G11 LAL @ ATL PostGame Thread

first!

LOL third

next time. 🙂

Not sure as I was looking at good quote from Twitter:-)

Might do a late night run to in-n-out tonight…

1st female post! 😀
@blubell and IJ will be proud!

LOL @psalm234:disqus I like that double double pic so much that I could’t resist for not posting when it happened!!!!!!!:-)

congrats on your 1st!
And it’s special after a Win 😀

Fireworks for the Lakers! Every win is so rare for them this season. Lol!

thanks, watching JLin interview now

So happy for JLin to get his 1st double, double of this season and mostly a WIN!!!!

Who won the poll?

yeah, that was close. Was worry for awhile. But they came thru. :0)

https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/534908526104039424

15 pts 8 acts was closest, I think.

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https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/534907886288130048

I want a double-double Jeremy Lin with a side of garlic fries and milkshake…

Seriously Jeremy gets his double-doubles while playing within context of team ball. Any coach in their right mind should love that.

Nick Young’s return is a big boost for the Lakers and is a big factor of today’s win!

he was good, Lin was way better!

Thank God there’s an eastern conference.

I like the Kobe steal pass to Lin. then Lin steal and pass to kobe. Lots of Lin to Davis and Hill..

How?

Boozer knows who he can count on for easy baskets

BTW, my wife said this website is like a Neighborhood Bar from “Cheers” TV Show 😀
“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”

http://www.ties.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cheers.jpg

lol. he’s tired playing D. Not..lol

lol…what would the Lakers do w/o the East…( 0-11 ).

yes, she is 😀
thank you!

Its not good that you put a food pic like that at night, and alluring people want to go out and grab one themselves. Now I really want to go to shakeshack and get a double double too.

Ed Davis: "Everybody contributed." <— That was the key.— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) November 19, 2014

man, Lin was great the first 3 quarters, but they kind of froze him out the 4th quarter. He really had no impact.

A double double group!

When Lin dishes to Davis. He says nice pass to Lin when giving him a high-five

Its nice to hear the media letting people know that with the offense being controlled by Lin, good things will happen. Now on to Houston and do something that has yet to be done, win consecutive games.

Hahaha!

Haha, like that. But bet they don’t know yours or mine

it is what it is. kobe was effiecient today so can’t complain

Selfish or not Kobe still gets his average, so why not being not-selfish to get the win?

No doubt Ed Davis has style. Even his look after he scores an easy one from Jeremy has style.

At the end of footwearfoot highlights, Jeremy and Boozer were talking and laughing with Millsap.
Maybe Millsap will come to LA next year :]

Boo!

So…coach Dave Miller you were sayin what? Who should come off the bench now?

I like the swag effect!

LOL He will flop again. Not a person I will listen to. Enough of him for a long long time.

Ronnie Price should just stay on the bench. That guy could never have a game like JLin did tonight, while these kinds of games are games that Lin can and will have all the time.

Did anyone hear James Worthy apologizes on TV for saying JLin is shooting guard converted to point guard? He said, “I am sorry”

What else did he say? At least he was big enough to admit he was wrong about JLin.

WOW! Just happened? Can’t wait to see him to eat his words.

Just shows how little these expert commentators really know.

NOT ME!

Let’s hope the team will win it for Jeremy.

https://twitter.com/jlinforum/status/534918231526748160

Yup. He said he got a couple tweets, and he apologized a couple times. haha.

too bad it’s on the second game of a back to back. But, i’m cautiously optimistic for a decent game, at least from JLin. He’s always played well there.

I like Ed. He plays like he has something to prove.

4 TO in 17 minutes. Uh Ronnie we’re trying to win here.

Boozer, Lin – lol, has such a funny ring to it.

Swaggy influence on Lin. LOL
https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/534920292389634048?s=09

lol

I saw them also. I actually thought Lakers set more picks for Lin this game. What is he talking about?

lol

I really think the TWC commentators are clown.

Too modest. I’d guess that Lin has close to 2000 pts.

if lin keeps this efficiency at 15 ppg. on more shooting close to 50 percent 90 from the ft line. with 40 percent from three. lol get ready for a big contract

Lin Boozin’

lin still getting used to his role on the team

True. We just got a taste of what JLin could really do.

today was his best fit in scotts offense the assist was there today on other days those will be layups

SmiLlN 🙂

Nice!

Make that: He doesn’t really need to take over the offense ANY GAME.

Have to admit, running the offense through Kobe worked well tonight. Would work well every night if Kobe would pass the ball more often when the double-team comes.

And it would have been better if they ran the offense through Lin in the fourth quarter as well as going through Kobe.

But, baby-steps for the Lakers. They just need to see more of Lin-ball in action to see how efficient it is to play through Lin.

They have to be morons to not see it yet. Lin been at it 3 years running now

lol. They’re not morons, they’re just slow . . . to see the truth. Just like James Worthy.

he’s GUDD

Game Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5attC8aov8

You got the same seats?!

We forget, though, that Lin played under the radar in Houston. No one outside of Lin fans and some Rocket fans knew how he was playing.

These Lin newbies need to see more of Lin to see just how good he really is.

Thanks ^^

I mean games are recorded? Lin has YouTube highlights?

