The Lakers limp in to the Wells Fargo Center tonight minus their mastermind head coach, Mike Brown, and the heart and soul of their savvy second unit Steve Blake. We can only hope the Sixers can continue to take advantage of these hobbled teams and put another hollow win on the board. The Sixers will be without Elton Brand, but he's not really that important to what they do, so we'll just ignore that.
Sorry, just thought I'd get the excuses out of the way before the game even starts. Big test for the Sixers tonight, literally and figuratively. If they can keep the Lakers' bigs from dominating, and they can somehow collect at least a decent percentage of available defensive rebounds (let's say 70% or better), they should be fine. If Bynum and Gasol go off, it could be a long night.
Brand is definitely out (he wanted to play), everyone else is available for the Sixers. Mike Brown has been suspended for physically assaulting a referee, so John Kuester will handle the sideline duties. I'm sure you all remember Kuester as the captain of a Pistons ship which mutinied last season. If you caught the Lakers loss to the Jazz on Saturday night, it appeared as though Matt Barnes was calling Kuester a four-letter word when he was pulled from the game in favor of Jason Kapono (and really, who could blame him?).
I have a sinking feeling Kapono is going to find a way to hit a couple of threes tonight, just to stick it to Philadelphia for realizing he's a useless basketball player.
The tip is at 7pm. This is your game thread. Join me if you'd love to see Kobe take 40 shots to get 40 points in a Lakers loss.
Prediction: PHI 87, LAL 85 (Kobe misses a fadeaway at the buzzer that would've tied it up, no one notices because he's so super-clutch).
slightly off topic, but I just read in the other thread the awful news regarding Allen's contract(No team option for next year!). I am Beyond annoyed by this, someone should get fired for that slip up. Anyways, does anyone know, is he at least is a restricted FA next year?
He's restricted. Same thing happened w/ Wes Matthews a couple years back. RFA after his rookie year and immediately cashed in w/ Portland. Utah didn't match (they matched for Millsap the year before, and Portland really made that contract like a poison pill for the Jazz).
The fact that this has happened before makes the situation even more embarrassing for the Sixers, right? Just inexplicable stupidity from them. I think the FO really intended for this to be a sympathy pick.
Or...courtesy pick, I should say.
Iguodala should have an advantage over anyone they put in front of him tonight. Actually, They dont have any players besides Kobe that can guard any of our perimiter players. If the bigs can keep Gasol in check this should be an easy win.
Hmm...there's something wrong with this comment
Oh right
Andrew Bynum
remember him?
I'm more worried about Gasol vs Allen/Thad/Voose. He has an advantage over all three of them. Hawes/Voose matchup better with Bynum.
Sure they do - he's physical - they're not - he can play close to the basket - they can't.
He'll kill them if the lakers pass to him
love that the boys on the Depressed Fan team find Kapono to be a worthless bball player. Couldn't agree more!
To me the LA bigs play excellent D close to the basket. Step out a few feet and they become less effective. If Hawes, Allen, Voos, and Tony find their inside mid-range they could create problems for Bynum and Gasol.
Hey brian are you here? Just saw a dude who looks just like you behind the sixer bench?
Nope, I'm watching from Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN QUEENS
Sorry, had to get that out
I really hope the MSG PA guy uses that when the Nets move to Brooklyn :)
Sixers feed in HD on LP tonight. Nice.
Man, what were the odds Lavoy would make two starts in his entire career, let alone six weeks into his rookie season.
Anyone else having no audio on league pass? Video, but not audio?
Yep, same here. Sixers feed, no sound, on HD or SD.
Works fine on the International League Pass.
Yea I cant hear anything on direct tv
so psyched. let's go guys.
What's a clear sign your GM has done a shitty job constructing your roster? This.
In Kupchaks defense, he's hamstrung cause a moron now runs his team (ownership wise)
Of course no sound would happen now
Tell me about it
I have sound on SD now but nothing on HD
I'm on HD and it's fine, which is a shock. Time Warner blows.
Yea I heard time Warner sucks
here we go
Let's gooooo!
Aaaand we're off...Hawes loses the tip, badly.
btw, I was serious about Kuester's problems the other night. Barnes was yelling at him when he got pulled from the game the other night.
I'm looking forward to this game because it's one of the few I'll sein HD (even if it is lakers announcers)
2 on jodie
Wow what a bad call against Jodie
Come on Jodie, ne need to flop. 2 fouls already.
Two quick ones on Jodie, in 25 seconds. That's not a fucking block. Jesus.
Someone check Spiller's shorts, Turner in w/ 11:22 left in the first quarter.
haha, funny!
I'm waiting for an awesome pun from Malik Rose about Metta World Peace.
Jrue. Splash!
Jrue, don't take that dribble in! Long two, good.
Damnit, Jrue. Drive.
ET on Kobe.
JRUE THAT IS NOT A GOOD SHOT
This crowd is louder for the Lakers.
Afraid to go in the paint early.
