Game Thread - Lakers vs. Jazz, Game 4
May 11, 2008 | 12:35
pm
Pressure is still on Utah, who can't afford to go down 3-1. Fewer TOs and more made jumpers and the Lakers can steal one in Salt Lake. A heartier constitution displayed by Pau Gasol won't hurt, either.
BK
whitemamba24 and happy camper,
thank you.
i thought i'd be depressed today.
:p
Posted by: isang | May 11, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Why does Gasol all of sudden have Dumb IQ?
Posted by: jake | May 11, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Farmar looks like a D-leaguer.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:03 PM
boy lakers are really shooting themselves in the foot. rad forcing shots, everyone including kobe missing layups, just making stupid plays. as long as they play smart they'll be alright
Posted by: greek dude | May 11, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Utah has turned this into a football game, and that favors them!
Posted by: chuck23 | May 11, 2008 at 01:05 PM
The replays on ABC just show Farmar patheticness.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:05 PM
Lakers are not gonna win this series if they dont start to take care of defensive rebounds. Thats it. Thats all. They get the stops, but they give the jazz the offensive rebounds. Its very VERY frustrating. And watch Pau everytime theres a freethrow, he always gets pushed under the rim. Always. He needs to stick his position.
Posted by: lent | May 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM
man space cadet's play is disconcerting - i think he is just lost. our shots need to start falling or we r in trouble
Posted by: ookboy24 | May 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM
Lamar needs to get involved in the scoring, he can't afford to be a spectator today. Right now the Jazz want it more. If the Lakers go back to LA 2-2 Utah will win the series because they are more likely to geta win in LA.
Posted by: 70'slakerfan | May 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM
Farmar made a shot!!
It didn't count.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:06 PM
Isn't that perfect that Jordan drains a three after the whistle? haha
Posted by: Happy Camper | May 11, 2008 at 01:07 PM
1 DOWN- The first quarter can be summed up as a solid ass kickin'. But Pau is looking like he should, Luke is playing solid physical ball. The fouls on Fish & Pau hurt though. And not happy with how the game is being called but we can't worry about it. We will tighten up our defense, esp the easy penetration and settle down in the 2nd quarter,
Posted by: AZ LakerFan | May 11, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Jake,
He does not have a dumb IQ. It is just that he can't handle physical play.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:07 PM
That a boy Turiaf. Send a message boy.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:08 PM
chuck 23
Move ball to open man? That's how we got in this mess
Phil started to make the adjustment that he should have made in the 2nd quarter of the last game.
When you put Kobe in the post (especially against Brewer) and run the offense through Kobe, it forces Utah to make a decision to either double Kobe or allow him 1 on 1 .........this will result in Kobe scoring or catch and finish plays for Gasol or Odom. Gasol can't score in the post one-on-one and no other player can create their own shot.
If Kobe's back is not that bad this should happen EVERY trip up the floor
They started to do that and got back in the game resulting in Easy points for Gasol and then inexplicably they went away from it.
Posted by: pfunk36 | May 11, 2008 at 01:09 PM
Ronnie Ejected?
Completely ridiculous, that is.
Yoda will not give ABC any more time today.
Posted by: Master Yoda | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
now im really crying. they thrown turiaf out. they are stealing this game.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........
Posted by: isang | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
WHAT??? That was a play on the ball..plus he keep playing even after the wistle blew. That's a bs call
Posted by: lakeraholic | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Bulls***! That was the cheapest ejection I ever saw. There was nothing flagrant or malicious about that, he was going for the ball. These refs are f****** idiots!
-bozz-
Posted by: bozz | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Garbage call, man. Come on!
Posted by: THE original Ken | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
That's a hard foul, certainly not uneccesary and excessive contact. Terrible call to cal that a flagrant 2.
BK
Posted by: Brian Kamenetzky | May 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
I want to jinx the notion that the Lakers does not win on national TV on Sundays. Fingers crossed. lol
Posted by: Lakergurl | May 11, 2008 at 01:11 PM
RIDICULOUS!!!!! Obviously I'm biased towards the Lakers, but that was NOT a flagrant 2. It was a hard foul, no doubt but it's the playoffs....they shouldn't have thrown him out .
Posted by: gokobego | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
LAMAR NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO BOX OUT!
Posted by: Gunner | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
Well, this could be crap creek. I don't think Ronny had any ill intent.
Hope Mbenga brought some game today.
GO LAKERS!!
Posted by: Happy Camper | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
kobe's injured, ronny is thrown out.. what the heck is going on down there??!!
Posted by: playa | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
That was a BS Flagrant 2!
