Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum: Imperfect Pair?

Yesterday the Lakers lost to the Clippers, 107-80, and although the game was only part of exhibition season it proves that the team has work to do before the real season begins. The main issue of Thursday’s game at Save Mart Center was that Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum were not an effective pair on the front court. During the nine minutes in which Gasol and Bynum were in the lineup at the same time (during which Gasol had four points and Bynum one) the Lakers were flat out outplayed by the undermanned Clippers.On one play Gasol’s attempt to pass to Bynum for an alley-oop dunk failed, with the ball bouncing off the front rim instead.

Clippers power forward Marcus Camby was sidelined with the flu, thus Bynum and Gasol mainly faced off Chris Kaman and Tim Thomas. Of what went wrong Thursday, Gasol told the L.A. Times, “We have to figure out how we’re going to do [this] together. We have to bring more intensity out there and bring more intimidation–dominate more in rebounds and stuff. We lose speed, but we should gain in strength and size.” Here’s to hoping they figure it out before the real season starts!

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