[BasketBalAllanParticipant]

The Kings played some very good basketball for about two to three quarters, unfortunately for them, the Lakers played that way almost the entire game. For those of you that watched the game, what are your thoughts on the two teams?

[llperez]

lakers are amazing and kings fought hard, but they were down double digits for about 48 minutes. for the kings, udrih and garcia both palyed real well.

[llperez]

lakers are amazing and kings fought hard, but they were down double digits for about 48 minutes. for the kings, udrih and garcia both palyed real well.

[BasketBalAllanParticipant]

I was surprised at just how different the Lakers looked on the court; they really did look like a different team. That coupled with the fact that they were shooting the ball so well from three, almost 53% for the game, and passing the ball as if they should all be running the point will make them hard to this year barring injuries. I now understand why you were talking about a record number of wins this year llperez; the Lakers do look extremely though right now, and with that strong second unit they could continue this effort most of the way into the season. 

On the Kings side, I am starting to see something that even as a Kings fan I honestly did not expect; swagger. They look different in the way they pass the ball, in the way they trust each other and in the way they work to fight back even against large odds. I think this is the beginning of something that I did not think would arrive for another year, a real feeling that the Kings can compete for 48 minutes with some of the best teams in the NBA, even if they do not come out on top they still look like they belong out there as a single cohesive unit. 

 

[BasketBalAllanParticipant]

I was surprised at just how different the Lakers looked on the court; they really did look like a different team. That coupled with the fact that they were shooting the ball so well from three, almost 53% for the game, and passing the ball as if they should all be running the point will make them hard to this year barring injuries. I now understand why you were talking about a record number of wins this year llperez; the Lakers do look extremely though right now, and with that strong second unit they could continue this effort most of the way into the season. 

On the Kings side, I am starting to see something that even as a Kings fan I honestly did not expect; swagger. They look different in the way they pass the ball, in the way they trust each other and in the way they work to fight back even against large odds. I think this is the beginning of something that I did not think would arrive for another year, a real feeling that the Kings can compete for 48 minutes with some of the best teams in the NBA, even if they do not come out on top they still look like they belong out there as a single cohesive unit. 

 

[JNixonParticipant]

Kobe is a beast.

Artest played smart, took good shots and played more efficient than usual offensively.

Francisco Garcia hustles hard and it masks the fact that he’s not very strong, quick, or athletic. Especially on D.

Tyreke Evans has some special ability with the ball in his hands.

Carl Landry is more effective in spurts than he is throughout the course of games. Even quarters at times. He has limitations on D and on the glass. He also is a little stiff offensively at times.

DeMarcus Cousins looks good passing the ball and has some nice moves offensively, but the length of the Lakers frontline made it noticeably harder for him to score efficiently down low, given his rather lackluster explosiveness when contested head-to-head. He should get more decisive when matched up with length. Cousins is also a POOR post defender, something he should work on.

[JNixonParticipant]

Kobe is a beast.

Artest played smart, took good shots and played more efficient than usual offensively.

Francisco Garcia hustles hard and it masks the fact that he’s not very strong, quick, or athletic. Especially on D.

Tyreke Evans has some special ability with the ball in his hands.

Carl Landry is more effective in spurts than he is throughout the course of games. Even quarters at times. He has limitations on D and on the glass. He also is a little stiff offensively at times.

DeMarcus Cousins looks good passing the ball and has some nice moves offensively, but the length of the Lakers frontline made it noticeably harder for him to score efficiently down low, given his rather lackluster explosiveness when contested head-to-head. He should get more decisive when matched up with length. Cousins is also a POOR post defender, something he should work on.

[BasketBalAllanParticipant]

Another interesting fact is that the top teams in the NBA, after tonights games, for teams who average the fewest turnovers so far this season are: the Heat, Hornets, Blazers, Thunder, Lakers, and in first place… The Kings.

 

[BasketBalAllanParticipant]

Another interesting fact is that the top teams in the NBA, after tonights games, for teams who average the fewest turnovers so far this season are: the Heat, Hornets, Blazers, Thunder, Lakers, and in first place… The Kings.

 

[sacphil_08Participant]

The lakers played near perfectly tonight. The kings also played well but any mistake we made always led to LA taking advantage. Kobe in my opinion looks better than he has to me in recent memory in terms of his body and physically ergot seemed like he played longer than I remember in recent years in a regular season game. Here’s an interesting thought:
With Lamar odom and gasol starting up front the passing is crisp, ball movement is superb, the lane is open for Kobe to work, gasol to work etc and lots of easy baskets were made tonight because of this. Are the lakers a better team with the front line of gasol and odom rather than bynum and gasol? With Bynum in, the ball movement wouldn’t be as good, lanes are closed because Bynum will be on the block or in the post area. The lakers are a much mote difficult cover with odom out there. Mind you this all depends on if odom plays how he’s capable consistently but it’s a thought I’ve had recently. It seems teams have tried to get bigger to match the lakers size (the celtics got shaq, jermaine oneal) but with odom starting I feel it present much more issues for opposing teams.

