LAKERS -at- TWOLVES - 11/19 - DIY Thoughts and :-)) Ratings

DancingBarry

Do-It-Yourself Thoughts and Ratings night. (Spent all day on a plane and I'm beat)

Laker_Behemoth · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject:

Matt Barnes -

Matt was god tonight. The Stats: Jaw-dropping. The Action: Non-stop. Second Half: More like second game, because he played two games worth of basketball in one. Suck on that, Raja Bell.
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Tonight shows you why Lamar is the best defensive Power Forward in the NBA.

When Lamar shuts somebody down, they get shut down.

Kevin Love:
November 9: 23 points and 24 rebounds
Tonight: 0 points and 7 rebounds

Big Baby:
Finals Game 4: 18 points
Finals Game 5: 0 points
Finals Game 6: 0 points
Finals Game 7: 6 points
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There are a lot of things I hate about Matt Barnes, but having him on MY team makes me forget about all of them.

Sasha has no redeeming value as a professional athlete.
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Mel Rose · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject:

Every night a different hero. Today: Matt Barnes goes perfect.

Glad Lakers got 3 W on the trip, and didn't get banged too much.

Vets had some nice flashes, just crafty.
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How serious did the Kobe/Pau/Shannon injuries look?

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Mel Rose · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject:

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lakersflambe · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:48 pm Post subject:

i don't think lamar can take all the credit for love's abysmal results.

artest did a great job of boxing kevin out as well.

reika-zu · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:44 am Post subject:

revgen · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 10220

Artest -

Quiet game offensively. Did a decent job at times on Beasley. Also had some time banging bodies with Kevin Love. But overall, he wasn't killing it like Barnes was doing so he lost some playing time.

Kobe -

Like Pau, awful shooting early in the first half. Picked it later in the 2nd half with some nifty circus layups and a slam dunk set up by Fish.

Pau -

Pau was horrible in the 1st half. Darko was blocking his shots on defense. Scoring at will on offense and to make matters worse, 6'8 rookie Derrick Caracter comes in and actually pushes Darko around like a bully at the schoolyard. Something the supposedly bigger Gasol couldn't seem to bring himself to do. Hopefully we can bring in a big body soon to give Pau a break until Drew comes back.

Lamar -

Old school Lamar appeared tonight. Filling in the boxscores with 11 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Also made sure Love didn't pwn him on the glass like he did the last time.

Fish -

Played scrappy defense tonight. Playing the passing lanes, aggressive on the doubles, even poking the ball out of Love's hand a couple times. Also set up Kobe on some nice circus shots and a slam in the 3rd quarter.

Barnes -

Wow. Perfect night. Best player on the floor. Couldn't miss a shot on the offensive end. Also brought his usual scrappy play on the other end along with 6 assists go along with the 24 points in only 23 minutes of play. With the way Kobe and Pau were stinking it up, it was nice to see our bench guys step up tonight, especially Barnes.

Shannon -

He and Barnes came off the bench tonight and brought the energy the starters were lacking. Barnes moreso than Shannon, but Shannon had his moments, especially that steal and slam in the 1st quarter that started to shift momentum back our way.

Blake -

- Blake had quiet night, but did a good job behind the scenes of managing the 2nd unit with Barnes and Brown.

Caracter -

I like his fiesty attitude out there. Especially when he came in for Pau. Even though he picked up fouls, I thought he helped to send the message to the Wolves that we aren't going to get pushed around. We are the pushers. He used his body to shove Darko out of the way to grab rebounds, put a strong seal on Love to post him up for a hook, and generally just using that body to "inflict some pain" as Phil implied that Pau should be doing in a recent press conference. Pau could learn a thing or two from the way Caracter approaches the game.

Ebanks -

Lone member of the 3 minute garbage man crew to score a bucket. Swished a nice midrange J and then managed to get a block and a deflection on a later possesion.

Sasha -

- Only played garbage time minutes. Ran around awhile

Luke -

- Sasha's garbage man partner.
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DancingBarry · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:46 am Post subject:

revgen - Thanks.

I'm struggling to understand how Barnes hasn't found a home on a team all these years.

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Laker's win!

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