BTW guys....
I was watching the game at a local Chili's in LA. Even though most of the laker fans there kept screaming "pass it to kobe" on every play, a few of them did acknowledge the Kings with "man, the fxxxxxg Kings are playing a lot better this year." So the improvment is obvious.
I agree. I like Coach's comment about putting Tyreke against Kobe, and that being fun to watch. It tells Tyreke what's expected of him in the future and setting his confidence.
And folks, let's remember Kobe missed the 3 that would have won the game in regulation.
Not only he missed the shot, he also had a turnover and got his shot blocked by Donte within the last min in crunch time. Yet, the media will only cover his 2 3pt shot made in the 2nd OT. The local kcal 9 in LA did just that. When the game was secured, they quickly switched to saying "kobe..#24... the black mamba... does it again in crunch time". I mean, please guys. I think if sasha was allowed to take so many opportunites in crunch time he would make a couple too.
This rides going to get alot better when K-mart comes back. I dare other teams to guard him with anything short of your best defender.
That actually sounds like a semi-rational Laker fan. They are just human.
Although I'm not sure losing Artest meant much. We didn't have our top scorer.
Exactly, the Kobe myth. I've seen him miss a ton of crunch time shots but nobody wants to replay those. They build him up like he never misses. Barf.
Dude the Lakers are the best team in the League record wise - we're 13-15 prior to the game. With or Without Artest, back to back or not, and at home or on the road, the Lakers are expected to win against the Kings.
I don't know about his answers during his interview. I think I need to sleep on all of this.
Yes, because god like status = a lot of ratings and jerseys sold.
It was funny at Chili's earlier when the "pass it to kobe on every play" mob saw those back to back goofs by kobe at the end of regulation. Just went from rock concert volume to total silence.![]()
Agreed, with a guy like Reke, for him to become THE GUY, he has to learn playing through these situations. You can bench a guy like Hawes for lack of effort, but here you have to learn by actual experience. Sitting on the bench what would Reke have learned? The punishment and reward come from learning your limitations and how to overcome them. This is the same test all the great players face early in their careers. I believe Westphal understands this. I guarantee you Theus would have benched him.I think what you may be missing is the bigger picture -- Westphal intentionally put him in that position, and even called some of those clearouts. Call it (over)confidence, call it teaching, but it wasn't a case of Evans breaking the offense, it was a case of him not executing it.
Yeah, that really is the way it looked.
Tyreke failed tonight, really for the first time since Kevin went down being a detriment. But from the opening lineup, when Westphal intentionally put Beno back in so Tyreke could guard Kobe, it felt like Coach had a plan here -- he intentionally kept putting Tyreke in those positions. And I assume that he is disappointed in the results. But other thna 1 or 2 plays this wasn't Reke freelancing out of ego. This was a Coach trying to teach him how to be great.
BTW guys....
I was watching the game at a local Chili's in LA. Even though most of the laker fans there kept screaming "pass it to kobe" on every play, a few of them did acknowledge the Kings with "man, the fxxxxxg Kings are playing a lot better this year." So the improvment is obvious.
These last 2 games have really affected me mentally. I'm actually angry we gave away two wins. This game kept me from sleeping last night. Either the Kings need to get some help or I do.