DALLAS – For the second consecutive night, Pau Gasol sat the entire fourth quarter. This time the Los Angeles Lakers power forward was good with it as “Showtime” finally made an eagerly awaited appearance at the expense of the flat-footed Dallas Mavericks.
“Obviously, that’s exactly the situation you want to find yourself in when the game is put away and the starters can rest in the fourth,” Gasol said after the Lakers’ 115-89 Saturday night demolition in a game that was never remotely competitive. “That’s the ideal, and the right way when you want to rest in the fourth.”
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Even Phil Jackson, as best Gasol can recall, never publicly ripped him right from the jump.
“I don’t know if it was right at the jump, but once [Jackson] got comfortable he could do that. He could do anything he wanted, to be honest,” Gasol said. “So yeah, he knew a couple things that bothered me, and he knew how to get under my skin a little bit.”
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“I’m starting to know him,” Gasol said of D’Antoni. “It’s not that I pay attention to interviews and what’s said and what’s not being said after games or stuff like that or to the media, but if that’s the way he does things, so be it. Everyone has their own style and character and we have to get used to that, too.”
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“He’s going to have to adjust his game,” D’Antoni said. “Now, when Dwight goes out and he’s the 5, we want to get him some looks inside. But again, he’s going to start the game off, about eight minutes worth where he’s going to get some jump shots, and he can make them.”
Gasol, who acknowledged he’s been playing with a “pretty bothersome” case of knee tendinitis, rebounded Saturday night with 13 points on just seven attempts, and seven rebounds in 28 minutes. He scored eight points on 3-for-4 shooting in a 65-38 all-Lakers first half.
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His first attempt was an open jumper just above the free-throw line with Howard in the game. When Howard sat, Gasol found himself free twice on rolls to the basket, once for a layup and then for free throws, with Kobe Bryant feeding him both times. Gasol ended the first quarter with a pretty, gliding hook shot through the lane, again with Howard on the bench.
Gasol said he realizes, as does Howard, that shot attempts will vary from game to game. Howard, for instance, got 11 shots up Saturday night, equaling his combined attempts in the previous two games.
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Long enough for D’Antoni to send a message one night, and for Gasol to answer back the next.
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