Time out now
Dre and ET confused on that Kobe 3. Discussing it.
Too helter-skelter on the offensive end. Someone get something going toward the hoop. This is where they'd call something for an EB 15-footer.
What are we at, 4 attempted long twos? Or 5?
I'd live w/ Artest posting Turner up. Put Iguodala on Kobe so he doesn't completely go off.
exactly. if artest plays out of his mind and beats us, i can live with that. it'll be a lot better than letting kobe do his thing.
Man, nice play by Lavoy.
Good take Allen. On Pau.
hawes
Spence from 20, good.
Nice move, Turner.
Lavoy never fails to box out on the defensive glass.
ET! double clutch
grab a rebound!!!!
How many fucking shots are you going to give them?
Jrue swish!
Jrue, just take a step back.
Not something Brand would help with (rebounding)
starting to see why the Lakers wont trade bynum, that guy looks like exactly what the sixers need...
He's the second best center in the league
WHen he stays healthy
Of course - he doesn't stay healthy
(And he thinks the team should be all about him)
Gee, you don't like any centers in the NBA. If he's the second, who's the first? You said Howard wasn't the best center in the NBA in the Orlando thread last week.
Howard is perceived as the best center in the NBA
I like Andrew Bynum fine - the facts are the facts -
A. He hasn't made it through a full season healthy yet
B. The 'my team' thing is common knowledge in the LA Laker aera (of which santa barbara is considered part of)
Andrew Bynum is a great player when healthy, so is Eric Gordon, but he doesn't stay healthy.
And the Lakers have internal strife, so they aren't going to trade him for Howard unless Jerry (buss) takes back over
I like Bynum fine - I'm not sure why presenting you with facts is hatred - i'd love him on the sixers - but it has no chance of happening
Why is Jrue sitting now?
Doug hates him
4 games in 6 nights?
Maybe giving him a rest so he can play all of the second quarter after Meeks got in foul trouble and was replaced early by a member of the "night shift"
Well until Kobe decided to go off
Bench brigage time...
Who else saw the "Evan Turner: 4 Time NBA All-Star" graphic?
lou 3
catch-and-shoot Lou three. Nice.
thad jumper
Thad w/ the shooter's roll.
Good D by Voose, and good decision to pass out to Thad.
Lou catch-and-shoot. In rhythm.
lou catch and shoot
Another Lou catch-and-shoot. He's so good at that. I wish they'd just use him like Reggie Miller sometimes.
I don't mean all the time, but I mean like run a handful of those plays for him a game. It'll open up the lane for cutters, too.
Please leave v8 in there this whole damn game!!
Henry Abbot on Tiwtter watching the game
Welcome to the NBA, Lavoy. Now check Andrew Bynum.
I think that gets us to 9 long twos out of our 16 shots.
I like the lead even though they played Kobe/Gasol the whole time.
That made no sense. I'm trying to say, I'm loving this lead because Kobe/Gasol are still in the game.
I missed the first few minutes of the game. I started watching when it was 9-2 Lakers. Was it Hawes who was letting up a lot of offensive boards?
Probably?
Atta boy, Thad.
Shit like this is why Kobe never passes.
Heh. Kobe might take 50 shots tonight. He's in an "eff you Igudoala" mindset.
voose with the tip in
Thad battling his ass off, Voose finishes.
Nice work on the o-glass, and got the two-for-one. Get a stop here.
Chaotic quarter. Just box out a little, take the ball into the paint some. And they'll be alright.
Good quarter overall. Kobe can't keep hitting all these shots. Need to do better on the defensive glass though.
Rauuuuul gets some cheers when he gets introduction but then shady McCoy walked across in front of our section and all the women here freaked out
PHI 21, LAL 24 after one.
Terrible start, pretty bad finish, good in the middle.
Kobe has 14 on 5/9 shooting. Ugh.
Rebounding is going to be difficult against their first team with the softies the sixers have
Rauuuuul gets some cheers when he gets introduction but then shady McCoy walked across in front of our section and all the women here freaked out
Thad in Pau's eye.
OK, get this lead and stretch it out here w/ Kobe resting.
Good box out Jrue.
Kapo-NO!
Get a fucking board for christ's sake.
Has Bynum sat yet?
Vuc w/ a nice hook on Bynum.
Nice quick move by Voose for the deuce.
good pick and roll
That's what Thad should be doing to Murphy every play.
We can't exchange buckets with Kobe on the bench, need to make a run here
Run that Lou/Thad side P&R again please.
ET turnaround. Nice.
Turner over Kapono. Man, this Lakers bench is bad. Build a lead here.
Ohhhhhhh Evan abusing, rolled out though....
Ahhh got to hit that layup
Don't like that jumper by Turner. Come on, you've got advantages all over the floor, attack.
lou to the line
Great double team and steal Thad. Loouuuuu absorbing contact as usual.
Bynum sat for a bit over 2 minutes in the first Q. That's a lot of run for the big man.
