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Boozer is out and Ed Davis will start.

Will we see more PnR between Lin and Davis? Will this create a more flowing teamwork? The defense intensity will definitely pick up

I expect Lakers will lead after the 1st quarter because DEN is ranked #25 in allowing PPG at 105

JLin looks great in his 3pt shooting in practice

 

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Let’s go, JLin!
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By psalm234

1,051 Comments

  1. 1st 🙂

  2. welcome back to your Linning throne, Queen! :]

  3. If you keep calling me Queen, I’m gonna have to start calling you my loyal subject 😛

  4. nice 3 stroke. That kid has a fun job.

  5. Go Lin Go!

  6. LOL.. I see why power corrupts haha..
    Ok, queen only for 5 seconds then ..:>

  7. puny 4th..

    JLin!

  8. See what you made me do 🙂
    I abdicate.

  9. “The Lakers’ starting lineup is the most used five-man lineup in the NBA.

    It’s also arguably the worst, as its -100 point differential is the poorest mark by far. No other five-man unit has been outscored by more than 40 points.

    But when you swap out Jordan Hill for Ed Davis, the results swing dramatically.

    The starting four plus Davis has torn apart the opposition in their limited run together. They’re outpacing their competition by almost 36 points per 100 possessions, the sixth-best figure for any five-man lineup that has appeared in at least seven games.

    Add that to the argument for increasing Davis’ minutes.

    Watch this particular unit as the season progresses. Right now they’re shooting an insane 65 percent from the field and scoring an ungodly 147.8 points per 100 possessions—tops in the league and a pace that’s sure to falter soon.

    But if it remains efficient offensively and Davis’ presence bolsters the defense, this can turn into L.A.’s go-to crunch-time lineup.”

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2276264-most-startling-statistics-of-los-angeles-lakers-season-so-far/page/6

  11. Well, at least you’re consistent 🙂

  12. haha.. it reminds me of that Elf Queen at the LOTR when being tempted to take the ring by Frodo :>

  13. Consistently puny? hahaha

  14. Wait… are you a Hobbit?

  15. Let’s hope with Davis in, the real Lin is out of the bird cage to unleash Linsanity!

    https://twitter.com/EricPMusselman/status/536698830201171968

  16. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. Fly free little bird…. I mean, fly free, Gerald Green!

  18. https://twitter.com/kianainhi808/status/536698227777867776

  19. hm,.. I don’t have Frodo’s hairy feet and taller
    so maybe a Tall Hobbit!

  20. https://twitter.com/kianainhi808/status/536698691466579969

  21. Wow, Musselman’s wife is Danyelle Sargent. Nice job Eric! She reminds me a bit of Rosario Dawson.

  22. https://twitter.com/kianainhi808/status/536696348037611520

  23. a strategic coach! I like it

  24. https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/536689300524371970

  25. https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/536704574891909121

  26. hill stands on the perimter shooting jumpers so its ok to hve 1 guy ply inside

  27. Exactly. Jeremy alluded to this when he said that it is hard to figure out the spacing when you have 2 bigs who like to pop instead of roll.

  28. No hairy feet and taller. Must be an elf.

  29. They look like the crew of a cruise ship.

  30. Galadriel.

  31. BAD COACHING.

    Ed Davis spaces the court much better than Carlos Boozer does.

    That’s because Ed Davis actually rolls to the rim on the pick and roll, thus freeing up the congested midrange for Lin and other players to operate.

    At least it won’t be Jeremy Lin and 4 wannabe shooting guards that clog the midrange and refuse to cut to the basket.

  32. https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/536706749760536576

  33. I like AC Green. He said some good things before too.

  34. Still depends on if Kobe will be in chucking mode. Hopefully Lin / Davis will be off to a hot start so Kobe doesn’t feel the need to start chucking.

  35. I cannot agree with Worthy’s assessment.

    What Lin figured out last game was that he could pin his man behind the clogged midrange screen if he jab stepped his opponent into the pick.

    That allowed Lin to either step back for an uncontested 3 or fly to the rim for a layup past a big man trapped in the midrange.

    This won’t work against every team, especially against teams like Houston that go over picks to blitz Lin with multiple players defensively.

  36. We don’t care about offense yet. Only D.

  37. GOOD.

    More Sacre is a good thing.

  38. LOL. They do…hahahahaha

  39. wait now I’m always defending scott but really really. didn’t he say it defense first . we score quite well we dropping a little there to gain a better defense would be you know one step back three step forwards type of thing. what happen to its all about defense. disappointed by that one

  40. even if we agreed with what he said. our offense is rated 6th i think lets say we drop to 8th or 10th but go from 30 or 31 defense to 22. hello scott this is actually better. assuming we accept what he said with no debate

  41. Lin’s shooting footwork has been steadily getting better this season.

    When he started the season, I thought that his feet were pointed too much at the basket. That caused Lin to corkscrew his jump shots and made his release very hard and flat.

    But as a result of observing Kobe Bryant’s old fashioned Larry Bird style side release, Lin has been turning his feet to his left more and bending his knees properly. Now Lin’s shot is back to being soft and backspun the way it was during Linsanity.

    I may be a critic of Kobe Bryant’s game, but I am not a critic of Kobe Bryant’s shot form. I think Bryant has a superb side shooting form that is pretty much identical to what Michael Jordan and Larry Bird used to do.

    Lin’s father taught Lin to shoot in this manner. I hope Lin sticks with what his dad taught him.

  42. Also, pure speculation but this indicates to me a response to the lack of discussion by TWC AccessSports Net on Lin’s contribution last game.

  43. Opponents are taking naps defensively as the Lakers play soft slow selfish freezeout basketball.

    This results in opponents saving all their energy for offense to burn the Lakers with.

    To improve the defense, the Lakers must involve more of their players offensively even if it results in a drop of the Lakers’ offensive ranking.

    Lin and Davis and Young are the only Lakers that provide a strong physical presence on the offensive end. The more those three are involved offensively, the less energy opponents will have to go wild when the Lakers are on defense.

  44. As long as none are Spiegel, fine with me, Precious!

  45. https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/536710474717343745

  46. One of the refs is 77, I remember he is the one watching LBJ holding JLIN and did nothing

  47. i think lakers win this

  48. Kobe: Jeremy, just remember pass me the ball and wait in the corner.

  49. A more balanced Lakers offensive attack would cause opponents to expend energy chasing cutters and fighting through screens and stopping the ball.

    That energy thus would not be saved by opponents for the offensive end of the court.

    This is why slow paced freezout heroball ALWAYS FAILS in the NBA – it kills teams on both ends of the court.

  50. Shoot it Jeremy. Stu’s right. Lin changed his mind there. Unnecessary TO.

  51. oo bad TO by lin

  52. Boozer is getting better at flaring out to open spots, but Hill is still lazy and slow even on cuts that are designed to get him the ball.

  53. they look faster already

  54. Those yoga sessions seems to be paying well for Jeremy. Those acrobatic shots.

  55. Smeagol. Kobe is Gollum.

  56. any link to the game? thanks

  58. thank you

  59. Wow this starting 5 looks much better so far! Seem like a lot better spacing and good ball movement.

  60. Davis will do a much better job of containing Faried.

  61. look at the active defense

  62. Nice block.

    Lin doing a good job on Lawson

  63. yes, Lin contained him from going to the rim

  64. JLin what was that? Bad pass.

  65. Bad TO, Lin should’ve just taken that shot himself!

  66. lin has to shoot that

  67. 2nd bad TO by Lin

  68. yup, shouldn’t have thrown it back out.
    Lin needs to shoot it hoping for an offensive rebound

  69. Ya, stop looking for Kobe.

  70. a miss is better then that turnover. the jump and pass is a issue for lin

  71. I doubt the coach told him to do that.. that is a boneheaded play. period. Should’ve try to shoot that in.

  72. https://twitter.com/LakersPulse/status/536712212040409089

  73. Lin needs to stop the last minute pass decision. It is a bad one. Shoot that mid-range like last game.

  74. Defense has been very solid with Ed Davis so far.
    No easy penetration to the rim that Boozer usually allows.

    Lin tried to get going with Davis on PnR but working quite yet.

  75. Sure if he drew the defense and Kobe wide open but Kobe didn’t have a better situation than he did.

  76. the thing is lin is good enough to make that shot

  77. Shoot that is all

  78. I’m fine with early TO, atleast he is trying to be aggressive and has 2 FGA. As long as he doesnt go into too cautious mode

  79. Lawson attacked Kobe during transition and got fouled.

  80. JAVALEEE MCGEEEE! – Shaqs voice

  81. Wow Lawson got mauled, no easy points in the paint for him tonight.

  82. Kobe’s shot been falling today, so far so good

  83. Lin is out….hmmm

  84. 4 minutes left how come Lin’s going out so early?