I’d have to rank this game as one of JLin’s best. It was a great all-around game for him, deadly accurate and efficient with his shooting, controlled AND spectacular with his playmaking.

The controlled part is the new part of his game. He rarely seemed out of control or on the verge of being out of control. Even with those 3 turnovers, Lin took care of the ball really well and was a great floor leader, making all the right decisions.

And he played great defense on Jeff Teague, especially in the first half.

The frightening part for opposing teams is that once Lin hits his prime, Lin could have these kinds of games every night!

I wish I had in-and-out burger here in New Jersey.

Is it just me or Adidas goes better with purple gold or black?

Troll post.. It’s all I can find..lol.. I’m waiting for the Worthy clip, but I guess i’ll wait till tomorrow. Goodnight folks. LIN-NING!

https://twitter.com/robinlundberg/status/534895094315634688

Everyone sees that, FO probably just does not want to believe it. He is a TOP 10 picks after all.

Boys will always be camera trigger happy….

Johnson was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 4th pick in the 2010 NBA draft. On March 18, 2011, Johnson scored a career-high 29 points on 11-for-21 shooting in a loss against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Henry, your time will come.

Henry might be let go… too bad

Yeah…really nice, and it brighten our day as well!

Yeah there were plenty. There was even a foul call on Kobe for setting an illegal screen for JL

Subtle way to remind Kobe that he needs points too. 🙂

Wes needs to be moved to bench in favor of Swaggy.

My assessment of Lin’s game tonight:

Grade: F

Pluses – none

Minuses –

Was too efficient shooting the ball.
Missed a shot.
Missed a free throw.
Didn’t shoot the ball 50 times.
Had too many assists.
Played good defense instead of resting on defense so he could jack up 50 shots on offense.
Didn’t shoot enough.
Didn’t shoot the ball enough.
Passed the ball for assists instead of jacking up shots.
Should have shot the ball more.
Was too passive, mentally weak, deferential, a Kobe pleaser, especially in the second half, when he dished out too many assists and actually passed the ball instead of shooting it.

Should have shot the ball!

Note: This post was an attempt at parody of certain Lin “fans.” 😀

Would be so sweet if they could beat Houston tomorrow. Tough task on a B2B in Houston but I can dream for 21 1/2 hours.

Wes needs to be moved to South Dakota.

What did he say?

You could’ve just posted a link to our old turf… 🙂

LOL. Unfortunately, you are absolutely right!

Pluses –

Attempted 5 more shots than last game, baby steps towards the greatness of Kobe.

Gary Payton on Dwight Howard: "I think he's disliked by a lot of players": http://t.co/xp0DyJIU01 via @YouTube— Bill Mcintyre (@thesuitedmonk88) November 19, 2014

is it just me or does JLin looked photoshopped? LOL.

He had Zero in the 1H I think.

great. thx

Does Lundberg watch all of Lin’s games? He’s a diehard Lin fan!

Since you are from New Jersey, you don’t know we have shakeshack that is the same like in-n-out?(mate even better than in-n-out) Their double double taste very good too. Very moist the burger. Yum.

I think he only watches Lin’s game when there are no Giant, NYK…games etc

I think so he even followed some Lakers reporters as well. Really like him so much.

that’s the halo there :]

They Photoshopped the plane.

More on Lin

i think so.

That’s why I am shameless.

you wont!

Jason Terry says they will take their frustration out on the lakers tomorrow….LOL. We’ll see…

Lin Highlights, Atlanta announcers.

http://youtu.be/OBg3iyQoQVM

thats progress as well…LOL

https://twitter.com/LakersBlog_SSR/status/534890474939895808

https://twitter.com/LakersBlog_SSR/status/534882284407889921

they kept calling Lin “weak” during the game, F them..

I know. I’ve watched so many of them now but never tired of watching those JLin plays. He is so awesome in this game:-)

https://twitter.com/Lakerholicz/status/534942192633409536

ou guys gotta know that Davis is happy that lin is feeding him the ball.Lin/davis just connect. It has been a struggle with Ronnie price and Davis. Scott seems to want to push this combo and it has been utter fail.

Its like NYK days!

Even Kobe pass to Davis better than Price did..

Price is horrible, 5 assists are nice, but 4 TO, traveled twice.

Well that’s the infatuation of BS on Price. Never understand why. JLin played so well and he still limited JLin.

Kobe should be the one who needs to watch his min not JLin.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/534948422403371008

If Price throws his shoe 20 times a game, he should be in just for entertainment value alone.

I’ve never bought into those when I saw them. Just ignore it and move on.

LOL U and blubell think alike. I copied it but thanked goodness saw it before I pasted:-) Otherwise, 3 posts of the same one after the other.

who? Hawks fan?

JLin played 30:35 and Price played 17:31. JLin is the least minutes among starters after Boozer who had 29:28. Wes had 31:55 and Hill had 30:57.

He got 5 AS bc of Young.

he’s old and tired :]

at least he was smiling in the plane

Hope this is more like the game when he went back to MSG.

