Magic Johnson Basketball Jerseys From China questioned new coach Mike D'Antoni's system with the slumping Los Angeles Lakers, saying ''it doesn't fit the talent the Lakers have.'' The Lakers (9-12) fell to 4-8 in the 12 games since D'Antoni took over from the fired Mike Brown with a 100-94 loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday night in Cleveland. ''I'm not down on him yet as a coach,'' Basketball Jerseys From China Johnson said earlier in the day at a Dodger Stadium appearance, although he criticized D'Antoni's plan to make the Lakers into a running team. ''You can't run with these guys,'' he said. ''There's one guy who can get up and down the court and that's Kobe (Bryant). You've got to take that ball inside.
That's how you win games.Basketball Jerseys From China '' Johnson said the Lakers have two of the best 7-footers in the NBA in Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard, and the offense should revolve around Gasol, who missed his fifth straight game Tuesday night with tendinitis in his knees. Point guard Steve Nash has missed 20 games with a broken left leg he sustained on Oct. 31. Johnson called Gasol ''the Basketball Jerseys From China best passing big man in the NBA.'' ''His game is catch it on the low block and face his man,'' the former Lakers star said. ''The first question should've been, 'Where do you like it because that's where I'm going to give it to you.''' When it comes to the Lakers' dismal defense, Johnson agrees with D'Antoni and Bryant.
''We can score points but the defense is breaking down,'' he said. ''We have to correct our defense. Every night guys have to come with passion and urgency.'' Johnson Basketball Jerseys From China said he Basketball Jerseys From China thinks that once Gasol starts playing well, the Lakers will follow suit with Nash's help. ''This is one of the most challenging stretches of my 17 years, and the most baffling, too,'' a puzzled Bryant said after losing to the Cavs. ''We have the talent and personnel to do it, but we're not, and it's baffling. It's extremely frustrating. ''It doesn't make any sense. We're still finding ways to lose games.''
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Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys : Anthony scores 45, Knicks rally to beat Nets
Now,Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys this Knicks-Nets rivalry is really on. If it hadn't started when the Nets left New Jersey and set up shop in the Knicks' city, it surely arrived when Jason Kidd delivered the tiebreaking 3-pointer Tuesday night, making himself an enemy of his former franchise. ''I hate him,'' Nets guard Deron Williams said. Williams was kidding, the point guards are friends. But Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys Nets fans who watched Kidd ask out of the organization and Carmelo Anthony refuse to come could easily work up more dislike of the Knicks after watching those two Tuesday. Anthony scored a season-high 45 points, Kidd made the tiebreaking shot with 24 seconds left, and the Knicks rallied from an early 17-point hole to beat Brooklyn 100-97.
Kidd finished with 18 points against his former team, who used to dominate the Knicks when he played in New Jersey. He pumped his fist afterward in what he said was as much emotion as he shows, though denied taking any special pleasure in beating the Nets. ''I'm a Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys competitor. I want to win,'' he said. Now the series is tied at 1-1 since the Nets moved to Brooklyn, both games coming down to the Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys tense final minutes. ''It is (a rivalry). I mean, after that first game, we might as well accept that,'' Anthony said. ''It is what it is. They're on our division, we see them four times a year. It is a rivalry. It's great for New York to have that in Brooklyn and in Manhattan. When we come here it's a battle. When they come there, it's going to be a battle. We expect that.'' Andray Blatche scored 23 points in place of Brook Lopez, who missed his sixth straight game with a sprained right foot. Williams added 18 points and 10 assists, and Reggie Evans grabbed 18 rebounds, but the Nets lost their fifth straight. Gerald Wallace scored 17 points, but both he and Williams missed potential tying 3-pointers on the last possession after Kidd broke a 97-all tie with his 3-pointer from the left side while being fouled by Jerry Stackhouse.
