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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:21 am    Post subject:

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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?


The flip side is, do you think the Bucks underperformed last night, their defense was bad? or did we beat them at their best?


So grateful that we won. But here's the simple truth: we can't call ourselves a defensive-minded team and not play defense. Great win fellas but 129 points allowed will eventually lead to more losses than wins.

I hope that's the point the coaches emphasize.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:22 am    Post subject:

Awesome win, If the Lakers hadn't choked on that Pistons loss, they would be (something like) 8 out of 9 wins...!

I think they now have the blueprint and confidence on how to actually BEAT Teams...!

Keep it going guys...!
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:23 am    Post subject:

This is pure speculation on my part but how much could Ham's familiarity with their system and players have contributed to this win?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:35 am    Post subject:

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This is pure speculation on my part but how much could Ham's familiarity with their system and players have contributed to this win?


I’m not so sure that much. Milwaukee played well.

Didn’t see anything Lakers exploited tbh. Just them executing at a high level and shot making. It was more about the Lakers playing a clean game than it was about any inside knowledge Ham had…Bucks still scored 129 lol.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:18 pm    Post subject:

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sounds like a good argument for flipping those FRPs for a more balanced roster, if our ceiling is as high as last night. This team just need to get into the playoff
Btw, feels like our 3pt shootings been ok for couple weeks


That's a reasonable perspective. The question is what we would get for the FRPs and whether it would really create the sort of roster you envision. The second question is whether we can count on Lebron and Davis being healthy and playing at this level, but that's always been a lurking issue.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:22 pm    Post subject:

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Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee soreness), Jrue Holiday (left knee contusion) and Khris Middleton (return to competition reconditioning) have been downgraded to out for Saturday’s game against Charlotte. Brook Lopez (rest) has been downgraded to questionable.



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:57 pm    Post subject:

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This is pure speculation on my part but how much could Ham's familiarity with their system and players have contributed to this win?


I think that shooting 43% from 3 and only having 4 TOs had more to do with it. Without those I don’t think the team wins.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:20 pm    Post subject:

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This is pure speculation on my part but how much could Ham's familiarity with their system and players have contributed to this win?


I think that shooting 43% from 3 and only having 4 TOs had more to do with it. Without those I don’t think the team wins.


We also just beat a team that shot 43 threes and shooting 40% from it
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:56 pm    Post subject: Re: LAKERS -at- BUCKS - 12-2-22 - DIY Thoughts and :-)) Ratings

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Well, I had a plane flight while this one was going on. So someone else going to have to step up.

Just looking at the stat sheet that lack of turnovers. Wow.


This is tragic. It sucks that DB had to miss our best win in like two years.


I know right?! I was looking forward to this. Oh well where is Wolf? Lol

PS - nice A Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:57 pm    Post subject:

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Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee soreness), Jrue Holiday (left knee contusion) and Khris Middleton (return to competition reconditioning) have been downgraded to out for Saturday’s game against Charlotte. Brook Lopez (rest) has been downgraded to questionable.



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:43 pm    Post subject:

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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?


The flip side is, do you think the Bucks underperformed last night, their defense was bad? or did we beat them at their best?


I haven't watched them enough to say, but they seemed to play well last night. Our defense didn't look that good at times, but that part of that was due to some excellent execution by the Bucks. On offense, the Bucks were just giving us some shots, and we were making them. I am thinking specifically of a couple threes by Davis and a couple by Lebron. I think Coach Bud would say "We'll live with that if he makes it." And they did. But it was the turnovers that jumped out at me. We average 14.5, which is about league average, but we had only 4 last night.

I guess this game is a reminder that we're pretty tough when Lebron and Davis play at an elite level and the other players do their jobs. Ham is getting the job done with this flawed roster. But we just about need to pitch a perfect game to hang with a genuine contender.

That was an A+ effort game from the '21 Champs who were fully healthy. It was a great win. Most teams would've folded with the way either of these teams played last night.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:04 pm    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/pickuphoop/status/1599053497193725953

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A quarter of the way into the season, the Lakers defense rank:

Halfcourt: 0.93 PPP (1st)
Transition: 1.24 PPP (29th)
Overall: 0.99 PPP (9th)


need to clean up transition.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:57 pm    Post subject:

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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?

We did all that, while scoring 133 points, against the team that was ranked no. 1 in defensive rating coming into the game. That by itself is an accomplishment.

The Bucks are also a great offensive team, and maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference. Sometimes when you play a team like that, the final score will be in the 130s and you just have to find a way to win.

Let's see if our defensive continues to improve against the non-contenders.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:02 pm    Post subject:

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https://twitter.com/pickuphoop/status/1599053497193725953

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A quarter of the way into the season, the Lakers defense rank:

Halfcourt: 0.93 PPP (1st)
Transition: 1.24 PPP (29th)
Overall: 0.99 PPP (9th)


need to clean up transition.

Lebron and Russ needs to stop complaining to the Refs
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:11 pm    Post subject:

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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?

We did all that, while scoring 133 points, against the team that was ranked no. 1 in defensive rating coming into the game. That by itself is an accomplishment.

The Bucks are also a great offensive team, and maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference. Sometimes when you play a team like that, the final score will be in the 130s and you just have to find a way to win.

Let's see if our defensive continues to improve against the non-contenders.


Well, actually, the Bucks are not a great offensive team. They are 13th in ORtg. 129 is the most points scored by the Bucks this season in regulation. The second most was 125 against the Rockets. In fairness, it helped them to get Middleton back.

