The game against Sacramento Tuesday night was a clear picture of what the Lakers are and will be in the playoffs: offense, offense, offense and hopefully get enough stops late in the game.
It is becoming more and more apparent that this is the formula the Lakers are subscribing to because playing defense is not a full-time gig for these guys. Some of them, and I'm not going to call out names (Luke Walton and Vlad Radmanovic), are just atrocious. The Kings were in the driving lane so many times that all of them could have been ticketed for speeding.
Beno Udrih looked like Tony Parker on some of those dribble penetrations. And someone please tell the Lakers that John Salmons, who is probably ranked 150 in most fantasy leagues, is No. 15 because nobody seemed to bother to guard him. At one point, the Lakers were 15 points down to these lowly Kings!
It took a 17-point fourth quarter from Kobe "MVP" Bryant to avoid an embrassing loss to Sucramento. The score was 100-95 Kings when the Lakers went on a 10-0 run thanks to a little defense and Kobe's energy to surge ahead, 105-100.
I hope this formula will be good enough to beat San Antonio in the Western Conference finals.
