If you would've told me the Lakers would loose 3 in a row after going 17-1 I would've laughed. Well I'm not laughing now. The Lakers suffered their 3rd blow by none other than The Golden State Warriors..yes you read that right...by 8. The score looks a lot better than the game actually was. The Warriors looked like they were playing a shell of what the Lakers used to be. We not only lost the game, but we lost any hope in having Home court to the Spurs.. The Lakers always do this to us so I'm not sure why were surprised. They went 4-9 to close the season last year and the won the championship. They even went 7 games and struggled with the Houston Rockets in the 1st round. No there is never a dull moment with the Lakers. If you are looking for highlights and great moments don't bother because there weren't any. The thing that sticks out the most to me is that Andrew Bynum was 5-5 from the field. You may look at that and say Wow! That means he was perfect! Yeah, but why in the heck did he only take 5 shots!!!???? No he wasn't out with an injury, no he wasn't in foul trouble. In fact to my surprise and to my liking, Pau was on the bench in the 4th where he should've been last game. So why did Drew only take 5? Blame it on him not being aggressive, or maybe the Lakers went away from what gave them a 10 point lead: inside out. That's what the coaches talked about at the pre game, the Lakers just didn't do it. Maybe they were bored. Whatever the case may be, they went away from what works. That, and close to 50 turnovers in the the last 3 games will NEVER get it done. Giving up 16 offensive boards will never get it done. Especially against a team that leads the NBA in steals and points off turnovers! The Warriors made 21 points off of the Lakers. Turnovers mean you are being lazy and have no concentration in my opinion. When you pass the ball you look right into the eyes of your teammate. When you are catching the ball you lock eyes with your passers and have your palms up and hands out. Lack of focus is the only thing I can think of.
With that said, lets look on to the Portland match up. As we know the Lakers hardly ever win in Portland. We actually won the last game there, but it took an overtime to get it. When Phil was asked if he would rest the starters for the remaining 4 games he said " They rested during the Golden State game." The Lakers have shot 41% over the first 3 games and 22% from the 3 point line. They are also averaging 18 turnovers, that's more than 5 above the season average. We have won the 1st three meetings with the Blazers this season. A win tonite could be the first season sweep in 22 years.It could also all but solidify the # 2 seed in the West .This wont be a cake walk though. The Blazers are red hot at the moment and we all know how hard it is for the Lakers to win in the Rose Garden. Gerald Wallace has been on fire shooting 54% over the last 9 games. The Blazers are 13-8 since they got him from Charlotte. But, the Lakers were the last team to hold him to single digit scoring. This should be a pretty good game. The last 2 teams these teams met, we only won by 5 points or less. If the lazy Lakers show up it could be another blowout, but if the real Lakers show up we could get a nice little push going into the play offs. Like A Martinez says..if there is a " switch" I need them to flip it and flip it TONITE..signing off......
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