GM1: Oklahoma City @ LA Lakers

[The Regime]

Lol Ron couldn't shoot to safe his life. The Thunder gave him open jumpshots all game long but he was unable to capitalize. But what I loved from Artest was his defense, sure he shot really poor but he didn't let that demoralize him. For all of those who said that Durant would have his way with Ron, what now? Durant shot a horrible 7-24 and had 4 to's. This is what we got him for, and he's surely going to prove his worth.

 

Kobe still isn't the same player that we saw last postseason, he's had a tough time finding any sort of rhythm. It's okay though (well atleast for this round) we don't need him to be spectacular in this series. Just like Artest, Kobe made himself really useful on defense today, he was all over the place. I lost track of how many deflections he had, he did a great job trapping and helping Ron, and that block on Durant during the fastbreak was nasty.

 

Rusell Westbrook was a monster today and he really hurt our transition defense. We did a horrible job getting back on defense and Wesbrook definitly made us pay. If it wasn't for Westbrook we would have blown this game open. Even in the half court set we have got to do a better job staying in front of Westbrook and even Maynor who got to the rim a couple times but was unable to finish.

 

Bynum and Pau played well for the most part today, which is expected. They still need to do a better job contesting shots when the Thunder penetrate to the hole.

 

All in all good game today, let's beat um big in Game 2.

[ChosenOne]

Lakers played a great game, but played even better on Durant. The only thing Durant had going was the fouls that were being called (good calls) when he went into the arms of the defender. Westbrook on they other hand had eveything going but just cant beat the the Lakers by himself. This is going to be a sweep.

[moeroadkill]

need to exploit the fish westbrook match up

need etan to play physical and use his fouls.

brooks needs to find a way to get green and krstic in the offense and bring bynum or gasol out of the paint

i dont really like green play 41 mins, ibaka and collison are to productive and need more mins

and stop running durant off screens all game

[The Regime]

need to exploit the fish westbrook match up

need etan to play physical and use his fouls.

brooks needs to find a way to get green and krstic in the offense and bring bynum or gasol out of the paint

i dont really like green play 41 mins, ibaka and collison are to productive and need more mins

and stop running durant off screens all game

 

That's the only way he is going to get free from Artest. He didn't give Durant any breathing space today.

[moeroadkill]

^^ exactly clearly it wasnt working and wesbrook has his way with the lakers and attacks the paint. pick and pop or pick and roll with ibaka or krstic, iso iso iso. thats the key to the series make lakers put kobe or artest on westbrook

[kingfish]

Dude, you're the one who cries about the refs all the time.

Lol wat?

 

 

When do I cry about the refs? Other then pointing out the Cavs getting away with murder yesterday, but im pretty sure everyone said that.

[moeroadkill]

http://www.thedaystarisbright.com/gallery/d/549-1/beating-a-dead-horse.gif

but the thunder out scored the lakers 66-60 in 3 quarters after the 1st quarter