The Regime

Steve Blake is playing with zero confidence.

No offensive flow whatsoever in that third quarter. Lmao at Odom guaranteeing a win. I hope he is whispering.

Keep a guy on Dirks hip, he of all players should not be getting any open shots.

Also I think it's safe to say that Drew is the second best player on the team, atleast that is how it has been since the all star break.

Get Ron off Dirk already. He can try to be as physical as he wants against Dirk, but once Dirk has position it's over. There isn't anyone in the league let alone the league who can defend him one on one, but Odom is our best bet.

I dont understand why we aren't switiching on screens. We've been ate up about 90% of the time leading to a open shot or an easy penetration to the hole. Kobe looking sharp again, Pau needs to show up.

Pau's playing aggressive and we're doing a much better job closing out on shooters. We can live with Stevenson hitting shots.

Working full time sucks. I miss being a kid and not having responsibilities.

Our play in the postseason has been pretty discouraging, but I'm confident that the Lakers will bounce back. Pau needs to have himself a big game.

I didn't get to watch the game live because I was working, but I just finished watching it on DVR and a few things... This was easily Kobe's best postseason performance thus far. He was phenomenal outside the last three minutes of the game (took a couple contested three's and had a costly turnover). We wont lose another game this series if he plays at that level. Also Kobe couldn't have had a better look at the basket on that final shot, it just didn't fall. Defensively we weren't disciplined in the first half, Peja and Terry had too many open looks. We were good for the most part in the half court, but the Mavs killed us when they leaked out in transition. We need to double Dirk more when Stevenson and Brewer are in, we can live with them shooting jumpshot as opposed to playing Dirk one on one. I'm not surprised we blew that huge lead in the third quarter, that's our style. Not sure who gave Ron Artest the green light to shoot away and create shots off the dribble. We played way too much iso ball which ultimately allowed the Mavs to dig themselves out of that double digit hole. Should we have gone to the post more? Yes. But every time we did our bigs turned it over or forced up some garbage. I'm pretty confident going into Game 2, I can't see the Lakers falling back 2 games.

lmao no, but that would have been a badass exit.

The Grizz stuck to their blueprint for success which was playing aggressive defense/forcing turnovers and getting strong play out of their frontcourt. Also Westbrook has got to be the worst playmaking star pg in the league. I love the dude but he plays with a scorers mentality, and that isn't good for the Thunder at times. He should NEVER put up more shots than Durant.

Brandon you know you want to put Drew up there along Kobe. :glasses:

Prior to the postseason I probably wouldn't even have him in my top 5. But since the playoffs started he has been playing like the runaway second best pf in the league, behind Dirk obviously.

I like that or the panel idea. Also Brandon I'm curious why only some of the members got their old post counts added to their current total?

Zach [expletive]ing Randolph, he is so damn clutch. Outside of Dirk there is no other big men I would feel more comfortable feeding down the stretch.

Z Bo is amazing. I cant help but laugh at his last two shots, I don't know how he does it.

I don't get why Hollins put Tony Allen on Parker, when he was having so much success defending Manu. Switch those matchups back up.

Tony Allen is everywhere on defense, what a performance. He and Ron Artest have the quickest hands in the league by far.

This game is mad physical, big men are actually playing like big men. I'm starting to fall in love with Marc Gasol.

Contract Extension On Table For Howard http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-dwight-howard-magic-contract-0430-20110429,0,6379604.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+orlandosentinel%2Fsports%2Fbasketball%2Fmagic+%28OrlandoSentinel.co

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^I've never understood Phil's decision to play the starters when the team has a huge lead. It will always remain a mystery.

Reddick could not have asked for a better look, that was an excellent play out of the timeout. Well it looks like Dwight is coming to LA.

Only Ron can flex after making a layup.http://thelakersnation.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/ronflex.gif