Voose has to do better on the boards
SO does hawes
Seriously - use the depth to your advantage - run them into the ground
Good work on the bigs so far. 11 points on 11 shots and 4 turnovers. Kobe's not going to pass to them in the second half at this rate :)
They just gotta board better
Rick mahorn just got a few cheers... can he dbound?
I feel like Iggy or someone must have told Kobe "you ain't passin Shaq tonight" or something along those lines.
Meeks at the three?
Damn Kobe can shoot ..... ugh
Kobe w/ another contested three. That was great D by Jrue.
Damn Kobe .... just sick
kobe is on fire
And another one. Nothing you can do.
Really bad shots, but he might need to get Jrue off him. Kobe can get that a lot, and if he gets hot...
Holy hell can Kobe shoot
4/5 from three for a 29% shooter from deep, and they've all been bad looks. Ugh.
If you believe in such things i think he gets 'extra juiced' to play in his 'hometown'
Jesus - sub 50% on the defensive glass right now - yikes
Kobe vs Iggy
Jrue out early again.
jrue 3
Jrue back in and JRUE43!
That was some weak shit, Spence. And Fisher takes it right at Meeks. Ugh.
Spencer with weak sauce? NEVER
Kobe might score 60. Nothing you can do about these jumpers.
Nothing like comin' home .... Mr. Bryant
This game is neither in Italy or on the Main Line
Kobe is no from Philly than Charles Barkley is
ok
It's a difference no one makes, but should, if you grew up anywhere near Philadelphia, you would.
Actually everyone I know from the suburbs thinks they're from Philly.
Well, see, that wouldn't surprise me...
Yeah, this makes no sense. So unless he's from Philadelphia proper he feels like he's playing in the equivalent of Utah at the Well's Fargo Center? Come on.
Not Utah, but Lower Merion.
I think you missed the point. Basically, even though he's from Lower Merion, I'm sure he has friends and family in the area.
I was joking.
Kind of funny since lower merion is mostly jews (like me) and utah is mostly mormons :)
Ha yeah I know. I'm from Swarthmore and went to Strath Haven. Lower Merion was never really good at any sports (maybe soccer) until Kobe came along, and then all of a sudden they won the state championship twice.
Lower Merion was VERY good at soccer when i was there (late 80s) won state once I think (We hated Strah Haven - those boys beat us often) and was good at lacrosse too...sucked at football and basketball in the 80s.
Holy hell can Kobe shoot
Someone punch him in the head.
Maybe he'll stop shooting now.
And if you let him get 24 in the first hallf...you've pretty much proven you can't slow him down...fuck
meeks for 3
Jo-3! Good call out of timeout.
Meeks for three. Nice play out of the timeout.
Well damn Spencer, can't even post Kobe up.
Nice work, Spence. Pitiful.
If they can't build a lead against the lakers bench - this game isn't going to end well
great pass jrue
Don't start doubling him like that. Come on, can't leave corner threes wide open.
AI943.
Dre for 3! Get the lead before half. Come on...
Kobe guarding Meeks.Meeks should run him off ebery screen possible
I love how teams who are terrible at 3 point shooting always seem to light us up.
Except that the sixers have had one of the best 3 point defenses most of the season so what you just said is just plain wrong?
That doesn't really follow. We could give up a lot of threes to the terrible shooting teams (there aren't many) and still have a strong average.
Where is Lavoy?
Old Spencer Hawes is back!
It was inevitable
No word here in the blah that Kobe plaker daassed SHAQ except for the 50% Lakers fans cheering
Battie for Hawes wouldn't be unwarranted.
Or just put Voose back in.
I'm pretty sure of the 3 'centers' on the sixers battie is the best at boxing out.
Which is sad
Please get Spencer out of there.
meeks for 3!
Damn all these 20 footers, it's imperative that we get to the line. Have to.
Jo-3!
Iggy has slowed Kobe down
JODIE!
Love it Jodie! Hell of an effort, and gained a possession. Good ass job.
Collins the first guy to help Jodie up
Well, Jodie, not sure what that was. Ugh.
Not surprised to see Meeks out-run Metta.
Hawes and Voose together again
11 offensive rebound and Kobe just shooting out of his mind. Ugh. Well, at least we know what adjustments Collins needs to make at the half.
Spencer is pretty terrible this game. Sixers need to go write, "I will box out" on the board 100 times.
Wish Andre would have pulled up in the paint there, instead of kicking out to Jrue.
I prefer the wide-open corner three, actually. Jrue just has to hit it.
Yeah, I liked the idea from Andre, just thought he had a good look for a pullup from 7-8 ft in the lane there.
Thats a flaw of Iguodala's
Shit Jrue, gotta hit that.
EB is missed tonight.
PHI 46, LAL 50 at the half.
Kobe's 24 points wouldn't matter one bit if they could grab a blessed defensive board. Only down 4. Clean it up in the second half and this is a double-digit win.
Not much else to say but, put a body on somebody and keep Iguodala glued to Bryant.
