PG Lakers: ****

Ron Swanson · Post #61 » by **Ron Swanson** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:48 am

Bev was getting torched by D-Lo all game too. Everyone was. He was hitting every stupid contested 3 and 16-foot running floater so I'm not buying that the defense on him was a problem. Dame just can't be this awful on 3-4 straight possessions to end the game. Brutal.

fan230 · Post #62 » by **fan230** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:48 am

V depressing loss.

Many reasons but our 3point shooting needs to be better. Much better. Dame 4 out 12 was the primary culprit here. Also 0 of 4 Portis.

We desperately need Khris back.

We again badly need to avoid getting 4 th position in the East so as to avoid meeting the Celtics in the second round. Cavs won today.

Maybe Giannis should try more 3 s, how much worse can he be?

Dame is a v good player but this Dame time childishness is beyond anything. Everyone in the Lakers knew that Dame would try a 3, and they blocked it.

Balls2TheWalls · Post #63 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:48 am

blazza18 wrote:I am perfectly fine living and dying with Dame taking the last shot but man he is really struggling to create separation and if he does he's driving into one of Giannis or Brook or fumbling his dribble or passing it into a tight window. The man needs to get better or we're ****.

100%. It doesn't matter how many games we win in the regular season if Dame is still playing like this come playoffs.

BJ Sandered · Post #64 » by **BJ Sandered** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:49 am

kanyon wrote:I only got the see the last 5 mins. For LA's/Russell's last shot... Why not sub Dame out for someone better at D? Why not put Pat Bev in there? Because when the Bucks get then ball back--we still have a TO and Dame can come back in for offense. I was thinking this as they had the TO before their last play.... Why not put in a Defensive specialty squad (ESP for Lillard).

I am not a smart man. This seems pretty elementary and Russell cooked Dame predictably.

Me and my brother were watching the game late and I said the same thing to him regarding that possession.

Plossum · Post #65 » by **Plossum** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:49 am

fansinceforever wrote:Coaching can bring improvement but there's no escaping that the roster just isn't it.

This is it. The cattle just isn’t good enough. I mean some of the coaching calls could be better but if we can’t contain DLo what chance do we have against Boston?

msiris · Post #66 » by **msiris** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:50 am

blazza18 wrote:Also the fact that we have no one who can even make Russell work for shots on nights like tonight is such a massive issue. Wait until we're playing stars with the season on the line. Jon Horst will pay for his crimes.

Bev?????

ShootingtheJ · Post #67 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:50 am

msiris wrote:D down the **** again. Dsme is a **** defender. Why he was defending Russell down the stretch is beyond me.Bev should have been on him.

DLo already cooked Beas, so we switched to Dame. No idea why Bev didn't close despite a bad game. What did Beas do to deserve to close?

Balls2TheWalls · Post #68 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:50 am

I will say, the last possession was inevitable. Dinwiddie had been getting away with insane contact at the top of the key all night; he was not going to get called for any fouls if Dame actually tried to go to the rack. He overplayed the jumper because he had no fear of getting called for a foul. A good coach would have noticed and had him use a pick.

yb90 · Post #69 » by **yb90** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:51 am

kanyon wrote:I only got the see the last 5 mins. For LA's/Russell's last shot... Why not sub Dame out for someone better at D? Why not put Pat Bev in there? Because when the Bucks get then ball back--we still have a TO and Dame can come back in for offense. I was thinking this as they had the TO before their last play.... Why not put in a Defensive specialty squad (ESP for Lillard).

I am not a smart man. This seems pretty elementary and Russell cooked Dame predictably.

Sub Dame out like Ham did for Russell? Why because Doc makes bad decisions and Russell was cooking everyone.

rilamann · Post #70 » by **rilamann** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:52 am

I know if the Celtics lost by 40 to the Warriors and then followed it up the very next game by losing to the Lakers without LeBron, I would be calling them frauds too.

kanyon · Post #71 » by **kanyon** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:53 am

Maybe even put in AJJ... He's taller and annoying and if he fouls it's actually not the worst thing in the world. I dunno.

(I know AJJ is not some panacea and is very flawed but we all know that not only is Dame bad at D, he's SHORT)

yb90 · Post #72 » by **yb90** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:54 am

One positive, I liked a lot of Giannis' screens in the second half.

fan230 · Post #73 » by **fan230** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:54 am

Let’s stop swooning over Dame Time. Also let’s stop putting Khris down because he is hurt or tends to get hurt. We need Khris very badly; both on offense and defense.

msiris · Post #74 » by **msiris** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:55 am

blazza18 wrote:I am perfectly fine living and dying with Dame taking the last shot but man he is really struggling to create separation and if he does he's driving into one of Giannis or Brook or fumbling his dribble or passing it into a tight window. The man needs to get better or we're ****.

I have complained about Dames shot selection before but Dame is Dame. Ahhhhh.

Brewhoopfan · Post #75 » by **Brewhoopfan** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:56 am

How many games has Dame been the best guard on the floor? I feel hornswoggled, hoodwinked, and bamboozled.

blazza18 · Post #76 » by **blazza18** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:57 am

Three starters were +10 or better. They still **** the bed tonight but it works. Once Midds comes back we need to sort out the rest of the rotation because the second quarter Giannis save us lineup is where we lost the game again. (not blaming Giannis)

yb90 · Post #77 » by **yb90** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:59 am

kanyon wrote:Maybe even put in AJJ... He's taller and annoying and if he fouls it's actually not the worst thing in the world. I dunno.

(I know AJJ is not some panacea and is very flawed but we all know that not only is Dame bad at D, he's SHORT)

Pulling the plug on Ajax was a dumb move. He needed minutes to develop. Heck, I'd would have even taken AJ Green because he is stronger and plays better fundamental one on one defense. While on ball defense is great DLO still gets 5-6 ft of room because of Lopez being glued to the restricted area.

Balls2TheWalls · Post #78 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:59 am

fan230 wrote:Let’s stop swooning over Dame Time. Also let’s stop putting Khris down because he is hurt or tends to get hurt. We need Khris very badly; both on offense and defense.

Or, let's stop swooning over Dame Time and accept that Khris is an older player with a penchant for staying hurt for long periods and then needing time to get back into rhythm (especially defensively). We need both of them playing like themselves to have a shot at the championship. Our team looks *old and slow*.

kanyon · Post #79 » by **kanyon** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 5:59 am

Brewhoopfan wrote:How many games has Dame been the best guard on the floor? I feel hornswoggled, hoodwinked, and bamboozled.

I haven't felt like this about a bucks guard since I bit on a John Salmons jab step

DanoMac · Post #80 » by **DanoMac** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 6:00 am

Hope they learn from it. That’s all I got