G18 LAL @ DET Game Thread+Chat

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pistons is a winnable game. it only depends on kobe. and he doesn’t want to win. or at least he wants to win… the scoring title.

i still think stevens could be the best coach for jeremy: fast pace game, motion offense, team game… they should give up on rondo who’s shooting now 30% in FT, the worst in the league and asking a max contract.

byron scott is another lin hater, unfortunately. and he’ll be in LA for long unfortunately…

i’m going to sleep. have a good game folks

see you tomorrow. here it’s 1 am 😀

Good job Lin hottie pic! Linsanity tonight!

If it works, we’ll keep the streak alive! LOL

Repost because I like smiling JLin and the tweet itself.
https://twitter.com/JeanieBuss/status/539927387912146944

Lin doing his sumo warm-up

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/539938333711814656

Jeanie’s tweets? 🙂

I’m not watching just checking in via this site….new good karma approach

LIN WITH 3!

Lots of positive Lin already see I’m not watching lol

oh ok, still 50% 😀

You guys at work or something? lol

about to leave haha..

Who is running point? Kobe or Lin

Nick Young in at 4:30mark

Kobe is bad on passing, TO 3 times? So he thinks he didnt need to practise with the team? Too cocky!

Lin out at 3:09

Kobe – 2fouls 2to 0 pts with 2:26 remaining in 1st quarter.

hope this kobe pg stuff ends its dragging the whole team down

he is also too old to do it if he was 32 ok he can try but at his age you are playing with fire

Indeed it’s foolish

They are already pretty confident when they know it is LAL….

Boring game so far…..

Lol…once DET goes hot……I am not so sure about that..

As long as they are not the walking dead…they can go hot…

a lot of kobe post no pnr. very slow offense

This is eastern conference basketball. Boorrrring.

clank is all i hear. miss miss miss

Starting to feel sorry for Price. Nothing is going his way.

Josh Smith overpaid like heck not one knock on his game

Refuse to watch and I am instead watching my beloved Knicks look like death on the court

No cohesion on this roster

Scott waiting for the second quarter to end before sending Lin back in at half-time.

Let’s see when JLin will return this time.

Seeing the box score and the minutes all you can do is laugh

BS overplaying Kobe as usual

Lin assist to BooZe

Rather than complain and complain some more, I’ll go watch some Jeremy action. Switching to something else when he’s not on the floor.

Is Lin playing PG tonite?

nope

Delete that. Just saw it. Feed and box score slow.

i have a feeling we will lose this game

Based on comments and from prior away games, it seems that scott tends to revert even more at away games. Fewer prying eyes perhaps and no home crowd

Don’t leave anymore, you might miss some action when Lin comes back to the floor.

Call it out long while ago:-) The similarity is getting stronger and stronger as each game progresses. The only saving grace is its fans and FO.

kobe looked off wide open lin.

lin with the dumb foul

The Detroit announcers suck.

The play by play guy can’t even complete sentences, lol.

its not just looking off lin, its kobe going for the difficult pass instead of the simple pass that could easily lead to lin passing to another player open due to rotations.

Try this w/Lakers’ commentators: http://nbaliveonline.tv/detroit-pistons-live-streaming/

Kobe is 15 feet from Butler.

So boring !!!

Lin Hottie aint workin..

i can’t deal with kobe anymore. i just can’t. he tells lin be the pg ill play off the ball then he has a three d and forever takes the ball away

Cause it ain’t me… 🙂

So BS? Your pg tonight, and yes I mean Kobe, is making some bonehead plays. You gonna take him out? Smh

shes not actually hot

I was being sarcastic….

http://firstrowca.eu/watch/303486/1/watch-detroit-pistons-vs-los-angeles-lakers.html

It was all a lie from the start. It just took away focus from the fact that ‘no one can play w/bryant’ story.

talk about ‘PG responsibilities’

its not just the turnovers — worst part is he is taking too long to pass and letting the defense settle. the simple pass to lin to swing the ball the other side would be fine but NO….that’s not showy enough.

he’s trying to do too much himself.

Saw it from the very beginning. That’s why I was so angry during jerseygate.

No JLin no win. Expect a winnable loss again.

Can’t stand him, ball hog, throwing bricks, TO machine tonight! He made sure he is not passing to Lin even Lin is wide open!

the point is that either mode he does, he forces it, isnt making the right play in an organic way

Why nobody helps lin on the pick?
Scott told them not helping Lin to make him look bad? LOL

cuz the bigs are bad at it. except for ed. boozer doesnt set real screens anyway

He has never gotten much help from boneheaded BS anyway. He wants to prove he is right. JLin’s bad in…………

i agree both pass all the time kobe or shoot all the time kobe suck

scott didnt get the news that it’s a PnR league. he’s still doing ancient things

Not going to watch the second half esp 4th qtr. Will watch 3rd qtr until JLin is taken out. That’s it!!!!!!!!

thats a good idea

kobe won’t last like this. shooting all is one thing but playing pg and dominating the ball. his body can’t take it

In many games

# of opponent PG get screen – # of Lin get screen = # of kobe shots – # of lin shots

LOL

the way kobe is playing that would make sense or why even have a pg. just play 4 on 5

Lin was playing well up to the Raptors game, looking for his shots, getting assists. He took 4 shots maybe and hit a 3. Or did he take 3 shots. He’s not getting to the foul line either. He should come out in the 3rd looking to score and he should bypass passing it to Kobe sometimes. He used to, he’s relying on Kobe too much and that’s on Lin.

