away with on this play before it was called?
He must have gone to the same school of setting screens that Matt Harpring went to.
I'm happy with this win. Unlike some of these media cats, I actually give the Lakers credit for the win rather than call them lucky that Garnett and Pierceshot poorly. The Lakers made adjustments on both ends of the floor that paid dividends. They moved Kobe on Rondo which allowed him to play Pierce without beinghampered by foul trouble. This also cut down on Rondo's ability to get into the lane and make plays. They also stopped helping (most of the time) on thoseoccasions that Rondo did make it to the lane. I saw Sasha defending Pierce and he forced him into a couple/few bad shots. I saw Kobe be a lot more patient inthe offense which is what gave him the lane to take it to the rack.
The Celtics really did nothing. I'm sure we'll see adjustments from them this next game, but I hope that the Lakers will keep it close at the half andmake the necessary adjustments to win. Unlike Wilbon and Cornheiser, I didn't believe that the Lakers had to win big just because it was a must have game.Nor did I believe they were lucky that Sasha played well. Each game is going to have a different story (Kobe's poor shooting, Powe's scoring, etc.). Aslong as the story ends with the Lakers winning, nothing else matters.
