NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic

SniperSB23 · #1 06-08-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

For every brilliant move that Van Gundy makes, he makes another that is completely foolish. Last night, he comes up with the brilliant scheme of running the offense through turkoglu but follows it up by giving JJ redick big minutes in the stretch. Yes, he hit two 3's but had a couple of critical turnovers and missed one wide open back breaking three from the top of the arc. He shouldnt be in the game with two minutes left in a championship game. He looked scared.

He designs a beautiful side out of bounds play...one of the best i have seen...but can't find a way to isolate jameer nelson against derek fisher in an obvious mismatch. Anthony Johnson hasnt played a single minute in two games although he can hit the open jumper.

All that being said, the lakers interior size is giving howard major problems. The bottom line is that Orlando isnt penetrating and are basically relegated to shooting from long distance. There are very few easy shots as opposed to the lakers who are getting a good many shots from the lane.

Basketball is not a complex sport. If one team is shooting open shots from 15 ft and in and the other team is shooting contested shots from 20 ft and out...its not difficult to figure who is going to win.

Orlando is a gritty team and you have to love the way they play. I have to check cap room, but they are in desperate need of another guard.

I couldn't believe that they had Redick in there during crunch time. I mean, seriously, there are guys in the CBA that are more useful. He went 1-6 from 3 last night and every one was a wide open inexcusable for an NBA guard to miss sort of look. To say they desperately need another guard is an understatement.

It is amazing the lack of respect that Howard gets from the officials. He gets pounded on all game and can't get a call and then gets called a couple times for loose ball fouls while going for a rebound. I guess NBA refs have determined he's not at that star level where he gets the respect of getting the calls.

Classic Kobe moment at the end of regulation. I said to my friend "so the smart move would be for Kobe to drive and kick but he's Kobe so he'll never do it like Jordan would of". Sure enough Kobe drives and four guys collapse on him. He has three wide open teammates at this point and Pau Gasol covered by Courtney Lee. But of course Kobe still tries to play hero all by himself and Hedo has a perfect block from behind. Then he almost got toasted by Lee for the winning layup on the ensuing possession.

declansharbor · #2 06-08-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I couldn't believe that they had Redick in there during crunch time. I mean, seriously, there are guys in the CBA that are more useful. He went 1-6 from 3 last night and every one was a wide open inexcusable for an NBA guard to miss sort of look. To say they desperately need another guard is an understatement.

It is amazing the lack of respect that Howard gets from the officials. He gets pounded on all game and can't get a call and then gets called a couple times for loose ball fouls while going for a rebound. I guess NBA refs have determined he's not at that star level where he gets the respect of getting the calls.

Classic Kobe moment at the end of regulation. I said to my friend "so the smart move would be for Kobe to drive and kick but he's Kobe so he'll never do it like Jordan would of". Sure enough Kobe drives and four guys collapse on him. He has three wide open teammates at this point and Pau Gasol covered by Courtney Lee. But of course Kobe still tries to play hero all by himself and Hedo has a perfect block from behind. Then he almost got toasted by Lee for the winning layup on the ensuing possession.

That was one hell of a moving pick to get Lee free to the hoop it looked like. Beautifully drawn up play, just not executed by Lee. They'll be smarting over that one for a while.