We can already see that from his shooting tonight.

away games are good in that it doesnt have the crowd chanting kobe MVP. that gets to his head to start being kobe

What he did and why tonight game said it all. See, bring the ball up and give to Kobe and get out of the way.

drummond with 12 rebounds already

Wow.. Detroit crowd is so…bad.Those seats..

Or maybe they’re still in the restroom.

Idk the last few away games were a lot of kobe iso regardless.

Kobe has not passed the ball back to Lin. lol

The rest of the reporters are too scared, they afraid they won’t have access to the locker room.

LIN WITH DEEP 3!!!

nice 3 lin, looks exactly like his role in houston so far though

It’s not NFL Josh.

this isn’t Rockets v. the Pistons?

lin with the nice overhead gather move

Hmm missed the tech ft…why in the world?

why is kobe still in there

Someone has to make Kobe mad….he has missed all his shots.

stu — no verticality if you dont jump. haha

He’s too tired from winning the last game all by himself. No energy left to even get mad. smh

Still sticking with not watching

Don’t blame u. Not worthwhile to watch anyway:-)

Ur a smart man.

Kobe TO machine, 6 !!!!!!!!!

Every athlete should be a left handed relief pitcher

Lin is more active in the 3rd quarter.

8 points 4 assists 3 rebounds with low usage not bad

bill macdonald is such a kobe nutsucker

Outside of NYC every announcer is a homer beyond belief

lin gotta hit most of those open 3’s. he gets…becuz shots are gonna be a rarity

Racism????

Here’s Ronnie. Time to go finish reading War and Peace while waiting for Lin to come back in.

man…detroit sucks

lin is now a 3 pointer shooter playing off the ball. I thought this is LA..not houston.

why do you want a Pistons’ come back?

4 more you know what and Kobe will get his triple double back to back game.

BS meant restrict Kobe’s minutes under 44.

Lol

surprise!

Just toying around…I think most refs are biased but not about race about guys game or perception of their game

There’s another game tomorrow. Scott plays Lin like he’s Nash. He needs more minutes.

Lakers lead building up, good time to assess BS, see if he sits out Lin for entire 4Q.

but I guess this is the formula.. kobe passes first and then preserve the energy for shooting later..so he gets them in.
Lin is just a role player.. 3 pointer shooter off the ball. and at times run the offense

Got to miss tonite’s game…..looks like Kobe is the facilitator again?!

Fine, Jeremy just needs to do his thing, get the ball, take shots off dribble or drive to the basket. Hope he has more shot attempts. Go Lin!

go for a double-double psalm234

Don’t want to tire out the 26 yr old, just in case his body can’t take back-back games. He’s not super human like the 36 yr old crime fighter.

1 more 3 pointer for lin please and they can say all starters have double digits again..and low doubles.

Somebody forget to pay the heating bill?

https://twitter.com/TWCSportsNet/status/539944074543759360

lol…i asked you to go for a double-double on dinner

no I don’t think so. BS will preserve Lin’s body.

He still has 7 more minutes to play! Byron take note!!!

This game to me makes it clear why it’s not so easy for Lin to just “shoot the ball.” This isn’t about Lin being passive or aggressive, it’s about a coach and a game plan that don’t allow Lin to exploit his scoring abilities.

How cold is it in LA?

pistons making me made with how bad they are

Obviously, but Lin need to recognize it and play to his best to score. The scoring mentality need to come as first now, since he is not the facilitator anymore

oh 🙂 haha.. I’m full now

Yup

11 points lead and still not having Lin come in?

Does Jeremy just get under dudes skin that easy? I find it amazing how a hard working guy like Jeremy becomes the scapegoat and whipping boy so easily.

Hard Work = Much Love

But with Lin it’s the opposite.

Oneday real story will come out

the bench is the pathetic really

He just going to wait til it gets to his robotic pattern.

Kobe wants his 4D including TO.

Way to ice your starters, BS.

Only one team suits Lin’s play and I hope that Spurs has interest in getting Lin next season.

That’s the first time I saw Kobe passed to the rim this season!

Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!! Starters are back. Let’s watch Kobe ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should have replaced Price with Lin earlier in the 3rd. Detroit wouldn’t have mad a comeback.

Please don’t insult the intelligence of the robots.

he is one of those that program to do repetitive stuff

He is definitely ABJ coach.

kobe TO machine tonight maybe he can get a triple double!

yup

Kobe 8 TO! TO machine! He thinks he is a good PG!

two more to go… just two more…

its driving me nuts all game

Time for KOBE ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 more

lol the whole game was kobe time

One more TO for a quadruple double? Or is it two?

GO PISTONS! It’s Kobe ball! Time to shine Pistons!!!!!!!!!

Kobe, TO machine, 9 times! LOL!

LoL 3D coming up for kobe

5 more points Lin, I am happy.

2 more points and I will be happy.

No TO by Jeremy with low usage but 5 assists

He’s played well with his low wattage.

That’s what they want give to them

That’s quality playmaking.

Please stop passing it to the turnover machine. Thank you.

