Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

Dindwiddie has been highly inconsistent in the Mavs actually. Even now with Kyrie and Luka out, he started a couple games and played so bad he got demoted to the bench, which is odd. But I fully expect him to go for 30 against us.
We just can't put Gabe on him, it's fuel to the fire. "Gabe Vincent OVER ME??"

 

I have no issue getting banned ! This team pisses me off I have nothing good to say about these losers they are all disgrace to the damn uniform I am tired of this circus that LeBron created ONLY to achieve personal stats on his way out

f u LeBron and f your bf jj I hate these f losers

 

Then why are you here?

 

You right can you kick me out please ! Amount of LeBron and jj a** kissing is disgusting!

 

Maybe just take a break from the Lakers until the self proclaimed “GOAT” retires.

 

Goat can do whatever he wants it’s that punk loser a** clown jj who gets on my nerves

 

Today is game 36 of the season.Ham was 17-19 overall and on 4 games losing streak and 2-8 after Las Vegas cup .

 

You're right that Dinwiddie is inconsistent, but he also just put up 30 & 6 with 3-6 from 3 a few games ago. If he were consistent, he'd be a star. He's still better than Gabe, and we threw him away for nothing. He would be our best backup guard, ballhandler, and playmaker right now for free, and playable insurance if AR got injured, heaven forbid.

 

Perimeter defense is horrible

 

PATHETIC with Three Dallas starters out.
I turned it off half way through the second.
This team is going nowhere as long as they are the twenty first rated defensive squad.

 

this kind of loss is why we land at the bottom of the play-in year after year. Just an unacceptable lack of hustle

 

I hate myself for believing in this team. EMBARRASSING. AGAIN.
This is not on Rob. This is not the lack of a center, a ball handler or a defensive wing. It's not on JJ. It's not basketball related.

It's just effort, as always.
Go F yourselves. They should get a cut in their pay check because they didn't show up for work today.
They get paid millions to play basketball and do this again and again and again.
It's disrespectful to fans, the franchise, their employer and the game of basketball.

I miss you so much Kobe. You're so missed.

 

Trade them all
f***ing rebuild

 

Meh..rebuild with the guy that puts these rosters together? Good luck with that

 

Get the f***ing big . Even if Kokomo would play today ,he probably is with g league team,it would be much different
Wake up Rob

 

Just going thru the motion type of team

 

This is an overreaction.

They need to start DFS. Put Rui on the bench. Hopefully Vando gets healthy and they get a backup big.

They won't win a chip, but they could still make a run. I just wouldn't be selling the farm on first-round picks on this team. IMO.

 

Lakers lose a barn burner in HOU, come into DAL 2 days later to face Mavs w/o Gafford, Kyrie, Luka: lose anyway.

I thought we looked like crap from the jump: just playing in 3rd gear while DAL guys totally up for it. We've seen games like this. We were DAL last year in BOS.

“They was waiting on us; it seemed like they was licking their chops,” Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith said. (source)

I thought AD looked out of rhythm, tentative, and he just plain missed about 5 layups. He refused to talk to reporters afterwards. AR had a bad game too, but took full responsibility:

"The first half was god-awful," said Reaves, who finished with a plus/minus of minus-25 in 32 minutes. "The second half I thought was better. But I can't allow that. I was just really, really bad on both sides of the ball tonight." (source)

Our defense of the 3 sucked. And when a DAL player got around their man, no one came over to help out: a lot a easy layups for DAL.

This was a maddening game to watch. Just when it looked like we'd make a run, DAL would get into the paint and the ball would drop.

“I’m not sure what our rotations were.,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “I’d never seen us try to execute what we were doing. I haven’t watched the film yet. Just watching it live and talking to the assistants who did watch it on film, we’re not sure what was going on with the shift positioning and the rotations ...Never seen it before.” (source)

Mentally, we played down to the competition and they killed us.

Stupid effing game. Flush it down, light a match, get outta town and effing SHOW THE EFF up for the next game.

Horrid.

EDIT to add: It almost seems cheesy to get worked up over this game given how horrific the fires are in Altadena and the Palisades. I hope everyone here is safe or is able to help a friend who might need it.

 

I envy you not watching this game.

This sort of thing is a fairly common phenomenon in the NBA, although not talked about as much: one team missing superstars plays over their head and beats a healthy team. Every guy on an NBA roster can play, and a lot of 'em were stars from grade school through HS, and college. They get to the NBA and get 14 minutes per game at best. And suddenly they have a chance to PLAY.

ORL has been like that all year. DET after Ivey's horrific injury has looked better than you'd think. Knowing the stars are coming back makes you want to make good with your window of opportunity. Meanwhile the Lakers just sucked.

Gotta get the win at home against Charlotte on Thur night or we're back in Laker Hell again.