The Los Angeles Lakers 2022-2023 Season Thread

[Retroram52]

P. Bev plays some D and then throws away a pass.

 

[Retroram52]

Reaves is playing some D.

 

[Retroram52]

T-A with the dunk and the lead is 2.

 

[Retroram52]

Nice deep deuce by Reaves and the game is tied.

 

[Retroram52]

Walker with the nice deuce and the Lakers go up by 2.

 

[Retroram52]

Lakers have outscored the Clips in the Fourth Quarter 12-2. I am liking this comeback by the Lakers.

 

[Retroram52]

Walker and James have 20 points each.

 

[Retroram52]

Clips go up by three on the 3-poniter.

 

[Retroram52]

AD with the hook. He's got 25.

 

[Retroram52]

Kennard with a 3-pointer and the Clips go up by 4 points. Ham calls a time-out. No one playing D it appears.

 

[Retroram52]

Five Thirty-Nine left in regulation. The Lakers need to play some D and score in the transition.

 

[DJ Fieri]

They played better defense last night and Walker showed what he is capable of but RW, Nunn and Bev were all horrible shooting wise.

AD and James did what they do.

 

[Retroram52]

Yep I agree DJ. Walker could be the third scorer going forward. We may get that out of Westbrook and we may not. He ain't going to be consistent just like last year. Walker will probably develop into that role he had in San Antonio.

If you look at the scoring for the Clips, they had 6 guys with above-10 in points scoring. We had 3. That is the difference. Ham has to find 2-3 more consistent above-10 scorers night in and night out or we are going to get the same result as last night. The Lakers won't see past 35 wins this year again.

 

[Retroram52]

This pretty much explains the state of the Lakers shooting woes in clear language!

Lakers takeaways: Shooting the three-pointer is not a recipe for success

The Lakers are 19-of-58 shooting from three-point range in two games, and two losses, this season. Here are takeaways from the loss to the Clippers.

www.yahoo.com

 

[DJ Fieri]

0 and fucking 3, damn it!!!!

 

[DJ Fieri]

AD and Bron balling.....and Walker had his 2nd straight good game.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Pelinka needs to make a deal.

We need shooting.

 

[Retroram52]

We need a fourth and fifth player who can shoot and score above 10 points every night. The big three ain't gonna carry the rest of this team, not for a whole season!

 

[Retroram52]

Getting somebody else isn't going to be the answer. Green eggs and Ham needs to continue to develop consistency in his young shooters he already has like Ryan, Swider, Nunn, and Christie.

 

[DJ Fieri]

We need a fourth and fifth player who can shoot and score above 10 points every night. The big three ain't gonna carry the rest of this team, not for a whole season!

Yeah, Walker isn't a 3rd option. More like a #5, maybe a #4.