Comments on: Lion Face/Lemon Face 11.16.09: So about the weekend… http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/11/16/lion-facelemon-face-11-16-09-so-about-the-weekend/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:15:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Today’s Celtics Links 11/17 « Flceltsfan’s Weblog http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/11/16/lion-facelemon-face-11-16-09-so-about-the-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-28858 Today’s Celtics Links 11/17 « Flceltsfan’s Weblog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:54:39 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3817#comment-28858 [...] Celtics? CBS Sports     New York-area hoops crumbling, brick by brick Hardwood Paroxysm   Lion Face/Lemon Face 11.16.09: So about the weekend… Fan Huddle    The Good, The Bad, The Boys in Green Knicks Fan    Perspective: Celtics Fans [...] [...] Celtics? CBS Sports     New York-area hoops crumbling, brick by brick Hardwood Paroxysm   Lion Face/Lemon Face 11.16.09: So about the weekend… Fan Huddle    The Good, The Bad, The Boys in Green Knicks Fan    Perspective: Celtics Fans [...]

]]> By: WildYams http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/11/16/lion-facelemon-face-11-16-09-so-about-the-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-28752 WildYams Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:26:27 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3817#comment-28752 Actually you shouldn't give the Lakers a pass on that Lemon Face, cause they totally deserved it for yesterday's game. Lemme ask you a question: when you've got a player who's possibly one of the top 2-3 centers in the league right now, and you're going against a small team which features a 6'6 center, and which specializes defensively in guarding the perimeter, which should happen: A) Your center gets 12 shots while you take 23 three pointers B) You take 12 three pointers while force-feeding your center for 23 shots If you picked A, congratulations, you're last night's Lakers. I'm guessing it's not a coincidence that LA attempting only 4 shots in the paint while hoisting 14 threes in the second half may have had something to do with why Houston outscored the Lakers by 12 in that time period. Kobe, Fisher, Farmar and Vujacic combined to shoot 10-42 while Bynum went 8-12. The Lakers didn't lose last night because they're missing Gasol, or cause they're integrating Artest, or cause they're banged up - they lost because they played like idiots. Actually you shouldn’t give the Lakers a pass on that Lemon Face, cause they totally deserved it for yesterday’s game. Lemme ask you a question: when you’ve got a player who’s possibly one of the top 2-3 centers in the league right now, and you’re going against a small team which features a 6′6 center, and which specializes defensively in guarding the perimeter, which should happen:

A) Your center gets 12 shots while you take 23 three pointers

B) You take 12 three pointers while force-feeding your center for 23 shots

If you picked A, congratulations, you’re last night’s Lakers.

I’m guessing it’s not a coincidence that LA attempting only 4 shots in the paint while hoisting 14 threes in the second half may have had something to do with why Houston outscored the Lakers by 12 in that time period. Kobe, Fisher, Farmar and Vujacic combined to shoot 10-42 while Bynum went 8-12.

The Lakers didn’t lose last night because they’re missing Gasol, or cause they’re integrating Artest, or cause they’re banged up – they lost because they played like idiots.

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