“soft” belt :]

Crumpy old man??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bball are always the same. No matter what set you are running. Including ISOs. The faster you can reverse the ball to weakside, you can get points more efficiently. That is why Hill and Wes were problems. They stop the ball at the elbow, no reads no good passes, just shots after shots.

https://twitter.com/TheHoChen/status/534902925684781056

I posted in the game thread that Kobe had his share of that bad foul.

That’s the thing that bugs me. Kobe had the ball stolen from Sefilosia, bad fouls, bad defense, yet he is holding court like he’s the coach, owner, and king of the franchise.

This is a competitive game. players do that. I think it is ok. You rather he spew it all out.

The highlight from NBA .com showed it was Boozer who left Millshap wide open and hit a 3s. Kobe and Boozer exchanged words even at the bench.

How many games until ‘Kobe Lin’ pass MJ?

yes, balanced offense is the key to get wins :]
Worthy had it right that the problem wasn’t defense but offense.
When everyone got touches to shoot, the defensive effort picked up!

Lemme guess, the poster was a Kobe homer?

yeah, things happened in the heat of the moment.
as long as they make nice in the end, high-fives, all is good for the team.
Oh yeah, a W is nice too

Best highlights, i think.

Actually I like Boozer, Bryant, Davis, Lin and Young lineup better:-)

Im pretty sure he was yelling at Swaggy

yeah, small sample size of 1 but it all can create offense (except Davis)
I like it too!

lol yep.

Davis should be starter and take out either Boozer, Johnson and/or Hill. I like what he brings to both offense and defense.

That’s why we are at 2/9 because Michael keeps watching the games.

LOL! And also Ido Amir to sleep as well.

Was Lin sitting next to Swaggy on his right?

WOW! That’s interesting! Maybe Young was with the task of guiding Millsap?

Kobe looks unhappy may be because he didn’t get to play his brand of basketball!

LIN didn’t play under the radar in Houston, he played under the team bus, six feet under the bus.

i just hope lin averages 15 plus. 15 ppg. seem to be average for him. he has low scoring games when the team iso to much. lin need more 20 point game and a few 30 plus scoring games which will come when he gets used to this offense which today is a start

You could be banned for defamation of character for that by Mods. Be careful, very careful. Although your blog name already cause LIN lin of being a rober. Lol

Yay! Finally, Dance banana dance!

well i guess that as well. but th defense is a start then kobe iso then lin has no rhythm. i was originally hoping for 17ppg but baby steps could be great. first 15 pp. close to 50 percent with 40 percent from 3 and 90 from ft lin. that would get him a pretty good contract. then all he has to do is wait out kobe

Think it was twerking!

Yeah, I was disappointed he deleted that tweet. Even though Teague caught fire 2nd half, that tweet was still very true the first half. Those announcers were talking trash with no proof to back it up and they should be called out for that.

No…I can see it too..

Because you and I are the members of this group.

Oh I see.

when he was on rox the first year he had 30 20 point games. this offense is slower so maybe not that much but close to that.

yea he can a lot of games left also games are easier later. but 15 ppg. would be great for me with 50 40 90 what thats amazing

Bill and Stu Post-Game Show (also added to Video Gallery)
“Jeremy Lin played his best game of the year, really in charge ..”

https://twitter.com/JasonCFriedman/status/525628868153991168

this was back in Oct 24 but good to hear JCF still follows JLin as a friend.
He was just being caught between a rock and hard place. IMO that’s why he quit being HOU Rockets writer.
He just couldn’t stand it anymore.

Not to forget the Dancing Banana!

http://forums.lakersground.net/images/smiles/icon_banana.gif

When I played PG in high school, my coach had us play a 1/3/1 offence with the emphasis on the entry pass to the centre big. The problem was the big was not skilled enough to handle the ball or distribute to wings or cutters. I used to have nightmares trying to find ways to run an offence out of that set.

This is the problem with Lakers. The ideas are good on paper, but in reality, if you put the ball and decision making into the hands of the swing man, you are asking a player to do too much above the comfort zone of that player. It’s like making the running back execute a pass option every time. Most of the time they’ll run because that’s how they know they can help the team. The skills to be quarterback isn’t in running fast or quick or powerful, it’s to be able to distribute, facilitate, read defences and react properly to what the defence gives you. The modern game is becoming a PNR PG game. Scott may be stuck in the 80s as we fear.

Thanks! I just need something replaced JLin selfy clip post. Give it a try and see whether I can show the vid like youtube but can’t.

Good you find it as well.

I need the translation 🙂

Thanks. Made the correction now. Selfie. I thought I have made the right word but …. I didn’t type selfish at all. Disqus!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the rescue!!!!!!!!!!

I think that’s what @Librafree said in the tweet.
Plus he also said hello to @blubell :]

“The total team concept”, nice

I knew it!

Hochen…yeah ok

Scott is just playing thru Kobe. Gave cp3 and Irving plenty pick and roll

Lin davis both shine too much together. Cannot challenge Kobe hill or Kobe boozer. Laker mandate I imagine

you got it right. maybe most accurate would be “my friend is always eating.” subtle difference.

man i know booze sucks at D, but i can’t help liking him. him and jeremy are definitely becoming friends. did anyone see jeremy’s pregame interview with ireland when booze yelled JLIIIIIIIN!!!!! and jeremy couldn’t help but choke down a smile like booze was making some inside joke or something.