The story of this season from a tactical perspective is Ham trying to walk a fine line between offense and defense with a flawed roster. Reaves and Beverley both got stuck in tough matchups at times and got torched. Troy Brown played okay, but the Bucks really exploited our lack of size on the wings.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:17 pm    Post subject:

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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?

We did all that, while scoring 133 points, against the team that was ranked no. 1 in defensive rating coming into the game. That by itself is an accomplishment.

The Bucks are also a great offensive team, and maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference. Sometimes when you play a team like that, the final score will be in the 130s and you just have to find a way to win.

Let's see if our defensive continues to improve against the non-contenders.


Well, actually, the Bucks are not a great offensive team. They are 13th in ORtg. 129 is the most points scored by the Bucks this season in regulation. The second most was 125 against the Rockets. In fairness, it helped them to get Middleton back.

The story of this season from a tactical perspective is Ham trying to walk a fine line between offense and defense with a flawed roster. Reaves and Beverley both got stuck in tough matchups at times and got torched. Troy Brown played okay, but the Bucks really exploited our lack of size on the wings.

The fact that Middleton only came back last night is a big reason they're only 13th in ORtg. They were 3rd in that category last season and 6th in their championship season.

He's so important to what they do offensively, especially in crunch time. That's probably why they haven't scored in the 130s yet.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:04 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?
We did all that, while scoring 133 points, against the team that was ranked no. 1 in defensive rating coming into the game. That by itself is an accomplishment.

The Bucks are also a great offensive team, and maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference. Sometimes when you play a team like that, the final score will be in the 130s and you just have to find a way to win.

Let's see if our defensive continues to improve against the non-contenders.
Well, actually, the Bucks are not a great offensive team. They are 13th in ORtg. 129 is the most points scored by the Bucks this season in regulation. The second most was 125 against the Rockets. In fairness, it helped them to get Middleton back.

The story of this season from a tactical perspective is Ham trying to walk a fine line between offense and defense with a flawed roster. Reaves and Beverley both got stuck in tough matchups at times and got torched. Troy Brown played okay, but the Bucks really exploited our lack of size on the wings.
When AD is consistently playing like an All-Star and DEMANDS the ball during crunch time (ala Greek Freak, Luka, Jokic, Embiid, Jimmy Buckets, Curry, Ja and selected others - this Laker team has the potential of being dangerous in the playoffs

Yes, they took advantage of PatBev and Nunn - not so much Riverboat Reeves. Just as the Dubs don’t have great length when Draymond is at the 5, they are able to impose their defensive will on opposing teams

The national broadcasters noted that the consistent energy that Westbrook is bringing off the bench have unleashed high activity and movement from Gabriel to Bryant to Skywalker to others that have provided the opportunities to not have to play consistently 35+ MPG like Curry. Coming off the bench with AD/LBJ on the bench has him on the court with players that can run with him

Ham is discovering that a AD/Gabriel and AD/Bryant can be effective. Maybe a Bryant, AD, Gabriel, Reeves and LBJ/Westbrook lineup looms in the future against teams like the TWolves - when they get their twin towers back
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:12 pm    Post subject:

slavavov wrote:
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The troubling subtext of last night's win is that we shot 53.6% from the field, shot 42.3% from three, turned the ball over only four times, outrebounded the Bucks, had more assists and free throws, . . . and just barely won. If we could play like that on a regular basis, we'd be a playoff team and possibly even a dark horse contender. But who really thinks that we could do that?

We did all that, while scoring 133 points, against the team that was ranked no. 1 in defensive rating coming into the game. That by itself is an accomplishment.

The Bucks are also a great offensive team, and maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference. Sometimes when you play a team like that, the final score will be in the 130s and you just have to find a way to win.

Let's see if our defensive continues to improve against the non-contenders.


Well, actually, the Bucks are not a great offensive team. They are 13th in ORtg. 129 is the most points scored by the Bucks this season in regulation. The second most was 125 against the Rockets. In fairness, it helped them to get Middleton back.

The story of this season from a tactical perspective is Ham trying to walk a fine line between offense and defense with a flawed roster. Reaves and Beverley both got stuck in tough matchups at times and got torched. Troy Brown played okay, but the Bucks really exploited our lack of size on the wings.

The fact that Middleton only came back last night is a big reason they're only 13th in ORtg. They were 3rd in that category last season and 6th in their championship season.

He's so important to what they do offensively, especially in crunch time. That's probably why they haven't scored in the 130s yet.

Yeah, tbh we were lucky he didn't play more minutes (though he did play crunchtime)

He did not miss a beat.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:36 pm    Post subject:

Great win, back-to-back games that were FUN to watch!!! Huge effort by the Big 3 (but those last 2 Westbrook ft's were almost unforgiveable, but that steal bought him some leeway).
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:03 am    Post subject:

MagicMamba88 wrote:
https://twitter.com/pickuphoop/status/1599053497193725953

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A quarter of the way into the season, the Lakers defense rank:

Halfcourt: 0.93 PPP (1st)
Transition: 1.24 PPP (29th)
Overall: 0.99 PPP (9th)


need to clean up transition.


msg Lebron.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:44 am    Post subject:

lakerican wrote:
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https://twitter.com/pickuphoop/status/1599053497193725953

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A quarter of the way into the season, the Lakers defense rank:

Halfcourt: 0.93 PPP (1st)
Transition: 1.24 PPP (29th)
Overall: 0.99 PPP (9th)


need to clean up transition.


msg Lebron.

You can’t expect him to. He’s 38
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