Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

That is the sort of game we were promised. Entertaining. And most importantly, we fought hard down the stretch there. One things for certain, this team is filled with gamers down the stretch. Glad Luke stuck it out with Ball/KCP/Ingram/Kuzma/Randle.

 

Small sample size, but very encouraging. Only BI in the dreaded bottom left quadrant out of the rotation guys.

I’m guessing Lonzo is so shifted because of low scoring/poor 3pt shot but we don’t need this chart to tell us the offense is completely different and functional when he is touting the rock.

Keep pushing for the top right quadrant fellas, KCP is getting lonely.

 

Great win last night. Really happy for our players.

I like that the team is rallying behind Lonzo with other players clearly gunning for him.

 

THIS.

I think the fact that all these players are coming out and saying they're going to go HARD at him is firing up our players even more,which is what I was hoping to see from our guys. Everyone talking about how they're going to TORTURE Lonzo....love that our guys are taking that personally.

 

This team is playing an exciting brand of basketball. Half court offense needs some work, but I love how often they’re pushing the tempo.

There are some great athletes on this team and when Lonzo pushes the ball he is so adept at finding trailers in transition.

One of the biggest reasons I was pounding the table for them to draft Lonzo was the effect he had on his teammates.

Not just making teammates better and racking up a lot of assists, but he influences ball movement. His unselfishness is contagious. It’s clear as day.

They rallied around the kid and that’s what a good team does. They’re really playing for each other. They’re competing on the defensive end. Playing with energy, playing with heart, and not quitting.

Really have to love what we’re seeing. It’s one thing to squeak by an awful Phoenix team. To beat a really good Washington team is another.

 

Agreed with everything you just said. One thing I want us to become is a great HOME team. We need to be like Portland or Denver or Utah this year and just dominate at home. It should be that when opponents come to STAPLES, they know it's going to be a tough game. I think if we can establish at least that, we'll be on the path to the playoffs or at least being a way better team

 

Youre late dogg.. Lavar already covered this.
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nice twist, guess it didn't have anything to do with them also being Randle/KCP agent lol

 

Me too. That win was potentially huge for the team for a number of reasons ..... foremost IMO for the chemistry and trust it may have built. Nance being genuinely happy and pumping Julius up at the end of the game included. Plus Julius, as if he couldn't understand it before, now getting confirmation and prime time minutes for playing the way the FO and coaching staff need him to play.

Is Toronto a tougher or potentially easier (?) game tonight than Washington was? With the head of steam we just picked up and no more Ennis / Caruso in the guard rotations?

 

no game is gonna be easy for this lakers squad ^^^. whether the raps are tougher tho? id say yes just cuz they saw that we beat the wiz so they're not gonna underestimate us

 

In the grand scheme of things, that game probably means nothing for Washington when they lose in the second round of the playoffs. But for us, it'll be huge.

 

.... big Zu sighting at the start. POWNage for his stint first against Deng's not quite dead corpse on defense and then on offense against the 4 or 5 other teammates.

 

Julius!! Watch how quickly and readily Hart gets his hands up. You saw Metta play the game. Strong hands ripping the ball.

Great sequence on D from Bogut on Bryant at 2.35. Gets beat then watch his quickness and recovery.

 

was that dung starting off with the airball?