LAKERS NOTEBOOK: EVANS IS A MIRROR OF INCONSISTENCIES.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer CLEVELAND -- Given a second chance at one play from Sunday's game, Lakers See Lake poets guard Maurice Evans There are several people named Maurice Evans:
He undoubtedly would have wanted the ball back with 4:12 left in the fourth quarter, when he took a pass underneath the basket with the Lakers leading 79-78 only to dribble the ball off his leg and out of bounds. "It was my fault, obviously. I just lost the ball," said Evans, who added that he prefers to catch the ball outside of the lane to have a better line of sight without big men collapsing on him. "That's a good job of what I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. History After the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth about, converging con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. , and making the person make the extra play instead of giving me a wide-open dunk, which would have been conceding con·cede v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes v.tr. 1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. twopoints, or fouling me." Evans finished Sunday's game with six points and made just 1 of 9 shots. It has been either feast or famine famine Extreme and protracted shortage of food, resulting in widespread hunger and a substantial increase in the death rate. General famines affect all classes or groups in the region of food shortage; class famines affect some classes or groups much more severely than for him in the Lakers' past three games, scoring 19 points Friday against Toronto after making 1 of 9shots the night before in his return to Detroit. "It's hot and cold because our offense is inconsistent," Evans said. "I'm getting shots one game, they just aren't available the next game. I come into a game, especially after having a good game, trying to be a little bit more aggressive. "I'm looking to kind of build upon where we left off. It's a totally different atmosphere, just a totally different game." Evans was the voice of conscience after Sunday's loss, acknowledging the frustration in the locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
"We allow teams when they play pick-and-roll to put so much pressure on our defense because we give them whatever they want," Evans said. "We give them the drives, we give them the jump shots. We're not forcing them to do what we want them to do." Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. echoed what Evans said about playing consistent defense, saying, "It's funny that a team that's so close and everybody's so cool off the court, on the court we don't talk at all." In and out: Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. kept Vladimir Radmanovic in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes but framed the decision in stark terms: "I said he's really got to have a good game. He has to decide that now for himself, though." Radmanovic had scored just two points in the two previous games and was benched the final 21 minutes against Toronto. He came out a changed player Sunday, making his first four shots and finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds. He cut for baskets, got a friendly roll on a 3-pointer and even passed on a corner 3 to drive baseline and score on a reverse layup. He played 27 minutes through three quarters, but Jackson didn't bring him back in the fourth. Hip check: In the weeks before this trip, Jackson talked about the two weeks he would spend on the road as being a major test to see just how much he had progressed since having hip-replacement surgery in October. He reflected Sunday on how much pain he was in for a game last March in Cleveland and said, "I've held up well," on this trip while giving credit to his therapy sessions with athletic performance coordinator Alex McKechnie. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: EVANS |
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