Still being in this game after Kobe went nuts and getting destroyed on the glass is good sign, right? ...
Yes.
That's a very discouraging effort from anybody who played the 4 and 5 positions. Hawes was really a zero on both ends. I hope he doesn't blame it on injuries.
He won't but his supporters will.
Lavoy needs to stay out of foul trouble. He's actually got the strength to box them out a little bit.
Defensive rebounding rate in the first half: 40.9%.
That's probably not going to cut it. Forget doubling Bryant, just concentrate on the glass and you'll be fine.
Stat of the half: Lakers have one less offensive rebound than the sixers have rebounds.
If you want to look at the glass half-full. 16 assists to only 2 turnovers for the Sixers.
Sixers can keep this close if they force another eight turnovers, keep theirs down, and do just a tad-bit better at grabbing a damn rebound.
They can't possibly do worse.
True. Spencer's bricked-jumper to box-out-fail ratio is pretty low right now. He's going to have to step it up.
Atlanta down 16 to the suns. I wonder if they will become indifferent to winning similar to last season.
Honestly, that shot chart for Kobe is fine by me. He was unbelievably hot, but I want him taking those shots.
nice pass lavoy
Hell of a whip pass from Lavoy to Spence.
Missed that turnover by Jrue, how bad was it?
Just get the lead. Before the bench trickles in preferably.
Attaboylavoy.
Come on Jrue, don't hesitate w/ your dribble there on Fisher. Take his ass to the rack.
Lavoy looks like EB missing quite a few open looks tonight.
God damnit, Hawes. Stop being such a pussy in there.
Spencer Hawes, just put your ass into the guy. Not your arm across his chest halfway. Damn.
Get Hawes out... put Battie in.
Good job on the freebies, Spence. Get some stops now.
That was a preety play by Kobe/Gasol/Bynum
Lakers exposing the sixers front court
hawes
Iguodala needs to crowd Kobe. He can't get by him off the dribble.
Hawes with the harder-than-hard turnaround.
Great fucking job, Jrue.
Got the lead. Now keep it.
Iggy went right at Kobe for the dunk
Lavoy - you can post up derek fisher
Hawes flailed there pretty badly, but he did get fouled no?
Spence ruins everything.
I hear he ruined christmas for those who celebrate it
And the Festivus, for the rest of us
And he's resonsible for the ghost rider sequel (i was wondering how that happened)
Way to 'challenge' him Spencer
Voose should've really come in for spence there, not Allen.
Lavoy being punished for not posting up Derek Fisher :)
Bad offense out of the timeout.
Jrue's got to get guys looks, or better ones for himself besides 20 ft'ers.
get hawes out!!!!!!
Jodie has 0 shot attempts, 0 boards, and 0 assists this quarter. I think they can take him out now.
I guess I woke him up
GOD DAMN IT SPENCER STOP TAKING THREES
I prefer when Jrue doesn't shoot long twos.
Get Hawes the fuck out of the game.
I believe Thad just game in for him?
Turn it up a notch, Thad.
There you go, Jrue.
That's Collins boy
jodie 3
Jo-3!
Well that was nice
Jodie three!
Off the voose block
And then kobe just says - ok i'm taking over now
YEAH JRUE!
More of that Jrue. Attack please.
It's a shame that it seems like we as fans have to say that every game...
jrue!!!
Iggy forces Kobe into a very very difficult shot and Kobe sinks it. That guy is special
That reverse isn't difficult for kobe - it just looks difficult to sixers fans cause no one on this team can pull that off :)
Maybe Thad/Lou can.
Not consistently I don't think (and kobe went to his right - so thad can't do that :) )
Iggy has the athletisism but not the skill
Yes - He's not a good finisher - which is why I didn't mention him...I see a lot of lakers cause i get em in high def...:)
Wooooo Ayla remembered my name, may not post again for the rest of the night...
...but can Kobe win a game of whose dick is bigger vs both Jrue & Dre?? We'll find out soon...
Watching Kobe Bryant work his offense is like watching Peyton Manning read the field. Truly two of the smartest athletes in their respective games.
Okay, we need to build a lead here. But my fear is a little Kobe time which may start now...
Come on. Bad couple plays out of that timeout.
WOuld someone like the guard TROY FUCKING MUPRHY
Kobe demonstrating what it's like to have a star who consistently draws a double and can find the open shooter
They're free.
They shouldn't have reset the shot clock there I think. No movement on that possession, Jrue dribbling, Vuc posting up. Move off the ball, cut and screen. Too much standing around.
Why does he wait so long to sub in the 3rd quarter? Dre and Jrue are going to be gassed in the 4th now
Cause Kobe hasn't taken a seat yet
lou
Lou-for-one.
Fuck.
Oh my - he passed it
Thad w/ a very big bucket. Think it may be huge later, getting that 2 pts back after that Murphy 3. Hope it doesn't come to that though, feeling like it will.
PHI 70, LAL 69 after three.
