27 Assists: means that there is a ton of ball movement, which translates to*
"difficult to double anyone" and
"impossible to defend"
because no one knows who's getting the ball, because every time down, it's somebody
different.
In
Atlanta*(Kobe-Show) the Lakers had only
17 Assists on 92 pts.*(
.184 Assists per Point.)
In the
Indiana game the Lakers had
27 assists on 99 pts.*(.272*Assists per Point.)
** Sacramento game the LAKERS had 28 assists on 113 pts.*(.247*Assists per Point.)
High Volume Passing/High Assists exhaust the opponents' defense
defensively rested
Atlanta allowed only
18 Laker pts. in the 4th Qtr.
a defensively
tired*
Indiana allowed
31 Laker pts. in the 4th Qtr. (almost double)
**a defensively tired*Sacramento allowed 27 Laker pts. in the 4th Qtr.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced scoring (created by Ball Movement/Assists)
vs
ATL KoBE-BALL •• Kobe had
31, Artest with 20, and Howard 10, Nash 11
(example of low Assist unbalanced scoring)
vs
IND. Laker-Ball ••*
Howard-20, Blake-18, Jamison-17, Nash-15, Artest-19
(excellent example of high-Assist, well balanced scoring)
**vs SAC. ••*Howard-12, Blake-16, Jamison-27, Nash-19, Artest-22, Clark-11
(another excellent example of high-Assist, well balanced scoring)
Lakers have PLENTY of talent. Plenty*
Lakers @ Atlanta
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2013031301
Lakers @ Indiana
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2013031511