That was a nice little moment.

Congratulations! 🙂

ugggggh…..LOL i HATE to say this but when real $$$ is on the line i never bet with my heart….i’m sticking with my rule of thumb which applies to pretty much every player not just jeremy–unless they are an absolute fantasy superstar juggernaut (like lebron james, CP3, boogie, anthony davis, etc.) NEVER take a player playing back to back on the road. and i HATE to say this even more, but haren is a great fantasy play against the lakers tomorrow as he is coming off his worst game yet and he’s rested which means he’s going to hog the rock, shoot like 100x, force his average to improve and he’s at home going against an overall poor defensive team playing B2B 🙁 oh and did i mention draftkings doesn’t care about FG%? so guys like melo, haren, and kobe are superstuds.

Why would ur coach do that? M…. LAL does have some simple sets to run. Those usually are from scouts who are specifically just drawing plays. Scott will pick a few that he thinks will work with his players I think. I think he is better than we thought, the problem is still on how he can manège kobe.

May have to do with some extra respect from Boozer and rest of team for speaking up for them after last game. LIN went out on the limb there calling out kobe for selfish play.

He is a very willing team player too. I think Scott is under utilizing him. They need his high post passing ability. Making him a jump shooter is not exactly a good idea.

i’m totally superstitious. when J has it going if i’m not posting online i try not to so as not to jinx him.

Yes!!!

He needs a knock on his head…probably my bad, I woke him up, indeed

maybe, or maybe its just them CB and JH likes to just pop, unlike Davis.

Even Jeremy mentioned this in an interview he need to figure out how to give them the right pass since they like to pick and pop

Both are so big that I get them mixed up, thanks for the clarification. Lol

Yeah…also Kobe lin pair can prevent double team too. Scott did tried to screen the screener a few games back like Spurs. But I do not know why he abandoned that idea.

He and Boozer are becoming fast bffs…. it’s hard NOT to be friends with the guy who can set up your shots so easily.

Its hard not to be a friend with a guys who is so down to earth 🙂

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/534984730010062848

Scrap all those accolades Jeremy received today! THAT DANCING BANANA FROM DANCING BARRY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!!! Finally!

Ok. Thanks. That sounds to what JLin is saying. Ok. Will change it now.

I play him tomorrow!

Maybe their Mormons.

lol. tell him to leave some for Felton.

nice posts, thx. Just got back from 2 days with the kiddies in Disneyland. Man that Radiator Springs ride is great. Got half my middle finger bitten off by dogs fighting each other happy to see us back. So, I’ll be posting on the HOU game tomorrow with my finger pointed up right at them ha ha.

Great to read all this and can’t wait to listen to PFV. Y’all cool here.

Wow those dogs must be really, really….. happy to see you guys back.

That period was his best string of games. Don’t know what allowed that.

It was Swaggy, not Lin.

yeah, should have let them work out their own turf. Lucky one of the kids didn’t try to stop them, would have bitten their fingers off. Now I know how these pit bull accidents happen. I’ve owned dogs for over 25 years and this was such a surprise, it was such a happy night.

and I was wrong thinking LAL cannot change on 2 days. Hope for a win against odds tomorrow … it would be a proof point for team ball LinStyle.

what! oh no finger.. but the image of you giving them the upright finger is pretty funny…

Thank God for Lin to give us hope in successful role models … I wanna see Kobe help Lin give some to the Rox org. Kobe understands what it means to stand up against what’s wrong.

Good outing tomorrow IF,IF, and MORE IF they played the same level of trust and camaraderie they had earlier.. and Jordan Hill should body up against Dwight. It’s painful seeing a big guy like him turning away from the basket and shooting midrange.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Dear Worthy, I don’t have any playing experience nor job in the NBA,yet I understand Jeremy’s game. Next time, please do some research.

Yeah, it hurts, so posting about Lin’s win tomorrow will be fun with this huge splint sticking up.

He sent out this morning. This is the second prayer request right?

Finally we see this clip. Good on Worthy!!!!

Ok. Just want to make sure I haven’t missed one:-)

If the stick to the same plan, let Lin run the offense, pass the ball with better spacing, NYoung coming swaggying and Kobe understanding his team has 4 other players and go ISO only when its needed.

On top of that everyone needs to play defense.

I think we should do great tomorrow. Beating Rox is tough, since they have more presence at paint and shooters as well.

So the expectation is same as per Hawks game, a loss, but a surprise like today, should make our day!

So you are serious about your middle finger bitten off by dogs. You aren’t joking at all:-) Thought you are. Sorry about that:-(

no, not kidding by trying to be funny so I get something good out of this right away … lemons/lemonade. (doc says tip will grow back – a guy who served in Iraq. Heard some interesting stories.)

lol Guess depending where you live though. Where are you? Just checked. It was 8:25 am 19 Nov 2014 @Brisbane, Queensland, Australia time.

