Lin -- -- Not as aggressive to start this one, deferring to Nick in the first half. Late in the third quarter, he helped spark the Lakers with a couple of scores. That was a pretty key stretch where you were looking for someone to spark the Lakers. Neither PG played particularly well, but Lin looked better and late in the game, he should space the floor better for the team. He looked open on maybe a couple of occasions, but they were largely going single coverage on Kobe. “They didn’t want to leave the shooters,” Lin said. Typically, the Young, Kobe, Lin trio should finish games. They run those split plays on the sidelines as one of our go-to sequences. No Kobe in the next game, I hope the Lakers can keep it close and Lin is in there at the end orchestrating the offense. It will be interesting to see if the pace changes at all with Kobe out. The bench for sure likes to throttle it up a bit. “When he puts us in we try to run around with as much energy as we can,” Lin said. When told of the Pacers 26-2 advantage on second chance points, Jeremy joked, “Maybe we were hitting our first shots so they didn’t have a chance at the second ones.” The Stats: He scored 10 points on 2-6 shooting (1-2 from three, 5-6 from the line) to go with 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 22 minutes. He was a +7. The Action: He scooped up a loose ball and was called for the clear-out foul using his off arm on the break. He missed a tough turnaround from the three line to end the quarter. He hit Boozer rolling for FTs. He got tapped on a wing jumper working off the screen. Good hustle diving to the floor to help the Lakers recover a loose ball on D. He attacked the paint for FTs, he made one. Second Half: He attacked across the lane and drew FTs, he made both. He sank a two-for-one wing three on a quick rush up court. He scooped up a loose ball on the D end, pushed it up with speed and drew FTs on the drive, he made both. Nice reach on help D to knock the ball off the defender. He barely hit rim on a wing pull-up jumper. A couple feet too short on a long outlet to Young on the break, turnover. He probed, got a switch and swished the step-back baseline jumper. He missed an open wing three. forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=171730
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:36:55 +0000