Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:08 am

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Tuesday, December 29, 2016, 7:30 PM PDT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Referees: Danny Crawford (#43), Matt Boland (#18), Nick Buchert (#3)

Line: Lakers -2.5


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GAME PREVIEW: MAVERICKS AT LAKERS

BY NBA.COM

LOS ANGELES -- A downward spiral continues to plague the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers attempt to reverse course when they face the struggling Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night at Staples Center.

Los Angeles (12-23) dropped five of its last six and 13 of 15 games in December, including Tuesday's 102-100 loss at home to the Utah Jazz. A 3-pointer by Utah forward Joe Ingles and the Lakers' inability to convert late possessions was the difference as the Jazz improved to 3-0 against Los Angeles this season.

"Obviously, it stings," Lakers coach Luke Walton said. "The players are hurt that we lost, but the message afterward was we played the most aggressive, in my opinion, the most aggressive defensive game that we've had in a long time. We're still going to make mistakes. That's just part of learning."

The lessons have become increasingly painful during the Lakers' tailspin. After a surprising 10-10 start, the Lakers have had little to savor this month. They endured a recent 1-6 road trip with four of the losses coming in double digits.

The Lakers' lone wins this month came against the undermanned Los Angeles Clippers and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Defense remains one of the Lakers' weaknesses. They ranked 27th in points allowed at 110.3 and last in opponents' field-goal shooting at 47.8 percent before Wednesday's games. The Lakers were 25th in turnovers at 15.3 per game.

The Mavericks (9-23), who have lost their last two, engaged in an intensive defensive posture in their last outing Tuesday night. Dallas lost 123-107 in a testy affair with the visiting Houston Rockets that featured skirmishes throughout. Eight technicals and two flagrant fouls, one of the latter being charged to Mavericks center Andrew Bogut for throwing a rugged pick on Rockets guard James Harden.

"Yeah, it was a hard screen and I set hard screens, but to get a flagrant for it is kind of head-scratching when I felt like (Mavericks forward) Justin Anderson had his wrist in a ju-jitsu hold four plays later and that was just brushed off like a regular foul," Bogut told the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.

"You admire the effort the league's putting in Seacaucus (N.J.), that beautiful facility where they watch replays and watch TV and have leather chairs and all that kind of stuff, but you scratch your head at a lot of these things and it becomes very, very frustrating."

Dallas has tried to ease its frustrations recently from a 3-15 start to open the season. Injuries to Dirk Nowitzki, Bogut and J.J. Bare haven't hurt matters though.

The Mavericks, who have the worst record in the Western Conference, are 3-14 on the road. One of those wins was a 109-97 decision over the Lakers at Staples on Nov. 8. Harrison Barnes, who scored 31 points in that victory, leads Dallas in scoring at 20.4 points per contest.

Wesley Matthews has also been a key contributor with a 15.4 scoring average. Nowitzki returned from an Achilles injury on Dec. 23. He scored 17 points in 15 minutes in his first game back, helping Dallas beat the Clippers 90-88 at Staples. However, Nowitzki managed only 10 and seven points in losses to the New Orleans Pelicans and the Rockets.


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Re: Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:26 am

3Peat checking in. Since going 10-10, the team has gone 2-13. These last 15 games we have witnessed some very Bad and Inconsistent Basketball. Of course we are young and it's a work in progress but I hope we start improving more as the year goes on. Injuries have really been a hindrance to our progression as our team seems like they cant stay healthy. If it isn't Russell's knee, it's Nick Young with something, or it's Nance with something, etc.. I do have faith in Luke so that has kept me positive most of the season. I would really like to see Ingram become more aggressive as well, he needs to shoot more and not be scared to do so. Randle to me looks like he is going to be a Good/solid player for the most part for years to come if he can stay healthy and Clarkson is Good just not Great because he's not consistent. We need Russell to be better than Clarkson being the #2 pick and the leader of the team and so far he hasn't been, they are about even IMO. Russ is Good but hasn't been anything special almost halfway through his season 2.

I'll end this Post with this, this is definitely a game we should win being at home against a really bad team. The Mavs are washed up.
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Re: Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:06 pm

3Peatkb24 wrote:3Peat checking in. Since going 10-10, the team has gone 2-13. These last 15 games we have witnessed some very Bad and Inconsistent Basketball. Of course we are young and it's a work in progress but I hope we start improving more as the year goes on. Injuries have really been a hindrance to our progression as our team seems like they cant stay healthy. If it isn't Russell's knee, it's Nick Young with something, or it's Nance with something, etc.. I do have faith in Luke so that has kept me positive most of the season. I would really like to see Ingram become more aggressive as well, he needs to shoot more and not be scared to do so. Randle to me looks like he is going to be a Good/solid player for the most part for years to come if he can stay healthy and Clarkson is Good just not Great because he's not consistent. We need Russell to be better than Clarkson being the #2 pick and the leader of the team and so far he hasn't been, they are about even IMO. Russ is Good but hasn't been anything special almost halfway through his season 2.