  85. Lin and Davis to the bench but Kobe is still out there. Make sense for Kobe this game as he is hot. Not sure why Davis and Lin are out already.

  86. this is scott rotation

  87. Lin just can’t get the feel of the game, horrible decision making. He plays like a scrub.

  88. Kobe is the one that needs to rest, his FG% drops in the 4th quarter. Gets tired. Scott doing poor job of managing his minutes.

  89. have you been watching laker games???

  90. lol really

  91. Lin couldn’t find his rhythm yet in the 1st quarter. Just couldn’t get the PnR with Davis going
    Hope he figures out how to attack DEN defense more effectively in Q2

  92. hopefully.

  93. Davis was also substituted early…its coach decision lets see, if its makes sense

  94. nuggets aren’t very good….

  95. Lakers like to stand around in offence…

  96. Bad teams wow

  97. kobes’ doing fine so far.

  98. That’s cause Kobe likes hogging the ball on offense.

  99. They would look good if Boozer was in. Faried is very good.

  100. Jeremy shoot Ty doesn’t play d

  101. but he’s doing fine so far.. lin got his shots.. 1-3

  102. this unit is struglling bad. the bench needs boozer

  103. Watch it, lets not call players as scrub. Personally i dont think there are any scrub players, in NBA. If there are recruited it, they have some talent. SOme has more some has less, but still they are NBA players

  104. Lin a little off in the first. He won’t come back until six minutes are left in the second. Weird rotation.

  105. Kobe moves offball. If others moved offball they may get it more. But, Kobe and others have to find LIn when he is wide open from 3.

  106. Too bad Lin only made 1 shot a layup so far and miss the other two with 2 bad TOs. He really need to just shoot when he’s getting that close the rim. He tried passing back out to Kobe which cause a TO.

  107. I know, it’s something consistent with Byron.

  108. yeah, thats one think thats lacking, not sure why scott, or Lin to the team, may have not spoke about it?…not sure

  109. That’s where you wish Scott was more inconsistent with his rotation.

  110. This game feels boring ;/

  111. Davis is out and DEN is scoring easily in the paint

  112. He should play Lin longer to let him build a rhythm.

  113. Price sucks.

  114. Stupid foul by Price. Lost Ty Lawson.

  115. yeah, hard to get into the rhythm sitting out that long,

  116. I have no idea why Byron always plays Kobe all 12 min in the 1st quarter.

  117. Thats something he should have learnt or need to learn. His last 2 season had been similar as well, sadly

  118. Nick playing PG? uhh…

  119. That TO on Kobe or Sacre?

  120. at least kobe is PASSING.. he passed more in this game than most other games.

  121. maybe, he gets too stiff, if does get that warmup on 1stQ

  122. kobe

  123. Kobe

  124. Scott is basically Kobe’s caddy.

  125. wow… Denver is really bad

  126. Kobe

  127. they are 5-7

  128. Sacre with 2 steals so far lol

  129. I mean, Lakers is so bad, any other team would be leading the Lakers now at least 10 pts. Guess, the Lakers has friends.

  130. “Painful to watch” game so far.

  131. Rather see Nick as PG than Price as PG if Lin’s off the floor.

  132. hm, that makes sense.
    Kobe is using 1st quarter as a warm-up :]

  133. lin may play with the bench since boozer isn’t there to. thats why he may have come out 1 minute earlier then usual

  134. Atleast its not a blowout yet. Walking Dead will have to wait!

  135. 2 fouls already for both Moz and McGee, good news

  136. you saw the miss FT….he does that early in the game, most of the time

  137. Price is no resistance for Lawson

  138. It’s really contradictory to the strategy to save Kobe’s minutes

  139. lol…yet? 🙂

  140. price can’t guard lawson

  141. he ‘s just not a good player. Bad on offense and defense.

  142. This will be a snooze fest unless Lin scores alot with some nice lobs with Davis ><"

  143. very unfortunate

  144. First basket by Lawson without Lin on the floor.

  145. when the starters played it was fun

  146. he had 0 help, no one can stop Lawson like that.
    I didnt even see Sacre near by, who on earth was he covering that he couldnt help lol smh

  147. Lin wasn’t comfortable on offense. Denver was double-teaming him.

  148. Just came back…..Lin sucks again? LOL #Trollmode

  149. He has to get over it.

  150. Except Lin missed 2 shots and had 2 bad TO =/

  151. he was ok. he missed an open mid shot he usually makes

  152. 😡

  153. Lin is just getting warm up… no worry

  154. i was wrong

  155. stop..its not a double team..its a trap

  156. I think DEN is packing the paint so there’s no space to do PnR.
    Lin, Nick Young. Kobe needs to make some 3s to draw people out first

    0-2 from 3s in Q1

  157. 2nd unit seems to always start 2nd quarter.

  158. Another stupid Price TO

  159. get lin back in please

  160. lol, I like the optimism, this site and that site is like the ying and yang of jeremy lin fan site.

  161. Nuggets are so horrible yet Lakers aren’t blowing them out.

  162. Lin never gets to play with 2nd unit so not even going to expect that.

  163. should let the bench play, until we loose the lead?! 🙂

  164. If Lin was running second unit they’d be blowing them out. They are only in it because the Nuggets second unit isn’t doing that good.

  165. they look really bad until young made a few shots

  166. Even when he does Price plays PG and doesn’t pass to Lin

  167. A lot of doubters and even haters there. Makes you wonder why they even visit a Jeremy Lin fan-site

  168. they’re blowing layups and open 3’s…lol

  169. Scott has no plan or no true logic

  170. We never give up, right? 🙂 Go Lin Go… oh… he is still sitting… Darn!

  171. Scott thanks Jason kidd everyday

  172. Exactly so I rather Lin not play with 2nd unit and just accept that his minutes are only with starters. Not like Lin can’t get 20 points per game playing with starters so long as he keeps shooting and not be passive.

  173. Jeremy should lead this team. By leading I mean COACH this team as well.

  174. Wow DEN 0-9 from 3s
    Lakers might win by default, hahaha!

  175. fine with doubters and haters, as long as there is no personal attacks, and mocking on each other or players

  176. Price knew that was a miss thats why he got the offensive reb. lol

  177. Watching Price shooting 3s makes me miss Toney Douglas 🙁

  178. Price is playing himself out of a job soon

  179. yeah, good to see we are taking some 3s

  180. LOL OMG Nuggets brick after brick of open 3s.

  181. Thank God Ellington is back to shoot some 3s

  182. With Kobe out Lin should be the #1 offensive weapon and Price doesn’t even pass to him. Complete incompetence.

  183. Nope. Not with BS in charge. He loves him some price.

  184. The golden boy of BS?! Not a chance!

  185. Price gets too many minutes

  186. 0-11 now

  187. LAL starts to pull away with 2 3s already 27-21

  188. Golden Scrub not going to get cut cause BS is coach. Sad but true.

  189. Lakers can’t be a fun team to play with

  190. I’d rather see Clarkson than Price.

  191. NYoung is there as the offensive weapon…its second unit in fight now…so its fine

  192. Kobe ISO
    Swaggy ISO

  193. Nick Young chucking all the shots on 2nd unit, Kobe Jr.

  194. Uh price has been in way too long

  195. Ok coach 6 minute make im guessing

  196. Good to see Ellington with a breakaway dunk!

  197. Ellington with the dunk! Now that woke up the Lakers bench and crowd!

  198. Price wasting Davis talent and Jeremy PT.

  199. Yup 6 minute

  200. clap clap

  201. he’s a non-factor out there so far.
    Just bring the ball up

  202. Comes back with Kobe

  203. BS, enough of forcing the Price-Davis pairing.It’s sickening already.

  204. Big cheer Lin coming back in

  205. Lin and Kobe back first at 6min mark.

  206. lin is in!

  207. Johnson is back to reality again.

  208. Or maybe that was for Kobe, Kobe and Lin

  209. You’re being kind, he’s been a negative factor.

  210. NICE LAYUP BY LIN!

  211. Who’s guarding Afflalo for that 3?
    Kobe right?

  212. Kobe was coming in too not sure who was it for.

  213. BS hoping Davis would help Price stats, but ends up dragging down Davis’.

  214. Really hard to watch this team….no real strategy

  215. its horrible 🙁

  216. Johnson stinking it up again after a great start of the game with his defensive plays.

  217. Any pg would struggle with Kobe and this putrid game plan

  218. Real strategy to make Kobe, Swaggy and Price shine, team win be damned.

  219. Davis saved Price from Lawson blowing by him.

  220. BS thinks any PG can pad stats and assists with Davis just cause he plays well with Lin!

  221. If the PG is not going to score, at least must make assists and not TO.

  222. Jeremy shoot that!!

  223. Jeremy these passes… lol get it together boy

  224. Price had more minutes than Lin when Jeremy checks back in. BS and his BS rotation.

  225. this game is brutal to watch.

