Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 9:00 am  |  109 responses

Andrew Bynum’s Ejection ‘Irritated’ Head Coach Mike Brown


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

There were many reasons for the Los Angeles Lakers’ terrible loss in Houston last night, during which they relinquished a 17-point lead to the under-handed Rockets.

Kobe Bryant shot often and often missed, the defense was atrocious, and Andrew Bynum drew a couple of silly techs and was kicked out of the ballgame in the third quarter.

A disbelieving Bynum smiled widely when he was ejected, making sure to hi-five everyone on the Lakers’ bench, and several fans sitting courtside. Mike Brown was not amused.

From the LA Daily News:

“Our defense is the worst it’s been all year,” Brown said. “The last seven or eight games, we just haven’t been playing well defensively. [...] Kobe Bryant brushed off Bynum’s ejection by saying he likes the way the 7-footer plays with “a chip on his shoulder,” and to take away that part of his game would take away something that makes him a force in the paint. “You can’t expect him to have it one night and not the next,” said Bryant, who didn’t speak to Bynum after the game. “I like the chip that he plays with.”

“I was irritated,” Brown said of Bynum’s ejection, which left the Lakers vulnerable in the paint. “Drew has to figure out what he wants to do. If (complaining to the referees profanely) is justified or not, nobody can put themselves in jeopardy.”

It doesn’t get any easier for the Lakers, who are an unsightly 9-15 on the road this season, as they travel to Dallas for a matchup against the Mavericks tonight. For Mike Brown’s sake, here’s to hoping Andrew Bynum can hang around for the whole thing.

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  • Paul H

    Going away from Sessions cost them the game….

  • CHRIS SOT

    THANK YOU!!! JUST LET HIM START ALREADY!!!

  • lisa

    Paul… I sad the same thing. But, can Sessions run their offense late in games. He played great and he should start from here on out. I also noticed Kobe stayed on the bench too long as well. The Lakers have to decide if Kobe or Sessions will run their offense in the last few minutes of the game.

  • colors

    Mike Brown is such a joke. I kind of supported him in Cleveland, didn’t think he deserved to be fired, but seriously? Steve Blake over Ramon Sessions? Why trade one of your best core guys for him if you’re barely going to use him.

  • Omar

    Bynum doesn’t care. He got his money yesterday.

  • tomtom

    Mike Brown isn’t getting any heat for this loss? Really? He burned up time outs for one thing, waited too long to put Kobe in when it came to the 4th. The lead was down to 7 when Kobe came in, yes Ramon was playing great but the rockets had made a run and Kobe didn’t get in ’till 4.45! How can you expect a guy to be warm within 4 or 5 possessions? Worst of all was the play call with 20 or so seconds left. Yes Kobe got open and made a 3, however it was a hand of play with Pau, which took way to much time off the clock. If we had time outs then that is a great play BUT Brown needs to realise that even if Hou can miss a FT (which they did) then we wouldn’t have ANY TIME to get a damn shot. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THIS!?

  • http://juan.garcia@computershare.com NBA Head

    Brown put the remaining starters in too late in the 4th qtr and they never got enough time to get their rythm back. I know the bench was playing great but in the 4th you have to put your statrers back in with at least 6 minutes to go. Just saying…

  • Jay cutler

    But brown isn’t irritated when Kobe jacks 3 for 20, 6 for 28, or 10 for 27?

    K.

  • RunNGun

    The LAkers need to play like this every evening.

  • Top$helf

    Mike Brown gets way 2 much blame the majority of it should go 2 Kobe jackin up shots like he’s 18 again he got two 7 footers feeding the post consistently will make his job a whole lot easier

  • l2ising Phoenix

    The chip on the shoulder statement is overused……

  • Ash

    Very immature on Bynaum part. He is important to the team and possibly cost Lakers the lost.Mike Brown needs find away to get a hold of this team it sounds like no one respects him. You put Sessions on the bench to get some scoring. He is the only one on bench who can Blake can’t do that

  • lisa

    Bynum need to quit complaining, Kobe needs to take fewer shots, and Sessions needs to start. The Lakers are now contenders.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    “Going away from Sessions cost them the game….” You got to be kidding me. lol

  • ron

    Mike should stop complaining. Look, Mike is a professional coach, he should adjust his attitude and game plans to suit his players.

  • http://redoftoothandclaw.ca/ niQ

    cosign jay cutler. lol

  • thecomputerdude

    Mike Brown the clock is now ticking…..

  • http://dodgers.com Joey E.

    im cool with sessions off the bench. adds more to a weak bench. but he MUST finish games. and he did last night, so cool. I expect his minutes to go up with every game. as for Andrew, meh. he won’t be getting ejected in the playoffs(im talking T’s, not a flagrant)

  • http://Roosterteeth.com Caboose

    Is anybody shocked that Mike Brown is ruining the Lakers?

