Day 57

During the Lakers-Rockets game a few days back, KCAL (they broadcast lakers games) ran a phone text poll about which rule you would like to see removed. The choices were A) Leaving the bench, B) 3 second violation, and C) Zone defenses.

If I was foolish enough to waste money texting to vote in an irrelevent poll, I would have chosen choice A. When the results came back, the clear winner was choice C. This perplexed me. I first attributed it to a lot of old people not wanting to change. But then I realized an even better explanation.

How was Kobe kept in check during last year's Finals? The strong side zone. The silly thing is that the Lakers have employed their own version of a strong side zone defense this year. If the people who voted had bothered to watch any Lakers games this year, they would have seen that the Lakers defense had drastically improved in the beginning of the year when they employed their new zone defense.