Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

Battled and battled and battled. Showed the playoff level toughness I’ve been looking for.

 

Took until overtime to beat this scrub team. I hope we can get back on track soon.

 

ill be the first to admit that i crashed out at halftime due to 1.) being exhausted as the work week draws to a close, and 2.) living on the east coast; that being said, the first quarter was somewhat painful to watch... as vogel said himself, "we just arent finishing" -- a lot of bricks -- and we gave up some easy, wide-open mid-range shots as well...

the good news is that we seemed to sort of snap out of it during the second quarter and beyond (based on what im reading). as my wife goes to bed much later than i do, she woke me up to inform me that the game was going into OT... it was nice to see us close out a tough game like this on the road before the all-star break... Lebron and AD carried us to victory, and it was a statement win after a sluggish start in hostile territory.

 

isnt that the truth... i think the denizens of LB needed that win more than the Lakers did...

 

would like to see us get that Boston win. Never like playing two inferior teams twice so close together. Feel like that’s a recipe for crappy losses—one each to NO and MEM.

 

That Boston game will be tough.

 

I don't know is it good or bad news ,but Clippers just lost to C Bags and PG13 is injured againudleyshrug:
BOSTON -- LA Clippers guard Paul George suffered a strained left hamstring again and was ruled out in the second half against the Boston C Bags on Thursday night.

 

Tatum played a great game. Wasn’t there a “Who’s better Tatum or Kuz?” debate last season?

 

going to be a tough run, as expected, and last night's game showcased two very good teams that stand in our way; it certainly felt like a playoff game as with ours the previous night:

shamet and williams were torching it down the stretch, and no one could guard harrell... it's honestly amazing that they can compete like that on the road (in TD no less) with a star sitting out.

i wouldn't exactly say that tatum shut down kawhi last night, but he definitely bothered him at times and made some stops along the way... hayward really closed out that game with some buckets, a steal/strip, and a clutch block. of course, just as i finished explaining his history to my wife and how he hasn't returned to form, she sees the final two minutes of the game, turns to me, and says, "he seems to be back" -- classic.

 

just keep in mind that Boston was without Jaylen Brown as well - he's big for them especially against the Clippers.

I'd venture to say that Jaylen = PG this year in terms of importance to the team and role.

 

and yes - can't believe how big of a gap there is between Tatum/Jaylen/Ingram and Kuzma...ugh.

 

Well, i would expect #'s 2-3 in the draft to be better than no. 27

 

It's more that he really seemed to progress: particularly he hasn't gotten stronger. He looked like he was going to outperform his draft position significantly but then it's stalled out. The one thing that sticks out to me is unlike most guys who get in the league, his body isn't what you'd expect if had used the weight training and everything else available to him