I'll end this Post with this, this is definitely a game we should win being at home against a really bad team. The Mavs are washed up.


Don't forget that all NBA teams have more film on us now, so we're much easier to dissect. Ingram is so young that we must be patient with him. I see him as our point guard of the future with Russell as his backcourt mate. If we keep Lou and Clarkson, we're set back there. Deng is playing consistent, solid basketball now, which is also a good thing moving forward. Now that the other teams have figured us out, it is time for Luke's next chess move, a difficult task without Larry Nance though. JJ Barea is out tonight, so that should increase our chances. We could use a blowout for confidence purposes, but I'd even take an ugly win. I'd really like to see D'Angelo play well, too. He's been tentative since he came back from the knee injury.
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Re: Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:16 pm

KobeMVP888 wrote:
3Peatkb24 wrote:3Peat checking in. Since going 10-10, the team has gone 2-13. These last 15 games we have witnessed some very Bad and Inconsistent Basketball. Of course we are young and it's a work in progress but I hope we start improving more as the year goes on. Injuries have really been a hindrance to our progression as our team seems like they cant stay healthy. If it isn't Russell's knee, it's Nick Young with something, or it's Nance with something, etc.. I do have faith in Luke so that has kept me positive most of the season. I would really like to see Ingram become more aggressive as well, he needs to shoot more and not be scared to do so. Randle to me looks like he is going to be a Good/solid player for the most part for years to come if he can stay healthy and Clarkson is Good just not Great because he's not consistent. We need Russell to be better than Clarkson being the #2 pick and the leader of the team and so far he hasn't been, they are about even IMO. Russ is Good but hasn't been anything special almost halfway through his season 2.

I'll end this Post with this, this is definitely a game we should win being at home against a really bad team. The Mavs are washed up.


Don't forget that all NBA teams have more film on us now, so we're much easier to dissect. Ingram is so young that we must be patient with him. I see him as our point guard of the future with Russell as his backcourt mate. If we keep Lou and Clarkson, we're set back there. Deng is playing consistent, solid basketball now, which is also a good thing moving forward. Now that the other teams have figured us out, it is time for Luke's next chess move, a difficult task without Larry Nance though. JJ Barea is out tonight, so that should increase our chances. We could use a blowout for confidence purposes, but I'd even take an ugly win. I'd really like to see D'Angelo play well, too. He's been tentative since he came back from the knee injury.


All in all we still may win 30 games which was our projection before the season started and it is a 13 game improvement over last season if it happens. Besides wins I want see progression Chemistry wise and guys staying healthy though. The Health issue is bothersome, I know other teams have injuries too but we are so young that we should rarely get them IMO. Knick knack Injuries are for guys in their 30's generally unless one just blows a knee out or injures an ACL, of course that can happen to anyone.
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Re: Gm 36 - 12/29/16: Mavericks at Lakers GAME THREAD

Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:01 pm

Finally off work and can watch a game. It has been the Craig Show, then Ken Show. Now I am here! Russell just nailed a 3, Lakers up 13-7 early. We should win this.
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:03 pm

Russ with a sweet floater, up 15-7!
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:09 pm

Nick Young 4 3's so far - he is on fire! Lakers up 23-16.
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:12 pm

Sweet Lou with an awesome crossover and scoop! Lakers up 27-22. They don't call him Sweet for nothing!
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:15 pm

Barnes and Harris hurting us a bit but we still lead after the 1st Qtr 27-26 Lakers.
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Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:16 pm

So we have a 27-26 lead after one, but notice the difference in intensity the other night when we played a much better team? I can't understand not bringing it every single game. All the money these fuckers make, they should be fined for not giving 110%. I kid, but it pisses me off.
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:19 pm

KobeMVP888 wrote:So we have a 27-26 lead after one, but notice the difference in intensity the other night when we played a much better team? I can't understand not bringing it every single game. All the money these fuckers make, they should be fined for not giving 110%. I kid, but it pisses me off.


We started out great but the Mavs started hitting shots. Only up 1 now.
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:23 pm

Lakers up 8 now 34-26. Nice strong move by the Rook. Ingram getting aggressive and drew the Foul, made 1 FT - up 35-26.
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:24 pm

37-26 Lakers, Clarkson just scored! I am liking this!!
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Postby 3Peatkb24 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:28 pm

Clarkson looks great tonight, nice jumper. Lakers up 39-28.
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Postby KobeMVP888 » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:36 pm

I'm still bothered by the lack of intensity in this game. We're up by 5. Should be 15.
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