Kidd missed the free throw in an otherwise terrific effort for the 39-year-old point guard who helped carry the Knicks while fellow point guard Raymond Felton was struggling through a 3-for-12 night. Kidd had six rebounds and six assists, playing 38 minutes. There were wild swings in momentum and crowd support in the second half, once the Knicks had gotten themselves untracked after the Nets threatened to run them off the floor in the first quarter. The crowd was loud and energetic, the players and fans eventually matching the playoff-like intensity from the first meeting, a 96-89 Nets victory in overtime here on Nov. 26. That had left both teams tied atop the Atlantic Division at 9-4, but the Knicks have since gone 7-1 to surge to the top of the Eastern Conference, while Brooklyn has gone 2-5. It occasionally felt like a Knicks home game, with ''MVP! MVP!'' chants for Anthony - which the Knicks think he deserves -Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys and a black-and-orange dressed Spike Lee sitting courtside and yelling at the referees. ''He's had some pretty good games under my tutelage but I just think tonight he wanted it so badly, man,'' Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. ''He made shot after shot.'' The Brooklyn native never wanted to play in New Jersey, preferring instead a trade to the Knicks, and Kidd eventually wanted out after leading the Nets to two NBA Finals but never the local popularity of the Knicks. But despite their efforts, the Nets had plenty of chances to send their fans home happy.
''This was a winnable game,'' Nets coach Avery Johnson said, ''but we just couldn't quite close it.'' The Nets scored the first five points, gave up a 3-pointer to Kidd, then outscored the Knicks 16-2 over the next five-plus minutes to open a 21-5 lead on Blatche's layup with Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys 4:29 left in the first quarter. Brooklyn hit nine of its first 11 shots, led by as much as 17 and was ahead 30-16 going to the second. Blatche had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in eight minutes. The Nets still led by 16 with 4:49 remaining in the half, but Anthony nailed a jumper and 3-pointer, triggering an 18-6 run to end the half that he capped with a layup with 1.8 seconds left, bringing the Knicks within 53-49 as they headed to the locker room. Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys The Knicks scored the first five points of the second half to take their first lead, but Williams quickly put the Nets back ahead and Blatche helped them stay there. Brooklyn was back up by nine late in the third quarter before settling for a 79-74 lead. Brooklyn held the lead until Kidd tied it a 91 on a 3-pointer with 4:01 to play. The Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys Nets lost a potential go-ahead basket when Blatche's tip in was ruled an offensive violation, and Anthony tipped in his own miss to give New York a 93-91 edge with 2:47 to play. The Nets tied it again at 95 when Wallace - who just moments before had banged knees hard with J.R. Smith and could barely stand - tipped in a miss. Two free throws by Anthony followed by Joe Johnson's basket set the stage for Kidd's go-ahead shot.
Kidd finished with 18 points against his former team, who used to dominate the Knicks when he played in New Jersey. He pumped his fist afterward in what he said was as much emotion as he shows, though denied taking any special pleasure in beating the Nets. ''I'm a Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys competitor. I want to win,'' he said. Now the series is tied at 1-1 since the Nets moved to Brooklyn, both games coming down to the Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys tense final minutes. ''It is (a rivalry). I mean, after that first game, we might as well accept that,'' Anthony said. ''It is what it is. They're on our division, we see them four times a year. It is a rivalry. It's great for New York to have that in Brooklyn and in Manhattan. When we come here it's a battle. When they come there, it's going to be a battle. We expect that.'' Andray Blatche scored 23 points in place of Brook Lopez, who missed his sixth straight game with a sprained right foot. Williams added 18 points and 10 assists, and Reggie Evans grabbed 18 rebounds, but the Nets lost their fifth straight. Gerald Wallace scored 17 points, but both he and Williams missed potential tying 3-pointers on the last possession after Kidd broke a 97-all tie with his 3-pointer from the left side while being fouled by Jerry Stackhouse.