I’ll def be watching!

yep, antibiotics, X-rays, etc will cost thousand blah! Good will come of this … planning my kids-behave lesson. They “Let the Dogs Out!” Woof, Woof Woof … you know the song.

it was funny, and he did feel bad, for saying so…. and probably a little taken aback by the fan tweets as well. Dont want to loose fans, now 🙂

lol pretty much everywhere, one week in Aussie, one week in singapore and then malaysia , last week was in Europe.
globetrotter! or rather Globe Troller!!! LOL

WOW you really travel a lot. Job or vocation?

wish it was vacation….hahaha, got back to home (Michigan) for a vacation couple of months ago

I think he did say something like that before and explained that it was because of the way Lin was used in Houston, which I thought was actually a pretty good way of describing Lin’s past role there.

Congrats to JLin for his first double-double this season. But we all know that one double-double isn’t enough to satisfy Jeremy:

http://hoopeduponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jeremy-lin-hamburgers.jpeg

Ok. Sorry for the experience. Pray that you will recover well. Personally I’ve never liked animals:-( I don’t hate them but just don’t like them. Never had good experiences with dogs and cats as I grew up. Few times almost bit off by them. Hence the dislike until this day:-(

First double-double in purple and gold is sweet, but the hunger is still bigger…lets see at least 10 of those and couple of triple double as well

McDonald’s fries for the win.

Wow, lucky you! I’m jelly…

That second item in the prayer request rings so true.

Not me. I prefer curly fries (believe from Arby’s) anyday. Miss it so much as I can’t really find it here in Australia that I remember of.

yes, that 2nd one standing tall against all the “Jeremy needs to …” posts and demands by people of little understanding (of his spirit and grace).

I did have some in Perth

he needs another double-double in that past Rox shirt.

Did you know that theyll put sliced chili peppers in ur burger? So dang goood

That’s why I feel that a lot of fans need to understand who JLin really is. He is very truthful to his beliefs. Fans wouldn’t say what they were saying in the first place.

yes, why be a fan of a box score man. Being a fan of JLin is so rich in daily reflections.

Oh that’s good, too. Seasoned curly fries, yum…

yep recognized it … fitting for tomorrow.

Whoa, that’s horrible, sorry to hear! Wait, so exactly how much of your finger is gone? And you’re saying the bone at the tip of your finger will grow back?

Yep. Even when JLin is almost half of my age, his faith in God keeps me humble everyday. Because of my past over 40 years in church life and have seen so many fallen public church leaders/pastors over many continents for whatever reasons, I’m so glad JLin remains to be humbled and truthful to God esp after Linsanity. If I have smelled any inkling of his untruthful of his faith and let the worldly take over his life, I wouldn’t want to root him even if he is the greatest pg in the world. Of course, as a human being he does make mistakes. More talking about what people want him to be like, against to his characters.

LOL Hope Lakers is hungry enough for another win:-)

Jeremy’s got the glow! Points to anyone that gets that reference.

Thanks for explaining! But still sounds pretty bad…

I really admire how you are downplaying this and not freaking out. Much respect.

Where did Worthy mention this? Is this the “apology from Worthy” people are referring to?

The hard part will be to teach my son’s friend that he cannot just do whatever he wants all the time. His parents are worried and bought in, so maybe this is a teaching moment.

Yes so true and I’m so joyful to see his continuous to play for God and stay grounded on his beliefs.

Jlinnation posted it on yt

Repost it above now.

Good for them … they should both yell at each other at 1-9. Hope it was to keep Lin in the double/double path. TD here we come!

I think if was when milsap made that 3. And Kobe and Lin got into a heated exchange before the timeout which made it over to the bench.

“Think you had to be there to feel the tension. But there was tension. Boozer tried to cheer Jeremy up afterwards”

This explains why boozer had his arm over Lin after timeout

http://i2.wp.com/www.isay.tw/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-18-1.jpg?fit=972%2C9999

Me neither. Sure does look like he was yelling at Young. But who knows…

comments on the vid JLFFAust says it was booz getting yelled at. Check it out.

No I read the Chinese JLin website, below the tape fans said Kobe was upset with Boozer not Nick Young. Definitely not JLin. If Kobe did that, all JLin fans and Chinese reporters and/or any reporters would have reported this and was very upset about this incident. But none of the any sites that I have gone to since the game was over mentioned about this except initially it was reported as Nick Young but later people pointed that out was Boozer instead.

If you go to this tape and read the comment below, it’s either Young or Boozer; definitely not JLin. It was probably Young that he was pointed at the finger at.

He was classy enough to apologize, which is already PARSECS beyond Houston media. I’d give him a pass and not rub it in.
That Ronnie Price tough defender comment, on the other hand… SMH

He should have been yelling at Boozer because Milsap was wide open. Lin was guarding Teague

Thanks, I got it!

Didn’t get a chance to scroll down and look as the girls were screaming next to me as my wife asked me to get something on eBay. 🙂

Wonder how “this” fan was able to see thru so many players in front of everyone. If fans from behind, they may have better views but looking at the clip numerous times, by the angle, it seems like it was Young.

like a secret pre game handshake?

Yep. I don’t think Kobe will be that crazy to do that in public to JLin esp when it has nothing to do with him. With what I could watch the game with no lagging or totally off in the last few minutes of 4th qtr, I saw several times JLin and Kobe stayed to communicate with each other or gave one another some props. It will be extremely unwise for him to yell at JLin when it had nothing to do with him. I like their communication is back in track now. At least Kobe showed some trust to his teammates. Hopefully this continues.

