Don't look now, but the Lakers are beating the Thunder with team basketball and solid defense. Kendall Marshall has 16 assists at the start of the 4th.

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

February 14 2014 06:08 GMT

#3748

motor boating?
beard hug?

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 14 2014 06:11 GMT

#3749

LOL what

Vindicare605

United States16124 Posts

February 14 2014 06:24 GMT

#3750

Well that went about as well as could be expected. Kept the game as interesting as possible, led for 3 quarters by double digits and then blew it at the end to keep the tank going.

Good show Lakers.

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

February 14 2014 06:27 GMT

#3751

Maybe Durant was just trolling with his 6 TO first 3 quarters, and decided to turn it on in the 4th with 19 pts to crush any hopes Lakers had? I wouldn't put it past him.

Vindicare605

United States16124 Posts

February 14 2014 06:28 GMT

#3752

On February 14 2014 15:27 seiferoth10 wrote:
Maybe Durant was just trolling with his 6 TO first 3 quarters, and decided to turn it on in the 4th with 19 pts to crush any hopes Lakers had? I wouldn't put it past him.

I mean I used to watch Kobe do it all the time, so it's not like I don't believe it can't happen.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 14 2014 06:33 GMT

#3753

In one of those TNT roundtables, Reggie Miller said they used to toy with bad teams and keep the game close until the 4th quarter to preserve energy or something.

Vindicare605

United States16124 Posts

February 14 2014 06:35 GMT

#3754

On February 14 2014 15:33 zulu_nation8 wrote:
In one of those TNT roundtables, Reggie Miller said they used to toy with bad teams and keep the game close until the 4th quarter to preserve energy or something.

I believe it.

What happened to us tonight used to happen pretty frequently during our Championship years in 09 and 10, only we're on the other side of it.

It was actually frustrating to watch at times, team would be lethargic for a few quarters before they got serious in the 4th.

BTW just for the record.

Been a weird season for us.

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

February 14 2014 13:53 GMT

#3755

Aren't there famous stories of the 80s Celtics being so much better than some teams (especially at home) that Bird got bored a lot and made up ridiculous challenges for himself, like shooting only left handed?

As for Perkins, they have to move him, unless the insist on keeping him to stop Howard.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

February 14 2014 19:25 GMT

#3756

What are people feeling about Love and Adelman in Minnesota? Does anyone else feel like they need to get rid of Adelman so they can at least see whether Love is elite when in the right environment?

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

February 14 2014 19:38 GMT

#3757

IDK, Adelman has proven he might be one of the handful of coaches in the league that isn't a run of the mill guy based on his previous success, but Love seems to be showing that's he going to leave except for explicitly asking to be traded. Based on that, I'm never a fan of the "fire the coach in the hopes that your star re-signs" move, so I think they should try to ship out love, although I don't really like either option.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

February 14 2014 21:10 GMT

#3758

Well, its not that, its "Fire your Coach to find out if Kevin Love is actually a star worth building around because he has never made the playoffs or played on a team that won 45 games" move.

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

February 14 2014 21:15 GMT

#3759

I don't see why they can't just let it ride if that's the question they are (and should be) looking to answer. Adelman's clearly a good coach, so why bother firing him?

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

February 14 2014 21:29 GMT

#3760

Im just trying to look at the situation from a kind of scientific POV.

Something doesn't compute with both Adelman and Love being good, plus Rubio and Pekovich being good role players, and the team being what it is and has been.