"It's a big win for us," Bryant said. "We had to stop the bleeding. We got a big lead, but it wasn't the way we wanted to close out the game. But we got the win." Winning is great but its how you win the game that tells how great your team is performing. The Lakers were up 25 points with just under 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. The Mavs started attacking the Lakers in their weakiest area. The front line. Of course the defense let up and the Lakers had no answer for the Mavs sudden burst of enegry. An energy that they kept for the rest of the game. No this was not a big win in the sense that the Lakers played outstanding basketball throughout the game. The win was big because it but the Lakers back on top of the Western Conference. This team has made it a habit to LET UP on defense in the 3rd quarter. A trend that can not continue if they want to win a title. This is not a big win but the great escape. They were lucky to have won this game. Next time they may not be so lucky. Winning by luck is not something I wish to see every game. Great team defense and offensive is want I expect to see when I watch a game.
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lkrschic77
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I agree with you Lkrschic, only my take is a little different. I think the Lakers have a great frontline that is potentially formidable and can play with any team, problem is they haven't played together. When there are so many injuries it changes the bench's role let alone starters. More minutes played the more fatigue sets in. The Lakers in the past years have had there rash of injuries, any NBA team does. Whn the Lakers have a healthy front line, watch out.
TomWith the Mav game... the Lakers didn't have a starting front line, only turiaf a power forward thwarted the attack while others played good enough defense and shut an offensive minded team to like 35% shooting in the first half. Then, the Laker front line broke down and then the Mavs did exactly what the Lakers did to them in the first half. I expected this from the number 2 offensive team in the NBA. If the Lakers did that to the Mavericks in the half, the Mavs definitely had the potential do the exact same thing in the second half. Bliss would have been the Lakers shutting down the Mavs offense the ENTIRE game. What matters to me is the Lakers ended up outscoring the opponents at the end of the game. It even made it more interesting to watch.
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