Strong third quarter, and I believe Kobe played the entire third quarter. Go get 'em right from the jump in the fourth.
The one fucking guy they have to defend on the perimeter and they fail to do it multiple times...just bad.
Need you big time bench. Show the EFF up!
The doubling of Kobe needs to be much more judicious. When Iguodala is on him, it rarely should happen.
Agreed.
Kobe will sit to start the fourth probably - PLEASE build a lead
Only 2 pts from Kobe in 3rd quarter.
kobe still in
Kobe still in there.
Let him shoot them out of it now.
Just foul him Vuc, if he's beat you like that. Hack him.
voose has nothing for bynum - only way to stop him is to send someone at him for a steal like Jrue did
Kobe changes our rotation patterns so much. Defense looks a lot different tonight.
Haven't been following the thread much, but we're outplaying them, right? Just missing shots in my book
Shouldn't say patterns, but tendencies
No - the offensive glass is their plaything - and the open looks are a plenty as the sixers double and triple kobe
Hit 'em, Lou.
hawes back in
Man, Goudelock? Really Lou?
FUck, Bynum traveled a mile.
TRAVELLING
Argh. That's a tough shot.
Dag, Thad had Jodie open. ugh
Hey Thad -0 Jodie was wide open - make that damn pass
Thad should've passed it to Jodie there.
Fuck me. No one can put a god damned body on him.
box.the.fuck.out.please.
Bynum is a bigger mismatch than i thought
You were warned :)
Nice. Hawes just stands there and watches Bynum dunk that, and he had inside position. Fuck him.
Look at that replay at Spencer, just gazing at the fucking ball. Watching Bynum flush it.
I know Vuc was struggling w/ Bynum but damn did he have to call on Spencer so soon? shit
We need our best rebounders in right now.
Who exactly would they be? I think the best rebounders on the sixers are evan turner and andre iguodala
Well they're both on the court :)
Welcome Back Spencer Hawes
Whomever was wearing the spencer suit before your injury - could we have him back?
I'd go JTI here for a little while. Minimize the doubling and probably put Allen in at one of the bigs.
Pretty disappointing stretch from Thad, though I'd leave him in.
They said he's only averaged 6 over the past 3 games before tonight - is that true?
- No travel call.
- Thad doesn't hit Jodie
- Goudie with the though fade away
- They loose the 50-50 ball
- Hawes doesn't box out
Bynum bitch slaps Thads shot
WOOOOOW Iggy
Well, I'll take it. Make this and-one Dre. come on
Oh jesus andre - you couldn't do that again if you tried
I'm not sure what that was, but I'll take it.
Hit the freebie.
Annnnnnd he's heavy with it. brick
JESUS - you let matt barnes get his own miss - WHAT THE HELL
Lazy, Lou. Fuck me.
Collins pulls Turner to quick
It's his fault no one can defend the big men and Lou can't pass like a man
Stop doubling Kobe now, and start doubling the bigs. They're just murdering our "bigs."
The problem is that the lakers are very good at finding the open man off the double (as opposed to the sixers who are often befuddled when they are doubled - infrequently)
Cone on guys, win a close one. And get Hawes out of there.
Exactly 6 pts scored in exactly 6 minutes. Geez.
Really hope he bails us out, but Lou is hurting the team. Probably shouldn't be in the game.
How bad does Hawes have to be before Allen gets to come back in?
Let's not over value the rookie - he's not going to stop bynum or gasol either
Hawes and Lou should be on the bench right now
Well, if Iguodala catches fire, I won't complain. Stops.
Sixers got the lead on turnovers - the lakers have stopped turning it over
Split the pair?
Yep. Fuck me.
No movement on offense right now. Dammit. Terrible possessions.
Def Reb% still below 50
Old man Fisher, Lou gets stuck to a screen. Not good.
You are a useless piece of shit, Hawes.
Wow Spencer - you're the shortest 7 footer ever aren't you?
Hawes is getting murdered.
Lou for 333333333! D up!!!
LOU for threE!!!!!!!
And now everyone loves lou :)
I still hate him
Yeah - so do i - just saying :)
Lou puts up a better fight against the lob than spencer does
You suck spencer
Not only should they get Hawes out of the game, they should get him out of the building.
Make Kobe take those fucking shots, and for fuck's sake, grab a rebound.
Hell yeah, good call on Kobe pushing off!!!
Andre forces a bad shot by kobe and andrew gets the rebound - jesus - but offensive foul on kobe - bails em out
Fuck Dwight Howard
Get Andrew bynum :)
This game makes you realize just how important Brand is to this team right now. He neutralized Dwight Howard on the offensive glass almost completely, now they can't stop Bynum from getting to the ball.
No - I don't really think you're accurate with that statement
He wouldn't stop bynum
I really, really don't understand why Doug plays Hawes over Battie right now. The vet would at least try to box out Bynum. And Hawes isn't contributing on the offensive end either. So what's the point?
Dang.
why has hawes been given the ability of height if he can't even fucking use it? all he really has to do is box out, and he's not even doing that.
