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Anonymous
>>100593 i was at the game. gasol has his arm in okur's back, but the rebound is going over mehmet's head and he knows it. so he tries to sell a push foul, and the refs don't bite. a) game's at staples, very unlikely they're getting that call so late in the game. b) if the refs called every 'arm in the back, semi-push' boozer and millsap would be fouled out in the first 5 minutes of every game. it's not called that often, and the jazz are much stronger than the lakers, so they use it to their advantage.
it was a lucky bounce (that the ball came off far enough that gasol could grab it) - and okur's mistake of trying to flop meant an easy dunk for pau. the lakers didn't play great defense in this one, but their big-to-big passing was as crisp as can be, which is why they won.
also, when kobe bryant scores 26 points on 10 shots, you're probably in for a long night. whenever he's operating that efficiently, the lakers offense generally works extremely well.
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