  226. And he’d be right, except Price is no PG.

  227. Lawson can’t score on Lin

  228. Jeremy going pass silly

  229. Wes acting normal again…

  230. nice layup LIN!

  231. Good patience by Lin to do easy layup after faking Mozgov out

  232. hehehe Jeremy not respecting Mozgov on the inside.. lay-up!!!

  233. Scott must be telling Jeremy that Price is a good PG and Jeremy trying to imitate Price. Jeremy has to play HIS game.

  234. Time out, Kobe screaming at Lin and Lin screaming back what was that about? O.o

  235. Jeremy just told Kobe swing that pass son

  236. Jeremy playing great defense on Lawson, sadly the other Lakers keep letting their man score open 3s, sigh.

  237. regular game stuff

  238. maybe talking about how to get Lin open at 3

  239. Doubt it, probably about offense cause Kobe almost lost the ball in double team, saved by Ed Davis.

  240. After Houston Jeremy ain’t scared of no one

  241. Great, passion. Good stuff.

  242. That was obviously a joke LOL

  243. Kobe and Lin having some exchanges after the fouled on Davis

  244. lol stop, those silly unforced TOs are all on Jeremy.
    Bad decisions, he’s gotta shoot those.

  245. Why is every team raining 3’s on the Lakers so easily? Why, Why, Why, Scott?

  246. Because Lakers don’t defend those wide open 3s!

  247. Lin get your stats

  248. That was a needed 3 by Ellington

  249. Good job by Lin helping D to prevent the easy dunk

  250. Jeremy can easily burn the Nuggets with Ellington and Davis. Too bad, BS can’t see that.

  251. it’s hard to do when he only plays six minutes in the second quarter. Lame rotation by Scott.

  252. I want him to get a career high

  253. lin started rough but he is grinding it out. good stuff

  254. Lin needs to keep shooting to get into rhythm.
    Come on, Lin!

  255. kobe iso last shot of the second.

  256. Nice falling down D by Lin to entice Lawson to travel LOL

  257. Great d

  258. Jeremy, great defence!

  259. thought that three was going to go in. Damn it.

  260. Oh, Jeremy hit those!!!!

  261. Lin’s 3s not falling tonight 🙁

  262. its ok

  263. At this point I think Roscoe would be a better starting SF than Wes.

  264. 2 good look at 3s but Ellington and Lin can’t make it.

    Lin needs to keep shooting them!

  265. So the back is hurtling Lin again?

  266. better he shoots it…

  267. LOL At least it worked. But I think Lin was trying to draw a charge.

  268. He needs to keep shooting. Seems like if he misses a few shots he just disappears offensively.

  269. maybe. good point. Who knows, though.

  270. I’ll let his missed shots slide for now. That back…

  271. i agree with scot the offense is little more clogged with out boozer

  272. I agree only way to get out of slump is to shoot, especially if those shots are wide open!

  273. His shots are long, not short, so I think he’s OK unless he’s compensating by overshooting.

  274. Lin with least minutes amongst starters, BS love for Price is ridiculous.

  275. how can you play price that many minutes coach

  276. how many points does he have

  277. 6 fine 10 come on

  278. Lin always gets the least minute out of starters! Price the scrub of scrubs getting 20 minutes is just ridiculous!!

  279. https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/536725824095784960

  280. 4pts/2asts/2to/2foul/2reb

  281. i dread the day when the lakers actually acquire a decent PG. Lin will never see the court.

  282. 4 pts. 2 for 6. Couple of bad turnovers from bad passes.

  283. im ok with lin missing he usually turn those game around if he stays aggressive

  284. He needs to do one of those 2nd half switches and gets in in gear that we’ve seen on the Rockets. Hasn’t done so yet for the Lakers. Time to start with this game. Score at least 12, these low scoring games are killing is PPG.

  285. Jeremy will get many points and assists in the second half.

  286. its usually boozer

  287. 6 shots going to get at least 10-12 shots so there is that

  288. blocked by Mozgov on one layup, then faked him into the air for simple 2 next time. He’s ok, one of is slow halves not helped by a lot of bench time.

  289. I wander what Kobe and lin were screaming about?

  290. Wes is playing excellent D.

  291. bball stuff.

  292. Probably just something Like. Kobe thinks Lin should have shoot it, while Lin think Kobe took his eyes off the ball.

  293. I’m watching the Denver telecast and they said — when driving, Ty is more effective when he’s looking to shoot than just looking to pass. JLin needs to shoot first, too.

  294. it was right after kobe’s behind the back pass to Davis. Must have been on the action just before that.

    Seems to have settled out because that before half missed 3 was set up 2 passes to Lin. A great look. I needed that 3.

  295. hey all, not sure if you noticed, but as soon as Lin came back in, lawson was not a threat anymore and regional college ball became an NBA game again.

    SwagP and Price were a mess.

  296. They also said the Lakers are playing without a true point guard (in JLin), that he’s loose with the ball and does not defend well. That’s their view. 🙁

  297. Who said this?

  298. Denver announcers.

  299. idc

  300. Their homers that’s what they do

  301. back after the game. watching with family.

  302. exactly they will say what they say

  303. Odell Beckham catch was wowser

  304. That’s bc Johnson is there for defense for kobe

  305. So he held Lawson to 0 FG. Price gave up his only basket.

  306. It was a great look but Lin missed it.

  307. Jeremy has to stop those stupid TOs though doesn’t help him

  308. Im sure i dont want lin stay with the lakers next season lol

  309. that’s not true.
    Lin’s D on Lawson was excellent and his help D prevented an easy dunk.
    We probably need Lin’s defensive highlights

  310. He’s goign to the mavs. It’ll happen

  311. misses are fine, as long as he keep shooting it

  312. Hopefully Kobe says no big deal, just keep shooting it.

  313. Money is not a concern for lin, so 5m oer would be good enough. Justcwant ti see him play his game.

  314. or the Bulls

  315. yeah, this is not getting better with BScott as a coach :]

  316. I agree – we need JLin defensive highlights.

  317. that was a bad TO from Kobe

  318. Jeremy banking that shot…

  319. nice!!!! Get it going Jeremy!

  320. good job getting closer to the rim

  321. Lin’s foot works for go over the screen changed?

  322. Bank me, Jeremy.. – says the ball

  323. Bank me…

  324. Lin time

  325. Pull up J!!!!

  326. STOP-POP BY LIN

  327. Nice stop & pop by JLin! 😀

  328. there you go, and he was hesitant with it too lol
    exploit that mid-range jumper Jeremy!

  329. He is getting HOT!!! Go Go GO…dont stop now…

  330. Lin back to back buckets! Looking great!

  331. Doooooh, Homer, simpletons.

  332. He’s HOT!

  333. Great easy point by Kobe

  334. More Hotter!!! 🙂

  335. Why is Jordan Hill playing as.. stretch 4? He can’t even play as proper 5.

  336. No his foot work did not change. My bad

  337. Great outlet Pass from Lin to Kobe!!

  338. LOL

  339. Lin playing much better this half. Spacing on the floor seems a lot better.

  340. lin picking it up as i said stay aggressive he will turn it around

  341. Jordan Hill can’t do post up plays, gave up on it and focused on his mid range instead.

  342. For a big body… ugh…

  343. Jeremy LIN!!

  344. Lin

  345. LINSANITY!!! And-1!!!

  346. OOOOOOOOO. Asian boy got and1

  347. Stu putting my LOF to shame….

  348. Nice And 1 with 2 defender up in his face!

  349. Lots of pep in that step

  350. LINSANITy! YEAHH!

  351. Attack it J!

  352. TIMEOUT called cuz Linsanity unleashed!

  353. Lin fast break! 13 points! Linsanity NIght!! Almost tied points with Kobe!

  354. Hey Scott Ronnie price going to get PT????

  355. uh-oh. Lin gonna pass KB for pts. Will BS put Price back in to conserve Lin for 4Q?

  356. good to see lin didn’t pass it on the fastbreak

  357. Ronnie still going to get his mini-starter minutes. SMH.

  358. 5mins into 3rd quarter – Lin got 9!

  359. YAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  360. Just woke up and I see Lin is doing great. ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

  361. You’re not aggressive enough tonight.

  362. and Lakers outscored DEN 17-10 :]
    Linning, baby!

  363. Linsanity
    ! Thanks to Kobe ‘s leadership, the chemistry is on the right track.

  364. Kobe and Lin both 6/10 at this point. Kobe is sharing with Lin?

  365. Ty Lawson actually reads the defenses very similar to how Lin does.

  366. Kobe in assist mode right now.

  367. What happened to Ed Davis?!?!

  368. Price cooties.

  369. 4th foul, went straight to locker room. don’t know why though.