Yes! Lou. clamp down now...
Lou catch-and-shoot for the tie. GET A STOP!!!!!!!!
lou!!!!!!
LOU I love you.
Jesus - I hate watching lou take that 3 - even if it does go in
He's trying to one up kobe
Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
What kind of fucking boxout was that
Kobe is doing his best to shoot them out of the game, just grab a motherfucking rebound.
Hawes - you suck - can't jump AND short arms - they played good defense and you sucked it up
Spencer, you're just a pathetic waste. Damn
lou!!!!!!!!!
LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hawes just fouled on a box out? what is wrong with him tonight?!
He fouled on a box out in which he had position on gasol - gasol just reached over his short but big head - then hawes shoved him - but kobe is trying not to be shown up by lou williams - kobe still has to be the 'closer'
Well, I'll be. Good coaching Doug! Way to go LoU!
Seriously, fuck you Hawes. Fuck you.
Lou williams gets POTG (if they win) for the last 3 minutes :)
Boss!
Lou fuckin' Williams!
Umm...I guess this is "good" Lou?
Awesome. Give it up for AI9 for that D too.
Hopefully this can solidify Lou's status as the team's closer.
There's no such thing in general and lou is too inconsistent - don't get caught up in the moment -
I've been saying all season that Lou and not Iguodala needs to be the guy with the ball in his hands at the end.
I'm thrilled for you - I don't think anyone disagreed with you - and lou has off games as well - the closer thing is an asinine concept - run your offense
Don't fucking let up now. They're going to run a play for a dunk look here. Break it up.
Lou was huge, to me, before this run, he was the only one that was getting to the line.
The think that pisses me the most about andre is when he stakes himself out of the play arguing with the refs - just did it again
An then lou with an AWFUL shot
Get this hoop and it's over. Come on!!
Voose with the biggest rebound all game
make your free throws
Let IGuodala inbound the ball. Get the ball to Lou, Jrue or Meeks. They have to foul. Don't fuck around.
Man i hate the rocky music
Get Hawes the fuck out of the game. Go small.
Damnit.
Throw it in to Jodie.
Hit. Them. Both.
No fouls
Beat LA! Beat LA!
done
good job lou
Thank you, Lou.
I call for a full court press
No fouls.
YES, YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smart d by Turner
Thank you for helping out kobe - you shot your team out of this at the end - those two big 7 footers - you ignored them - thank you
How do you win when you get your ass handed to you on the boards all night?
4 turnovers.
some guy wrote about that on SB Nation Philly, forget that cats name.
Kobe was extremely helpful when he forgot about his useful guys too
Damn it andre - make your free throw PLEASE
I just don't understand...how can that happen Andre
it's a hopeless case.
I've given up trying to figure it out ....
For the Sixers to be out rebounded how they were I'm suprised at the minutes that Turner got tonight
great job guys
Teams should go Hack-a-Iggy in the 4th.
What. A. Win.
Just a great game. Man.......so sweet.
PHI 95, LAL 90 FINAL!
That was a battle, folks. And the Sixers stood tall. Be proud.
Great job, now do it again.
I really think lou just said 'i appreciate everything you did for us' or something like that to derek fisher...
Probably talking about the lockout
i am so happy they won this game. damn, it feels good to finally beat la!
Close game coming down to the wire in orlando against the clipper (they're next right?)
Let me be the first to say...the Lakers were missing Magic Johnson, so this win doesn't count.
COTGT
COTGT!
my vote for COTG
Great win, the rebound disparity scares me but we made up for it
I thought it would be bad - I didn't think it would be THAT bad - taking care of the ball was never so important as it was tonight
Woo! Big finish by Lou. Great win even though it was ugly!
Cross "win a close game" off the validation list. Pretty soon, the Sixers will officially be off the stripper pole of NBA media.
Merideth Morokoviv is a hottie
I went to college with her, she is uber tall in person.
I've seen her up close. She always wear like 5 inch heels too.
What's DeAndre Jordans career high in points, and rebounds?
Sixers actually pulled off a great win against a good team. I look forward to hearing all the negative pundits make up excuses about this one.
Man, one of the worst players of the game for 45 minutes. And your runaway POTG for the last 3. Big time by Lou.
I will say too, Voose did man up and corral some boards late. He had his struggles too, but credit him for corralling a few of those big Kobe misses.
Curious to hear what you think Lou was so bad at before his spurt? He wasn't bad at all except for that one bad pass he had to Vuc, his only turnover of the game.
He was pretty bad defensively, he let Goudelock get some easy buckets. I guess that's expected with Lou though.
Defense on Goudelock (or whatever his fucking name is). Who cares, though. Who cares at all?
Lou is probably the only player on our team who can put in a night's work in a few minutes.
The other end of the floor.
how many points did Kobe have in the 2nd half?
24 I think...
4
Sorry my bad - misread it
he was 8/14 in the first half and 2/12 in the second half...pretty amazing defensive adjustment.