As for Boozer, maybe that is true. Found that Kobe gave credit to JLin on his sidecourt interview is rather interesting. Wonder what’s all about. What is your take on that one?

As for Kobe not smiling, I just don’t know enough of him to make any judgment. My eyes are only with JLin and pay little attention at others unless they are related to JLin. Definitely I’m only JLin fan:-) Pretty bad eh!

Someone down in the post way below did say that because of JLin’s role in Houston. That was why he made an assumption of that. Didn’t hear that part so I can’t verify the fact.

Props to Worthy for responding to the tweet. Class act.

So far, aside from the 2 guard thing, he seems to have been complimentary about Lin. Well aside from the keys to the game ‘where is Jeremy Lin?’ lol

yeah, i understand that. lin, however still more famous in ny though. unless worthy was not watching linsanity at all and out of the country in 2012, it was quite hard to miss

hmm interesting.

So 6 double double’s a day? Man, that’s tiring. He must be still playing somewhere.

This mini-meltdown is after Millsap’s uncontested 3. I can only speculate several things.

1. He is chewing EVERYBODY on the team, including those guys far away from him which may include Jeremy and Boozer.
2. He is chewing the guy defending Millsap who is seated far away from view.
3. He is doing BOTH 1 and 2 (“YOU CAN’T LEAVE A GUY OPEN LIKE THAT!!”)

https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/535034041440149507

HAHAHA. I actually find how he delivered it funny. His tone is full of emphasis! If I have to do a transcription of it, it’s “James Worthy: I.AM.SORRY.”. He sounded like a politician caught on some scandal.

Kobe is probably shaky because that Millsap 3 dangerously trimmed down the lead. There’s no point in chewing Jeremy because obviously it’s a mismatch and he’s on Teague, not Millsap.

I don’t think it should be classified as chewing either. More like he’s frustrated and barking at the team frustratingly (du’h, he has a hand on it!) because that dagger 3 put them in danger zone of losing the game.

Yeah, sounds like a small incident anyways. It sure blew over fast.

Probably more than what the Lakers can offer him.

https://twitter.com/roxette45/status/535063278930497536

Handshake is overrated. Let’s touch abs. (?!?!?!?!?!)

after some time, it gets tiring…and loose your family time as well. Not forgetting friends.

I think the question to ask should be, what in the world is Byron Scott doing away from the huddle while Kobe is having a mini-meltdown?

I’m liking Horry’s commentary more and more.

LOL Remember BS is just Kobe’s puppet! It’s Kobe’s team!

Thomas is a 6’9″ forward

I could sign up while I’m still not a family woman and I only care about the Dancing Banana 🙂

u sometimes mix up w/the time zone n cant figure out where u r at the moment when u get up.. ha

OK, thanks

LOL Thanks for letting us know. WOW Kobe’s fans are really very passionate people.

Maybe he was the one Kobe was chewing at.

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/534984730010062848

Focus…focus…

https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/535073681102237696

He looks like a CGi in this photo.

Finally found the clip that Joyce was talking about:-)
http://instagram.com/p/vker_1Hulj/

I like this tweet bc it’s really a team effort to win this game. Hope they can beat Rox today.

So Lakers is looking for another PG? Maybe they don’t like Price can’t have O?!

Kobe is not easy to play along side… Wow!

But he looks good………

1. Kobe STILL got 28 points while playing within context of team ball. He needs to reminded of that.
2. With Young back, he and Ed are the ONLY bench options.

You know what would be really funny? If someone pulled out a small compact mirror from a bag and as Kobe is yellling, just put it to his face.
Seriously make all the highlight reels around the world!!

I bet Davis was so relieved to play with Lin tonight. He and Lin connected on every pass. Also lin helped Hill get his points in the 2nd half by feeding the ball to him.

They might be adding another PG to send Clarkson to the D League to get some playing time.

Not at all. He is just the “normal” Kobe:-) If he is mad, I don’t think JLin will have a “smiling” face. They look like very comfy and relaxed to each other. That’s why I’m buying into what the “fan” from the other side sees. Someone from media will definitely report/mention it. They just said Kobe was mad at his teammate. If it was JLin, definitely would be a “headline” news.

Now it makes me wander what player spoke up while they watching the defensive tape as one of the reporters mentioned?

Obviously 🙂 Most of the magazine shootout are Photoshopped

Yep I’m so relief to see this in this game after the other day JLin sort of called him out. Kobe gains my respect back somewhat today:-) At least he doesn’t behave like JH or Carmelo. He has a broader shoulder to take the hit somewhat.

I’m puzzled at that as well. Why he isn’t flourished like others under JLin’s playmaker? Wondering what’s going on?

Johnson was there for D purpose from Scott?! Really weird, I didn’t see Johnson has O & D on court.

Nah, he always looks like that.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/535089635601702912

Is that what was reported?

Was this from Scott?

I think so far every team is targeting Lin on defense. Because any coach would come up with conclusion easily. Kobe will shoot anyway, no one can stop that. I think many coaches know the consequence when Lin is on the loose.

Plus, who else on Lakers team is a threat? at all? If there is no team upgrade, it’s going to be the way through the whole season. It’s tough for Lin but hey that’s what Lin is all about, no easy stuff!