Kidd missed the free throw in an otherwise terrific effort for the 39-year-old point guard who helped carry the Knicks while fellow point guard Raymond Felton was struggling through a 3-for-12 night. Kidd had six rebounds and six assists, playing 38 minutes. There were wild swings in momentum and crowd support in the second half, once the Knicks had gotten themselves untracked after the Nets threatened to run them off the floor in the first quarter. The crowd was loud and energetic, the players and fans eventually matching the playoff-like intensity from the first meeting, a 96-89 Nets victory in overtime here on Nov. 26. That had left both teams tied atop the Atlantic Division at 9-4, but the Knicks have since gone 7-1 to surge to the top of the Eastern Conference, while Brooklyn has gone 2-5. It occasionally felt like a Knicks home game, with ''MVP! MVP!'' chants for Anthony - which the Knicks think he deserves -Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys and a black-and-orange dressed Spike Lee sitting courtside and yelling at the referees. ''He's had some pretty good games under my tutelage but I just think tonight he wanted it so badly, man,'' Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. ''He made shot after shot.'' The Brooklyn native never wanted to play in New Jersey, preferring instead a trade to the Knicks, and Kidd eventually wanted out after leading the Nets to two NBA Finals but never the local popularity of the Knicks. But despite their efforts, the Nets had plenty of chances to send their fans home happy.
''This was a winnable game,'' Nets coach Avery Johnson said, ''but we just couldn't quite close it.'' The Nets scored the first five points, gave up a 3-pointer to Kidd, then outscored the Knicks 16-2 over the next five-plus minutes to open a 21-5 lead on Blatche's layup with Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys 4:29 left in the first quarter. Brooklyn hit nine of its first 11 shots, led by as much as 17 and was ahead 30-16 going to the second. Blatche had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting in eight minutes. The Nets still led by 16 with 4:49 remaining in the half, but Anthony nailed a jumper and 3-pointer, triggering an 18-6 run to end the half that he capped with a layup with 1.8 seconds left, bringing the Knicks within 53-49 as they headed to the locker room. Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys The Knicks scored the first five points of the second half to take their first lead, but Williams quickly put the Nets back ahead and Blatche helped them stay there. Brooklyn was back up by nine late in the third quarter before settling for a 79-74 lead. Brooklyn held the lead until Kidd tied it a 91 on a 3-pointer with 4:01 to play. The Discount NBA Basketball Jerseys Nets lost a potential go-ahead basket when Blatche's tip in was ruled an offensive violation, and Anthony tipped in his own miss to give New York a 93-91 edge with 2:47 to play. The Nets tied it again at 95 when Wallace - who just moments before had banged knees hard with J.R. Smith and could barely stand - tipped in a miss. Two free throws by Anthony followed by Joe Johnson's basket set the stage for Kidd's go-ahead shot.
Cheap NBA Jerseys : Irving and Cavs deal Lakers another loss, 100-94
There had to be a low point. The Los Angeles Lakers can only hope they've reached it. This chaotic season has gotten worse. Kyrie Irving scored 28 points in his return after missing 11 games with a broken finger, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-94 win over Kobe Bryant Cheap NBA Jerseys and the Lakers, who look nothing like a team projected to win an NBA title - or anything else. ''This is one of the most challenging stretches of my 17 years, and the most baffling, too,'' a puzzled Bryant said after the Lakers lost for the eighth time in 11 games. ''We have the talent and personnel to do it, but we're not, and it's baffling. It's extremely frustrating.
