Lake Show Life » chauncey billups http://lakeshowlife.com A Los Angeles Lakers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rusty Lakers Lose To Crisp Clippers http://lakeshowlife.com/2011/12/19/rusty-lakers-lose-to-crisp-clippers/ http://lakeshowlife.com/2011/12/19/rusty-lakers-lose-to-crisp-clippers/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:37:24 +0000 Chris Shellcroft http://lakeshowlife.com/?p=4891 It might have been a meaningless preseason game forced into the schedule no thanks to the NBA lockout. No matter, the early returns on the Battle of Los Angeles are that the hoops monopoly in L.A. is over. This one was all Clippers as Chris Paul looked all too comfortable leading his new teammates to a convincing 114-95 win. On the other hand, the newer Lakers and older Lakers in new roles looked a little lost. Truth be told, the Lake Show hit some high notes in the first half but flamed out in third quarter as that is when [...]

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]]> It might have been a meaningless preseason game forced into the schedule no thanks to the NBA lockout. No matter, the early returns on the Battle of Los Angeles are that the hoops monopoly in L.A. is over. This one was all Clippers as Chris Paul looked all too comfortable leading his new teammates to a convincing 114-95 win.

On the other hand, the newer Lakers and older Lakers in new roles looked a little lost. Truth be told, the Lake Show hit some high notes in the first half but flamed out in third quarter as that is when the Clippers put this one to bed.

CP3 ran the show like Aaron Rodgers. He’s already in mid-season form. Get used to seeing the non-stop highlights of lobs to Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. This game was one Phil Jackson would have referred to as a Brokeback game. Chauncey Billups looks like he’ll be loving life with Paul setting the table for his spot up jumpers.

As in sync as the Clippers were the Lakers were not.

Mike Brown is going to need more time with his team to get this system up and running. We didn’t see much of defensive wizardry that was promised to follow Brown to Los Angeles. We also didn’t see much change in Metta World Peace as the anchor of the bench.

Metta looks as lost as a 6th man as he did in the triangle. If that doesn’t change then this will be a very long season. With all the game being jammed into a shorter schedule team depth will be important for veteran squads like the Lakers.

Speaking of vets, Kobe Bryant looked refreshed and renewed.  KB24 had a bounce in his step that showed brief flashes of the beast we saw unleashed back in ’06. It might take that kind of effort every night from Kobe if the Lakers are going to seriously compete.

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum were active and aggressive. Let’s hope those two can remain healthy and won’t wear down. Beyond Bynum and Pau the bench is slim. Josh McRoberts brings athleticism but not much strength in the post. In limited PT Troy Murphy showed a nice touch from deep.

As for the problems at point guard…there is still nothing to hope for in terms of improvement.
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]]> http://lakeshowlife.com/2011/12/19/rusty-lakers-lose-to-crisp-clippers/feed/ 0 Kobe has Carmelo’s Back Even Though Situation Differs http://lakeshowlife.com/2011/01/21/kobe-has-carmelo%e2%80%99s-back-even-though-situation-differs/ http://lakeshowlife.com/2011/01/21/kobe-has-carmelo%e2%80%99s-back-even-though-situation-differs/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:23:51 +0000 Chris Shellcroft http://lakeshowlife.com/?p=3486 If anybody out there understands what Carmelo Anthony is going through right now it’s Kobe Bryant. Melo’s continued trials and tribulations surrounding a potential trade resembles what KB24 went through with the … [visit site to read more]

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