His Def Rating is still much better than others

No need to airbrush him since this is not Cosmopolitan. Is this a magazine ad? Thought it’s a campaign.

Basically most of the ads; he looks good, so i have no complain 🙂

I don’t think it’s Lin bc Lin didn’t look like upset or mad to me. The picture Boozer put his arm around Lin they both looked happy to me.

After I analyzed that pic, believed it was post game pic as JLin’s jersey was out. They just walked together and were happy with the win.

First half, I don’t even realize Kobe was on the court. He just played like a normal player. Of course I would say 3/4 team effort. lol. Kobe will never allow the team ball in the 4th q. If one day Kobe can let team ball rolling in the 4th q, then we shall celebrate.

I 1000% agree if a string of 3 characters are replaced with 4 characters.

Lin->Kobe

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/535093414539567105

I think commentators mentioned a little in the past, but now they stopped giving credit to Lin’s defense. Not sure why. So many games, without Lin’s restless defense, it would end up being much much worse.

Congrats to the Lakers and our man, Jeremy Lin. He was in the “ZONE”!!! Now reality strikes, Rockets next, on their court and a back to back game. Let us hope Jeremy is up for the task! He is capable, but the concern is always if he will be thinking to much. Relax Jeremy, you got this! Put the neigh sayers to rest…do a back to back double double!! We are there for you and we aren’t going anywhere! Have FUN!!

Ya! He showed some pictures but I thought I saw them from somewhere? I don’t really believe what he said after all…

you still live in China’s timezone. lol

Price’s offense is even worse than Bev’s, and IMO worse than Bev in D also. I don’t get why some think Bev doesn’t belong in NBA while Price does; IMO it’s the reverse.

you better go and have some rest…nite nite

Weird why BS insists on playing Wes so much. Doesn’t make any sense.

Good Job PFV!

I guess it’s still on team defense, Laker’s defense right now can collapse any time.

Also, I always love Lin thinking too much, that’s his strength outshining most of other NBA players.

His “over-thinking” is serving for a long term purpose. Commentators don’t get Lin at all, they say just play your game,don’t think too much. I don’t agree at all. Lin’s game is thinking. You cannot just say to a chess player, don’t think too much, just go.

Lin’s strategy is against NBA common sense. Lin is trying to establish winning formula for the team, he never concerned his stats and he is not targeting just one or two games. NBA folks just seem having trouble to understand it.

Hi Maknusia. Discus did it to me again and put a comment that I had spent 10-15 minuets writing about Kobe and sports psychology of shooters. I reread it and there wasn’t any foul language in it; then something went wrong and the site reloaded on my mini and now the comment is gone. Can you do me a favor and check to see if that comment has just vanished or is it still in moderation.

let me check….if you had been naughty?! 😉

Heh heh.

I actually AGREED with Price being subbed in for Lin!

The refs were trying hard to cheat the Lakers out of the win by hitting Lin with calls. I wanted Lin OUTTA THERE so that the blame could not be pinned on Lin.

By the way, I am like the only Lin fan who agreed with McHale subbing Lin against Lillard in the playoffs. I figured that if Lin was on the court, he’d have been hit with phantom fouls by the biased refs and Lillard would’ve had either a 3 or 4 point play!

I watched a Spurs-Suns game in person early this season. The refs cheated Tim Duncan and Tony Parker just as badly as they cheated Lin, and it turned the game from a 20+ point Spurs blowout to a 5 point Suns victory. When I saw that deliberately biased refereeing, it angered me so much that I have refused to go to Suns home games despite me being a Suns half season ticket holder!

This is a TV contract year for the NBA, so the refs have been told to make sure that home teams are protected in their own arenas. The bad teams can’t have visiting teams waltzing in and blowing them out on their home courts – that would kill ticket attendance and reduce revenue for individual teams. But the biased refereeing is ruining the game.

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Kobe PRACTICED.

In home games, Kobe always misses practice. So the team isn’t used to playing with him.

But on the road, Kobe Bryant is forced to be with the team and can’t just escape to his mansion while Scott runs the team ragged!

When Kobe practices with the Lakers, the Lakers play better.

Lin can EASILY handle the yelling if the team is WINNING.

Lin and the Lakers had a great game last night. BUT – let’s temper our expectations a bit for tonight’s game against the Rockets.

The Rockets are still a pretty good team, and the Lakers will be playing the second game of a back-to-back. It’s very difficult for teams to win that second game. There are stats for this – teams have a much lower winning percentage in those games.

And JLin tends to struggle in second games of back to backs.

If the Lakers don’t win or if Lin struggles, hopefully we won’t lose the positive momentum from last night’s game.

With all that said, though, stats can’t predict games with 100% accuracy. I’m still hopeful that Lin will have a good game, especially since he played well at Toyota Arena when he was with the Rockets

He needs to handle Beverley’s on-ball pressure and get screens and picks from his teammates to help him get free from Beverley. If that occurs, Lin should get a lot of open looks to take a good shot or make a great pass for an assist.

It’s all up to Lin’s teammates.

If they cut to open spots and play teamball like they did, them Lin will have his typical good game and the Lakers can beat the Rockets easily.