Playing with the Blackhole

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KOBEEEEEEEEEEEE! You can make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just started watching in the 4th. Kobe has been trying to play team ball, hasn’t he? He’s getting the ball and trying to pass it out.

“Lin stop make mistakes in 4th qtr.” BS

Someone’s worst ball hog than haren

He’s gassed.

10 TOs!

Yeah 3D for KOBE

People hate Harden but Harden ain’t full of it like Kobe…Kobe is a huge phony

Grats again Kobe 🙂

I miss the beard, lol.

HE DID IT! wow…..

Kobe “I gave it all I had tonight” trying to make plays etc etc….reporters genuflect

Can he foul from the bench after foul out?

Two FTs and he can get double-digits again.

pad those FTS lin!

10 TOs

Lol, JLin gets another free throw.

2 more FTs for Lin 😀

great pad on FTs!

I’m soo happy 😀

Yeah, double figures

Love the fts

hope its on ESPN, kobe 3D!!!

I’MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOL

BS manage to almost loss a game that lead by double digits without sub in the starters earlier.

Yes he will. Any record is good record!!!!!!!!!!!!! KOBE is breaking all NBA records in no time. Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeremy Lin with 2 consecutive games of 0 TOs and double digit PTS 😀

You mean Kobe is a cornerstone?

Did Lin make any 3p tonight?

Woo. hoo.

I think he hit 2. Definitely made 1.

Yes, 2-4.
50% 3FG!

Shoulda made them free throws!! Bleh. Oh well. GG!

Access Sportsnet postgame if anyone needs it. Don’t know how long feed will last:

http://www.stream2u.me/watch/43588/5/NBA-Los-Angeles-Lakers-vs-Detroit-Pistons.html

Kobe’s TO is fun to watch indeed.

So Lin actually has more assist than kobe.. because lin has 0 TO.

kobe is 13 a – 10 TO.. so 3 assists.

OK, same can go for lin if he does have TO.. I’m objective.

he was already tired before this game because of last game. when you play pg it uses a lot of energy. a lot more then shooting a lot. he won’t last if he wnt to play pg. also let him try this against the wizards and watch us get blown out

Repeat…repeat…repeat & more to come. It’s the Scott-Bryant way. smh

who is that asian guy talking to lin..and why is only asian talking to lin..

I know right.. wt happen to his ft percentage..
At least now they can say ALL starters are in double digits.

Lol at Nick Young. Camera hog.

Kobe – box score: nice assists but 10 TO’s . What happened?

There’s more non Asian talking to jlin than Asians

You know, when you are a coach you want to change your rotation when those in the court are losing but I don’t know about BS.

Does that mean we let kobe do his PG thing then for the time being?

Haha came in the stat poll game late. Going for 3/4! (Sorry I’m not very humble like JLin)

Lin played another exactly 30 min. Robot timer BS.

yeah, that would look good as well!

Well that was quick. Here’s another feed, but crappy audio.

http://www.stream2u.me/watch/43588/1/NBA-Los-Angeles-Lakers-vs-Detroit-Pistons.html

If Lin and Kobe switch roles this game the result would be a lot better

Lin’s like the FT magnet in the last 2min.
Everyone thinks, “I can steal from Jeremy Lin” 😀

Nop always less than 30 minutes 29:36.

hey there is no number 11 and boozer

Two games ago, both BS and Kobe talked about boneheaded plays by a certain player after the loss.
Since then, the boneheaded Lin has 8/0 assist to turnover ratio compared to the 25/12 assist to turnover ratio by wise master Kobe. Now I wonder who the true boneheaded player is.

Nothing new but still surprise me every time.

Apparently he’s been very predictable since his NJ Nets years according to Haralobos Voulgaris (professional NBA gambler). Made him a lot of money before

kobe can try nd play pg but the thing with old people . its usually little injury from no where lead to other injuries again i wish no harm to kobe but this style for kobe will end his career before this season end. him shooting a lot if one thing. just shooting for kobe is nothing but dribbling the whole time off the clock while being double teamed will wear his body out. i give this style 10-15 games. with the way he looked 5-10 games

I feel, we are criticizing Kobe too much at this point, since he brought a win. If its a lost, then I would have joined the bandwagon as well. Whatever it takes to win

Scott thinks his position is safe to appease kobe, but I know mitch/Jim buss, they will pull the rug from under kobe any minute. just watch

Who is JW?

TO and a lost, would cause a pain, but a win, nobody really cars

I didn’t watch the whole game bc I thought Lin would not play in 4Q… So Kobe wants Lin to be like Fisher now?! smh!

U missed, blame Lin for the missed free throw

I know this is a winnable game. But the last game, against Raptors did bring a huge relieve to the team. Next game would be the real test!

errbody misses free throws….

and missed layup by Boozer from nice Lin feed

Maybe, but I want to see how he performs on the next game

Thank you…a voice w/o Kobe blinders on.

Doesn’t matter win or loss, Turn over machine will be all over the front page for Lin. May be just not in LA media.

I sure hope so, because this was painful to watch. Winning this shouldn’t have been so hard.

I round it up and I got 29:40. hehehe

Not just now, Kobe was explicit about wanting a Fisher 2.0 from the start.

Didn’t know til now.

how is he averaging 3 points he never scores

More like untouchable.