  • Paul H

    @Orange, Sessions had 6 points and 2 assists up until Kobe checked In with about 6 mins to go. The offense was flowing, guys were involved and the tempo was controlled and the Lakers were still up by 12. Kobe checks In with 5 remaining and Sessions does not take ANOTHER shot. Three Kobe bricks and a turnover later and all of a sudden It’s 99-97 Rockets. KOBE ball Vs Sessions leading TEAM ball. You joke.

  • AD

    the lakers are finished.. nobody is scared of L.A

  • tomtom

    Paul H What game were you watching?? Houston hit a three to trim the league to 7 with about 5mins left. Lakers come down and Pau gets a Layup to make it nine, then lakers foul on next defence and Kobe comes in with the lakers up 7. The Rockets were on a 9 – 2 run when Kobe entered the game. He took 2 bad shots, granted. But he didn’t do much else wrong, LA’s D was so weak and losing Bynum was tough. People seem to be saying in all seriouslness that Ramon > Kobe?? haha i think that says a lot. Sad lives, people do the same to Lebron and it’s pathetic, spending your whole lives waiting for others to fail so you can rush to your keyboard.

  • Rainman

    Kobe stayed on the bench too long. He came bak onto the floor cold, and missed his next like 3 shots, that was a coaching mistake.

    oh and yes, Sessions shuda kept running the show, for sure.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Co-Sign tomtom. People are acting like they watched this game, but I doubt ya’ll have LP. Kobe had a decent game, he shot poorly, but you wouldn’t have noticed if you just watched the game instead of looking at a box score and highlights. Bynum lost the game for LA. Sessions looked good, but he still doesn’t know the team and you can tell that. Brown could have coached better, but it was Sessions who called for a time out when he got trapped thus by making it so there was not time outs. Not exactly Browns fault. Dam, got a bunch of Skip Bayless wanna be’s up in here.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    This year, Lakers are 10-8 when Kobe takes 25+ shots, 22-17 when he takes 20+ shots, and 6-1 when he takes less than 20 shots.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    idk what season that is from, but some dude tweeted that last night

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    It’s funny how often Kobe fans have to excuse a horrendous shooting game. They are like LeBron fans and choking.

  • Paul H

    It was 95-83 with 6.10 left and a nine point game when Kobe checked In. Yes Houston went on a run, but If the Lakers had of kept the ball moving they could have controled the pace better and maybe got a few more easy buckets. And yes I have League pass, It’s the only way I get to watch games. I love Kobe Byrant but I still like to see him held responsible. He’s the man who has always been sold as the solid clutch finisher (and sold himself) If he Is consistently chucking up BRICKS when It matters most now why shouldn’t be held responsible? And I’m not attacking Kobe’s legacy, I’m criticizing him NOW.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    that’s from this season.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    -Allen, You watched the game? Thought so. Hushhhh…
    -nbk, stats like that are fun, but The Bulls are just as good without Rose according to stats like that. I agree he needs to take less shots. His average should be around 22 FGPG with him making 10 of them, but that’s an unfair stat overall. It is usually because they are down by allot and the team is playing like garbage and Kobe starts trying to get them back in the game. Sometimes with ill advised chucks. Sometimes with daggers that win the game.

  • JZAKONI

    @Lakeshow B*tch i dont need LP. i live in cali, i got KCal & Prime ‘ticket… Bitch A$$ Ni66a

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    How are the Bulls just as good without Rose? He’s missed 14 of 48 games, the team is 28-6 with him, 10-4 without him. They are worse. Nice try though.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    His shooting % for “daggers” is around 34%. They win more when he shoots less for a reason. (Hint: Because that means other guys who are more efficient, are shooting more)

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Kobe should be around 18-19 shots with those two 7footers around him.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    how can you defend someone shooting 27 shots to score 29 points? Every entire team in the league is more efficient then that. You could run the Bobcats offense to a more efficient game then that. Especially considering Kobe made half of his extremely difficult shots towards the end of the game last night. Which means he was missing and taking too many stupid shots during the first 44 minutes.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    So what you’re saying is that Kobe fans don’t find themselves defending his horrendous shooting as often as LeBron fans find themselves defending his clutchness?
    And you believe that only those people who purchase League Pass would know if this is true?
    That’s so asinine I had to smile.
    He chucks. His fans excuse it. LeBron chokes, his fans excuse it.
    It’s the circle of life.

  • Tomas

    HIGH FIVE

  • Paul H

    Remember Nbk, the Lakers have a pecking order…and those seven-footers better get In line….At least having Sessions In the lineup should, theoretically, make Kobe play a bit more efficiently.

