Enemy: Forum Blue and Gold

I also did a Q and A with the Land O’ Lakers blog at ESPNLA.com.  Check it out.

Point Guard
Keyon Dooling vs. Derrick Fisher

Dooling had a moment in the Portland game.  He hit three shots in a row, he dunked on Nicolas Batum (kind of), he looked like he may be able to make this thing work after all.  It was only a moment though.  Soon enough, Earl Boykins had entered the game and taken over the point and Milwaukee watched their deficit grow and grow.  Dooling isn’t able to get into the paint the way Brandon Jennings was, and if his jumper isn’t falling he doesn’t offer a ton offensively.  He’s not a bad defender though, and plays a smart game.  Fisher shoots threes and knows where to be.

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Los Angeles Lakers (Phil Jackson) 19-4

(Likely) Inactives: Luke Walton

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Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 11-11

(Likely) Inactives: Joe Alexander, Francisco Elson and Jodie Meeks

Date: 12/16/2009

Time: 7:00 (CST)

TV: FS Wisconsin

Match-Ups

Point Guard

Brandon Jennings vs. Derek Fisher

Fisher is a stat-head’s nightmare.  His PER is under ten.  He is shooting 30 percent from three and less than 40 percent from the field.  He’s basically been living off “veteran ingenuity” for two or three years.  But he’s also the starting point guard on the best team in the NBA, so how bad could he really be?  I’m torn on Fisher and have been for a few years.  Maybe he’s one of the players that these new fanged stats can’t properly asses, I mean they already appear biased towards power forwards and centers.  Perhaps Fisher’s game is still good, but just in unmeasurable ways.  But then I think … nah, he sucks.  And that usually wins the argument in my head.

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