Always less than 30, 29 minutes, this is total BS!

I do feel for Price, because he just can’t score, but noCoach continues to try & bring him into the spotlight over Lin.
I give him credit for not thumping his chest & saying he’s the best defensive player that is Lin’s bro from another mother.

Just came back! How did Lin do?!!

Did you guys watch Kobe yelled at Lin when Lin didn’t pass to him in the late 4th Qt?

Might not be a bad thing if Kobe retires early. This whole Kobe being PG will just wear on his old body.

Ideal figure for a ballboy next to Kobe

JLin with another 11pt game after Kobe insist on being PG. 🙁 Guess I didn’t miss much. I saw the score 106 to 96 against a lowly team like the Pistons? SMH.

He’s been a ‘safe’ PG with 0 TOs.
Kobe saved all his TOs to collect 10 TOs to notch another triple-double :>

Lin hit 2-4 on 3s and hit 3-4 FTs in the last min to get double-digit points.
I’m hoping Kobe will rest tomorrow so Lin can be the PG

He won those games during linsanity and they still talk about him being a TO machine to no end.

For sure. Not only will Price NEVER steal a shred of Kobe’s thunder, his abysmal stats will provide strong contrast for Kobe to shine even more.

not much to say after a game like tonight’s, lol. Sad.

JLin is SG with no ball and Kobe is THE PG again with triple doubles.

I do not wish him to get injured, but somehow i can’t wait for him to get out of the picture.

hmmm, very nice to hear from you about what the old-timers know. So tank. Run Kobe to the ground ? Wow. Seems to be cleaner ways to win, but it’s an institution with it’s own inertia I guess.

Lin isn’t good safe. He’s good making TOs and big plays. If he makes 4 or 5 TOs with 9 to 11 assists, and some spectacular ones, while scoring 17-23, that’s a game that should be his blueprint. Too much is made of TOs sometimes, Kobe gets 10 and if it was Lin they’d want to send him to the D league.

Thanks.

Yep, he made those assists in spite of playing with the Blackhole.

Agree to their view. What Kobe is doing now, in not healthy for the team and organization. They have some good pieces, some veterans and good rookies as well. They immediately mode should be how Kobe could help to bring these guys together, rather than being selfish at this stage of the life.

Be the leader he suppose to be and not a greedy stat seeker, like a 24 yr old!

so conspiracy is true.. they wanted to tank!!!

https://twitter.com/jm1ng/status/539983101519093761

scuse me I’m not signing that unless you change your shirt.

My personal thought on kobe/lin. I think that kobe has already seen o r thinking that the are moving him out and looking more at lin. Kobe never had to worry about players coming in to take his place. Kobe’s biggest followers have always been China, and I think Kobe feels threatened that lin will come in and take that market away from.

We’ll, if he keeps trying to be the hero, he’s increasing chances for joint problems. I know because one stretch for a bad pass and I tore my meniscus. You get old that’s for sure.

I really hope so for real, sister because Lin is the real McCoy! Always been nervous about Kobe’s character. Just a feeling, that’s all.

Nope, that’s 29 if we’re to follow principles of rounding off #s.

LOL No wonder boneheaded BS and Kobe were so mad about this.

I don’t understand how Lin was unsuccessful. But what the heck. At least people know Kobe is the real PG. Let them live and die by it.

lol we will see how long kobe will last

Ya! I hope so. Really hope they can loss tomorrow’s game.

Byron : 10 TO Kobe? C’mon we’re trying to win here!
Kobe: Don’t be stupid Scott. I was trying to break the record of 14 in one game.
Byron: Oh sorry Kobe. I forgot for a second that your records are more important than winning.

wasn’t kobe the one who lost the games playing iso the last minutes of the game. also the defense. these are just excuses for kobe being the center of the universe. he won’t last long at it a lot we won win a lot with it.

anybody watching Dal vs Chi? 2nd OT. bad foul at end of regulation for 3 foul shots for Dal. Now DRose got 3 at end to go to 2nd OT.

https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/539989137827565568

“Also a verse that I think God has put on my heart for this season is Ephesians 3:20—Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we all ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,” Lin wrote.

Lin fans, don’t be dismayed. Kobe did the same thing with Nash, he took the ball out of Nash’s hand and Nash was relegated to 3 point shooter, Nash being MVP, they couldn’t run the narrative that nash was not comfortable in the PG position

the problem is Kobe doesn’t put out on defense so he might last a long time.

he won’t

That’s true, and how many point guards are better at running an offense than Nash? Not many.

losses will mount, yes.

Isn’t that verse more appropriate for his fans?

Never blame nor upset about Nash at all. With the way Kobe and BS behave, I won’t go near them if I can as a player.

LOL::)

Do you think Kobe yelled at him in the lockers room or what?

Lin was talking to Steven Yuen

Victorious postgame interviews https://t.co/W8yUypeynp— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 3, 2014

exactly. it will be unbearable though with this kobe pg system

No wonder Nash wasn’t around to mentor Lin because he really isn’t that good at being Derek Fisher, either lol.

This is not a good sign.

from what I read, I’m glad my meeting ran long and I missed the Linball Shuttle. V sad to limit such a great player out of ego, based on JW’s post about what old-timer LAL fans know.

