“It could be,” Phil Jackson said when asked if his team was playing down to the level of its 
competition. “Our offense was pretty stagnant tonight. We’re trying to find a combination out there that can give us better spacing. Right now, it doesn’t seem like our quickness or our execution speed that I like is there. Sometimes the ball stays on one side of the court too long or we’re just not executing.” PJ talking about the last game against the T-Wolves.
Tonite L.A. takes on the Knickerbockers at the Staples Center. A new look team under a new coach, run and gun master Mike D'Antoni. Zack Randolph was recently sent to the Clippers for Tim Thomas and Cat Mobley; Jamal Crawford was sent to Golden State for Al Harrington via trades. Al Harrington is currently averaging 21 points in the past few games and looks like he is trying to earn a spot past 2010. D'Antoni has many adjustments to work on and is still tinkering with the starting line-up as well as rotations. It looks as if Little Nate Robinson will be starting tonite over Chris Duhon but it will be a game-time decision. Wilson Chandler has been looking impressive for the start of the season. Chandler is averaging about 15 points and 5 boards from the forward position.
Let's look for the Lakers to clean up their act tonite. We are currently scoring the highest in the NBA at 108 per game, but our defense has dropped. “We can’t hold a lead. … That’s awful,” said sixth man Lamar Odom, averaging only 5.8 points in his last 10 games. “We want to play the same way all the time. That’s what great teams do. It’s only December, but we can play a lot better.” It is only December, but one of the most anticipated games of the year is coming up, Christmas Day. We must clean up before that day so we can really aim at our "barometer" as Kobe says. Look for a big man game tonite, feeding the post and controlling the tempo. Hopefully stopping the run and gun offense of coach D. Let's play some defense tonite fellas!
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