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Durant's better with Westbrook to take pressure off of him.
 
KingSpeed said:
Houston up 2. Durant rushes a three, it's clearly off, hits the back rim bounces way up hits the front of the rim the back of rim and goes in. Bullshit.

Mags, you still think they're better without Westbrook? They were horrible in the second half. They really needed him.
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Shooter's bounce...
 
KingSpeed said:
Mags, you still think they're better without Westbrook? They were horrible in the second half. They really needed him.
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It was their first game without him playing in five years. They looked bad for a little bit? No shit.
 
Glad that Z-Bo has found his game. I really think he was just tiring himself out in the first two games defending Griffin, and now that we've put Gasol on him more, it's given Z-Bo more energy to make the plays he usually makes, because let's be honest about his game,... he's not big, he's not athletic, but he gets good positioning and out-wills people on the boards and gets the ugly putbacks. It's hard for a guy that's exhausted himself on the defensive end to bring that same effort on offense.

The real X-factor with tonight's game wasn't even Z-Bo's offensive performance or Gasol's overall performance as much as it was Tayshaun Prince's offensive performance. When we get any sort of semblance of a perimeter game going offensively, it really opens up our opportunities to feed the post. Yeah, Gasol missed a lot of shots in the first two games that he should have made, but they were still good looks that he just missed by inches. The more touches for the big fella, the better. He's the best shooting big man in the game, and DeAndre Jordan can't guard him. If we get our perimeter players going offensively, that leads to more shots and more opportunities for Marc to do his thing. Generally, if he touches the ball, it leads to a score, or at least an easy opportunity for someone else on the team, because he's a modern day point-center. It's a lot harder for Marc to do that though when the opposing team knows that our perimeter players can't buy a basket. If Conley/Prince/Q-Pon knock down their shots, then Marc has more freedom, and our offense runs more effectively.
 
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NOVoodoo said:
Glad that Z-Bo has found his game. I really think he was just tiring himself out in the first two games defending Griffin, and now that we've put Gasol on him more, it's given Z-Bo more energy to make the plays he usually makes, because let's be honest about his game,... he's not big, he's not athletic, but he gets good positioning and out-wills people on the boards and gets the ugly putbacks. It's hard for a guy that's exhausted himself on the defensive end to bring that same effort on offense.

The real X-factor with tonight's game wasn't even Z-Bo's offensive performance or Gasol's overall performance as much as it was Tayshaun Prince's offensive performance. When we get any sort of semblance of a perimeter game going offensively, it really opens up our opportunities to feed the post. Yeah, Gasol missed a lot of shots in the first two games that he should have made, but they were still good looks that he just missed by inches. The more touches for the big fella, the better. He's the best shooting big man in the game, and DeAndre Jordan can't guard him. If we get our perimeter players going offensively, that leads to more shots and more opportunities for Marc to do his thing. Generally, if he touches the ball, it leads to a score, or at least an easy opportunity for someone else on the team, because he's a modern day point-center. It's a lot harder for Marc to do that though when the opposing team knows that our perimeter players can't buy a basket. If Conley/Prince/Q-Pon knock down their shots, then Marc has more freedom, and our offense runs more effectively.
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That was a good move to move Zach on Jordan. Jordan doesn't have an offensive game and zbo doesn't use athleticism to get his boards. The best move so far in this series!
 
Hate to admit it, but he is playing well.

I also hope the lil fat bastard dribbles it off his foot when it really matters.
 
Article I saw on Yahoo today (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...es-steal-ball-jeremy-lin-calls-025537587.html) about Durants little payback on Lin for Beaverly injuring Westbrook in game 2. You could argue Durant's is worse then Beaverlys because everyone knows Lin is injured and Durant seems to be purposely trying to cause harm to Lin while Beaverly lunges at the same time the whistle gets blown in game 2 an inadvertently injures Westbrook. Personally I see nothing wrong with either but you can tell Durant was trying to send a message.
 
Howard quits by getting ejected. And his time with the Lakers is over.
 
This is glorious. LA falling apart at the seams and getting blown out at home for their 4th straight loss.
 
yuyuza1 said:
This is glorious. LA falling apart at the seams and getting blown out at home for their 4th straight loss.
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And Kobe is hurt and Dwight is leaving them. And they owe Pau $19 million. And Nash is signed for two more years.
 
Blair is looking good in garbage time. He could be a (relatively) low cost option for backup PF next year.
 
yuyuza1 said:
This is glorious. LA falling apart at the seams and getting blown out at home for their 4th straight loss.
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The pictures are beginning to come in now..

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A friend posted this on Facebook and I thought it was hilarious:

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Still amazed that Karl is starting Faried at center. If they were winning the rebound battle I would understand. He seems to have little respect for McGee.
 
I'm gonna be a Warriors fan throughout!
 
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