Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

Yeah, I'm still skeptical, but we'll see.

The bench finally showed some life...

 

Sad when you win only because the other team is dumber than you are

 

eh, i'll take a road win minus our second-best player against a full-strength +.500 team however it comes.

hopefully, we learn some lessons from the meltdown portion.

 

Oh, almost forgot. WTF is Bron doing taking the tech FT ...?

 

Also... the refs with "immaterial impact" on that Jake drive late... with Booker pulling his shirt all the way through.

 

Sh*t, I just walked up to the free-throw line. I mean, why wouldn’t I? I would have been okay with Luka taking it, too. We’ve both been in pressure situations. Unfortunately, I missed it, but I made up for it.”

LeBron James’ comment demonstrates the utter confidence the forward has in himself, even at this stage in his career. Although he admits that Luka Doncic could have also taken the shot, given the circumstances, especially after the back-and-forth with Dillon Brooks, it seemed necessary for James to be in that position.

 

Narcissist. Also... delusional.

Also, and he f***ing knows it, if AR was playing he'd be taking that tech, no doubt.

 

No one else but AR should take technical FTs

 

yeah, he's the 80% ft shooter

 

The high scorers have a minus to their +/-while the guys who play defense have a plus

 

We made our best run with Smart, Vando and Laravia on the floor. Smart was the difference maker.

 

Defense? What defense?

Lakers win a wild one

Win the 4th 41-29

Role players

Hayes 16 pts 3 reb

Jake 12 pts 6 reb 4 ast

Vando 7 pts 11 reb

Smart 17 pts 4 reb 1 ast 1 stl

 

I don't like the short rotation (9 players) and Luka playing 39 minutes against Utah. It seems to be a frequent approach this year.

I didn't see the game but clearly was needed as the game was close. But that's not a sustainable way forward I think

 

we couldn't defend the jazz without markkanen.

 

Obviously these film sessions are a waste of time

 

yeah, after a week of hearing about how everyone was aware of the problem, the jazz put up 78 first half points without their leading scorer.

 

This teams definitely is not one of those teams like 96 bulls, or the 16 Warriors (or OKC this year), which want to step on everyone's throats. Can't really call it a lack of killer instinct because they dominate close games but they lack of focus for sure

This team does not care about some games (ATL game, Phoenix completed changed when Booker when down, Utah, compare Spurs with wemby vs without). They take their foot off the pedal. I've lost count of how many games now it's like I can turn this off they look like their in total control and pushing out to lead and the next thing you know instead of padding their point differential their in another clutch game.

Kind of fits with the lack of high motor guys? Only Smart is get in people's faces, FU kind of guy, who you know is going to dive for a loose ball whether its' a tight game or your're down 20

 

Great game, i missed nights like this