  370. hahaha no really what happened? I went to the kitchen and when I came back he’s walking to the locker room.

  371. Saclaguwon

  372. thought he was injured or something

  373. LINSANITY!!!

  374. Jeremy you’re free to use your midrange.

  375. Man! They are raining 3’s on Lakers again!

  376. Dont touch the ball ever Kobe.

  377. Jesus Kobe

  378. No D

  379. Kobe has dialed down his D

  380. Didn’t look like it but he was pretty heated though, yapping at Ty Lawson. Maybe he went back to cool off a bit. Hope he’s not hurt.

  381. Bad bad don’t pick up dribble

  382. DOn’t mind that TO.

  383. Lin is arguing with refs alot more this season

  384. Lin can’t pick up his dribble like that!

  385. it was ok he got trapped

  386. But shouldn’t teammates rotate around to provide Lin an outlet?

  387. me two

  388. Price in? Jeeze Scott needs to be fired.

  389. Picking up the dribble is one thing. The problem is Refs are not gonna call it when it was your wrist been hooked.

  390. That time he should of, good defensive play by Nuggets that time. Lin had nothing inside.

  391. Make the quick pass

  392. he should. get some Ts

  393. Lin will just have to deal with it.

  394. Kobe missing FT, legs tired. Rest him Scott

  395. Come on Scott give Ellington some burn

  396. Ty Lawson is so happy to see Price.

  397. Kobe tired as well take him out Scott!

  398. Lawson immediately finds open space and shot over Price! Lin was doing a great job.

  399. So, when do you think Lin is going to come back in? With six minutes left in the fourth again?

  400. 10minute mark

  401. i just got in. what did i miss?

  402. After Lawsons shoots the lights out, for much too long.

  403. yeah, all those PGs release their frustration on poor Price

  404. 7 if Lakers is behind 10pts

  405. he just have to shoot it during times like that. that’s what I mean by double team.he has only 1 wa to go..up..
    and also I dont know if he is trying to padd stats with assists.. after he scores a lot..he try to balance it with assists.

  406. Hopefully earlier than later. 10/ 8 minute mark would be best.

  407. lol i thought they said lin had slow lateral movement. lawson crossing him so easily. look like cris paul or kyrie

  408. Not much. LIN got 0p0a 15tov

  409. Price = Defensive Juggernaut 3.0.

  410. Lin not finding rhythm in 1st half and LINSANITY in Q3 :]

  411. glimpse of linsanity.

  412. https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/536733678655660032

  413. A Jeremy bank shot, some crazy layups, and Jeremy heating up his midrange game.

  414. hhahahahaha yea all true

  415. I agree..

  416. nice

  417. I hope you’re right!

  418. OK, Trudell just updated saying that Davis went to retape ankle since he tweaked it earlier, but he’s ok and ready to come back anytime he wants according to coach.

  419. You’re putting the actual Lin haters to shame…

  420. Brent, you really think Occupatio is not going to read the previous post? lol

  421. why lin minutes so low?

  422. What happened to pulling someone for not defending and Wilson chandler raining 3s? Yet lin sits when he is scoring and defending? Let me guess kobe ‘ s man and kobe doesn’t sit despite looking peaked

  423. I tried…well…LOL

  424. Oh and bottling up Lawson

  425. Scott loves Price

  426. Why they talking about Lin’s 3 TO? Don’t even mention that Kobe has 4.

  427. A crazy And 1 with 2 defenders in his face that was sick!!

  428. sucks

  429. Lin’s TO’s are always magnified. Even during linsanity. So lame

  430. ugh… of all the bigs, why Ed Davis.

  431. Let’s hope Swaggy heats up too!

  432. Or he loves Lawson, so he puts in Price to let Lawson score.

  433. Stu said a couple of turnovers were just part of the game. He was pretty favorable to Lin, saying Lin overall is having a really good game.

  434. So long as Lin get 20 points I could care less what those haters say about his TOs when the suppose stars of the league have 10x more than him!

  435. Swaggy needs someone to set his shots up. It’s not Price.

  436. thats what haters do

  437. to keep lin down

  438. ronnie is really good at hitting others in the head

  439. Will Ronnie Price score more points than turnovers? 2 TO’s, ZERO points. LOL.

  440. But stu quick to say playing good and just that 1 to bad.

  441. He should start for Ultimate Fighting?

  442. If Price can’t guard Nate Robinson.. well…

  443. as we all know, fake talk.

  444. im shocked how much kobe is passing it. reversing it to weak side very well

  445. WEll Lin did yelled at him…who knows.

  446. robinson is really good, no joke

  447. it’s so bad that he’s wondering why he’s still out there.
    Mekel can’t be this bad *sigh*

  448. Friggin’ Nate, Sacre might not have kids after that kick he got.

  449. robinson kick sacre. saying scare bleu

  450. Nate makes a nice Kick to Sacre’s G-spot on floater! foul.

  451. Kicked ball on Nate Robinson. 😀

  452. really? about damn time . lins problem is simply persona. needs to have the balls to lead these guys vocally. thats his only real fight

  453. When robinson gets hot, he can stream the ball in from all over, near and far.

  454. Sacre working his butt off this game. Good for him, he’s a great cheerleader on the bench so Im glad he’s doing well.

  455. nate is eating ronnie alive

  456. Price is 0 pts 0 ast 2 TO 2PF. SMH

  457. Ronnie Price with another brick. They should just cut him right now.

  458. Yet Nate only gets half as many minutes as Price.

  459. Jeremy needs to come in at 10 min mark

  460. Cheerleader. Bench mascot. Too bad, Jeremy is on the bench.

  461. Nate’s just out there to kill everyone, he just elbowed Price in the face, wtf lol

  462. price leaning got lucky

  463. seriously lins minutes so low, i dont get it. kobe so high make no sense

  464. Why does Price keep (not) making 3’s, rather than passing to a shooter? He’s a really bad 3-pt shooter. Or why does Kobe pass to him on the 3-pt line — does he expect him to shoot? or pass.

  466. Ronnie Price isn’t a bad 3-pt shooter. He’s just bad, period.

  467. He has to shoot it. Otherwise, his life will be even harder. Not that it will not be harder after he shoots it.

  468. I was told it’s Laker’s culture, no reason, just accept it.

  469. he’s too open to not take the shot

  470. Price shouldn’t even be on the court.

  471. Price shouldn’t even be playing, Kobe should be resting. He’ll get tired and start chucking and missing in the 4th.

  472. I like nate Robinson’s aggression but playing put of control

  473. its kobes team, i do get that

  474. Come on Jeremy, you are not done yet… go go go!

  475. Save the energy for our best player on the team.

  476. I’d rather see Clarkson in than Price. Is Price Scott’s brother in law or something?

  477. BScott got his back :] he should be able to make it w/o worry.
    This is so perplexing

  478. Nobody can outscore kobe..LOL

  479. price passed up an open three earlier. ended up with hill shooting a long 2. so stupid.

  480. He’s really making the best out of this opportunity with Boozer out and Davis with fouls. Props to him.

  481. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  482. Lin probably knows he has to fire it up in 3rd q, he will not get shots in 4th q.

  483. At this rate if he’s not he will be soon.

  484. https://twitter.com/nhawj44/status/536736348473131008

  485. Den stole a time out from the LAL….,..

  486. Lin is exactly 10 years younger, needs more time to develop! until he too, gets old legs.

  487. lol true

  488. Look at Coach Scott, so passionately drawing up another Kobe ISO

  489. Game will be lost in first 2 mins with this lineup

  490. I saw it too, hopefully Kobe finally got it.

  491. looks like lin wont be in till lawson returns.

  492. taking Lin out right after TOV when he is hot. reminds me McHale a lot.

  493. Dangit, 5 fouls on Davis 🙁

  494. closer than that!

  495. 6m mark

  496. I would salute lin for yelling at kobe, if he could command players like kobe, he will go a long way in nba as a pg

  497. probably

  498. davis staying in

  499. u mean kobe right 🙂

  500. The Laker with best FG% has least minutes amongst starters, go figure.

  501. Nick, please focus and play better!

  502. lin will come back with kobe

  503. that won’t be the six minute mark.

  504. Keep missing price ya bum

  505. Ronnie Price for 3!

  506. if lin comes back AFTER Kobe, I will be irate

  507. stupid 2nd unit just put denver in the bonus. how many minutes are left?

  508. I would like to see price at least make a shot

  509. Is the only way we get Price out of the game is to have him foul out? Denver will avoid letting Price foul for fear he will have to leave.

  510. swaggy airballs against the dwarf

  511. Get young and price out

  512. Announcer says 0-3 on 3 pointers already. Earlier he said several times in a row, one wonders when Ronnie Price is going to get his shots to fall (answer: look at his stats the last 10 years, don’t count on it). Where the heck in Lin. He’s young and can easily play 35+ min.

