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Lakers is undefeated ..... 3-0 against the Eastern teams :D
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Worst team in the West (per BS) beats best team in the East as Lakers remain undefeated vs. EC.
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the east suck lets be honest
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Yes, and we should be thankful. Lakers playing Pistons next.
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Zero Turn over...Zero!!!!!
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because he's not handling the ball much......but it's always good to have a big zero in TO column
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I'd rather him make 2 or 3 and play more decisively. The 0 TOs didn't show him having a strong game. He got his stats in OT and 4 free points (he nailed them, but they were free points).
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really, I thought he had one TO...hmmm

Lol, my joke prediction came true. LIN had to keep his scoring down so that he could help the Lakers win in OT.
I'll give Kobe another 8 games to improve his attitude and play as a team instead of his own agenda. Even though the team won, LIN lost IMO. Kobe and the Lakers are playing a dangerous game of dare with Lin. He can walk at the end of the year if kobe doesn't play nice. Lakers will lose LIN if they aren't careful.

Knowing Lin he'd rather have a the win than meaningless stats. They need to win all those eastern road games to have hope for playoffs.
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60+ games left, still time but Lakers need to chase back some wins.
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Hope ended when they lost to the depleted TankingWolves and benched Lin.
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Bingo!
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Worthy jogging around the announcer booth to celebrate the WIN :D
3 times.. He's funny!
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This is a HUGE win!..
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yup,. against #1 Eastern Team
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A winnable game against MIN would have put us 2 wins back to back! sigh
anyways, I will take this win! And the win on next game as well. Thats definitely a winnable game
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LOL. That's Big Game James. My favorite player from the Lakers showtime era.
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I feel bad for Fields
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lol its crazy! even against the TOP seed in the East, dang the Leastern Conference is THAT bad.
This is great, this win was unexpected, it makes up for the loss against Minny which shouldve been a win. I'll take it XD

at least my trip to LA to watch the 4 home games is not a total disappointment ^_^
uploading vids onto Instagram (hyca73) now...
I had a lower level seat today than the past 3 games, and could see a little bit more clearly:
- regarding interactions with the coaches: I didn't see much of him with HC (except for the time when BS was disagreeing with the ref, and Lin tried to calm him down)
- AS Eyen talked to Lin more than HC
- AS Madsen greeted JLin when he was out at around 3 min mark in 1Q (felt like he was comforting him, even though I know it's the usual time he is pulled out), another time is when JLin had a wonderful assist (forgot which Q)
- got to admit Kobe did fight very hard
- Lin was instructing teammates this and that, but I felt O still went thru Kobe a lot
- I was expecting Lin would meet or talk to Fields or PPat, but didn't see it
- after the game, he went to TOR bench, but only talked to a guy in suit, then got interviewed (on TV or something)

reply 8th floor
Glad you got to enjoy Lin's clutch FTs in OT and a big win for the Lakers in the final game :>
Too bad Lin didn't have a good shooting night but he gave his best and helped Lakers win
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Thanks, so happy you saw a Lin win and him contributing to 9 pts in OT. Did you feel a surge with Lin/for Lin as OT developed? On TV, every time Lin makes a 3, I hear cheering and oohhh when he misses, so do fans in Staples have that energy for him?
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yes, fans did do that, but LAL fans are still mostly Kobe's fans, and NYoung is also a fan favorite. Both of them got very load cheers.
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Thanks! Must have been exciting ... have a save trip home.

was listening into ESPN LA, Ireland and Mike Trudell were discussing about Lin's bench last game, and they are trying to figure out why is that. Ireland said that, Ellington played for Byron in Cleveland, and Byron trust him, and that's why Ellington is here, and the bench kind of shown how much trust Byron has there, and he might think with Kobe and Young handling the ball, Ellington might help a little bit on the defense there, since Lin was really good having double double in that game. Then they kind of discussed that, it still does not completely make sense, as for defense, Ed Davis is definitely way better than Hill, and last game, Hill was not doing much things, and yet Davis really make difference, thus if for the defensive purpose, Byron should sub in Davis then.
Anyway, the conclusion pretty much stay as Byron just trust Ellington.
Good to hear the radio guy is pretty fair to Lin there. Ireland usually not that friendly to Lin though.

Access Sportsnet Top 10 plays...#1 Lin to Wes for that dunk on Gallinari. #2 Lin half court pass to Wes in last game.

Good win for the team's morale. We all knew was going to be the Kobe show after lin's double. double. I am happy for Kobe, he will get his props in from the media, but he just showed that no "superstar" player is coming to LA to play with him. I also noticed that Scott put lin back in OT. Anyway glad lin got his points.
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So what will Kobe do after Jeremy gets a 3D? Lol. Scary thought.
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80pt game is coming then! lol
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Like I said... scary...

This game to me shows why Lin fans need to always root for the Lakers to win, no matter how badly Lin is getting treated (benched, iced out, etc). When Lakers LOSE, the miscues by Lin get magnified. When they win, they don't. Lol.
If they had won the Minnesota game, the focus would have been on Lin's double-double, instead of being benched at the end of the game. Because they lost, Lin's double-double got lost in focusing on all the Laker negatives.
Tonight, because of the win, we can focus on Lin's strong OT performance, and we'll forget his silly foul of Lowry at the end and his shaky start.
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very true...thats how tings are...win is always nice and brushes off all the other problems.
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If this was houston, they still talk about his stupidity.. But this is LA so it's good.
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I dont even want to remember Houston!

Jeremy Lin accounts for 9 of #Lakers 20 points in overtime. LA shocks Toronto at Staples. Kobe triple double & 6000th assist. Woo!#NBA

Lin has best FT % on Lakers, so it's good for him.
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Mr. CLUTCH!
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Lin is doing everything right as a PG now.
Clock management, feed Kobe and wait for his chances.
Too aggressive and he'll get benched
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Other words his being Derek Fisher's number.LOL
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lol... = not a usual PG
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But but, wasn't Lin told to be aggressive and assertive?
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