***LAKERS @ HORNETS Game Thread 11/12***

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[Jeffs]

[FernieBee]

Wilbon knows as much about basketball as he does about combing his hair.

[Car54]

[Texas_Pete]

Wilbon needs to be replaced on PTI. I understand Laker hate, but he is ridiculous year after year.

[Sportsmuze]

rofl my bad, hornets//rockets same thing.

stepping stones to championship.

[joshua1516]

We are better offensively, can go inside, outside, still have Kobe who no one on their team can guard, now they have Posey but Boston had a good team defense. Way better defensively than them, will kill them on the glass, they have no size, and Lakers bench kills theirs.

[Car54]

I just don't understand his reason for saying that. If not better? Lakers right now are the best defensive team early in the season. We're winning by an avg of 20ppg and our offense isn't even there yet.
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[DK]

deadspin.com/5015510/pardon-the-interruptionin-my-pants

That's all I gotta say. Oh, may be NSFW.

[JustSomeJoe]

Hornets are overrated!

Take Chandler out, and they're midgets.


Lakers strategy against N.O. is simple: go at Chandler and put him in jeopardy, control the boards, go at Chandler and put him in jeopardy, control the boards, go at Chandler, control the boards.

Sit Chandler on the bench for any extended time and the paint will become a nightmare for New Orleans.

Oh ya... Wilbon is an idiot, and I smell blowout!

[RCS926]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Kobe go into Mamba mode tonight especially if the team starts out slow. We may need him to jumpstart the 1st unit, and I'm sure that Kobe is going to want revenge against Posey, who got too much credit for slowing Kobe down in the Finals.

[jodeke]

StuLantz#1 wrote

[B_Rabbit1212]

this ones gunna be close.

bad guys: 68
good guys: 69
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[joshua1516]

So, those with KCAL do you like that the game isn't on Tape Delay?
I like it cause I always would cheat and check ESPN and sometimes get disappointed

[AIRiza Fan]

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[Sister Golden Hair]

They key, obviously, is Paul. Make him a scorer, not a distributor. Fish and Farmar have to do a good job of making Paul work for everything he gets and turn him into a finisher. Andrew has to stay home on Chandler, else Paul will alley-oop the Lakers to death. Similarly, Pau has to keep a body on West for similar reasons. If I'm Phil, I use my bench freely, especially in the back-court to throw as many different looks at Paul as I can. I keep Ariza in reserve for the fourth to throw his length and quicks at Paul as a real change of pace.

Also, whoever does guard Paul, you aren't going to steal the ball from him, so you don't need to gamble. He will get around you if you are backing up, so you have to at least be determined and take away his right hand and shade him to his left, making him more of a pull-up jumpshooter.

Also, be conscious of taking away his passing lanes. I don't mean gambling for steals on his passes. I mean being aware that Paul (like Nash) relies on his ability to exploit passing lanes. What this means for the entire defense is that have their arms/hands up the whole game simply to close down the passing angles. This also means being willing to reach down and even use one's feet to deflect bounce passes.

Paul loves to throw alley-oops to his bigs (like Dre Miller) so you can't play off of him too much. Keep hands up in front of him. If he gets around you, so be it, but make him be the finisher, rather than have him drop off a dime to a big for an and-one.

NO is the last team you want to collapse around the PG on, because they have numerous shooters (Peja, etc.) who will kill you if left open. Fish, Farmar, Sasha, and even Ariza will have to sell out on D, especially, to make Paul work.

On the other end, Fish, in particular, should use his muscle on Paul and be aggressive on O when the opportunity presents himself. Farmar should also be aggressive. Paul also loves to gamble for steals, so a lot of ball/pass fakes will get him leaning the wrong way for back-door cuts, etc.

Use his strengths against him.

SGH

[Senor Mortgage]

I thought the Dallas game was a huge trap game and was right. I'm thinking an easy win tonight so lets hope I'm two for two. As good as they are, Mavs killed us on transition and the Hornets despite their awesome PG are not a real transition/fast team. Our size kills them.

[Omar Little]

I expect Farmar to get plenty of minutes. The strong side zone should be effective: Man up on Paul, force him baseline. Bring the 4 over to trap him there. Play the passing lanes for steals, and keep Bynum home on Chandler.
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[HasBeenWarned]

[HasBeenWarned]

[idealmind]

Some of you are missing a Huge Points here:

1. As great as CP3 is, this hornet team will only go as far as D. West will take them. This team relies heavily on him to make a good deal of his shots, and last year he did just that.

1A. Im sure if you take a look at the numbers when the hornets lost, D. west had a bad game.

2. D. West will have a MUCH taller guy guarding him in the post, to stick a very LONG arm in his face while he shoots those annoying 17-18 foot jumpers that always seem to fall.

3. The lakers altered 1-3-1 zone that they run, will bother CP3's penetrate and dish, you will see him shoot more jumpers tonight.


Now with that said, if the Hornets win tonight, it will be because they where HOT from behind the 3 point line. They dont have an answer in the post period. This is not the Laker team of last year, we play D now, I dont see us loosing this game unless the hornets are HOT from 3.

[RCS926]

[Tanlentueux]

I don't see us winning this game. I hope we will but... second day in back to back game in New Orleans... I don't see a W in there.

[drzucchini]

[AIRiza Fan]