  513. is price playing decent on the defensive end? why is BS keep playing him

  514. Jeez, scoreless Q?!

  515. Price getting into construction business.

  516. lin is playing EXACTLY as he should. THisi s a PPG league and if Lin scores, he will be a problem for the NBA and thats exactly what we need fromLin.

  517. Unless it’s because Lin is still slightly hurt and he’s just trying to manage his minutes?

    I know he’s had less minutes in the past, but this is a huge difference.

    Still, I strongly believe BS is not biased because he did put Lin back in several times even after he didn’t do that well (for example, the Rockets game). I think BS just wants to keep everyone’s confidence up and make sure the team can function as a unit.

  518. somewhat, but not great

  519. this is some ugly basketball

  521. Will Byron put Lin in after the time out?

    I say NO.

  522. we needed the timeout!

  523. LOL

  524. what is scott doing

  525. Wasn’t Lin attacking the basket and scoring in 3Q. Lakers are missing anyone who can attack the basket with this group. Too many 3-pt shooters who are not great 3-pt shooters.

  526. man i was bored. this was ugly bball

  527. Nothing.

  528. This loss will be on the coach

  529. 2nd unit actually is in more need to have some good set to get some good shots off.

  530. Nick is going to the same business tonight

  531. Price player of the game for Denver.

  532. thank god LIN IS IN!

  533. BOOM

  534. daydreaming his elite pg taking over the game

  535. Lin is IN

  536. Nugget is going to play 5 on Lin

  537. Scott is doing exactly what we Lin fans here have been criticizing him for – benching Lin so that Ronnie Price can stink up the game.

  538. Mitch currently having second thought about no immediate roster changes…

  539. Denvers Subway Sub of the Game – Ronnie Price

  540. Lin recognize mismatch so quickly.

  541. I’m happy you got this wrong! 🙂

  542. ha you lying

  543. more like sub ZERO of the game.

  544. Lin is in for D, and D only

  545. come on make those 3s

  546. Oh Man!!! everyone is missing the 3s

  547. Come LIN make the FT

  548. Those Kobe ISO must be fun

  549. ft?

  550. threes are off today i say mid range or drive

  551. if it were carlisle’s team, ellington would have swung the ball to lin for the 3

  552. Time for a run or this could be an L.

  553. I bet Lin will make next 3!!!!

  554. The flow of the game is so bad. No team has any real momentum going. We need some Linsanity to win this game.

  555. the question is why?

  556. yes pls stop shooting those today, dont lower your pretty 3pt FG% lol
    More mid-range!

  557. Start shooting closer in for 2’s!!!!!!!! Way too many 3’s, when most are not really good 3-pt shooters. Easy way out. Only Kobe and can get into the paint? 3-20 on 3-ptrs

  558. Scott plays him too many minutes in earlier quarters. Legs tired by 4th and his FG% drops.

  559. if we lose i think scott waited too long. let the bench kill our momentum

  560. Cheerleaders are game

  561. More Linsanity, we had some in the 3rd.

  562. the arc on lin’s 3 was even higher than usual

  563. Lawson assists are insane

  564. wow, Lawson missed 2 FTs

  565. Wasted so many minutes with Price. Jeremy would have had them blown out and we’d be playing garbage time now.

  566. That’s such a horrible shot that Kobe took

  567. He has a coach with no hidden agenda.

  568. All his shots hav been short.

  569. lin must ballhog alittle withot being obvious

  570. LOL…keep it for future then

  571. Glad he shot that

  572. He would have 4asts if Kobe is in DEN uniform

  573. such a selfish Lakeer team

  574. if only JL could hear you

  575. KEEP BALL HOGGI LIN

  576. Lin fastbreak leading to assist to Wes’ JAM!

  577. WESLEY THE GOAT IS BACK

  578. Johnson the 4th quarter hero. lol

  579. wow

  580. Gallo once again poster

  581. Yow, Wesley… if you want to get your points, you SHOULD know who to look for

  582. omg

  583. Good dunk…keep it going!

  584. Did you see the reaction from the LA bench for that dunk? WOOOOWW!!

  585. lin must get rebounds and steals to get the ball. otherwise Kobe will ballhog in half court

  586. That’s how you run a break!

  588. haha… ok you are forgiven for now.

  589. sick dunk by wes great ast by jlin!!

  590. Who was the other player that posterized Mosgov? OH yeah, it was Blake Griffin.

  591. Love it!

  592. finally

  593. oohh yea blake griffin 3 years ago lol

  594. That actually looked like a fast break…

  595. totally

  596. At the beginning of the season I expected to see a lot more of those type of plays with Lin to Wesley, and even alley oops. Surprised there’s been so little of those.

  597. A fastbreak that is actually fast.

  598. Loved it! Posterized!

  599. true 🙂

  600. What a well-timed pass by Lin to Wes on the chest for the JAM!

    Beautiful fastbreak :]

  601. Loved Sacre and Clarkson’s reaction 🙂
    That’s how you cheer for your team!

  602. true…i thought he would be Parsons replacement, for jeremy’s game

  603. i like to think Scott wont play Lin apart from Kobe is because Scott KNOWS Linsanity may happen. ANd it Cannot happen with Kobe there.

  604. In spite of Kobe

  605. wow .. Kobe didn’t pass at all in that one bad possession

  606. Kobe pass Jesus

  607. i havent to come to that conclusion yet…lets see

  608. Scott playing Price so much is exposing him as a scrub. Instead of helping he’s going to cause Mitch to cut him for another PG.

  609. Kobe ISOs to infinity and beyond

  610. 2 misses in a row in..pass

  611. As predicted, 4th quarter is “Black Mamba Fighting Crime by Himself!”

  612. and beyond and beyond . . . snore. zzzzzzzzzzz

  613. lin will only get the ball on fast breaks now..

  614. Kobe’s chucking going to lose them the game.

  615. Denver is so bad in FTs it’s funny

  616. everything he sees, seem to be a crime

  617. Great possession with Lin’s penetration to Kobe to Hill!
    Announcers noticed that

  618. denver is also a bad team. If they were any good, Lakerrs wold be down by 20. I am not fooling myself abou that

  619. Hill should have dunked that

  620. Finally some good team ball.

  621. You seriously need to try calming down. We get it. No need to rub it in our faces.

  622. come D guys

  623. Kobe’s tired, all his shots are short. He really should have passed.

  624. Omg kobe

  625. will BScott come with any plays?

  626. lol i am so right I am not backing down from you on that statement.

  627. Kobe’s ISO is … *sigh*

  628. Bad, bad Kobe. Sick of that iso crap.

  629. just like houston in 4th..

  630. This is crazy to watch the selfish play at this stage of his career is crazy

  631. kobe? does he know how to play basketball?

  632. Finally gonna switch it up a bit and call …. a KOBE ISO.

  633. lakers love it

  634. kobe iso killing us if we lose its his fault

  635. hahaha…but but they have more Wins compared to LAL

  636. I am amazed by how much Kobe is willing to sacrifice.

  637. shame on Koby …shame…

  638. And you’re going to rub it in our faces to make you happy? Seriously you’re trollish now.

  639. Kobe back to back iso fails surprise surprise. Better hope Nuggets don’t make their shot!

  640. Kobe does the crime, and then gets to fight it too. Has his cake AND eats it…

  641. The ball moved a lot….vertically.

  642. Scott is totally executing his plan. I have figured him out. He wants close games with Kobe making or breakig the outcome at the end.

  643. Or maybe they should so Kobe can “learn” that he’s not the same player he is anymore. Sigh….

    At least if they do make it the Lakers will still have some time.

  644. Insane to see the ISO at 36

  645. Kobe 6/10 in the 1st three quarters.
    Only 3/10 in the 4th quarter

    Crime-Fighting is not working well tonight

  646. Only 30 seconds left with Nuggets ball, Laker better play the best D of their lives! Losing to this scrub team would be embarrassing!!

  647. i was just expressing frustration at how bad LAkers really are. and you told me to calm down unecessarily for no good reason.

  648. More like back to back to back to back to back to back isos for whole 4th quarter.

  649. Robert Sacre = new Mark Madsen

  650. oh man!

  651. No wonder Lin’s back is bothering him

  652. The Lakers are not that bad, it’s the coach.

  653. That’s all BALL

  654. Poor call

  655. OT is coming, lol

  656. yeah…@bearness the culprit?!! LOL

  657. 99% Kobe will Iso and miss

  658. well i get that but he coach controls who plays and how and when unls FO steps in

  659. wow, Gallinari with missed 2nd FT 86-86

  660. See your posts.I never saw you celebrate anything good Jeremy has done but just spew complains left and right.

  661. Stu nick young is cold let Jeremy win it

  662. that bs call

  664. this is time for some Linsanity

  665. if we are lucky

  666. there’s 99.99% chance Kobe will fight crime with a buzzer-beater!