Because these are the lazy guys that go by stats and don’t ever actually pay real attention. I think most of them even if they’re watching a game aren’t breaking it down and noticing the real dynamics. They’d say it was how they saw it and it’s a matter of opinion, but that’s an easy hide-behind. I think many of them love the sound of their own voices much more than they love basketball.

Down below…

Jeremy with
11pts; EF%=60.0; TS%=68.1; 3P%=50%;

LOL

Looks like the same tactics he applies to rack up his points, quantity over quality.

Nope. He really is thrashed beyond fixing…as an athlete anyway.

his body will break down.. its so stupid to me. kobe should not average the most minutes on the team. now he also plays pg. its like a prophecy just wait

Like Ms. Ward has said, he is now pursuing MJ’s scoring record.

It’s Lin being dismayed by his reduced role.

this will be a long season joyce. atleas before the lakers was somewhat fun to watch

Kobe is not going to be able to keep this up all season…
https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/539992708727599104

I like this article title: Steal JLin PG role, Kobe’s turnovers triple doubles.

NBA／搶「豪」控衛工作　柯比失誤大三元http://www.nownews.com/n/2014/12/03/1530878

Can Zeus just step in and zap him out of his misery? LOL I’m a Greek literature geek.

like i said this pg kobe won’t last

The topic about Nash and Kobe were so true as I think more about it. This history of Nash and D’Antoni were even much more than D’Antoni and Lin.

That’s from Taiwan news, right? I hope it’s ESPN..

https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/539988826278883328
https://twitter.com/bgarcia90/status/539989407252885504

Even with a win, kobe made the pro basketball game so hard to enjoy.

To put it mildly.

so good for me to miss the game then!

the bench blew a 19 point lead please don’t brag. against btw the worst offense in the league

Laker announcer: hate to see the starters had to come back.

Kobe’s yelling is a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. Lin’s marginalization on the court is what matters.

This group has co-operated with the Jeremy Lin Foundation on a number of projects …

https://twitter.com/JubileeProject/status/539834936610390017

Yes!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL

https://twitter.com/ilovekiba123/status/539993161591189506

Kobe: post game interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8S5-4OqgSI

…in hope of Free Agency ahead….

JLin, I will continue to support you…even not in LA..

So, let’s see – BS has now forced Lin into playing like Ronnie Price. Lin’s the 5th option on the floor. Took only 5 shots the entire game.

BUT – if Kobe got injured, you know that Lin would become THE main player on offense, and Lin would be racking up big numbers (17-20, 8-10 assists) and making the Lakers a better team.

Hmmm . . . there’s something wrong with this picture.

No. We aren’t getting one today.

Guy needs some hope. So do us fans, lol.

I don’t think they skipped Lin . . . it’s the other way around – Lin skipped the interview.

positive thinking. I like it..

My question about the tweet – Lin must have tweeted it right after the game. Did he have that verse memorized in his head?

The only obstacle prevents Kobe to achieve the greatness is himself. Given the ways he is playing now, I doubt he could even break MJ’s record.

It’ll be interesting to see how both Kobe and Lin do tomorrow night on the second game of a back to back. Lin has struggled in those this season, but given how little he really played tonight, he should be fresh for tomorrow’s game, lol.

what do they say

something like “a lot of people came even as far away as taiwan, china.” maybe others can make corrections 😛

yup. same like houston..

Just finished to see all the comments here. I guess It is another game not worth the time to catch up….Move on to next game!

many devout Christians can quote many favs.

maybe he will lost his starter again here in Lakers?

its like when people who don’t speak mandarin get those types of tattoos. like how do you know what it says. i guess people like the look

Yes Sir!

Need to post ur pic instead!

lol skip the next week thats how long i think kobe will try and be the pg

IJ is here!

put your pic up next game sry lol.

Good interpretation! JLin is down with all the bumps/obstacles that he experiences but he continues to have hope from the God of Hope will bring him thru once again.

the two games i can’t wait for the superstar pg kobe to face okc and san Antonio especially with Durant and Westbrook back

Kobe playing an average of 42 minutes in five straight games comes darn close.

lol are you guys pimping her lmao

Yup, when Lin is struggling, he tweets a verse for the fans to decode. It didn’t take as long as w/the last team…sad. Hate seeing him constantly being tested trying to be part of a game he loves…just a shame.

no, that’s just rude. Uh-oh, you better apologize soon
IJ is our special weapon to bring out the real Linsanity!

AHA! That’s right, a Lin Hottie could also vanquish his antagonists! Good one! GO IJ7, we need you.

it was a joke.

it came from a very popular thread in CF … every pic with a hottie, Lin has a great game. Or so everyone wanted lol.

On Kobe’s last turnover of the game, Boozer clearly pointed to the open Lin for Kobe to pass the ball to. However, Kobe ignored Boozer and decided to pass through the double team to Boozer rather than to pass the ball to the wide open Lin.

I did see that play … I cheered for Kobe’s TOV, though. Way better than another Lin score, call me bitter heh heh.

Kobe ensuring Linsanity not happening under his watch, no one allowed to outshine the Sun.

Muhahaha.

IMO, Kobe had no angle to pass to Lin.

Why is everyone so low? I guess I am really lucky that I missed the game.

It will continue like this until BS and Kobe are out. It will happen sooner as Kobe’s “chonos” is up sooner than later.

