Lakers Expose Their Achilles Again

The Lakers closed out the Jazz which was no surprise to anyone. I’m sure Jazz fans were hurt, but, let’s be honest, it was a 1-8 first round match up. This round was more or less a warm up for the Lakers, but it did show some interesting facts and, at times, the Laker’s Achilles heel.

Farmar is Far From Getting Some PT

Jordan Farmar lost all his playing time towards the end of the season and didn’t see any of it come back in the first round. Shannon Brown’s solid performance in round one (50% from the feild and 66% from behind the arc) doesn’t help Farmar’s chances.  Farmar spends most of the game sitting next to Adam Morrison. During the regular season I wrote an article about Adam Morrison’s future as a Laker. It seems now, more then ever, that Morrison’s acqusition was a salary cap move.

Bynum Needs To Step it Up

Bynum might be the wild card next round if the Lakers play Houston. He will get minutes because of Yao but will be produce? As a big man, he has to rebound; which he hasn’t done in the last two games, averaging 3 rebonds a game in the series. He will probably take a lot of Odom’s minutes who has been balling out of control.

The Laker’s Achilles Heal

The Lakers once again showed the achilles heel; giving up big leads. Although it seems like they man handled the Jazz, they let Utah cut the lead to 93-86 with 4:37 left. I hope Trevor Ariza’s concerns are addressed in the next round, “We’re happy that we got the win but, but I don’t think we’re happy about how we won so we have to pay attention and stay focused on closing games out.”