Real Deal

Ah...I don't know about not being able to finish. Alonzo Mourning, and many other victims, have been put on a poster by Vince...and he's put up a 360 layup on the Lakers at least 20 times in his career (it seems). WTF is up with all of the techs?

LMAO, Bynum didn't even touch Frye.

Yeah, the bad thing is that Vince can't slash to the rim like he could six or seven years back, so he has no way of making up for his bad defense. Not only is Carter a bad post defender, but he can't hold anyone on the perimeter, either.

Artest needs to come back inside and post up Carter. Vince is so intimidated down low, he even grabs Ron on his attempted rebounds.

Kobe, baby.

Mullin talking about Phil Jackson teams being able to defend the three, but not tonight? The problem would be the mismatches and the pick and rolls. Otherwise, the Lakers usually always defend the three well. In fact, the Lakers have been one of the worst teams at defending the PNR since the Kobe/Shaq days.

Down one at the half. I know Phoenix can expose our weaknesses more than any other team in the NBA, but they aren't a good defensive team, and they are getting way, way too much from Dudley. Most of those shots are wide-open threes. No excuses. We should be up by ten right now.

Griffin still in beast mode...and the Clips are actually winning the game. Good stuff.

Drew has to step up on that PNR.

Fish had Ron open in the corner.

Glad Grant's ankle didn't snap there.

If Blake could make more of those, we'd be a much better team. He's a big deal when he's out on the court. Phil would like for him to knock down those jumpers, since Fisher and Artest have been bricking shots lately.

Wow, just keep the ball in Kobe's hands, please. Let him make the plays.

Haha, not sure if they want to lose this game. I figured the best way to tank is to lose to all of the playoff teams, and the bubble teams. Don't make yourself look TOO bad, though, and beat the worst in the league.

Uh, time to put Kobe back in?

Gasol needs to be punched a few times. Man up, Pau.

You can ask a question in the RT about whatever you want, or say something and talk about it for a bit, but we don't need pages of it if there's a forum specifically for that topic.

Gasol yelling at Shannon...

It's weird because the rest he got over the summer was supposed to do him good (he didn't play for Spain), but it seems like Odom found it an advantage playing for Team USA, while Gasol acts like he can't wait until the season is over.

Shard looks much more comfortable in Washington. Looks like Wall did good on offense, but did he have that much trouble with Jrue, or...?

Gasol doesn't do near as much as he did last year. He stands around half the time.

Martin went off. Didn't really matter, though, because there's nobody on the Rockets that can stop Aldridge. This is where they miss Yao the most.

I wish Shannon would've made that dunk.

That's basically what Phil does for him in the 3rd, also...sometimes having to bring him back in a little earlier in the 4th.

NO FOUL ERICK.