He is basically telling his fans he is fine and so should we.

no, for me that’s not how it works bro. Every since I was a kid, I know not to spill my guts when I’m in need, and I share my inspirations AFTER I’m resolved. I don’t believe Lin is a walking scab looking for sympathy. He solves it and then shares his solution. That actually is what Christians are taught, to look inward to God when you are down. That happens in teenager years, as soon as you can understand things of philosophy and spirit. It isn’t developed after college. Don’t believe me, go to a college Bible study.

you and I differ in timing. Like I said, the moment he’s at peace with is is when I think he shares, not a second before. So, the message comes to fans when THEY are not at peace with it. That’s leadership.

Lin is also human. Constantly having to battle against your own team mate/coach is hard, even for someone as strong minded as Lin. He doesn’t broadcast his struggles, but finds comfort in tweeting the truth in verses. He did the same thing during jersyGate. It’s just how he handles the lows of playing in the nba…a bit like an outlet.

Like I said, I don’t believe Lin wants to put out a message of anguish and frustration. He just doesn’t strike me as a guy who needs to feed off his fans. I think he has his insiders who he does draw on, like anyone. Just remember all the stories of his insiders telling how hard it was for him, and that is Lin being real. To us as strangers, he’s putting out energy TO us, not commiserating.

In 14 games in LA, Lin has led the team in assists just five times, same as the shooting guard Bryant.

Bryant, of course, likes it that way, and even complimented their “chemistry” as the team looks for sunnier horizons.

“It’s fine,” said Bryant this week. “He added some jump shots to his game lately. That’s key for him and it’s key for us. It’ll open up our game.”

Coach Byron Scott has not been totally enamoured with Lin’s play, yet. He has criticised him for his defence and for “picking up his dribble” and, after the Denver game for “over-dribbling.”

When he compliments Lin, he often adds, “We expect better.”

from

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/north-american/linsanity-days-may-be-behind-jeremy-lin-who-tries-to-find-a-new-home-alongside-kobe-bryant

LOL….ok just be patient….we wait…we wait…

Lol Not at all. I would be disappointed if Jeremy cussed.

BScott giving backhanded compliments just like McHale.

Tweeting a verse is not a cry for ‘sympathy’. It’s a way to share his faith through the struggles. As a Christian, it’s common to share thoughts/feelings w/Bible verses that reflect the struggles. There would be no reason for these hope, love, perseverance verses if he was in a good place.
Christianity is a continuous growth process. Just as one matures, philosophical/spiritual understanding expands because one’s perception changes.

this seems old

It’s old, but I found the Kobe quote more interesting than the Byron quote.

Yes, but with a negative stat.

wow, learn something every day.

westbrook someday?

He told the reporter to GTFO…..JK…..Just GO

Hoo hoo…make that two!!!!

The lakers were scoring over 100 a game, seems like the offense was effective. Their last place defense has been the problem.

Make that three 🙂

So this is his 21st career 3D?

lol

He’s very down. And so are his fans.

yup. just like in Houston..

I hope not, even Ford Center is only 5 minutes from my home..
for Lin’s sake, I want him to play for a ballhogger free team finally..

Whew, I can’t disagree with you and feel good ha ha.

lol well

#Lakers announcer: Jeremy Lin been a target for the officials all year. I agree. #NBA— Paul Villarreal (@CNM_JLin_Vids) December 3, 2014

The thong that Kobe doesn’t realize that he is dealing with some sterner stock in lin is all about the team and team play. I think in the former days, kobe had the backing of the league,not so much now. They see him as a washed up player trying to relive his glory days. The league will give him props what he did back in the day, but not now, and he knows that , and that is why he is pressing so hard now. It is just sad to him do this. Scott should have been the one to save himself.

He is a veteran, and know the game and NBA well

Lin is not threatening because he takes a market over, he is threatening because he takes a team over. Lin is the one that makes other guys game easier. He is the quarterback and a good one.

People are selfish. They like the guy who gets them the ball. Kobe and Harden could not handle the change in team dynamics. They want the other guys to gravitate to them, not Lin. Harden solved it by moving Bev in Lins position. Kobe is solving it by becoming Lin, the guy handing out the ball.

The end result is Lin has less opportunity to win his teammates hearts and become the leader because he could not pass them the ball.

He is okay now. He finds the peace, comfort and hope in that passage. We will see the “ups” of JLin in coming games.

Perhaps Lin and his fans have good reasons to be a bit down.
But Lin does the right thing for him to quote Rom 15:13 to rely on hope beyond his game performance.

Here’s a similar quote below by Dean Koontz regarding the importance of hope.

Without hope, our light in the heart will flicker away and die.
Gotta keep fighting and counting the good things to keep the fire burning inside!