Not fair… I protest! Double-double is eligible for whatever the “asteroid” thingy!

I don’t know about beating the Rockets easily.

If Lin struggles and/or the Lakers struggle, I just don’t want people to get down and think last night’s game didn’t mean much. Lin fans get so high after a good game and so low after a bad game. For the sake of our mental health, lol, it would be good for us to be more even keeled in our reactions to JLin’s games.

that aint my problem, ask the guy who put it up?!

could you repost that phase, pls. 🙂 That was so catchy

Biased refereeing and their immunity from bad calls is ruining the game. It’s like a legal trial where objections are NOT allowed.

Question for you guys: Do you think Lin could have taken around 3 shots per each quarter in 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters, if he wanted to, even after 1st quarter in which he took around 4 shots and made them all? I noted that his teammates did set a single half picks (were not really impressed by these picks), but those shots became available mostly due to the willingness of Lin to take them, especially short to mid-range jumpers and one 3 when Teague backed off him. Since Lin got 12 points and then took and made only one more shot (a 3 point shot), were there no opportunities to take more shots, or did Lin just pass the ball instead? I only saw highlights except for the 4 minutes of 1st half. It looked like after 1st quarter he could have gone off for 30+ points. The quality of Lin’s assists were really fantastic this game due to his attacking the rim, especially to Davis.

This is where I would be very happy to be wrong and for you to be right, lol.

I watched the entire game, and I don’t remember a play in which I thought Lin passed up an easy shot.

In the third quarter, he made just one shot I believe, but he had a GREAT quarter in terms of play-making. Even Kobe Bryant said Lin played very well in the third.

In the fourth, it was Kobe iso time, so Lin didn’t have the ball in his hands much. And he only played about 6 minutes or so in the fourth.

Easy shots – good looks, subjective? Probably. But, here’s where I go with JLin’s judgment on this one, and the fact that he shot 6 for 7 meant he was doing something right in terms of shot selection.

No, I know. I am talking about there were ample of chances that he could just shoot. Not tough shots at all if he took it. Not the best shots in those possessions either for sure.

See, if he made let’s say only 4 of 7 (which would be the usual percentage), then Lin would have ended up with around 10 points this game. Is that bad? Not necessarily because he had many high quality assists. But it doesn’t look good in terms of stats.

Lin is leading by example, as all great leaders do. He doesn’t need the glory, he wants to share the glory.

word, but I do think he is aware of one thing. That his own production has to be enough too.

I think if it was 4/7, he would have take more shots.

hard to say, every team gameplans Lin differently

I see where you are coming from….his net was negative…true

about that number, but this is really game/team specific.

I am not coming from the perspective that he HAS to get 15 points, but I would like to see him get 15 points and maybe 6 to 7 assists this season, but it does depend on how many shots he takes, hopefully easy to decent shots.

Not in LAL. They ran at a slower pace.

I was referring to Off/Deff Net rating…(refresh page)

I see

Agreed. Specifically, how many shots does Lin need to take to get 10/10 stat for the season, or even 12/7? Not trying to argue; just trying to see what he needs to do.

The glory doesnt come if you are not a Leader. One has to be a leader first and then sharing glory comes to you. So as Brent said, He need to take care of his own production as well, enough to see him as a leader

And thats the point Rox was harping on, that Jeremy is a NET negative. Its a narrow perspective but still those are numbers as well.

No, thinking too much has nothing to do with basketball IQ. It’s when a player is thinking and second guess himself and hesitates in the flow of the game. Players understand this and the words over-thinking is the closest you can get to what happens to a high IQ player in a game. So…relaxing and letting the game come to you is how a Great Player works. Of course they think, but in balance with what the game is giving them in the moment.

I agree. When Lin has a player tight on him in defense; he has a harder time, and that’s when his coach sets up his teammates to help him out to get him free. Picks, anyone? You see this type of play for guards like Curry, which in turns tires out the opposing teams PG. Lin comes against teams that play this type of D on him and we see his numbers go down. Lakers need to adjust their offense to free up Lin and in turn good things will happen for his teammates.

Not arguing or saying this was not a good game; it clearly was. Just trying to see how many shots per game will get Lin 10/10 stat or even 12/7 stat for the season.

Haven’t seen one yet, but would like to see one with Lakers.

because they have a bigger target in Kobe. So far, most team are just trying the shutting down Lin while let Kobe ISO.

You do know there is a new thread right? LOL

Rubio is deemed like that because he is Rubio

My favorite plays from Hawks game:

1Q Jeremy fast break 1 on 4, dribbling under control. When he sees the defenders on their heels, bursts through the defenders arms picking up the foul while protecting the ball. Never had to jump in the air and take a hard fall. That’s what he needs to do more of, picking up the foul on the floor and getting a continuation shot attempt for and-1.

2Q Lin to Boozer, so classic Lin. Like a QB lofting a deep touch pass.

3Q 5:15 Lin got doubled/trapped, but read it and passed to an open Hill. This is what the Lakers need to get their chemistry down for. Most teams have figured out the way to disrupt Lin is to double team/trap him. Lin and Lakers have to make them pay by anticipating it and being in position so Lin has an angle to pass out of it just as the double arrives.