the lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

the pacers just turned the ball over like 8 times in a row
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psycho t absolutely smoked sullinger one on one a couple times
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Dammit would've loved some live-action blogging of this game. Apologies that you saw probably the worst Pacers game since the first week. George Hill was out, and the Pacers offense just doesn't work w/ DJ Augustin in there; Augustin has easily been the biggest disappointment for the Pacers this season, and no one should have to watch the Pacers play an Augustin-led game.

How vocal was Vogel? Feel like he's one of the consistently loudest coaches in the league. Hear any fun chatter? Looked like things were getting kinda personal in that 4th quarter, esp. w/ Hbro being very Hbro the whole game. Paul George / Lance Stephenson look good live? Feel like no one has noticed that Paul George has made a big jump this last month, esp. watching his perimeter defense-- dude has been getting a ton of smart steals.

Speaking of which, totally forgot how joyful watching Avery Bradley's perimeter D can be. One of the few NBA players whose D demonstrably rattles opposing players. Glad he's back.

yeah the pacers looked awful for the most part, particularly the guard play. stephenson and augustin ranged from invisible to actively bad. david west got some easy baskets but looking now his overall shooting was as bad as everyone else's so idk. basically they might not have any viable guards other than hill.

things definitely escalated after that dumb flagrant 2 call on garnett. sadly i was too far away to hear anything but vogel did get t'd up so maybe that's in character.

on the celtics side it was indeed great to see bradley, he's super rusty on offense (had no idea where to be in a couple sets and his shot is off) but the defense is still there. love seeing sullinger rebound and battle but he's got some holes in his game re: scoring near the basket and playing one-on-one defense.

celtics have to give serious minutes to two black holes in collins and jeff green. green in partic i have no idea what he was even doing most of the time.

Jeff Green

$8,100,000

$8,700,000

$9,200,000

$9,200,000

ungh

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Yeah, was bummed to watch the game and see Lance not play better-- dude has made a major step this season. Basically, his game only works when he's in there w/ the starters since the bench players can't handle his passes. He's got a crazy bball IQ but it's only applicable when he can make crazy no-look bullet passes to people like Granger/West/PGeorge/GHill. Otherwise, it's an instant turnover. Heh, during the game Augustin made one of the worst telegraphed behind-the-back passes I've ever seen. Would love to find a way to package Augustin/Sam Young for what Augustin was supposed to be: a serviceable packup PG. Honestly, would be awesome to have a shoot-first, driving-oriented pg in there and just let Hbro and Manhimi pound the offensive glass.

But bummed you had to see that. I swear Indy is a really fun team to watch now! Last night's game was awful to watch-- had to turn it off early 4th quarter. Esp. since there isn't much joy in watching Garnett sink 18-20 ft jumpers over and over again.

hahah omg kobes tiwtter av

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gross

#mambatweets

Jerry Zgoda ‏@JerryZgoda
BREAKING: Love has re-fractured the third metacarpal on his right hand.

Dr. Armstrong was right

indeed

so that's what another 4-6 weeks min?

presuming it doesn't require surgery it should be 4-6 weeks.

Love re-fractured third metacarpal on his right hand when giving middle finger repeatedly to Timberwolves management

the curse of brandon roy

pek is wearing a sleeve covering his new tattoo so ill be crying for the next 2.5 hours if you're wondering.

there's been some kyrie tonight

The Celtics are infuriating. They come out in the second half aggressive & hustling and the Hawks big lead disappears. Imagine if they started the game like that; might not fall behind by 18. The inconsistent effort just pisses me off.

heroic fat guy in bird jersey sitting behind dominique tonight

celtics win TWO GAMES IN TWO DAYS thats right haters

hawks announcer calls all the players by their first names: josh, ivan...

lots of announcers do that

d-will is 5/8 tonight from the field. if he keeps up this blistering pace it'll be the third time this season he's shot over 50% in a game

maybe im just old fashioned but i feel like first names should be reserved for starters, and only those who dont have iconic last names

man terrible day for the nfl playoffs huh, im straight watching mediocre nba games over here

are clevelands road unis always yellow this is weird

the rockets also are wearing some weird uniforms

actually they look exactly like every other 2013 uniform, theyre just not their usual ones

props to the cavs for brining back the crew neck, crew neck for life

football games were totally zzzz's yeah

This Cavs v. Rockets matchup looks like a fast food worker pickup game. Loser has to sweep the floors.

haha

Kobe Bryant ‏@kobebryant
Sunset view from the yatch relaxing with the fam #mambatweets pic.twitter.com/8MaaY8FO

these indie sam adams ads are unconscionable

whats the point of an internet w no pics of kobes yacht on it

oh god those Sam Adams ads

Just kill me now instead of bringing up those Sam Adams ads

and I am overwhelmed by *silently passes into unending sleep*

they are really that bad its true

blazers went 0-20 for 3 earlier this year, are 15-23 to start the fourth. Franchise record is 16

magic mcgee is back

javale is leading the nba in dunks i heard

Luke Ridnour playing shutdown D. Minny vs Portland went from a 20+ blowout to a 4 pt game. Mommy on a 19-3 run with 5 min to go.

Lol @ mommy ha

Mommy doing okay without Love. Feel like the world has lied to me.

they seem better defensively w/o love

prob they should trade love to the celtics for jeff green, think of how loved love would be in boston, its the right thing to do

“Those guys on the Clippers team. They really enjoy each other off the court and it shows,” Howard said Saturday after Lakers practice.

And how about the Lakers? Do they have that chemistry yet?

“It’s something we have to do to get better,” he said. “We have to play like we like each other. Even if we don’t want to be friends off the court, whatever that may be, when we step in between the lines or we step in the locker room or the gym, we have to respect each other and what we bring to the table."

what is wrong with dwight ffs dude

18 rebounds for Vucevic tonight. I guess rebounding is just something he's good at.

great call by dick bavetta in the wolves-blazers game, showed some guts here