  • TMAX

    I was at the game in Houston. My season tickets are within 10′ of the visiting teams bench. Something is clearly up with Andrew Bynum and Mike Brown. Bynum did not participate in half time nor any timeouts. He cursed the coach right in front of everyone for taking him out early in the game. I believe he intentionally got thrown out of last nights game. I have no idea what is going on there, but this tells me Mike Brown has lost this team. Several players walked over to Bynum and laughed and cut up. I am a dual Rockets/Lakers fan (it’s a long story). Seeing this team last night and watching all this unfold pretty much tells me the Lakers are done. They need to fire Mike Brown immediately after they are ousted from the playoffs. Kobe will carry them as far as he can, but this coaching staff is not capable of doing what they have done in the past in getting the other players to buy in.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    You are not an intelligent person if you speak on things which you did not witness yourself. Bynum did not play the second half…Kobe should have been passing to Drew in the locker room right? Gasol only grabbed 4 boards, and they got out rebounded by 10. Drew had 7 in the first half. STFU if you think you know what your talking about. Because you don’t.
    -Who should Kobe be passing too? Tell me? Go ahead i’ll wait. Steve Blake? Matt Barnes? Sessions doesn’t shoot the ball well outside of 15 feet. Artest is not exactly a great shooter. Pau? He got pushed off the block by Scola probably a half dozen times in the 2nd half.
    -You all have NO idea what your talking about, so your talking out your asses to try to make the day go by. That’s fine. What else your asses have to say?

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    The problem is, the Lakers could compete for a title this year if they (when I say they, I mean Kobe) got rid of the “pecking order” and just ran an offense through their strengths. Which happen not to be Kobe. (he’s still the best player on the team, don’t get all your Kobe loving panties in a bunch Lakers Fans)

  • Tomas

    Kobe been take 20+ shots for 16 years in NBA , go look at is accomplishments and find somthing else to complain about thankx

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    no he’s been taking 20+ shots for 11 years. – we are all well aware of his accomplishments, and also, more aware of his career then you. obviously.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Thomas with the truth. I’ll take 5 Championships in 15 tries every time.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Sigh.
    Here is your quote:”Kobe had a decent game, he shot poorly, but you wouldn’t have noticed if you just watched the game instead of looking at a box score and highlights.”
    So what you’re saying is that when you wrote that Kobe shot poorly I should have ignored what you wrote because it don’t watch League Pass?
    That is freaking hilarious.
    YOU SAID KOBE SHOT POORLY.
    I pointed out that it’s funny how often Kobe fans have to say that, whether it’s followed by “Damn him” or “But he had a good game anyway”.
    It’s just like LeBron fans saying “Well he disappeared in the fourth, but he carried the team for three quarters to get them there.”
    It’s the standard disclaimer.
    I don’t care about the Lakers, or who is to blame, or all that jazz you’re trying to argue about. I think it’s funny that Kobe fans have to consistently excuse horrendous shooting, or constantly fume about it. That makes me chuckle.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Kobe fans know it’s true. Lakers fans too.
    Dude regularly takes horrible shots and has taken them his entire career regardless of who he plays with and what they are doing.
    He took bad shots with Shaq, he takes them now. He’s taken them in Finals victories, he’s taken them in Finals defeats. He’s taken them while sweeping teams, he’s taken them while being swept.
    Why be defensive about an obvious deficiency? If you want to champion him in spite of those problems, that’s wonderful. But it’s obvious those problems exist.
    I can’t believe Kobe fans are still sensitive about this. It would like me, as an Iverson fan, being sensitive when somebody says he was often horrible on defense.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Lakeshow are you really pretending like last night’s game was an aberration and only happened because Kobe had no one to pass to?
    You know what, my bad. I should have remember some key facts. Of course you believe that. Kobe only chucks because he’s forced to chuck. If he had great teammates he would pass. That’s right, he would pass for sure.
    Definitely.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Chuckle away. Not seeing your point though. Do you have one? He should have shot better. He didn’t. Moving on. The only “excuse” I have is that who do you want shooting the ball more than Kobe? Steve Blake? Matt Barnes? Ron Artest? Andrew Bynum in the locker room? Or a uninterested Pau Gasol who is being pushed around by a guy who is 4 inched shorter than him. I want Kobe taking those shots. You don’t. That’s the only thing I see here.

  • Paul H

    Jesus lakeshow you really get touchy when Bean Is criticized. Nobody here has said anything derogatory about Kobe’s career. He HAS been chucking up fourth quarters on the regular this season tho. Undeniably inefficient hero ball most of the time. I like Kobe, and the Lakers, but Bean really needs to settle down and realize that, while he Is still a fantastic player, maybe he just doesn’t have the same edge for closing that he used to.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Why do Kobe fans resort to past accomplishments whenever someone is talking about what he’s doing so far this season? What does 5 rings or 81pts or 62 in 3 have to do with anything that has occured so far this season? You can not have a argument with them without being pounded upside the head with the 5 RINGZZZZZZZZZZZZ hammer.

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