  667. Time for LIN!

  668. Time for kobe to save*the team with is heriso ball

  669. Prediction: Kobe iso brick for last 15 seconds? ><"

  670. Lakers lucky Denver has been shooting horribly all night.

  671. Fight crime – new word for ISOs? lol

  672. lame lame game even if they win

  673. Kobe will keep the ball to himself

  674. Save which team?

  675. After he killed them with the iso, SMH!

  676. yeah…they are seriously OFF on FTs

  677. Make that 100%

  678. Kobe misses again

  679. so freakin obvious.

  680. 3/10 is good shooting by Bryant 4th quarter standards.

  681. so so lame

  682. There were four open Lakers…

  683. Disgusting to watch.

  684. OT?!!!

  685. surprise surprise

  686. I’m not the culprit, just keeping it real. LOL

  687. what ever happened to shooting 2’s, or even contested 2’s to get a foul shot?

  688. As expected… kobe brick and OT now

  689. .3 seconds remaining if Nuggets makes a clutch oh my….Lets hope for OT instead!

  690. how deflating.

  691. That shot from Kobe…definitely was on the COACH! smh

  692. phew TO

  693. no kobe, please, no kobe.

  694. Hate the superstar crap, it’s just so obvious whose going to shoot the ball, I mean can’t the nba come up with a different plot?? So boring

  695. rofl

  696. If Lin didn’t pass to Kobe in that last possession, he’ll get fired for a ‘misdemeanor’ :]

  697. Lets see Scott makes the same mistake again?!

  698. wow

  699. he should try once in a while to see the reaction..lol

  700. byron doesnt have the balls to not give it to kobe

  701. Holly smokes, I see BS drawing up a play

  702. wow now Lakers have the last shot, Lin for the win?

  703. Nyoung missed…but glad it was him rather than Kobe…

    OK, BScott is not that foolish/bias after all

  704. OT

  705. He drew how to get the ball to Koby

  706. Let kobe brick it, that’s the play

  707. 5 minutes OT… put in Jeremy BS if you want to win this.

  708. should have been Lin, lol.

  709. ot. lets hope more then iso kobe

  710. Sure, give it to Swaggy. He’s got the hot hand today. SMH

  711. wow that was the plan for the last shot?? my goodness, give the whiteboard to LIn.

  712. lol who else

  713. Kobe 0-5 in last 5 shot’s. So obviously he will take all the shots in OT.

  714. he’ll get jail time LOL

  715. OT and JLin has 4 fouls already =/

  716. does kobe hog the ball more at staples center than road games? maybe its some crowd pleasing thing.

  717. it wasn’t saw lin kobe moving to set a play screen

  718. Obviously.

  719. Hope Jeremy will get some assists and points in OT

  720. i know…but Young taking that shot…atleast for now it confirms somewhat, Scott is not all Kobe

  722. if he is getting closer to jail time, then why not 🙂

  723. LOL

  724. NO WAY.

  725. Lundberg.. really? Stop putting my LOF to shame!

  726. As long as there is no Double OT, he’ll be fine :]

  727. and he could just play naive, saying ” Kobe asked me not to pass to him”

  728. At least he is consistent with his misses.

  729. 39 min for kobe… another 5 coming up

  730. It’s all about consistency. Isn’t that what they tell Jeremy?

  731. if @Michael:disqus says that, then must be true…he sees everything from him sleep

  732. Lin with a GREAT Steal!

  733. Lawson with 5fls

  734. finally LIN

  735. yes lin starting to just ball hog. good.

  736. Lin with the jumpshot! 😀

  737. That’s my man…J-j Jeremy jumper

  738. Lets keep the LEAD now

  739. Awesome, Kobe will get an extra chuck!

  740. lin be careful

  741. Lin can’t afford to foul now. 5 fouls

  742. Oh MAN…whats going on on the darn 3s

  743. Yes sir!

  744. just ball hog LIN

  745. Great attempt at 3 by Lin

  746. phew.. Lin drew the foul 😀

  747. BALL HOG WITH EVEN MORE CONVICTION LIN! DONT BE ARAID TO HOG

  748. missing FTs?!!!

  749. JereME Lin, yess keep shooting it! hehe

  750. huh missed Fts?

  751. Lins 3pt and Ft % will go down after this game :/

  752. This game so frustrating.

  753. they should reset the fouls at OT

  754. damn both fts

  755. Lin must be tired, usually money from the FT line.

  756. very unusual..

  757. there goes the 50 40 90

  758. Kobe made it

  759. this game is weird people missing shots they never miss before its ok though

  760. Body switch with Kobe

  761. lol its normal he will be hot next game of others

  762. he hasnt played that many min, then again, he’s playing incredible defense on Lawson all game, that takes a lot of energy.

  763. god damnit

  764. Lakers will lose the game by 5 points

  765. they outta nail it now!

  766. i prdict lakers will WIN this game still.

  767. Wes Johnson couldn’t contain Galinari twice now

  768. thanks for the confidence

  769. Nuggets mismatching Jeremy to bait him to foul out…

  770. Not yet at least not until JLin hits a 3 for his 20 point game!

  771. I didn’t think he’d make those numbers. It’s very hard to.

  772. BS and Kobe are better at hole-digging than the rest of the Lakers are at climbing out.

  773. Why do they need timeout, I can’t see hey could come up with a different play other than having Kobe forcing the shot over 3 defenders!

  774. If they’re gonna lose, please lose by 3+ points or Jeremy will beat himself up over those missed FTs.

  775. I really hope so. They need to get a quick 2pt

  776. u are selective in what you see

  777. relax

  778. Let’s go Jeremy!

  779. I am..? lol

  780. Dude you’re blaming him before the game is even over, chill!

  781. Come on Lakers, 2pt. Play D!!

  782. Good one Kobe

  783. come ON need D

  784. Dang that 5th foul! Now Jeremy can’t play physical D against Ty!

  785. how on earth did I blame him?
    If anything I blame the Kobe ISOs, I said JEREMY would blame HIMSELF, you know how he is and he’s played great today.

  786. Lin out

  787. Because you really DON’T. I’m not selective.

  788. he has to so he don’t get a foul

  789. and also they been killing it on him.

  790. Lin has played some really good D on Lawson. Only thing he didn’t have tonight was his 3 point shot and for some reason, missed 2 FT.

  791. They need 3pt shooters. Lin 0-4 tonight, Nick made 1 and Kobe’s in by default

  792. Lin can’t defend with 5 fouls, better to leave him out until final seconds or Double OT!

  793. true….

  794. because of the foul trouble

  795. true, not his night on 3s

  796. Interesting shows BS doesn’t trust Golden Boy Price at all, puts in Ellington for Lin instead. At least he’s not crazy lol.

  797. ok folks…enough please please…this is going no where

  798. let’s hope for a double-OT

  799. PPL are gonna pin the loss on Lin’s 2 FTs

  800. relax

  801. nah.

  802. this isnt rox

  803. 4pt diff

  804. Right. Never mind Kobe’s five straight misses in clutch time.

  805. Game was lost when Scott took Lin out for Price in the 3rd quarter when Lin was getting hot. Would have been garbage time instead of overtime.

  806. lol….wake up

  807. Coach Scott already looking at Kobe and drawing up another ISO, oh lord lol
    Draw up a 3 for Ellington, use some creativity, goodness.

  808. let’s be ready with Kobe 1-10 FG (or something like that) in the 4th quarter

  809. not me!

    1. bad coaching
    2. Kobe ball hogging badly

    3. Lin handcuffed in usage.

  810. there goes….

  811. Walking Dead Time!

  812. what a waste of time following that game

  813. The people that don’t like Lin will. But I think most people will blame this on a team loss. While those of us that really watched the game will know it was a Kobe-in-the-4th loss. Besides, they’re losing by 4 so even if Lin did make those 2 FTs they would have still lost.

  814. https://twitter.com/KevinDing/status/536746530892292096

  815. and Lin’s bad 3s

  816. the game was weird hot cold all day so idk still lin should of been back earlier

  817. game over. Good game by Lin.

  818. Game ovah.

  819. Losing to a scrub team like this, may goodness SMH!

  820. Lin didn’t play his best tonight but the game was lost in the 4th quarter when Kobe took bad shots (1-10 FG?)
    Announcers noted that discrepancy after Kobe going 6-10 in the first 3 quarters.

  821. iso kobe killed us. young needs to play better

  822. they have more wins compared to LAL, how could you call that scrub?

  823. Many games they’ve lost was from Kobe taking all the 4th quarter shots.

  824. 3-11 he was 6-10 before that

  825. Thats on Scott and Kobe since he is a veteran, he should know better

  826. Imo he played well tonight. Used his midrange game to death while bottling up Lawson. The only missing are the 3s and some missed FTs.

