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#1,205
#1,205
Lakers look good tonight. When the play together, they're a good team.

Helps that the Celtics don't have a PG and can only pass the ball around the perimeter.

Looks like Howard is actually playing with a purpose, makes all the difference.
 
#1,213
#1,213
Perimeter defense is our main problem. Teams get WAY too many good looks at the basket and gaurds get where ever they want to on the floor before setting up their teammates for easy, comfortable shots. Offensively, we are ok. Not elite, but adequate. Dwight needs to really protect the basket for us to make the playoffs. 4 blocks would usually be good, but not up against 78 points in the paint along with 33 on the break.

And make his damn free throws!!!! He missed enough to keep us from closing the gap last night. An entire episode of Shaqtin' a fool could be entirely about D-12's free throw shooting form (or lack there of).

Overall, that was a bad loss to a team ahead of us in the standings.
 
#1,214
#1,214
volinreallife said:
When you go 3-14 from the free throw line you don't care. He should have 20 rebounds a game.
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Maybe he just sucks at free throws. I never thought of missing/making them as a matter of caring.

20 rebounds per game would make him the greatest rebounder of all time (and he's playing injured). Maybe your expectations are a little high.
 
#1,215
#1,215
n_huffhines said:
Maybe he just sucks at free throws. I never thought of missing/making them as a matter of caring.

20 rebounds per game would make him the greatest rebounder of all time (and he's playing injured). Maybe your expectations are a little high.
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Sucking worse than shaq says something.
Kevin love.

No I watch almost every game. I guarantee he will not be in a lakers uniform next year. He doesn't want to be there you can tell.
 
#1,216
#1,216
On a list of things that C's need to do well, FTs are low priority. He's only shooting 49%, which is WAY below average, but consider it this way...if he is intentionally fouled, he scores 49% of the time. The average team only scores on 46% of possessions, so you actually want teams to intentionally foul him. As horrific as his FT shooting is, intentionally fouling him is bad strategy for the D (unless he's got an open look under the hoop).
 
#1,217
#1,217
n_huffhines said:
On a list of things that C's need to do well, FTs are low priority. He's only shooting 49%, which is WAY below average, but consider it this way...if he is intentionally fouled, he scores 49% of the time. The average team only scores on 46% of possessions, so you actually want teams to intentionally foul him. As horrific as his FT shooting is, intentionally fouling him is bad strategy for the D (unless he's got an open look under the hoop).
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Yea, but the 46% includes 3's and "and 1's". He can't cover that shooting 49% from the FT stripe.
 
#1,222
#1,222
Yes. Basically teams shoot TS% of .530 on average, and the other .07 or so is explained by turnovers.
 
#1,223
#1,223
You know what. You may be right. .07 sounds low for turnovers. Maybe it doesn't factor in 3-pointers because the article I read was specifically discussing centers (Shaw, and Ben Wallace) who don't shoot 3s. I can't find the article for some reason.
 
#1,225
#1,225
n_huffhines said:
On a list of things that C's need to do well, FTs are low priority. He's only shooting 49%, which is WAY below average, but consider it this way...if he is intentionally fouled, he scores 49% of the time. The average team only scores on 46% of possessions, so you actually want teams to intentionally foul him. As horrific as his FT shooting is, intentionally fouling him is bad strategy for the D (unless he's got an open look under the hoop).
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The last thing the Lakers want is teams intentionally fouling Dwight Howard to put him on the line.

The very last thing.
 
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