April 23, 201016 yr With Westbrook, Durant and Harden I think they need someone like Amare or Bosh to bring them some kind of low post presence. Collison and Ibaka aren't scaring anyone on offense. The point has been made that Kobe over the first two games has not had to guard anyone at the 2 position. Wade would change that and only open more opportunities for Durant. Durant's games like Jordans did, like Kobe's did, should begin to evolve and include more opportunities for posting in mismatches. Wade could be a low post scoring threat. With Wade and Durant, pick and rolls would be the scoring options for the Thunder's post players and not straight posting.
April 23, 201016 yr True, but then they have 4 true wing players. Would you really want to depend on your wing players to get defensive rebounds against Bynum, Gasol, Duncan, etc?
April 23, 201016 yr True, but then they have 4 true wing players. Would you really want to depend on your wing players to get defensive rebounds against Bynum, Gasol, Duncan, etc? Well, you wouldn't play them all at one time. And in the playoffs you need a strong bench.
April 23, 201016 yr Westbrook and Durant stepped up in the 4th quarter. Westbrook's dunk on Odom lit the spark and the Thunder took the game over. Props to the Thunder. I thought the Lakers were headed for a sweep.
April 23, 201016 yr Kobe is 10/29 from field, including 4/11 on 3-pointers. He has not shot a free throw. Huge difference from the other night.
April 23, 201016 yr True, but then they have 4 true wing players. Would you really want to depend on your wing players to get defensive rebounds against Bynum, Gasol, Duncan, etc? Thunder beat the Lakers tonight because of what Harden did. I don't believe you can count on him to deliver that every single night. Wade could. Great win by the THunder. Love it! They are fun to watch play. Of course, any team beating the Lakers is fun to watch play.
April 23, 201016 yr Westbrook and Durant stepped up in the 4th quarter. Westbrook's dunk on Odom lit the spark and the Thunder took the game over. Props to the Thunder. I thought the Lakers were headed for a sweep. Westbrook has been very impressive and has taken advantage of a slower Fisher. If the young man puts in the time and develops an outside shot, he could become one of the top point guards in the NBA.
April 23, 201016 yr Kobe is 10/29 from field, including 4/11 on 3-pointers. He has not shot a free throw. Huge difference from the other night. As much as I hate to do it, I blame this loss on Kobe. His decisons when the momentum was swinging cost the Lakers tonight. He had done a good job of keeping everyone involved until that point.
April 23, 201016 yr Thunder beat the Lakers tonight because of what Harden did. I don't believe you can count on him to deliver that every single night. Wade could. Great win by the THunder. Love it! They are fun to watch play. Of course, any team beating the Lakers is fun to watch play. I really don't think that Wade, Westbrook and KD could play together. Westbrook is only going to get better and that means there is 1 ball for all 3 of them. I don't think it would work.
April 23, 201016 yr As much as I hate to do it, I blame this loss on Kobe. His decisons when the momentum was swinging cost the Lakers tonight. He had done a good job of keeping everyone involved until that point. I wouldn't blame it all on him. Lakers were terrible as a whole in the 4th and the Thunder were on fire. I blame Fish for being horrible and letting westbrook blow by him every freaking possession.
April 23, 201016 yr I wouldn't blame it all on him. Lakers were terrible as a whole in the 4th and the Thunder were on fire. I blame Fish for being horrible and letting westbrook blow by him every freaking possession. The rest of the team scored when they got the ball and Phil should have put Farmar or Brown on Westbrook instead of Fisher. I blame it on Kobe because he has teammates he can trust now, he's got 4 rings and he should know better at this point. They'll bounce back. This series should be over in 5 but it'll probably be 6.
April 23, 201016 yr I wouldn't blame it all on him. Lakers were terrible as a whole in the 4th and the Thunder were on fire. I blame Fish for being horrible and letting westbrook blow by him every freaking possession. First signs of Fisher just getting too old and too slow.
April 23, 201016 yr First signs of Fisher just getting too old and too slow. It's been that way for the last few seasons.
April 23, 201016 yr It's been that way for the last few seasons. Not sure that the Lakers had gotten to a team in the playoffs that could exploit it like Westbrook has. The others could get by but then not finish like Westbrook does. And even though he is a Laker, I like Fisher.
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