''It doesn't make any sense. We're still finding ways to lose games.'' Irving added 11 assists in 39 minutes and showed off his dizzying array of moves as the Cavs, who came in with just four wins, ended a five-game losing streak. Bryant scored 42 points and Dwight Howard had 19 points and 20 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to stop the Lakers, who were still missing Pau Gasol and Steve Nash,Cheap NBA Jerseys from opening a four-game road trip with a with a loss that could sting for a while. ''We have to stop the bleeding - somehow,'' said Howard, who forced a trade this summer from Orlando to join the Lakers and maybe win some championships. ''We can't let this kill our spirits too much. This is tough on all of us right now. ''We want to win. We're sick of losing. We all understand that situations like this don't last forever.'' C.J. Miles scored 28 in his first start this season, Anderson Varejao had 20 and Alonzo Gee 17 for the Cavs. Los Angeles fell behind by 16 points in the third quarter, and despite Bryant's valiant attempt to rescue them - he scored 16 in the fourth quarter - the Lakers dropped to 1-10 in games the superstar scores 30 or more points.
''We played very uninspired basketball, offensively and defensively,'' said coach Mike D'Antoni, brought in to repair an underachieving squad after Mike Brown was fired five games into the season. ''We play at a very slow pace and we struggle. Maybe it shifts over to defense. Maybe we're slow. Maybe we can't do it. . It's my job to fix it - and that's what I'll do.'' As the final seconds ticked off, Bryant stood at halfcourt, his right hand resting on his hip, a look of disgust on his face. When the horn sounded Cheap NBA Jerseys, he handed the ball to an official and shared a brief hug with Irving and a long one with Cavs coach Byron Scott, who whispered something in his ear. The Lakers have nowhere to go but up. Bryant refused to single out any teammates, and he chose his words carefully when pressed on his team's many problems. ''I'm very upset,'' Bryant said. ''When things get hard, you should get more determined, not shake your heads.
It just seems when it rains it pours. It's like this cloud is following us around at all times. I'm one of the fastest guys on the team - and I'm like 50. What does that tell you?'' Before the game, D'Antoni bemoaned his team's defense and said the Lakers seemed to be missing a ''spirit'' to win. Those aren't their only deficiencies. Howard scored inside to get the Lakers within 86-82, but Irving answered with a 3-pointer. Metta World Peace hit a 3 to bring Los Angeles within 89-85, but on Cleveland's next possession, the Lakers lost track of Cavs center Anderson Varejao, who scored an uncontested layup as all five Los Angeles players watched. Bryant hit a 3-pointer to trim Cleveland's lead to 95-92 with 28 seconds left, but he missed another 3-point attempt on the Lakers' next trip and there was nothing he Cheap NBA Jerseys or anyone else in purple and gold could do from there. Howard is confident the Lakers will be able to turn their season around. He just doesn't know when. ''We've got to stay focused and stay strong,'' he said. ''We can't let this break who we are as a team. We talk about it every day. People are going to say whatever they want about our team right now. We're not playing the greatest basketball. But there will come a day when we'll have the gun. Right now, we're rabbits. Once we get the gun, it's not going to be fun for everybody else.''
The Cheap NBA Jerseys Cavs went 2-9 without Irving, their sensational 20-year-old. But with him on the floor, Cleveland is a far different team and on this night better than the Lakers. Cleveland was ahead by 12 when Irving tried to take Bryant on by himself. Dribbling the ball between his legs at the top of the key, Cheap NBA Jerseys Cleveland's star backed Bryant down in the lane as the crowd roared at a 1-on-1 matchup Irving proposed during the summer for charity. Irving tried a pump fake that didn't work and Bryant easily blocked his shot as if to say, ''Not yet, kid.'' ''It reminded me when Allen Iverson was going against Michael Jordan,'' Irving said. ''The whole crowd sat up. I got my shot blocked, but it was still a memorable moment for me, seeing the crowd reaction. I was surprised by it.'' Scott wasn't shocked that Irving would play so well. ''He's likes being put in the position of having to deliver,'' Scott said. ''He's just a special young man. He loves the competition.''