[sacphil_08Participant]

The lakers played near perfectly tonight. The kings also played well but any mistake we made always led to LA taking advantage. Kobe in my opinion looks better than he has to me in recent memory in terms of his body and physically ergot seemed like he played longer than I remember in recent years in a regular season game. Here’s an interesting thought:
With Lamar odom and gasol starting up front the passing is crisp, ball movement is superb, the lane is open for Kobe to work, gasol to work etc and lots of easy baskets were made tonight because of this. Are the lakers a better team with the front line of gasol and odom rather than bynum and gasol? With Bynum in, the ball movement wouldn’t be as good, lanes are closed because Bynum will be on the block or in the post area. The lakers are a much mote difficult cover with odom out there. Mind you this all depends on if odom plays how he’s capable consistently but it’s a thought I’ve had recently. It seems teams have tried to get bigger to match the lakers size (the celtics got shaq, jermaine oneal) but with odom starting I feel it present much more issues for opposing teams.

[RObin PadillaParticipant]

They are just on cruise control right now… we havent even seen the best of the Lakers… all this miami talk, but really the lakers are the team to beat..

[RObin PadillaParticipant]

They are just on cruise control right now… we havent even seen the best of the Lakers… all this miami talk, but really the lakers are the team to beat..

[NYK2010Participant]

Thats kind of obvious not just becaz their the champs. 

[NYK2010Participant]

Thats kind of obvious not just becaz their the champs. 

[dye84Participant]

the outcome was expected coming from the two time defending champs, every time we fought the lakers came back and hit us rite back in the mouth, kings have nobody who can guard kobe and luther head should never try to guard him, artest did a fair job on tyreke forcing him to his left, but for all the talk about the lakers bench in the offseason, they only score 14 of 112 pts and it honestly took the lakers A game to beat the kings considering that gasol played 44 mins and kobe played 36 mins and needed a triple double to beat the kings, kings didnt get beat like the grizz the nite before where kobe had the luxury of sitting out the fourth quarter, it seemed as if when kobe came out the kings went on a run, kings outrebounded the lakers but didnt do much with said rebounds, only thing i hate is when laker fans get so excited for beating the kings, lakers fans u been in three straight finals dont get excited for beating the kings who have won nothing, thats like duke bragging about beating tulsa, also its not a rivalry if the kings never win

[dye84Participant]

the outcome was expected coming from the two time defending champs, every time we fought the lakers came back and hit us rite back in the mouth, kings have nobody who can guard kobe and luther head should never try to guard him, artest did a fair job on tyreke forcing him to his left, but for all the talk about the lakers bench in the offseason, they only score 14 of 112 pts and it honestly took the lakers A game to beat the kings considering that gasol played 44 mins and kobe played 36 mins and needed a triple double to beat the kings, kings didnt get beat like the grizz the nite before where kobe had the luxury of sitting out the fourth quarter, it seemed as if when kobe came out the kings went on a run, kings outrebounded the lakers but didnt do much with said rebounds, only thing i hate is when laker fans get so excited for beating the kings, lakers fans u been in three straight finals dont get excited for beating the kings who have won nothing, thats like duke bragging about beating tulsa, also its not a rivalry if the kings never win

[stanford hoops]

 what laker fans got overly excited for beating the kings?  You must be talking about fans from another site because all the laker fans from this site has treated it like this was just another game. We played well considering that it was a second game of a back to back. Our bench played well even though they didn’t score as much. They also didn’t play as many minutes as the game from the other night. Nobody is getting overally excited from the laker side so I don’t know where u are getting that from.

As far as the game the lakers played pretty good not great but good enough and they have played with bynum before. He doesn’t clog the lane if you have been watching the lakers, the triangle gets him out the lane and allows Kobe and gasol to work in the lane. Odom just gives the lakers a different look not nessasarily a better look. When bynum comes back healthy odom returns to the bench and gives our second unit a great up grade

[stanford hoops]

 what laker fans got overly excited for beating the kings?  You must be talking about fans from another site because all the laker fans from this site has treated it like this was just another game. We played well considering that it was a second game of a back to back. Our bench played well even though they didn’t score as much. They also didn’t play as many minutes as the game from the other night. Nobody is getting overally excited from the laker side so I don’t know where u are getting that from.

As far as the game the lakers played pretty good not great but good enough and they have played with bynum before. He doesn’t clog the lane if you have been watching the lakers, the triangle gets him out the lane and allows Kobe and gasol to work in the lane. Odom just gives the lakers a different look not nessasarily a better look. When bynum comes back healthy odom returns to the bench and gives our second unit a great up grade

[llperez]

yeah, i havent seen any laker fans bragging on this one. There were like 2 or 3 threads started about this game and all of them by kings fans.

[llperez]

yeah, i havent seen any laker fans bragging on this one. There were like 2 or 3 threads started about this game and all of them by kings fans.

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

The Kings are eventually going to have to learn what so many of these young bad teams need to learn, that they are not going to consistently outscore teams who are older and more talented. They have to be better defensively. Fouling teams and sending them to the line is not the same as stopping them, but there are enough bad teams and they have enough scorers so that they will win their share of games. For having the lowest payroll in the league, they’ll do reasonably well for themselves.

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

The Kings are eventually going to have to learn what so many of these young bad teams need to learn, that they are not going to consistently outscore teams who are older and more talented. They have to be better defensively. Fouling teams and sending them to the line is not the same as stopping them, but there are enough bad teams and they have enough scorers so that they will win their share of games. For having the lowest payroll in the league, they’ll do reasonably well for themselves.

[Jlv2010]

unfortunately for the Kings, any chance of an upset was diminished once ol’ Fisher did what he had to do late in the fourth.  

[Jlv2010]

unfortunately for the Kings, any chance of an upset was diminished once ol’ Fisher did what he had to do late in the fourth.  

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