Game 27 Lakers at Wolves 12/21/23 Record 20-6

Murphs56 · Post #101 » by **Murphs56** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:55 am

That's a bizarre upgrade man

KGdaBom · Post #102 » by **KGdaBom** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:56 am

winforlose wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
winforlose wrote:
Not hate, but he kills the spacing. When he and Rudy share the floor KAT’s drive and kick is wasted. They also play off of him and he rarely makes them pay. The effect is more than what shows up on the stat sheet.

But we literally win the time SlowMo was on the court.

So, the effect [of winning] is what goes beyond the stat sheet.

Or are you referencing something else?

Call it degree of difficulty. Plus minus rarely tells the whole story. When you have two non shooters the degree of difficulty for the shooters goes way up.

I am behind a bit 3:47 remaining in the 3rd. I just saw two plays that really tell the story. On the offensive end Kyle starts to drive, stops, throws out, and NAW takes a 3. The paint was packed. Then on the defensive possession Kyle makes a beautiful block and gets the ball for the Wolves. I am not trying to say he doesn’t have value. I am saying that our offense pays a steep price for that value. If Kyle could shoot the 3 at 32% he might draw a defender, but at 10% they win every time he attempts one. When Kyle and Rudy share the offensive options go way down and the degree of difficulty way up. Sometimes that goes our way sometimes it doesn’t, but I think we struggle more with offense than defense.

So we do better when there's a higher degree of difficulty. :noway:

life_saver · Post #103 » by **life_saver** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:57 am

atleast ended the quarter well

_AIJ_ · Post #104 » by **_AIJ_** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:57 am

This dude falls all the time its annoying. Would love to root for the guy because of his story but nah. F hin

KGdaBom · Post #105 » by **KGdaBom** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:00 am

4th Quarter. Let's take care of business and put this game to bed.

life_saver · Post #106 » by **life_saver** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:02 am

Jaden has been doing better job on Reaves than others

KGdaBom · Post #107 » by **KGdaBom** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:02 am

Ticky tack foul against Rui. We were due for one to be called our way.

winforlose · Post #108 » by **winforlose** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:03 am

Just saw the end of the 3rd. Ugly as that was we didn’t lose the quarter.

life_saver · Post #109 » by **life_saver** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:04 am

Naz commits some dumb fouls

life_saver · Post #110 » by **life_saver** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:04 am

love that midrange jumper from Jaden

KGdaBom · Post #111 » by **KGdaBom** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:05 am

Come on Rudy. Sink them.

shrink · Post #112 » by **shrink** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:05 am

This DLo performance reminds me how glad I am that he’s not on this team anymore.

shrink · Post #113 » by **shrink** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:06 am

It feels like we turned up the defense, and if we could just make a couple more three’s, we could get to a comfortable lead.

winforlose · Post #114 » by **winforlose** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:06 am

KGdaBom wrote:
winforlose wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
But we literally win the time SlowMo was on the court.

So, the effect [of winning] is what goes beyond the stat sheet.

Or are you referencing something else?

Call it degree of difficulty. Plus minus rarely tells the whole story. When you have two non shooters the degree of difficulty for the shooters goes way up.

I am behind a bit 3:47 remaining in the 3rd. I just saw two plays that really tell the story. On the offensive end Kyle starts to drive, stops, throws out, and NAW takes a 3. The paint was packed. Then on the defensive possession Kyle makes a beautiful block and gets the ball for the Wolves. I am not trying to say he doesn’t have value. I am saying that our offense pays a steep price for that value. If Kyle could shoot the 3 at 32% he might draw a defender, but at 10% they win every time he attempts one. When Kyle and Rudy share the offensive options go way down and the degree of difficulty way up. Sometimes that goes our way sometimes it doesn’t, but I think we struggle more with offense than defense.

So we do better when there's a higher degree of difficulty.

Inspite of, not because of. In case you didn’t notice, we have some really good players. But it does limit the options leading to missed opportunities.

life_saver · Post #115 » by **life_saver** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:07 am

Naz can be so undisciplined on defense at times

Guest84 · Post #116 » by **Guest84** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:08 am

No pressure on Davis at all

Murphs56 · Post #117 » by **Murphs56** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:09 am

Conley is such an important piece for this team. Just does everything right.

KGdaBom · Post #118 » by **KGdaBom** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:09 am

That was one of the most beautiful steals I have ever seen by Conley. Rudy doing Rudy things on the other end.

winforlose · Post #119 » by **winforlose** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:10 am

I am at 8:25 left in the fourth. This lineup is so big. The skyline just towers over Mike.

shrink · Post #120 » by **shrink** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:11 am

KGdaBom wrote:That was one of the most beautiful steals I have ever seen by Conley. Rudy doing Rudy things on the other end.

Yes! I also loved that after the steal, he stopped in the corner briefly and dribbled once between his legs.

Kind of like taking a bow, so the crowd could appreciate the play. And it didn’t feel cocky.