LAKERS vs THUNDER GM. 4 (recap)
BigLakerMike lends us some advice on what the Lakers need to do to win game 4 and how to show the Thunder who’s boss. “After watching game four of the Lakers/Thunder series I was so upset I just wanted to re-post the review from game three and leave it at that. The same problems carried over to game four. No Odom, no Artest, no calls, no WIN, its as simple as that.
It is easy for the Laker fans to see the world as Chicken Little and think that when we are put in a position like this that the sky is falling. Shortly after the horrible loss I received a text message from a good friend that supports another team. The text message said, “Don’t the Thunder realize that all they are doing is pissing Kobe off.”
It is not uncommon for the Lakers to play in cities like Oklahoma City where the fans are incredible and noise from the crowd can literally alter the momentum of the game. We have seen this before in places like Sacramento, Phoenix, Utah, etc. It is for this reason that we worked so hard through out the year to obtain home court advantage. It is important that we NOW implement the style of basketball we know can beat the Thunder.
The main thing that stands out in my mind that can put us back in the driver seat is our free throws, getting to the line and making them. Oklahoma is drastically getting more free throws then us but they also are making them. They made 42-48 free throws in game four. With the Thunder shooting 85% from the line and the Lakers shooting 69% this needs to change.
The energy of being at home needs to be shown on the court as well. In games three and four we have not come close to matching the energy level of the Thunder. Why haven’t we gotten excited about dunks, big shots, or great passes. We have certainly had them, we need to show this young Thunder team why home court in a series is so important.
Welcome home Lakers now lets go to work. 14 more wins until another Laker Championship…”
