Crucifido’s Corner: Knicks vs. Lakers (Game 43 1/29/2008)

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Near Disaster, But Maybe Something Clicked Alright let me get this out before I forget. Aside from the usual never let a team, no matter how bad or good get a look at a possible win (especially on your home court), there was an important thing to be taken away from this game. “The importance of [...] [link]

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Crucifido’s Corner: Knicks vs. Lakers (Game 43 1/29/2008)
Published 1/30/2008 by Clublakers at Bleacher Report
... In this game tonight the Lakers did a good job taking what the Knicks were giving them defensively. They were daring the Lakers to shoot from outside, so the Lakers exploited the open shots and kept themselves in the game despite radically poor defense throughout most of the game. But the problem with that was when the Knicks decided to vary their defense up. When the Knicks did that, the Lakers failed to adjust. They sank into a pattern that the Knicks wanted them to be in. Click here to continue reading... Sound off in our Clublakers.com forums.  ...

Crucifido’s Corner: Knicks vs. Lakers
Published 1/30/2008 by Clublakers at Bleacher Report
... game the Lakers did a good job working with what the Knicks were dishing out defensively.  The Knicks dared the Lakers to shoot from outside, so the Lakers exploited the open shots and kept themselves in the game—despite their radically poor defense. But the problem came when the Knicks decided to vary their defensive game, and the Lakers failed to adjust.  They sank into a pattern that the Knicks may well have premeditated and certainly desired. Click here to continue reading... Sound off in our Clublakers.com forums.  ...

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