Great win tonight. Lou takes a lot of flack but he can win you games when he's hot. The key is Collins riding him when he is and knowing when to shut him down when he isn't.
Same blueprint the Sixers have been using all season - turnover free offense and great defense (especially at the end).
Except Lou was cold for a lot of the game - he only got hot down the stretch...and i guess that's why doug leaves him in because he CAN get hot even when he's cold?
But it's still important that you have a player like him on your roster. It's an important skill come playoff time. See the final shot against Miami in the playoffs.
Lou (and to an extend Jrue) are our only players that can create decent looks for themselves.
Getting good looks at the end of the game - getting a guy a good look from his spot is what matters to me
And 30 rebs..
Love this sixers
Do you consider defensive rebounding part of defense?
Eh, to be honest with you I view defense as forcing tough shots and producing turnovers. I know that defensive rebounding is a "defensive stat," but it does seem like a slightly different category to me. The same thing goes for offensive rebounding. When I think of good offensive teams, I don't normally focus on teams with great offensive rebounding. Don't get me wrong, I think rebounding is an incredibly important part of the game, just my take on it.
I was just wondering mostly cause if you include rebounding you can't call it a great defensive game since the sixers were piss poor on the glass
DFR for the game was 110, so no, not a good defensive game by any stretch. That's about 15 points worse than usual.
DDefensive rebounding under 50% last i looked - maybe it got better - but while i'm glad they won it wasn't a 'good defensive effort'
Hmm I guess you're right. It did seem like the Sixers played good defense especially in the second half. I have to assume that the DFR was heavily impacted by the poor defensive rebounding.
Well, the Lakers had 16 second-chance points on 21 offensive boards. If the Sixers let's say the Sixers held them to 14 offensive boards, keep the conversion rate the same and you're talking about 5 fewer points. 5 fewer points would've made the DFR 103.9, which is decent, but nowhere near their season average.
Good info, thanks
Who needs that? We have Hawes.
Sneaky steady game from Jrue tonight. Wasn't spectacular by any means and could really benefit from watching how well he gets to the rim with his left hand (and finishes), but man, that's a professional effort from him tonight as well.
Iguodala turned Kobe into Bad Kobe at the end. Turner gave them a real lift in the first half. Jodie hit a few shots, and well that's about it. Voose was OK in spurts (Still left rebounding to be desired), Hawes was bad, but 5 assists to 1 TO.
Worried about the rebounding, but what team in the league has a better starting front line than the Lakers? That's probably the worst 4-5 matchup for the Sixers in the league, and they still found a way to win.
Riveting Clippers-Lakers game...midway through overtime in Orlando. Reggie Evans is showing admirable effort and toughness in hanging onto his remaining hair follicles, but the result is still pretty ugly.
Neutral site split squad game for the lakers?:)
Magic showing why defensive rebounding might be important
Haha, the Knicks fans crack me up. Jeremy Lin is their new savior. On their way against Utah and he has 23 points, 8 dimes, and 7 TO's.
What happened to Shumpert though? Wasn't he the Messiah?
They're winning by 9. What's his game like? Is he a true PG? Can he run the pick and roll or is he just a jumpshooter?
he's been pretty good running the pick and roll thus far but there hasn't been a scouting report on him yet. He doesn't go left very much but when going right he's very good at getting to the rim and finishing. Has good size, gives effort on the defensive end, not a great jumpshooter but can hit the midrange jumper.
Can't say I watched a whole lot of him. That's a nice line tonight though. I was focusing on Shumpert's dazzling instincts for a long time. Guess I have to switch.
Man, what a bizarre win for the Knicks. Leading scorers were Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, Jared Jeffries, and Bill Walker. Was this secretly a D-League game?
The clippers just tied their franchise history road winning streak
at 4
It's nice that wins against the Magic count for other teams (like LAC) and losses don't count for other teams (like IND).
Chauncey suffered an injury - so if he's out friday - there's you're reason
Jeremy Lin joins the 'it's not me it's jesus' club
Not one person in the world exists who thinks our win against ORL doesn't count, or that IND's loss against ORL doesn't count. You can make an argument that IND's record is more impressive, though, when you consider that they've had 15 road games to our 9 and 8 home games to our 16.
Nope, but plenty of people say "So what?" when the pacers lose to the Magic, at home. And say "So what, they aren't playing well" when the Sixers beat the Magic at home, pretty convincingly. Yourself included.
Did you know the Sixers visit neither L.A. team this year? So they just won the season series against the Lakers! (Unfortunately, they also get no visit to Sacramento.)
Do they get a visit to Seattle next season?
You joke - but they might - some dude has a plan to get seattle a new stadium with limited public funds and the kings might still be on the move
Oh I know, that's what I was referencing. I'm certainly not opposed to it happening.
If you've ever been to Sacramento you know that that team has to move - though Anaheim is more NBA ready.
Lin can run the pick and roll. He's actually quite talented, but far from a threat.
