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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Sorry, but there's no excuse for giving up 107 to the Bucks.
We know they can score, that goes without saying. But the team defense let them down on several occasions in the playoffs.
A dominating team defense comes only through a mindset and through repetition. You have to know hwere your help is and where you need to be just as much as you do on offense.
Half-assing the defense during the regular season is going to lead to problems in the post-season. It's early to get too wound up about it, but I want to see some defensive intensity by the quarter pole.
P.S. Major props to Shannon Brown. He's going to be a better version of what Ariza was for us 2 seasons ago. He's become a very dangerous 3 pt shooter and brings insane athleticism to the table.
I wonder if there's any chance of getting him PG minutes in the future. He's not a bad passer and Phil loves his big 1 guards. If you can figure out a way to make him a Deron Williams-type point, you can justify keeping him even after this insanely cheap 2 year deal we have him on expires.
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The Lakers have been playing this way for the last 3 years and guess what? 3 straight trips to the finals and they won 2 of them. this is NOTHING different. They are 9-2 for **** sake.
Fisher is not going to be getting better on Defense. He's terrible on that end. He's a smart veteran player, but he's not a good defender. Kobe despite what everyone says, is not 100 percent on that knee yet. He's going to take a while, so he's not going to be all that great on the defensive end. Its just not possible. Bynum will be back soon and is practicing and going on road trips.
They will get better when its time for it, right now its just surviving til folks get healthy.