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Gasol Gasol Gasol

key to next game
he needs to show up

jazzy1

I agree but the Jazz played harder than we did tonight. We didn't have much focus or flat out effort the Jazz played desperate.

what the **** was Farmar doing is my question.

Is he scared why has he lost confidence.

On another note Kobe made some spectacular plays tonoight dunking on AK and then the pass to himself jam wow.

CDRacingZX6R

Personally, I thought game three would be a Utah victory. But I didn't really think they would win because of simple fundamental collapses on the defensive end. Gasol's failure to box out for rebounding was terrifying tonight. This isn't really a surprise to most of us, because he hasn't been very effective agaisnt more physical teams like Utah. But tonight was down right sad at times.

Lakers bench didn't really show up either. Sasha and Farmar were so bad in limited minutes that Phil had no choice but to yank them quickly. Turn overs, and horrible shot attempts..

Phil made some odd substations, and poor choices in the end in my opinion. But that was the least of the Lakers worries.

If you that to some of the bad calls being made, the Lakers were never able to build up any steam. A loss tonight is not the end of the world, but the Lakers will be tested Sunday. They will need to come into Utah Sunday and handle their business better. A loss on Sunday is like starting this series all over and giving Utah confidence to make a come back.

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Plastic Man

Nifty numbers:
Gasol went 0-0 from the FT line in 40 minutes of play, grabbed 6 rebounds and comitted 5 turnovers. Easily his worst game as a Laker in the postseason (if not in the whole season he's been with us).
Farmar and Sasha combined for 0-9 shooting. On top of that Jordan is 1-14 this series. Pair that with Kobe's 0-6 from beyond the arc and the team shot a horiffic 5-23 (22%) from the 3PT line. All that while comitting 18 freaking turnovers (around 11 or 12 in the 1st half I believe). They also let Carlos Boozer grab 20 rebounds (60% of all the Jazz rebounds).

Honestly, I can't believe that we were down by 3 with 2 minutes to go...

They'll regroup and take Game 4 with some more urgency. At least I hope so...

good night

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afobisme

pau's glaring weakness is becoming more and more apparent.. he let boozer grab 20 boards because he's too weak to box him out. i think he looked a little discombobulated out there too.

kobe's playing the best basketball i've seen him play in a while. i like the way he's been playing.

if we could have stopped either okur or boozer, we would have won this game i think. okur got too many open shots.

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knicksfan89

and the homecourt factor as well they only lost 4 times all year at home, we will be ready in game 4 though and we will play better

L.A Guy

I thought we had some really bad calls that stopped our momentum when we were trying to make a run. But Okur and Boozer beat us. Okur keeps drifting out to the 3 point line most of the time when Deron is driving in the line, someone needs to cut back with Okur and not give him open looks. I think Phil will make the proper adjustments for game 4.

ceejaynj

Okay...other than Kobe, a sub-par game all around. Did anyone really think we were going to go undefeated in the playoffs??? Pau will come back after his worst game as a Laker and we will make the necessary adjustments for game 4. Even playing sub-par ball, we still could have won the game.

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Eternal

Very dissapointing game by Gasol, but I'm sure he'll bounce back in game 4, and the Lakers will make the proper adjustments to win the game.

Dominate24/7

This was a disappointing loss. Although I expected us to be down heading into the 4th quarter, I was hoping that we could put together a run and steal it. Alas, we came up short.

Perhaps a positive is that we were able to stay in the game while Deron, Boozer, and Okur were having big nights and Gasol and our bench didn't quite have the game I was hoping. I expect Deron and Boozer to have big games at home, but I don't want to see Okur having that kind of game again.

Hopefully, we make the adjustments and are ready tomorrow.

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CDRacingZX6R

I don't think anyone thought we'd go undefeated, especially during this round. The problem isn't the loss as much as it's the exploitation of this teams weakness. A Lack of post presence on the defensive end of the floor. A lot of us figured Bynum would be back by now, and this wouldn't become an issue. But teams with good coaches and strong big men are going to attempt to open up this weakness each game. Which in my opinion is something to be concerned about.

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Bartholomew Hunt

Can I at least ask that the referees call the pushoffs on Boozer? He does it repeatedly.

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CDRacingZX6R

What happens in Utah stays in Utah.

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Wilt_The_Stilt

Radman has yet to play well in the playoffs. We need something from the 3 spot whether it is from he or Luke.

Pau couldn't control the ball and his turnovers really jumpstarted the Jazz. He played very passively and when that is combined with Odom having to defend a center, we get pounded on the boards.

Farmar needs to step it up as well. Williams was getting by our point guards too easily. But all this and we still had a chance at the end. I'm not really worried.

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