Lakers are on a hot streak and then All Star break comes

SGV-Laker fan · Star Player Joined: 23 May 2013 Posts: 8896

we all remember what happened last time when they were on a hot streak and then came a long layoff. after the in-season championship game, Lakers came out flat for almost 1.5 months. hope this won't happen again after the all star break.

ocho · Retired Number Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53848

The Lakers had 2 days off after winning the IST. Not sure that can be blamed for them dropping the ball.

It was more an issue of Ham’s “period of discovery” which included things like starting Reddish, playing him more minutes than Rui, and benching Reaves and DLo.
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Halflife · Franchise Player Joined: 15 Aug 2015 Posts: 16799

The season officially starts. Should be fun. It was nice ending with two bums into the break. Cant wait to play games that actually start to matter.
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Nobody · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:00 am Post subject:

ArminNBA · Star Player Joined: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 2173

This isn't a hot streak. The Lakers have finally figured out the 5-Out offense. Early on in the season, they were clearly confused and unsure how to move/attack and where the gaps existed in this concept. Only DLo had extensive 5-Out experience. Everyone else was moving a step slow. They "get it" now. That's why the offense is humming. It's not just the passing, but the players relocating and screening decisively so that they are entering open spaces for the passers to find them in scoring positions. It's beautiful to watch and I expect this to continue.

This break is actually welcome for AD/Bron to get a necessary recharge before the final push, and to have a week without games as we still look forward to the recoveries of Max, Gabe, Vando, and Reddish.

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Treble Clef · Franchise Player Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 23924

It doesn’t seem similar to me. The IST games were mostly spread out and were weak competition. I think it was a mix of coincidence and low quality of opponent that allowed them to do well in all of the games that were marked as IST games but as a whole they were not consistently playing well.

This is a much more prolonged stretch of winning the points in the paint, being absolutely elite from the 3 point line, not getting called for any fouls, and getting 2-3x as many free throws as the opponent every night and it’s against a variety of opponents both at home and on the road.

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Brawn13 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2019 Posts: 3778

Players are finally figuring out how to play in this 5-out offense. It’s noticeable the difference too when either Lebron or AD posts up, a lot more movement and cutting.

BILBJH · Star Player Joined: 23 Jul 2020 Posts: 5126

People automatically think you are a better coach when you emphasize defense over offense.

D'Antoni was a good coach and people act like he was a lightweight.

So it's no wonder Ham wants to emphasize defense as a new coach.

Of the Lakers best five players, only AD is a good defender.

Bron is too old, Rui, AD, DLo are all too slow.

But as we've seen this team is capable of putting up 70 points a half on the regular.

Ham just needs to lean into the offense, especially until Vando comes back.

mad55557777 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 23402

DLo- 41% from the 3
Rui- 40%
Lebron-39%
TP-39%
AR-36.5% and trending up

This is a good shooting team now, and it just makes lebron and AD more valuable

SGV-Laker fan · Star Player Joined: 23 May 2013 Posts: 8896

Laker7 · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:21 pm Post subject:

According to ESPN, for the month of February:

Rui averaging 20 points per game for Feb
AR averaging 20 points per game for Feb
DLo averaging 20 points per game for Feb
AD averaging 24 points per game for Feb
LBJ averaging 24 points per game for Feb

That's 108 points per game from your starters for Feb.

Prince is averaging 10 points per game for Feb
Hayes is averaging almost 7 points per game for Feb
Dinwiddie is average 8 points per game as a Laker
Wood is averaging about 6 points per game in Feb

That's 31 points per game from your bench in Feb

That is 139 points per game from the Lakers in Feb. I call that hot.
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kermitwashington · Starting Rotation Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 395

I really think AD should be in the MVP conversation. It was hard to say that when they were losing, but if they continue to win. I think he should be in that convo.

When are the injured guys due back?

TDRock · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:33 pm Post subject:

ThePageDude · Star Player Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 2596

I think this team's better than it's record despite me projecting 42-ish wins before season start - offense seems to be finally clicking, players are falling into optimal roles, AD/Lebron are healthy (knock on wood), weird lineups/rotations seem to be on the decline (though not entirely gone).
HOWEVER, March is going to be absolutely brutal, that month will tell the real story.

lakersfever714 · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Jan 2016 Posts: 11867

Didn't they win the championship after a three month break in 2020?

I will take a rested Bron and AD over rust any day.
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CRoost · Star Player Joined: 21 Mar 2017 Posts: 4801

defense · Retired Number Joined: 12 Jan 2010 Posts: 39577

Stopped our 20 game win streak

BASTARDS!