Lakers pulled away late and overcame an early 16 point deficit to beat the sinking Blazers. Surprisingly, the Blazers hung tight through 3 quarters without their leader B-Roy and still had a decent chance of shocking a red-hot Laker team, if only not for poor shooting and yes, needless to say, "Coach McMuffin" poor coaching... Yes, I am saying this game was winnable if the coaching was legit and I'll tell you why:
Lamar Odom picked up his 4th foul in the first 30 seconds of the 3rd quarter... He stayed in the game after that and finished the game w/4 fouls... The question I ask is why the hell didn't "Coach McMuffin" attack Odom more?! Or better yet, why didn't we just attack more period... Portland was almost flawless from the free throw line (until Webster missed 2 straight at the end of the game), and since you are shooting 10-40 FGs or so in the 2nd half, why not attack the paint and Odom, and get to the foul line... At the end of the 1st half, the reason the Blazers were ahead by 7 was because of the FT line (13-13) vs the Lakers (5-5)...
We finished the game w/23 FTs... Although there were some bad no calls, Mike and Mike said it best, "The teams that are more aggressive get the calls" and in the second half, McMuffin couldn't relate that to the team... Unbelievable McMuffin... Oh, and you getting tossed put the nail in the coffin...
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