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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