The old school Lakers, Celtics and Pistons are cringing at what the league has become.
Posted by: Dave Rosenzweig | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
words can't explain how angry i am
Posted by: CBuck | May 11, 2008 at 01:12 PM
Atta Boy LO..take it to the rack
Posted by: lakeraholic | May 11, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Wow i missed the 1st quarter because I overslept after watching a formula 1 race. What the hell happened to Kobe's back? I am worried
Posted by: Tej | May 11, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Luke and Vlad both have missed open shots and if netheir can hit those shot's we are in trouble!
Posted by: chuck23 | May 11, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Flagrant 2?! Absolutely ridiculous, none of these refs should get to call another playoff game this year.
Posted by: BH | May 11, 2008 at 01:13 PM
that will be changed to a flagrant one, at the worst, those refs got caught up with the crowd, watch out now though, the lakers look pissed finally.
Posted by: rob | May 11, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Rob-
You could be right, but it doesn't help them very much today with Ronny...
BK
Posted by: Brian Kamenetzky | May 11, 2008 at 01:15 PM
{Delayed start due to Mother's Day.}
LET'S GO LAKERS!
LET'S GO!
LET'S GO LAKERS!
LET'S GO!
GO LAKERS!
Posted by: Jon K. | May 11, 2008 at 01:15 PM
wow, i was wondering if they would even call that a flag 1 at all. but a flag 2? ouch
Posted by: greek dude | May 11, 2008 at 01:15 PM
I'm reminded of the series against PHX in 06. They made two key adjustments that the Lakers coaches were never able to adjust to - putting Diaw on Smush in the pick-n-roll and doubling LO every time he had the ball. Also, the Detroit series in 04. If the other team is exploiting an advantage, you have to adjust rather than being in denial that they do have an advantage.
Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself.
Posted by: lakers_sth | May 11, 2008 at 01:16 PM
If the refs continue to be this bad and the Lakers fall into a deep deficit (knock on wood), I wonder if Phil can just sit all his players on the bench and continue to get delay of game and technical penalities so the game will never end.
Posted by: Tom | May 11, 2008 at 01:16 PM
Poor Price. That's a goofy bandage.
Why do they not make band-aids in skin tones other than 'peach'?
Posted by: WWJWWD | May 11, 2008 at 01:16 PM
i will stay positive about this. but i can't stop crying.
Posted by: isang | May 11, 2008 at 01:16 PM
They overreacted on the Ronnie play. Ronnie got the ball and his hands so its not Ronnie's fault that he fell like he did. Big overreaction. When Jerry Sloan ran off the bench it inticed the refs to call the flagrant 2 foul.
Posted by: 70'slakerfan | May 11, 2008 at 01:17 PM
The Ronnie ejection is a perfect example of how the crowd in Utah influences the refs. Can our bench give them some earplugs so they can do their job without giving into the crowd?
Posted by: WWJWWD | May 11, 2008 at 01:18 PM
Third foul on Fisher?
That's not good.
GO LAKERS!
Posted by: Jon K. | May 11, 2008 at 01:19 PM
I'm noticing a lot of late calls after a shot doesn't go down. That is NOT how to call a game, and it's really starting to irritate me.
Posted by: BH | May 11, 2008 at 01:19 PM
BK
I disagree! Dude came in off balanced and awkward. Ronny didn't do anything other make a play on the ball. So what makes a hard foul? If a man makes a play on the ball and he lands on his feet theres no flagrant! But he was out of control. Help me out here cuz it seems that flagrant was cuz of how he landed and not the contact
Posted by: lakeraholic | May 11, 2008 at 01:19 PM
The Jazz has been allowed to play football for 4 games.
D Fish breathes on D Will and he gets a silly second foul?
The bad officiating is affecting the Lakers.
The NBA: were fix games happen.
Posted by: passionate Lakers fan | May 11, 2008 at 01:20 PM
Very ticky tack reffing on Fish today. That bump was incidental at best.
Posted by: thehammer | May 11, 2008 at 01:20 PM
horrible game by kobe, he may be injured but he has to play better in case we have ANY chance of win this ballgame
Posted by: playa | May 11, 2008 at 01:21 PM
How did Fish get called for his third foul?
Vlad sucks, that is true and we need to get Farmer going!
Posted by: Dadi | May 11, 2008 at 01:21 PM
That's ridiculous. Putting aside the fact that Turiaf clearly went for the ball and Price just fell badly, how does Ronny get ejected, but Price doesn't even get a T for jawing at him? Absurd. It wasn't even worth a flagrant, much less all this.
AK
Posted by: Andrew Kamenetzky | May 11, 2008 at 01:21 PM