NY won big tonight b/c they played w/o the ball stoppage of Amare or Melo.
No worries. The big news is how we repped our set, despite getting embarrassed on the glass. Props to Lou for the ice water running thru his veins.
The one thing Philly fans have regularly gotten from their basketball teams in recent memory is that sheer giddiness that comes from having your small, no conscience guard get face-numbingly hot at the end of a big game.
Cousins 28 and 19 on 20 shots and 7 FTA, along with 3 blocks. Just 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. Gets him to a pretty solid 15.5/11.5 on the season, and a weak but not horrible .513 TS%. This of course follows his 20/20 game his last time out.
Plus, he must have picked up a serious number of "win shares" just for getting Paul Westphal fired. That's how it works, right?
Whenever Cousins puts up numbers like this, and you predictably post about it, I can't help but think of this quote from The Hustler:
"Stay with this kid; he's a LOSER."
Only when he plays well will you get a post.
Nah, he posts even if Cousins plays bad, as long as his counting stats are decent with no context. Those are my favorite Tray posts.
Sorry, meant to say only when he is perceived to have played well.
@stevekylerNBA To clarify... Chauncey Billups likely tore his Achilles, ending his season if the MRI proves that to be true...
Shit, who's going to take a bunch of bad threes in transition for them now?
mo williams?
Now the Knicks fans can feel better about getting rid of Billups.
Thankfully, the Clippers also happen to be the deepest team at point guard.
Eh. They've been basically 1.5 deep all year. Having a bunch of guys who call themselves PGs but can't really run an offense doesn't make you deep at a position.
Billups and Williams can't run an offense?
Maybe not with the Clippers, when you have Vinny Del Negro, who is a horrible coach.
But as PG's with their former teams they were pretty darn good.
Yeah Mo Williams ran a lot of offense next to Lebron. Note: heavy sarcasm.
Williams can't run jack. In CLE he stood around and let LeBron set him (and everyone else) up with perfect looks. I counted Billups as the 0.5 because he used to be a decent PG before he got old and fell in love with jacking shots early in the clock to live up to the nickname. Foye is, has been, and will always be garbage, if you were counting him. Bledsoe is still young, but was putrid last season.
It doesn't matter as long as CP3 stays healthy.
By it doesn't matter, I mean depth at PG doesn't matter. I just hope Blake Griffin keeps trying to prove he can hit 20-footers when the Sixers play them.
Other than the Heat, the Clippers are the toughest challenge of the year so far for the Sixers. They've been looking really good lately.
Bulls don't count?
Bulls "count" if you're implying that I think that was a hollow win. Basically, I think the Clippers and Heat are tougher teams for the Sixers to beat at this point. The Bulls game was a great win.
Yeah, I think the Bulls are better than the Clippers. The Clippers don't defend, at all. They're all about highlights, to me. Just don't let it be a one-possession game late, because Paul has just been a killer down the stretch this year.
We'll have a better chance against Paul (with our perimeter defenders) than we will against Griffin. Maybe you think they are all about highlights, but 1) how will we defend their "highlight" lobs (which do score points) and 2) Blake on the low block is a load. I mean, we had trouble with Bynum tonight, and they feed Griffin the ball more than Bynum gets it (5% higher usage rate for Griffin). Hopefully we'll have Brand back for the game as I do think he's our best post defender.
highlight lobs come in transition, sixers are best in the league at taking care of the ball, they also come in the pick and roll and pending who the defending big is the sixers have been good
Did you watch the Clippers vs. Jazz game? They must have converted 10 lobs in the half court that game.
yea i saw them
Last year we just roughed him up whenever he got close to the hoop. Obviously having Brand back is crucial, but either way, I think he winds up taking the jumpers we give him. We'll worry about that on Thursday, though. Gotta take care of the Spurs first.
Yep
Dammit, now if we beat the Clippers it isn't going to count.
Soon you'll learn that none of the wins we get this season actually count. We're still a mediocre team with a guy who gets paid like Kobe and thinks he's Kobe.
Anybody catch Collins' post-game tonight?
I was there. He was practically flying.
Collins on Williams as possible all-star: "He’s got a great shot. You look at our team. We’re 18-7 and winning the Atlantic Division. I think coaches have to give (him) strong consideration."
Eastern Conference coaches must vote after this game for seven reserves (two G, 2 F, 1 C, 2 wild cards), according to Collins.
Thanks for the recap. Do you think Lou has a legitimate shot at being selected?
Would think Iguodala has the best shot. Sixers almost surely won't get two guys.
Did you see I tweeted this? @tmoorepburbs
The Sixers are on pace to break NBA record for fewest turnovers. They’re averaging 10.7 and the league mark is 11.4 by the 2005-06 Pistons.
That went down tonight. 4 turnovers, unbelievable.
Btw, even Jrue has really cut back on his TOs in this games against the better teams. 25 assists to 5 turnovers over his last 5 games (vs. ORL, CHI, MIA, ATL and LAL).