  827. thanks, I corrected it after seeing Kevin Ding’s tweet

  828. BS pisses me off, such a crappy coaching job

  829. 100% scott

  830. https://twitter.com/KevinDing/status/536752087183278080

  831. Damn by 7!!!

  832. Okay now comes the TWC coverup job. They aren’t going to blame this on Kobe high volume low output shooting in the 4th.

  833. i remember two the clipper game with this

  834. well, at least it was a fun close game, not a blowout, will take that…

  835. Too bad, they could have killed the Nuggets using J-Ed PnR to death.

  836. yeah, a mixed game since Lin has been so good in his 3s and FT%
    Byron’s sitting Lin out for 7-8 min (20 min real time?) between Q1 and Q2 didn’t help

  837. ohh yea phenix as well

  838. horrible use of players, minutes, and subbing

  839. anyone has the link

  840. Kobe had done better earlier facilitating his teammates. But in the 4th quarter Kobe was forcing things.

  842. thx

  843. Lakers only shot 11 pts in the 4th quarter
    Lin scored 11 pts by himself in the 3rd quarter

  844. ESPN: lakers lost to Denver despite Kobe’s 27!

  846. Worthy: “I would let the ball on Lin’s hands more in the 4th”

  847. Worthy saying he wished the ball was in Lin’s hands more.

  848. A little of Clarkson would have been good

  849. Amen!!!

  850. I miss the game….how is Jeremy?

  851. Thats Kobe…on his usual mode

  852. Damn, I was so sure at the beginning of the season that the Lakers might be able to slip into the 8th seed. But with the way they’re playing, looks like they’ll miss the playoffs for sure.

    The only good thing is so far Lin had done quite well with his current situation. And I’m sure if he can see it, then other teams can as well since they analyze this for a living. I think the Lakers will try to keep him, but I also feel the Mavs will try to make a run for him as well.

    I know it’s still early in the season, but I don’t see them making it far as “a team” so now I’m just going to root for Jeremy to keep his stats up and showcase for his next contract.

  853. nah…they would be lucky to get 30 WINS

  854. noteven needed, just need lin with bal in 4th quARTER

  855. Lazy even by stat-watcher standard.

  856. Double that!

  857. AC Green said “give to kobe” is okay, others need to move around not to freeze. wow, wow, wow. What a great analysis!!!!

  858. Jeremy with 17pts, 5asts to go with great defense on Lawson. Good game.
    Coach Scott is such a bum coach, McHalesque even.

    Kobe plays 40+min, stop the ISOs or better yet dont play him so much so he’ll still have legs in the 4thQ.

  859. 17pts with 5asts and GREAT defense on Lawson all game.
    He gets a solid A- from me.
    He was too tentative in the 1st half, but picked it up in the 3rdQ.

  860. it was a low scoring night

  861. JLIN MUST not resign in la. and im in la and i want to watch him live. but i want hm to suceed. la with kobe is not right for him. career killer

  862. wow… 🙂

  863. kobe waited too long if he didn’t freeze out his team for a whole quarter they would have a rhythm.. even when lin scored in over time it was iso. players was watching him like they did kobe

  864. Lin did not play well that’s what you get.

  865. i know so dumb. why move when kobe wont ever pass lol. thatswhy noboduy moves!

  866. LA not going anywhere until Kobe the ball hog retires.

  867. To Linfinity and beyond!

  868. team is way too selfish

  869. agreed

  870. Fourth time losing a winnable game, after Suns (Nov 4), Grizzlies and Pelicans. And I ain’t even counting the Clippers game.

    Only positive about this loss is that BS inching closer to dismissal.

  871. yea.

  872. lol

  873. i agree

  874. Lin’s 3 pointers were off tonight with 2 bad TOs but I’m glad he was assertive and made 15 FGAs including OT with 17 points. He never stopped shooting.

  875. Never understood the “kobe’s teammates need to move without the ball” argument. Kobe wants an iso. In other words, he wants people to stay away so he can chuck up a shot. Why do these “analysts” always blame the teammates?

  876. That’ is if Lakers aren’t really tanking but I bet they are! If they weren’t tanking BS would’ve been outed by now!

  877. Because telling the truth (blaming Kobe) might cost them their jobs?

  878. 100% on coach Scoot for that

  879. BScot likes to blame all of his players not named Kobe

  880. Even when teammates shoot 60%+ they get the blame (Dallas). THAT is the real crime.

  881. the iso was so unbelievable young gave kobe that really look. like ……reallly

  882. give him a break, every gp going to have a bad TO or 2, do we have to keep emphasizing his TO of the game?

  883. thats saying a lot given young love to iso as well

  884. Two single digit games by Nick Young now. Looks like scouting reports are doing their work =/ Lakers really needed his 16-17 point game. If Swaggy was on fire, Lakers would’ve easily won this without OT. Against this team with gazillion bricks, they should’ve won yet they struggled.

  885. they should all move back to the other side of the court to get ready to defend

  887. kobe plays pg all 4th quarter as well i hate that so its 50/50 till the 4th

  888. Swaggy forgot to pack his swag, left it in Dallas.

  889. rofl, he’s pointing at LIN, my goodness

  890. I bet even Swaggy is fed up with Kobe’s iso the team to death mentality. Bet he misses last season when Kobe was out with injury.

  891. Missed freethrows? Might as well just say Lin.

  894. sadly it’s true. 2 more years of this ‘Kobe performance art’ is bad for Lin’s career if he stays

  895. I knew it! Never mind that without Kobe’s five straight misses the FTs wouldn’t even be needed.

  896. total BS

  897. Which plays… hmmm…?
    https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536755586558615552

  898. yea he hasn’t played with kobe so its his first time. young was open 3-4 times. pass it so he gets going kobe.

  899. Wow, Ty Lawson with 16 dimes. Dang…

  900. I guess he’s always covering him, smh

  901. lol scott says team got great open looks at shots and there is no offense issue lol

  902. great game analysis again! wow, they are so genius !

  903. No BS, you need to play Kobe 44+ minutes every game.

  904. MOre than the Lakers team total. smh

  905. Kobe was fatigue yet you’re still allowing him to play long minutes?! Lin and Kobe’s minutes should be switched then this team will start winning!

  907. Well…….what can we say?

  908. Brick Young update: 36.4% from the field, 46.9% true shooting. Dude had better buy D'Antoni a Ferrari for Christmas.— Gary Collard (@LakerGMC) November 24, 2014

  909. Byron Scott needs to go

  910. thx

  911. I do agree Lin is responsible for hitting his free throws. He rushed them a bit. But just don’t single him out like that. Even if he did, you’re still down by two.

  912. Did you draw up these plays? BS

    https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/status/536755944802115584

  913. Scott says Lin made big shots, good defensive plays. He’s solid, but got in a bit of trouble in first half.

  914. TO is fine, but as a PG one need to back it up with AST, else his ratio is gonna look bad

  915. ha

  916. thats true. it sounds like comments you make when tanking.

  917. Best Lakers defense: BS pointing fingers to cover own skin.

  918. Right and it had nothing to do with Kobe’s 0-5 bricks in 4th quarter to kill the team!! BS you are so full of BS!! As a coach he has the responsibility to tell Kobe off.

  919. https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536756429726961664

  920. Many Lakers missed ft tonight

  921. It’s ok, we all got them organs called eyes.

  922. there is no single play or player who lost this game. Its on the team and Coach

  923. I am dumbfounded

  924. if davis can stay out of foul trouble

  925. Same old story, sigh. This game was totally winnable.

  926. Team means the other four player, got great open shots but didn’t hit them. He who may not be named is a singularity.

  927. Koby can do no wrong… we know that

  928. Please give me a break.If you are going to post,post intelligent basketball comments…smh

  929. 6 fouls in 22 minutes…..is not really good

  930. A new coach will not be able to change things. Kobe is the coach.

  931. Tanking issue coming up again? Seriously? How about they just have a bad coach, period.

  932. he lasted longer as a back up

  933. Lin to Wes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31HmMZ660E0

  934. not a coach would blame himself for setting up a bad ‘play’ or actually for not setting up any play

  935. I hope he doesn’t stay as a Laker. Already wasted 2 years in Harden-iso land. No need to spend 2 years in Kobe-iso land.

