LAKERS @ Rockets Half Time Post

Score: LAL 64 HOU 50

Alright so welcome in to the half time post between the Lakers and the Houston Rockets where the Lakers jump to a big lead shooting lights out in the first half.

First off, I am just absolutely shocked and in awe the way this game started out. I was expecting the Rockets to jump to an early lead with the kind of explosive offense the Rockets have, but wow talk about reversal of fortune (so far).

Some of the positives, obviously the big positive so far, the three point shooting. Lights out, my goodness. The Lakers shot 11-14 from beyond the arc obviously started with Steve Blake shooting 3 straight threes, Wesley Johnson's buzzer beating three, and just all around great ball movement from the Lakers, which is why the team is leading. Again, I will see this all season if we can manage to hit the 3 ball consistently especially running in this D'Antoni system, then we have a chance to surprise anyone. Here's a list this game on who shot the three ball so far: Steve Blake, Steve Nash, Wesley Johnson, Jodie Meeks, and Jordan Farmar. 5 different players making it rain from beyond the arc.

The negatives, just the turnovers and the fouls that we gotta keep in check. Luckily we played the hack-a-Dwight game for a little while, but other than that we have to know when to put on the brakes. Yeah sure it's understandable Houston likes to run and D'Antoni has done a good job letting our young and athletic bench run with them, but committing 12 turnovers as opposed to the Rockets' 7, you can't let the Rockets back in and the Lakers have to keep up the momentum on their side and it starts by limiting the turnovers and committing fouls (unless it's Dwight Howard they're targeting to foul).

Well I am even shock that I have nothing else to say during this halftime post. The Lakers just got to keep the foot on the gas, but put on the brake at their own risk. The Rockets' pairing of Omer Asik and Howard is obviously hurting them, but when they go small, it's run, run, run. So they gotta generate more turnovers (they generated 7 turnovers from the Rockets) and keep the momentum on their side because first half performances usually never translate well going into the 2nd half.