NBA 09-10

[The ill Jedi]

I'm not worried.

Phoenix did exactly what they were supposed to do, held court. This is what happens when you're the Champs and you play a quality opponent. We'll bring their ***** back down to earth in L.A..

 

[nash]

I'm not worried......

We'll bring their ***** back down to earth in L.A..

Not if you guys keep playing like this.

 

[bumblebee]

Zones are so easy to exploit.. Hope the Lakers are ready this time..

Agreed.....unless your the Lakers.

 

[karamazov80]

Glad to see a series here. For the most part, this has been a very boring playoffs with all the domination of one team over another.

 

[The ill Jedi]

Glad to see a series here.

I gotta agree here. Even though I get pissed off when the Lakers lose, when they win a hard fought series it is very satisfying.

I'm hoping Orlando can win Game 5 so that series can keep going too.

 

[nash]

yeah orlando needs to give the celts more bumps and bruises. It's going to suck for either west team to face a well rested boston team.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Bench players play well at home, not on the road.. This held true tonight.. Red hot shooting from outside.. Damn

 

[nash]

Bench players play well at home, not on the road.. This held true tonight.. Red hot shooting from outside.. Damn

our bench has stepped up so many times this year on the road. come on.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Well, when you guys are hot like that it's tough to beat you.. We'll see if it carries over to LA on Thursday.

 

[LChinoz]

As a Rockets fan, when I saw Artest shoot them out of the playoffs last year, I knew he would brick some big shots when the Lakers got him. Sure, he plays good defense, but he can't shoot at this point in his career.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

We have no right shooting all the 3's we have in Pho..

We die by it, not live by it...

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

been in a sour mood.. weed time..

 

[The Josh]

Zones are so easy to exploit.. Hope the Lakers are ready this time..

You'd think they would be easy to exploit. Problem is most players on any level have a problem with them. It gets into their head for some reason. The not having someone right in front of them to beat is part of it.

Plus with a zone you can lull people into thinking areas to pass are there when they aren't. Make them make mistakes they wouldn't normally make. I personally love using zones to screw with another teams head. If they only ever see man maybe come out to start a game with it, come out of a timeout with it, if you're playing a team bigger than you but can't shoot outside well, etc.

So yeah to the untrained eye they look easy to exploit but its not quite that easy.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

when i used to play I loved playing against zones.. they were for people who couldnt play man defense (kinda like the Suns)..

Zone isnt what beat us last night.. It was Red Hot shooting.

 

[The Josh]

when i used to play I loved playing against zones.. they were for people who couldnt play man defense (kinda like the Suns)..

Zone isnt what beat us last night.. It was Red Hot shooting.

You can use zones for many reasons thats one for sure. However, they're much harder to stop when used as a way to screw peoples head and used effectively.

 

[LOTRFan]

when i used to play I loved playing against zones.. they were for people who couldnt play man defense (kinda like the Suns)..

Zone isnt what beat us last night.. It was Red Hot shooting.

And foul trouble.

Lakers need a PG would can actually play a bit of defense too; look for them to have trouble against Rondo and the pic and roll - if they get that far.

 

[azurepred]

And foul trouble.

Lakers need a PG would can actually play a bit of defense too; look for them to have trouble against Rondo and the pic and roll - if they get that far.

Rondo will disect the Lakers if he chooses to be aggressive when that series comes, they struggle to keep the Suns pg's in front of them, and they're not as quick as Rondo. The Lakers two biggest weaknesses is their pg play and toughness on the frontline. I see the Lakers winning in the high teens to low 20s next game though

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

We just need to focus on defense.. Bynums struggles w/ his knee is hurting us in that area.. Our rotation was very weak in Phoenix..

I think we shot over 50% last night..

Huge game on Thurs.. And I'm going _____es...

 

[azurepred]

Orl is a lot like the Suns...........they will die by that 3 eventually. It also helps when you get every call imaginable in your favor

 

[Deeznutz6]

Glad to see teh officiating in the NBA is as bad as teh NHL