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Originally Posted by OCBucksFan
Yeh, I hate to say it, but unless they actually show me a difference on Christmas day, I am still of the opinion they are a soft team. The issue is when they get real defensive pressure, they fold, it's the same as the last three years, they just have better scorers. Now, this doesn't mean they can't change, but Phil needs to change his philosophy. We have won the first 7 games by being bigger, but tonight, someone went small and just started shooting.
The reality is this: The Lakers need to learn to be physical without fouling, when they try to be physical, they foul.
Tonight, we saw a team coming off a back-to-back, with a huge change in their players, and yet, the team came out and "expected' to win.
Now, I am going to be realistic, watch and see what happens when they play the Celtics, but right now, can you honestly tell me you see a big enough difference from last year that would make you say "These guys will win it all?"
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I completely agree with all of this. It was truly awful watching the Lakers on offense last night. The Pistons were doing a phenomanal job on defense, and the Laker's couldnt adjust. Meanwhile, our defense was terrible against them, up until about 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter when we started getting a little feisty, and even then we were committing stupid fouls.
The one thing I will say though is that we only lost by 11 on a night when the Pistons couldn't miss and the Laker's, especially Fisher and Vlad, couldn't hit for the life of them. Fisher and Vlad hit a couple more shots between them and it is a much closer ball game, not to mention what that might have done to open up the lane for Kobe.
We didn't look good last night, at all. But I think that we have a good opportunity to learn from this game and improve.