The Mind of Mullin: POSTGAME: LAKERS 12/28/08

Monday, December 29, 2008

POSTGAME: LAKERS 12/28/08

Crawford's fine shooting isn't enough to pull another shocker

MVW: Jamaal Crawford

The Good
Jamaal Crawford: 27 min, 7-12 fg, 2-4 3pt, 6-6 ft, 5 ast, 1 stl, 22 pts
C.J. Watson: 23 min, 5-7 fg, 3-3 3pt, 2 stl, 14 pts
Marco Belinelli: 29 min, 5-11 fg, 2-5 3pt, 2 ast, 14 pts
Brandan Wright: 31 min, 4 reb, 4 ast, 2 bs, 14 pts
Andris Biedrins: 26 min, 17 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl
Kelenna Azubuike: 20 min, 5-9 fg, 12 pts
Ronny Turiaf: 20 min, 2 stl, 4 bs
Stephen Jackson: 29 min, 5 ast
Rob Kurz: 9 min, 3-4 fg, 1-1 3pt, 3-3 ft, 2 reb, 1 bs, 10 pts

The Bad
Ronny Turiaf: 20 min, 4 pf, 3 to, 0 pts
Andris Biedrins: 26 min, 8 pts

The Ugly
Stephen Jackson: 29 min, 3-9 fg, 1 reb, 5 to

Best and Worst +/-
Rob Kurz: +2
Anthony Morrow: +2
DeMarcus Nelson: +2
Kelenna Azubuike: -15
Ronny Turiaf: -15

Team Statistics
Warriors : Lakers
pts - 113 : 130
fg - 40-81 (.494) : 47-91 (.516)
ft - 24-33 (.727) : 26-32 (.560)
3pt - 5-15 (.333) : 6-15 (.813)
reb - 33 : 47
oreb - 9 : 16
ast - 23 : 33
to - 17 : 16
stl - 11 : 12
bs - 8 : 4
fast break points - 16 : 21
points in the paint - 38 : 50

Boxscore
Highlights
Popcorn Machine's GameFlow

Jackson and the young Warriors were unable to slow down Kobe

Notes

starting 5: Crawford / Belinelli / Jackson / Wright / Biedrins vs. Fisher / Bryant / Walton / Gasol / Bynum
Keys: 1 - Emphasis on Kobe 2 - 2nd chance points 3 - Early offense
Belinelli hits first shot Warriors take, long 2; guarding Walton, Jackson on Kobe
Biedrins rebounding well
Wright with nice post defense on Gasol - took the back down, Gasol tries turn around and Wright forces airball; earlier forced jump ball on Bynum shot
Biedrins dropping more balls than usual lately
Belinelli hits 3 straight; get him the ball
Belinelli layup off fastbreak handled by Crawford; like chemistry between the two
Belinelli playing more and more like Ginobili
Biedrins with 8 rebounds w/ 2 min. left in 1st
Wright getting to the line; playing aggressive
Turiaf gets a big hand when he enters the game
Crawford with ANOTHER 4 point play; most per minute by player ever??!?!?!
Jackson sits with 2 fouls; Buike comes in - played well last time vs. Kobe in L.A.
Randolph guarding Odom
Bynum gets his 3rd dunk of the game
Randolph making lots of silly mistakes; bad passes and bad foul
GSW 27 LAL 34 end of 1st
Wright and Turiaf start 2nd Q
Lakers playing scrubs + Odom + Bynum
Vujacic hitting his jumpers and 3's
Kobe tells Bynum to "bust his ass"...pointing at Biedrins?
Azubuike finishing well
Biedrins fumbles Jackson assist again; part of problem could be difficult passes
Warriors keep fighting back; Biedrins doing it all
Belinelli back in w/ 4:45 left in 2nd Q; cuts lead to 9 with free throws
Warriors hurt by all their turnovers; however, Biedrins and others looking good getting deflections and steals
Belinelli guarding his idol to end the 2nd Q
WRIGHT!! Wow, good handles taking the ball up court after rebounding, gets it to Jackson, gets it back for a dunk
Belinelli hits 3 in Warriors last possesion of 2nd Q
GSW 58 LAL 65 at the half
leaders: Belinelli 14 pts, Biedrins 15 reb, Jackson 5 ast, Biedrins 3 stl, 3 to, Wright +5 +/-, Wright 2 bs
starting lineups start the 2nd half
Kobe knocks down first 2 shots; has 23 pts
adventure when Jackson handles the ball
love Wright's aggressiveness; getting to the line, playing Gasol well who is getting questionable calls
Jackson with his 5th turnover halfway through 3rd Q
Crawford heating up, leads Warriors with 19 pts; needs to do a better job defending Fisher
Jackson trying to make the flashy passes and causing turnovers
Lakers pulling away, 91 to 76 3:33 left in 3rd Q
Warriors zone defense getting them back in the game
GSW 85 LAL 102 end of 3rd
Warriors sloppy possessions hurting them most
Ariza playing teriffic defense all night; poor man's Randolph :)
Kurz in: rattles in 1st shot, Warriors down 20
C.J. hits 3, 2-2 3pt, 11 pts in 11 min so far
points off turnovers 17 to 29 in favor of Lakers
Randolph / Morrow / Watson / Nelson / Kurz with 7: 30 left in 4th
Vujacic hitting 3-6 3pts, 17 pts
Kurz hits 3, perfect 2-2 fg
Morrow should take this time to get his confidence back, makes first shot
Randolph with a tremendous drive and jam from the top of the arch; needs to take less jumps and more shots in the paint
Radmanovic takes Randolph off the dribble...not good
Nelson with block on Powell, coast to coast layup
Randolph with another drive from 24 ft out then dunk
GSW 113 LAL 130 final
Kobe was just too good, Jackson reverted back to his turnover prone, low fg% self trying to do too much (fancy passes in traffic)
so much for the improved defense...Lakers score their highest total this year; poor transition defense and closing out on perimeter shooters
Biedrins with his 4th straight single digit scoring night (5,6,7, and 8)
great to see that Nelson did not overplay Jackson during the blowout and let the young guys run
Warriors have the 6th worst record at 9-23; 6.3% chance at the No. 1 Pick; keep tanking because this is probably the kind of beat-down the Warriors will get in the first round...keep an eye on DeMar DeRozan who is starting to heat up at USC