Lakers @ Jazz Fri. 4/1 8:30 PM MT ESPN

[Deleted member 365]

Those of you blaming this game on the refs... Here's a question....

When haven't the refs favored the Lakers when they play against us?

I have no doubt the refs screwed us. But how is that any different than any other time we've played Kobe, Rose, Durant, Wade, Lebron, Melo, Ginobli, etc?

When you have a 5 point lead against the lakers, you need to play as if you're down by 5. You need to expect that at least a half a dozen calls will go against you when Kobe's out there.

 

[northeast]

Not sure what your point is. I disagree that the refs give a set number of extra calls against the Jazz. As i stated, they seem to adjust the biased calls to what is needed to give the Lakers the win. Yes, there are other teams that get extra calls too. I disagree that it is all about Kobe, every starter on the Lakers gets more calls than any of the Jazz starters. They've got guys off the bench that get more ref respect than any Jazz starters.

So we should be mad at the Jazz because they are so weak and lazy that they didn't beat the lakers by 35, so as to still win by 10 after the refs gift the lakers an extra 25 points? Is that your point, that if the refs favor one team, we should be mad at the other team for not raising their game to overcome the refs?

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

That tech for "throwing" the ball at Kobe is one of the weakest techs I've ever seen. Kobe's delayed "outraged" reaction after it was also hilarious.

That wouldn't have been a T if Kobe didn't get his panties in a bunch. Kobe is who turned it into something. The refs of course cave to Kobe(who should have got a tech for him trying to charge Fes, if Fes got one for lightly lobbing the ball in Kobe's direction).

 

[Deleted member 365]

Not sure what your point is. I disagree that the refs give a set number of extra calls against the Jazz. As i stated, they seem to adjust the biased calls to what is needed to give the Lakers the win. Yes, there are other teams that get extra calls too. I disagree that it is all about Kobe, every starter on the Lakers gets more calls than any of the Jazz starters. They've got guys off the bench that get more ref respect than any Jazz starters.

So we should be mad at the Jazz because they are so weak and lazy that they didn't beat the lakers by 35, so as to still win by 10 after the refs gift the lakers an extra 25 points? Is that your point, that if the refs favor one team, we should be mad at the other team for not raising their game to overcome the refs?

Ummm no.

I'm saying that we shouldn't spend pages 5-9 in a game thread bashing the refs.

We should bash the Jazz for a number of reasons:

#1 Why is Favors only getting 16 mins?
#2 Our SG situation is horrific. So why did we let Korver and Matthews leave for nothing?
#3 Why the hell is AK and his max deal still on this team?
#4 Why do we shoot so many jumpshots? We're not a good shooting team.
#5 Can we please start beating up all those Lakers fans that come into our house? Maybe if we beat them up they'd stop coming.

In addition to questioning our team and its management, give the Lakers some credit.

 

[zman1527]

A nice silver star to Coach Ty for starting Fesenko last night, that gave the jazz a fighting chance against the twin towers. It was too obvious a move to get a gold star. Just too bad ole Jer could never have seen it and good to see Jerry Junior breaking out of the box. I'd like to see this starting lineup used through the end of the year. Fes can be effective against most teams I think, not just those with bigs as he can clog the lane against guards driving the middle, and solve our problems with rebounds.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I know Fes played well last night, but I hate to put a damper on this Fes parade, it's one game he does this all the time it's a cycle with this nut job! He doesn't play for a few weeks, then for what ever reason injury or what ever he gets minutes he plays well, and earns more minutes the next game or two then promptly sent to the bench for the next few weeks because everyone is reminded that he is a bonehead idiot!

For the last time..... Yes he is as athletic as it gets for a 7ft. 300lb. Big man. For all his talent, potential and all that everyone see's is overshadowed by how dumb he is, overshadowed by his lack work he puts in to improve his game, overshadowed by his immaturity. He's still the same player he was as a a rook.

I'm always glad when he plays well, but don't be fooled by this one game.

 

[Scorpjazz]

I HATE Mark Jackson so much.
That being said, he was 100% right when he said that the Lakers are trying to get back in the game, and the Jazz are saying UH OH!. The bad part was the one who looked like he was saying UH OH more than anyone was Corbin. I agree he needs to be given a fair chance, but his demeanor and coaching choices so far have me not too hopeful.

 

[northeast]

Well, it was good to see the Fes, Jefferson, Millsap, Miles , Hayward, and Watson kick the Lakers butts for 20 minutes until the refs stepped up their game at the end of the first half. Sorry if I left anyone out.

Favor's block on Kobe was awesome. Hayward's got a game. He needs to practice shooting off the dribble . He's got the hops to be a great jump shooter, it just takes a lot of shots and some time for it to click in.

 

[northeast]

I HATE Mark Jackson so much.
That being said, he was 100% right when he said that the Lakers are trying to get back in the game, and the Jazz are saying UH OH!. The bad part was the one who looked like he was saying UH OH more than anyone was Corbin. I agree he needs to be given a fair chance, but his demeanor and coaching choices so far have me not too hopeful.

That's bull. The Jazz were kicking the Lakers butts, up by 18, and then it was one bullcrap call after another to get the Lakers in the game.

 

[Deleted member 365]

That's bull. The Jazz were kicking the Lakers butts, up by 18, and then it was one bullcrap call after another to get the Lakers in the game.

LOL!!!

Seriously?

 

[Mr. McGibblets]

That's bull. The Jazz were kicking the Lakers butts, up by 18, and then it was one bullcrap call after another to get the Lakers in the game.

The only bullcrap call was not putting Fes back in for 20 seconds when Kobe came back in so Fes could finish him with the KO.

*This post is not meant to say Fes would have made a difference, nor that I think Fes should have got more time. It's just a joke about wanting to see him knock Kobe over again.

 

[zman1527]

I know Fes played well last night, but I hate to put a damper on this Fes parade, it's one game he does this all the time it's a cycle with this nut job! He doesn't play for a few weeks, then for what ever reason injury or what ever he gets minutes he plays well, and earns more minutes the next game or two then promptly sent to the bench for the next few weeks because everyone is reminded that he is a bonehead idiot!

For the last time..... Yes he is as athletic as it gets for a 7ft. 300lb. Big man. For all his talent, potential and all that everyone see's is overshadowed by how dumb he is, overshadowed by his lack work he puts in to improve his game, overshadowed by his immaturity. He's still the same player he was as a a rook.

I'm always glad when he plays well, but don't be fooled by this one game.

The dude never gets minutes. If it goes by SOP, he will get 3 or 4 minutes the next game. I remember a couple of years ago he had a tremendous game against Yao Ming: scored, rebounded, blocked shots, played D and got around 35 minutes. His reward, a couple of minutes of the next couple games and then a string of DNP.