So… I choose to remember Kobe got 2 consecutive Triple Double and Lin got consecutive double-digit pts/0 TOs.
Lin will be fresh and ready to perform like his NJ Nets game when the opportunity presents itself

http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-when-we-don-t-allow-ourselves-to-hope-we-don-t-allow-ourselves-to-have-purpose-without-purpose-dean-koontz-244631.jpg

We can agree to disagree then. Lin’s insiders can be reached in person, by phone or even by group email. When he sends out a tweet like that I hear a loud “Help me Lord, this is so unfair!” It’s a cry for help. And by putting it out there I think he is hoping that someone somewhere can help him. For example fans and the media can play a role in putting pressure on the Lakers to stop their rediculous treatment of Lin.

https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/540013673175982081

i agree also kobe won’t last doing this

I think it is fine…..Kobe and Scott are just digging a hole…..and I welcome them to dig it deeper.

well, i’m ready for those two to fall right into it. I’m getting really tired of all this marginalization. And JLin must be getting tired of it as well.

true, but Kobe was also a bit late to react to pass to Lin.
Fatigue also played a factor

Is it good? never had those thing b4

I used to be but not anymore esp watching this game. Knowing BS and Kobe “chronos” is up pretty soon with this pace. Kobe in the past week couldn’t do practice anymore. Today he couldn’t even do shootaround. See in a week, Kobe’s body deteriorates so fast. Who knows what and when might happen next!!!!!

if kobe dominates the ball like that why not put lin on the bench or play him some minutes with out kobe. nick young gets to score all day while the second unit continues to suck

Yup. There’s always hope for change.

It’s always happened for JLin, when things look bleak, something extraordinary happens to open a door for him.

yup, he’s healthy, ready to contribute to wins.
Sometimes situations have a way to resolve itself.
Still better than being stuck in Houston and be scapegoats all the time :>

I’m basing how Lin feels on that Romans passage – about him needing hope in a time of darkness despair and helplessness.

Hear, hear!
A win is always better.
A passing Kobe will bring more wins.

Yes, that’s right. JLin has always prepared for this. So, my hope/dream becomes alive again today. I will see Linsanity 2 soon:-)

Keeping your hope high…ha…i like it

lol .. that’s not a compliment, man.
Just teasing IJ, that’s all haha..

There are way more games to play. This Kobe thing will be for a short stretch and then Lin will get back to doing more. It wasn’t that much fun to watch tonight but Lin’s overall numbers remain ok. Think this, the 0 TOs for 2 games look good for him. And he scored in low double figures both nights somehow.

I doubt…but lets see; hope in terms of scoring…i will take that

Believe JLin has overcome the down now. He shares passage when he finds comfort and peace in God’s Word when he overcomes the struggles.

Did you see Kobe’s flu game? Kobe played 36 min and shot 1 for 14. Wishful thinking.

exactly…..

I’m after I saw Kobe didn’t participate in shootaround and then how he played in the game. His “chonos” are up sooner than later. He won’t last long with this pace with his own “stubbornness” and BS’ as an enabler for this destruction path.

He played limited. He shot the ball 5 times and got end of the game fouls to make his point total respectable. Mostly, he passed the ball to Kobe and Kobe either turned it over or got an assist. Once, maybe twice, Kobe passed it to Lin for him to shoot a 3. He made 2 out of 4.

now you’re talkin’ psalm!

Preach it, Bro!

Even when he passes equally to the other team?

Last time Kobe was tired he just kept chucking team out of the game. Wasn’t it Dallas he shot for like 6/22?

Kobe’s body might not be able to hold him up just like the last couple minutes of this game. He is even more tired in tomorrow game. No time to recover! He might hog the ball and tries to be “hero” but it will fail misearably.

ok, help me remember you are Mr OKC. yes, (play) free Lin! His team, his brand someday.

teams are also over playing kobe let him shoot stop doubling. last two teams have played some of the worse defense i have ever seen

Yes I believe they sit together on the plane from one of the pics.

Kobe will try to do everything

This is what JLin with the same pic.
https://twitter.com/Librafree/status/540020295587729408

4!

Boozer & Lin only speak up about team play

nah, I’m not fakin’ it. Just chattin’ with my buds. You don’t have to watch the game when you’re being philosophical. I wanna see Linstyle dominate!

I think the players are sick of Kobe and his antics. It will explode eventually.

Funny quote of the night:

“If we continue to do like we’re doing tonight, we’re going to surprise some people.” – Jordan Hill on @TWCSportsNet

Any inclination of which one might explode???? No name comes to my mind.

New bff!

Joyce, can you tell me the summary on what happened with Gasol, and Shaq? People say Kobe ran Shaq out of town, and I’m happy to admit those where years where I refused to watch bball because of iso. I played it, but didn’t watch it. Is that what you mean by things exploding but this time Kobe is not young Kobe?

Your constant complaining gets old.

and the plot thickens…

Mike D’Antoni on Kobe

“his ability to do the volume of work that he does, if it’s humanly possible to do he will do it, mindset and determination and work ethic. Will always try to be the best to ever play the game. That’s also the tough part of coaching him, he has a determination and near-sightedness. Sees one goal and will go over you, under you, whatever, to get to where he wants to go.”

http://www.lakersnation.com/mike-dantoni-talks-about-his-time-with-kobe-bryant-lakers/2014/12/02/

A ball hogger is ok if the team has an effective coach.

but it seems he did well, when ever they posted those hotties

Lin will wear slipper sneaks so he can fling his shoes next game.

Toronto plays decent defense. Detroit is way worse.

yeah he does
Carlos will be his new Jared Jeffries, his big bro 🙂

I know you are a good egg. alles gutes.

Anachronism. I don’t think Twitter existed yet when Lin was in the D-league. Or if it did it hadn’t taken off yet.