''It doesn't make any sense. We're still finding ways to lose games.'' Irving added 11 assists in 39 minutes and showed off his dizzying array of moves as the Cavs, who came in with just four wins, ended a five-game losing streak. Bryant scored 42 points and Dwight Howard had 19 points and 20 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to stop the Lakers, who were still missing Pau Gasol and Steve Nash,Cheap NBA Jerseys from opening a four-game road trip with a with a loss that could sting for a while. ''We have to stop the bleeding - somehow,'' said Howard, who forced a trade this summer from Orlando to join the Lakers and maybe win some championships. ''We can't let this kill our spirits too much. This is tough on all of us right now. ''We want to win. We're sick of losing. We all understand that situations like this don't last forever.'' C.J. Miles scored 28 in his first start this season, Anderson Varejao had 20 and Alonzo Gee 17 for the Cavs. Los Angeles fell behind by 16 points in the third quarter, and despite Bryant's valiant attempt to rescue them - he scored 16 in the fourth quarter - the Lakers dropped to 1-10 in games the superstar scores 30 or more points.
''We played very uninspired basketball, offensively and defensively,'' said coach Mike D'Antoni, brought in to repair an underachieving squad after Mike Brown was fired five games into the season. ''We play at a very slow pace and we struggle. Maybe it shifts over to defense. Maybe we're slow. Maybe we can't do it. . It's my job to fix it - and that's what I'll do.'' As the final seconds ticked off, Bryant stood at halfcourt, his right hand resting on his hip, a look of disgust on his face. When the horn sounded Cheap NBA Jerseys, he handed the ball to an official and shared a brief hug with Irving and a long one with Cavs coach Byron Scott, who whispered something in his ear. The Lakers have nowhere to go but up. Bryant refused to single out any teammates, and he chose his words carefully when pressed on his team's many problems. ''I'm very upset,'' Bryant said. ''When things get hard, you should get more determined, not shake your heads.
It just seems when it rains it pours. It's like this cloud is following us around at all times. I'm one of the fastest guys on the team - and I'm like 50. What does that tell you?'' Before the game, D'Antoni bemoaned his team's defense and said the Lakers seemed to be missing a ''spirit'' to win. Those aren't their only deficiencies. Howard scored inside to get the Lakers within 86-82, but Irving answered with a 3-pointer. Metta World Peace hit a 3 to bring Los Angeles within 89-85, but on Cleveland's next possession, the Lakers lost track of Cavs center Anderson Varejao, who scored an uncontested layup as all five Los Angeles players watched. Bryant hit a 3-pointer to trim Cleveland's lead to 95-92 with 28 seconds left, but he missed another 3-point attempt on the Lakers' next trip and there was nothing he Cheap NBA Jerseys or anyone else in purple and gold could do from there. Howard is confident the Lakers will be able to turn their season around. He just doesn't know when. ''We've got to stay focused and stay strong,'' he said. ''We can't let this break who we are as a team. We talk about it every day. People are going to say whatever they want about our team right now. We're not playing the greatest basketball. But there will come a day when we'll have the gun. Right now, we're rabbits. Once we get the gun, it's not going to be fun for everybody else.''
The Cheap NBA Jerseys Cavs went 2-9 without Irving, their sensational 20-year-old. But with him on the floor, Cleveland is a far different team and on this night better than the Lakers. Cleveland was ahead by 12 when Irving tried to take Bryant on by himself. Dribbling the ball between his legs at the top of the key, Cheap NBA Jerseys Cleveland's star backed Bryant down in the lane as the crowd roared at a 1-on-1 matchup Irving proposed during the summer for charity. Irving tried a pump fake that didn't work and Bryant easily blocked his shot as if to say, ''Not yet, kid.'' ''It reminded me when Allen Iverson was going against Michael Jordan,'' Irving said. ''The whole crowd sat up. I got my shot blocked, but it was still a memorable moment for me, seeing the crowd reaction. I was surprised by it.'' Scott wasn't shocked that Irving would play so well. ''He's likes being put in the position of having to deliver,'' Scott said. ''He's just a special young man. He loves the competition.''
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