  936. Looks to me all of Kobe’s shots in the 4Q were not open looks..more like forced shots while double teamed

  937. I don’t think so…so just quit trying to drum up drama where there is none…smh

  938. How about stopping Kobe from iso bricking, make team plays so he’d be open and teams can prepare for rebounds.

  940. Lin lost the game because he fouled too much in the first quarter. (Added to the BS list of reasons why we lost the game)

  941. ooh no

  942. missed fts= Lin…so damn obvious

  943. Well those comments on Lin were fair, Lin did struggle in first half with some bad TOs and missed shots.

  944. he had 2 in first half. i think its about the TO

  945. didn’t mean to, I apologize if I make anyone feel that way

  946. https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536757614097739776

  947. I don’t see the problem, he is much more consistent than Lin. His stats are like ______________________.(flat lining)…

  948. 0 assists

  949. His 3P% was 17% before this game.
    Wow. I wonder what it is now

  950. Yeah, this makes a lot of sense.

  951. Stop the madness…smh

  952. uh oh KObe turning on Lin slowly bt ut surely. Lin starting to score and look better, Kobe says Lawson killed them with paint penetration (Lins fault basically)

  953. also everyone else

  954. by shooting too much

  955. Stop the madness comments….smh

  956. sooo….he’s saying he didn’t shoot enough in the 3rd quarter, and Lin should’ve taken less shots

  957. Surprised.. not

  959. thats true in a way…

    many players, had uncontested shots, but were not able to make

  960. That’s fair.

  961. I’m waiting for FO intervention…it can’t be far off.

  962. No.

  963. he had some fault. he did better then price. i thought the bigs over help lin had it guarded well

  964. AC SEEMS TO BE A PAID TWC HACK TONIGHT. TONIGHT WORTHY A LIN SUPPORTER and says Lin shoul hav more ball. To take away from Kobe. Maybe the just paid to cause drama.

  965. Stop your drama too. Always with the negative comments

  966. Getting too obvious to deny anymore. Coach Miller will deny it though. “You want the ball in your superstars hand in the end”

  967. why are we interpreting things, when the facts are not there

  968. Lin played excellent defense on lawson, he is talking about price, that is who he scored his points.Scott even said lin played good defense.

  969. ? we’ve been doing it for years, starting from NY to when he was in Houston. This isn’t anything new.

  970. there was alot of uncontested shot, that was not falling for the team…

  971. Summary of what Worthy is saying about Lin?

  972. lol…true…i know we are frustrated, but that shouldn’t blind our judgement

  973. yea something happen with those assist though. i think they over helped lin.

  974. BScot post game
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmdGcV_HR4w

  975. Worthy said ball should’ve been in Lin’s hands more, go away from Kobe more!

  976. Lin plays better defense coordinating with Davis. Scott wasted too many Davis minutes with Price ended up fouling out.

  977. This sounds like some bait post.

  978. PFV short vid
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R74eej65TgQ

  979. https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536760119212916738

  980. that was quick!

  981. Exactly that is why posted to stop the madness

  982. Im lucky i didnt bet on the over, phew.

  983. Way too hard on himself

  984. Expected comment. Classy as usual

  985. https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536760712186830849

  986. No bait posts allowed

  987. Those were wasted minutes. Lin would have been building a lead up with that time. Denver was cold at that time, missing everything but then so were the Price lead Lakers.

  988. JLin can’t be too hard on himself, Kobe clearly loss the game for the team with all those bricks and iso in 4th quarter! His 3s does need to be more consistent and were way off this game but he was assertive with his mid range jumpers and got to the rim with and 1 against 2 defenders.

  989. @GoodDayLA:disqus this is an official warning, further similar posting will be deleted and te next cause of action would be ban

  990. i was looking at the number, last couple of weeks, and with the current lineup and they way they play, I dont see getting much up there, unless they go into Linsanity Mode

  991. it happens, so I dont think i will go hard on him 🙂

  992. https://twitter.com/penny10654/status/536760987982888960

  993. true. Lin was out too long on first half and as soon as he came in, he had Lawson under contained.

  994. ed davis starting helped…It will revert back when Boozer returns

  995. https://twitter.com/Gadgetomi/status/536758447896018944

  996. Made this using Microsoft Paint LOL.

  997. As expected, he’ll say that 🙁

  998. There it is, Jeremy said those FTs will be all he thinks about.
    I said it earlier, I knew he was gonna beat himself up over them.
    WHich he shouldnt cuz he played great and it not like they lost by 2 😛

  999. well price played 17 minutes. it aint a lot. i saw release him get a better back up

  1000. https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/536756130413039617

  1001. Not happening unless BS gets fired which I hope ASAP!

  1002. he will move on from it. he has been through worse

  1004. yep good job young say it loud say it proud lol

  1005. 17 min is a LOT if compared to Nate’s 10.

  1006. What’s wrong with his post? Kobe didn’t say it?

  1007. LIN – 14GP (31MINS) – 12.14pts / 4.9asts / 2.7rebs / 0.9stls / 0.4blks / 2.9to / 47FG% / 39%3PT / 87%FT

  1008. Yes… share the ball…share…Kobe…share!

  1009. They should have played Clarkson then. At least he can hit the 3.

  1010. clarkson struggles with the playbook. he gets lost a lot.

  1011. Will I go to hell for hoping Boozer’s shoulder is still sore by next game?
    lol nothing serious, just sore enough that he wont play O:)

  1013. Yep. After that dunk they went into Kobe ISO mode.

  1014. Start looking for new contract, Nick “just sharing the ball” Young…

  1015. lol did i say young looked at kobe like… really though

  1016. yep because kobe had to shine

  1017. he will be at 15 ppg by end of season.

  1018. i love robin haha

  1019. Yup, that 3-11 records shines so bright it’s blinding!

  1020. Scott is going to have a mutiny on his hand if doesn’t police up kobe. I am glad lin got his stats.

  1021. Nope. Poster sounds like some Kobe hater trying to stir in so people will hate Kobe more, not that Kobe actually needs it lol

  1022. he is signed long term.

  1023. Hope to see higher than that…its still early to predict, havent reach 20 games yet

  1024. Not as bad as I thought it would be. 50/40/90 is still a possibility.

  1025. minutes ain’t bad
    points ain’t bad
    assists ain’t bad

  1026. New PostGame thread
    My Lin grade is B+
    Brent and @real-dsb can add more later if they have a chance

    http://www.jlinportal.com/g14-den-lal-postgame-thread/

  1027. thats a low ball number. set expectation low lol be surprised if he does better then that

  1028. I agree, i think lin is finally getting it. The 3rd quarters points were all his…LOL

  1029. First Boozer and now his beloved Nick Young. Mutiny is abrewing.

  1030. his 3rd quarter was Lionsanity. The it was kobe ball.

  1031. It’s already happening.

  1032. very true. He needs to find a team that will allow him to play his best as the true PG and with the right teammates

  1033. It can certainly be motivation for Lin to practice harder on his 3s which were way off tonight and his FTs even more to keep that 90%

  1034. I know, just poking fun with 2Pat reference.

  1035. yeah, Price didn’t deserve PT with 0pts in multiple games.

  1036. first attack lin all year meaning attack often. he usually would score on and say ok I’m done. today it was I’m getting mines over and over and ……..

  1037. lol gotcha

  1038. Hoping for 18-20 PPG average for the season! Lin finally getting it and kept shooing the ball this game even when he missed shots!

  1039. lol that would be great but still 15 close to 50 40 90. would get a pretty good contract

  1040. I feel there were at least two more games with this feeling of Kobe ruining it at the end. Lakers could be 6 – 8

  1041. definitely not trying to draw up drama, Lin had been unfairly treated by his coach in Houston, I just don’t like him being treated the same in LA, I guess I read too much into what Scott meant when he said the game was lost because of missed FT. Jeremy did great, and there’s no way anybody would come up with a reason to blame Jeremy for the lost game, no one is perfect, yes Jeremy missed 2 FTs during crunch time, but his contribution toward the team is more than enough to out-weight those 2 FTs, even if he made both of the FTs, the game will most likely be lost too because Kobe is going to take those shots anyway and there’s a high chance he would miss.
    I got carried away from posting my thoughts on the sports forum, oh well gotta find a better way to enjoy my off day!

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  1043. thought it was 48.1%FG on espn before this game, he shot 8/15 tonight, the FG% should go up, why is it just 47% now?

  1044. LOL, they are hard to come by

  1045. yes, very hard indeed :>

  1046. 18/20PPG with 50,40,90 club would be most impressive. XD

  1047. but he needs to take enough shots to be called into the elite club as well, else it doesnt count

  1048. I didn’t see the game. Was he really that great on D?? I see Lawson got 18pts and 16ast.

  1049. Just listened to PFV’s vid. Seems he did well on Ty.

  1050. He was great, Lawson must’ve scored just once on him.
    All the other points were the few times they switched or someone else picked Lawson up during a fastbreak and Lawson easily scored on every possession where Jeremy wasnt defending him.
    It sucked because Ty could not attack or get past Lin so he’d just dump it to someone else and they’d all score because the other Lakers’ defense sucked.
    Jeremy kept wasting all his energy for nothing 🙁

  1051. He continues to bury his head in the sand.

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