What people are they going to surprise? Probably themselves after the stretches against [L]eastern conference teams are over.

Ya that was crazy. He might be sick again. Expect more chucking tomorrow if he is.

I missed today’s game voting!…so does that mean my TS% is still high?

How can you guys @samvictor and @CJSHYY:disqus vote so low…must be Lin hater!

sure, people in the East Coast for sure 😀

wow, do you really mean that?

What you say is not my experience with Lin’s personality or his lexicon. Almost like a TV series jumping the shark by breaking canon (you know, time travel and waking up and it was all a dream).

No need to agree to disagree, we just disagree. respectfully of course. I hate that former way to play it; It’s like saying “I don’t disagree.” Wha? lol.

well, like I said, he is consistent if he tweets it AFTER he is resolved. It is inconsistent with what we know about him and his courage under fire to think he is reaching out for resolve.

I’m hoping but Jeremy tends to have bad stats on 2nd game of back to back. It kills me but I’m still putting him out there on my fantasy team for tomorrow. Keep the faith!

Actually in terms of what he’s been through, this is relatively minor.
I mean he’s still getting his minutes, and the media still likes him. He’s also still scoring in double digits and his TOs have been 0 over the last 2 games. He’s not getting his shots, but nobody is seriously blaming him.
On a scale of 1-10 on the Lin-Stress level (where 10 is max panic), I’m feeling a 3.

Also, like Jeremy says…have hope in God.
There’s a sense of destiny for Jeremy for those who believe in such things. Just how his whole story is always about facing and overcoming one thing after another…like it’s on public display for us to learn lessons from.

Here is the Kobe/Shauq feud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud

being assertive…lol

Yes, people will surprise with the low Bball IQ of coach & Kobe..

well thanks. I get into my JLin D mode when he needs someone gettin’ his back, not that you weren’t there. Just don’t like to see him getting jerked around by Kobe and BSc. Peace.

yeah, on that one.. never preach to your wife.
It always backfires LOL

Price is not a good enough decoy to free up some space for Kobe :>

in LG, I really liked this person’s (fiendishoc) posts. He posted a lot in the thread X’s and O’s discussion. Really high quality thread.

Following is his view for this game:

Good to see the Lakers finally coast to a victory. Winning lets you appreciate things that we’ve come to take for granted, like Swaggy’s ability to create something out of nothing and often getting fouled while doing it, and Hill’s magnetic hands on the offensive boards. Even though the Pistons looked lost on both ends of the floor, it goes to show that the Lakers really have the talent to beat down teams when they aren’t running dumb schemes on defense. Also, it’s always great to read T&R and QFTOS after a win.

WHAT I LIKED

Conservative defense pays off
I mentioned in the previous T&R thread for the Raptors game that the Lakers have started dropping back in the PNR, something that us LGers have been calling for all season. In this game, you could see it really paying off as Josh Smith and Jennings laid brick after brick from midrange. With the bigs zoning up in the paint, the lane was too crowded for them to drive or dive, removing the need to help off shooters.

Offensive spacing
Another trend starting from last game was that they turned Kobe into the primary P&R ballhandler. This gets the better 3pt shooter Lin on the wing, and also, defenses know that they can’t give Kobe the mid range shot so it creates a lot of openings. And Kobe is patient in reading how the defense is playing him and where the help is coming from, having turned into a willing passer. It also reduces the frequency of the sets that I don’t like, like the isolations and floppys (though Ellington killed it this game). I would like to see them mix it up a bit, so he doesn’t have to work so hard on every possession.

The weakside movement is better now. I saw them run an high post split on one side and swing it to the other side with a screener freeing up a shooter. Before, the guys just stood there, and they wouldn’t even swing it to the weakside.

Also- did I really see the Lakers running “Motion Strong” in posting up Swaggy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUNyqo1fFo#t=152

Maybe they are reading the boards. Can we have Lin running the “Loop” next game please?

Wes playing how Wes should play
There are two things Wes does well, which are one, catch and shoot and two, jump over people. I’ve been harsh on him this year, but he impressed this game. He did most of his damage from the corner this game, and he try to do too much. When he moved the ball he did it without dribbling. When he was open for 3, he launched without hesitating and knocked it down. Four blocks from your SF is icing on the cake. And of course that baseline jam was amazing.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE

Running the offense through Price in the 4th
They had a chance to put the game away early in the 4th and rest the starters for tomorrows back to to back. Unfortunately, with that lineup that they had on the floor, Ronnie really pounded the air out of the rock, didn’t let the O run through Swaggy, and generally let the Pistons get back into it. They could have put in Lin in earlier than Kobe and tried to run some stuff with him and Davis instead. Unfortunately they are on autosub mode with Ronnie at 18.5 min and Lin at 29.5 min.

Kobe overhelping
With the bigs zoning up, there’s no need for Kobe to go help off the corner 3pt shooter on drives in the paint. He did anyway several times and the Lakers paid for it. Maybe it was only 2-3 possessions but it was at least 6 points we didn’t need to give up. The turnovers you can live with because he was playing through fatigue, but overhelping takes effort and is the wrong thing to do.

So not only us Lin fans realized that BS is a robot.

But Kobe will still has the ball.

A stone-face robot, expressionless, lacking emotion and fire.

Brutus? Yeah, him too.