Kobe Bryant has sounded the warning. "Man up" is what the Mamba said as he couldn't hide his frustration. But unfortunately for the Los Angeles Lakers in this NBA Finals, the terminology for Lamar Odom is "man down."
If you look at the screen shot taken from nba.com, they show the Lakers' sixth man's numbers for these NBA playoffs. They were great in the Western Conference playoffs but those numbers have have been dragged down during the Finals because of Odom's poor performance.
Thus far in five games, this is what Odom has done in 26.4 minutes per game:
7.6 points
5.8 rebounds
1.2 assists
3.4 fouls
1.6 turnovers
0.8 steals
0.2 blocks
Sure the Lakers' bench has been underwhelming. Jordan Farmar has regressed. Sasha Vucecic has become the second coming of Vladimir Radmanovic. And Luke Walton has been like his dad when he was with the Los Angeles Clippers. Their starting unit has been carrying them (but then again, didn't the same fate befall PhilJax's Chicago team in 1998). Because of the obligatory Chicago reference, there ain't no MJ-Scottie guard-forward duo here. The Lakers don't have a Big Four of their own because Odom's Invisible Man act has made the Lake Show a three-trick pony with Derek Fisher being a superb (yet at times overmatched) role player to help Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.
So two things for Lamar Odom if the Lakers want to send this to a Game 7: "what's up?" and "man up."
Don't tell me he's bothered by the masks of Khloe Kardashian.
Game 6 update!!! Lamar Odom's stat line:
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