Doing Lines: Gasol Enjoys the Single Coverage

Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.

What happens when of the best post players in the game gets single covered by one of the league's worst defenses? Total domination. And that's exactly what Pau Gasol did to the hapless Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. Gasol tore up the pitiful Warriors defense to the tune of 33 points on 12 for 21 shooting. Gasol also grabbed 18 boards during his 39 minutes of play.

Danny Granger is Clutch: Danny Granger continues to make his bid for a spot on the All-Star team. 37 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 block seems all-star enough. But when you start hitting game winners on the road, folks are going to start paying attention. On a redo of the 2005 NBA Draft, who gets drafted higher: Deron Williams, Andrew Bynum, or Danny Granger?

Randy Foye Matches Career High: Randy Foye continued his hot streak, dropping 32 points and 6 assists on the Thunder. Foye also hit 6 of his 9 three point attempts. Foye might not be a point guard, but dude can definitely score. Foye has averaged 23.3 points and 4.3 assists in January, helping the Wolves win all four games they've played this month. Maybe Roy for Foye wasn't so bad after all? Naaahhhh, I won't go that far yet.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-08-2009 @ 9:45AM

curley smith said...

can or will derek fisher EVER make a freakin' layup ? whhhhyyy does he keep trying to be kobe going to the hole when he has no hops?

1-08-2009 @ 10:36AM

frank said...

After NO beat LA in their house there were
flaws that came out one of them is Fisher
trying to keep up with an excellent pg but
LA has Kobe and Gasol that in any given night
either one of them can take over the game;

No 2 men can't beat a good team LA needs
a third wheel to go all the way, for sure.

1-08-2009 @ 12:10PM

In fact, Kobe 4.2and Gasol 3.8 have a better ratio
in dimes then Fisher 3.7 and of course Farmar 2.2
so who's the playmaker in LA ?????
All the other good teams have one ???NOT LA .

1-08-2009 @ 12:49PM

In fact, a good playmaker or pg is vital in any
team that wants to go the extra mile, as such:
Called dimes, assists or whatever = apg
Rondo from Boston 7.5
D. Williams for Utah 10.0
T. Parker for the Spurs 6.8
C. Paul for the Hornets 11.5
S. Nash for the Suns 8.5
J. Kidd for Dallas 8.5
J. Calderon for Toronto 8.7
C. Duhon for NY 8.3
D. Harris for NJ 6.6 and so on and so forth ....
but LA with Fisher and Farmar combine don't
get 5.2 ?????LA get a real playmaker ,please .

1-08-2009 @ 1:40PM

djkoast said...

Guys,

The triangle is designed to where a PGs role is diminished. The Point Guard in the traditional sense is not really needed for the Lakers squad. In fact the ball runs through the post when running properly.