Another loss for the Lakers, this one a blowout, which was the direct result of not getting the ball inside to their post players….

On Friday, I pointed out that Phil Jackson needs to address this problem ASAP, but evidently the message was not delivered….

And if this 110-89 embarrassment doesn’t wake up the coach, it’s going to be an early vacation….

I read in the Los Angeles Times that the Lakers did a better job of feeding the post, which is nonsense….

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum took only 10 shots each, which is not enough to win a tough playoff game on the road….

I know Ron Artest is shooting horribly and getting ripped in the local press, but he’s doing a very good job guarding Kevin Durant….

On the season, Kevin led the NBA in scoring at 30ppg, shot 48% and 37% on his threes….

In this series, Durant is shooting only 38%, a miserable 25% on his threes and averaging 27ppg. As you can see, his numbers are way down and he’s struggling to score….

He’s having to work hard for every point he gets and Ron-Ron is doing an excellent job defending him….

It’s not suprising he’s not making any shots, because Artest is expending so much energy defensively….

The guy who should be getting ripped is Derek Fisher, but for some reason he’s become a sacred cow in Los Angeles and immune to criticism….

If you want to pinpoint why the Lakers are so bad defensively and the Thunder are shooting so many free throws, look no further than #2….

He is getting destroyed by Russell Westbrook, who gets past him any time he wants and breaks down the Lakers defense….

With everyone scrambling to cover Fisher’s ass, the defense is a step behind and out of position….

On the season, Westbrook averaged 16 points, shot 42% and only 22% from behind the arc….

In this series, however, Westbrook is scoring 22ppg, shooting 55% and is 2-2 from thre-point range; which by my high school math is 100%….

So you tell me why Artest is getting the brunt of the criticism in this series….

The numbers clearly show it’s Fisher who is killing the Lakers and the biggest reason they lost both games in Oklahoma City….

Derek is also shooting too much, especially early in the shot clock, which renders the Lakers size advantage useless and leads to Thunder fast break baskets….

Yet not a single media member in this city will speak the truth….

Yes, Fisher is a class guy and has gone through a tough time with his daughter’s illness; but that should not matter when he’s wearing an NBA uniform. The press should report honestly about his poor performance, because he’s a player just like everyone else….

As a boxing fan, I’ve been watching this “Super Six” tournament going on to decide the new Super Middleweight champion of the world….

Saturday night was a good scrap. with Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler winning a close decision over Britain’s Carl Froch in front of a sell out crowd in Copenhagen….

Under the Super Six format, however, both fighters are still alive….

In this system, all participants must fight at least three times, all face each other and win points for wins….

This will all result in an undisputed champion next year, which is what should happen in all weight classes….

But I have two problems with it:

1) Super Middleweight is a made up division and means nothing. Boxing needs to get back to the original eight weight classes, not encourage more super and junior divisions.

2) As soon as we do get one title holder, politics will play into it and the alphabet soup organizations will begin recognizing their own champions again; which will put the division right back to where it was two years ago.

But I do like the attempt to unify a title; I just wish it was in a real division and the new champion could only lose his belt in the ring….

Speaking of boxing, we have an excellent matchup in a real division Saturday night, with Shane Mosley facing Floyd Mayweather….

Yes, Shane is bigger and stronger than anyone Mayweather has faced and many believe Mosley will win….

But I’m not one of them….

Sugar Shane has faced two excellent boxers in his career, Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright, and is 0-4 against them….

Floyd is going to move, get in and out and win a unanimous decision….

Mosley has trouble with boxers and there are none better than the Pretty Boy….

For all of you expecting a detailed account of last night’s NFL draft, you’ve come to the wrong place. I could care less and find the whole thing a complete bore….

Nobody has a clue how good any of these guys will be and it’s a complete farce….

Now on to the Lakers….

Question for Phil Jackson: When you have a huge size advantage against a small team and your two big men combine to shoot 13-21, with 30 points and 22 rebounds, why is it that the ball never goes inside?….

I know I sound like a broken record, but when Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum get lots of touches and are involved in the offense, this team is unbeatable….

But when Kobe shoots 30 times and the big men get ignored, it’s a formula for losing; which is exactly what happened last night….

A quick look at the box score further explains the loss….

Taking 31 three-point shots is ridiculous and explains why the Lakers only attempted 12 free throws. Gasol and Bynum should be combining for at least 31 shots if they expect to win….

I know the locals are screaming about the officiating and pointing out Kobe did not shoot a single free throw, which is a valid point. Certainly he was fouled a few times and should have gotten to the line; but he took 11 three-pointers and didn’t try and get the ball inside enough….

Sure there was a free throw disparity, but the Lakers got exactly what htey deserved and the referees did not cost them the game….

Maybe I’m slow and need someone to explain it to me, but I’m still trying to figure out what Ben Roethlisberger did to earn a six game suspension….

I know he was out drinking with his friends and got lucky with some sweet young college skank in a public restroom, but who among us hasn’t done that?….

Sure, the drunken chick originally claimed sexual assault, but the police aren’t pressing charges because of lack of evidence. And once the young woman sobered up and realized it wasn’t rape, she also wanted to drop the whole thing….

As for the first charge against Big Ben, with another woman in Reno over a year ago, that case was a complete fabrication. The trailer park skank waited over a year to press charges and simply after a big payday….

According to the police report, this is allegedly what happened: The girl was so drunk she could barely walk, and was led to a chair near the bathrooms by an off duty xop doing bodyguard work for the QB. Then, Ben supposedly walked back there, exposed himself and propositioned her….

After that she claims she was terrified, ran down the hall and just happened to wind up in the men’s room; where she and Big Ben had sex….

Sounds to me like buyer’s remorse on the part of the drunken hoochie. She was starstruck by the superstar NFL player, was falling drunk and wound up having sex with him….

After sobering up, she probably regretted doing it, but then thought about what a big score she could make by crying rape….

Just my opinion….

You’re telling me Bill Belichick gets no suspension for illegally taping the oppositions signals, resulting in a huge advantage which changed the outcome of games?….

And Tom Cable admits to beating women and receives no punishment?….

Yet Roethlisberger gets six games for banging a legal-aged woman?….

Someone please explain it to me….

Obviously Big Ben needs to use better judgement and hopefully will learn from this. Instead of knocking it out in a bathroom (which is great fun by the way), just take them home….

What’s this world coming to when a celebrity can’t bang every skirt he sees without the Commisioner getting involved?….

Aren’t cheap women the reason you become an actor, musician or athlete?….

Now for the comedy portion of the evening, Roger Goodell’s statement:
“I think Ben has a tremendous amount of remorse here,” Goodell said. “I think he recognizes he made some bad decisions and things have to change. I think he wants to do that and needs some help to do that. We would like to support him so he can make better decisions going forward.”

Reaction: This coming from the same hypocrite who sweeps misdeeds by coaches and management under the rug? And the same guy who had nothing to say when a pedophile performed at the Super Bowl and a racist was allowed to buy into the Miami Dolphins? And he calls Rush Limbaugh “divisive?”

“We did a lot of our own discussions, spoke to a lot of the people involved in the investigation down in Georgia,” Goodell said. “Then you have to get counsel and perspective from a lot of different people and reach a conclusion you think is going to change the individual’s behavior.”

Reaction: Like Belichick, Cable, Pete Townshend and Jennifer Lopez?

“My No.1 responsibility as commissioner is the integrity of the game and I have to protect that integrity,” Goodell said. “It’s for the players, the coaches, everyone in our league, including the fans. I take that very seriously.”

Reaction: Let me get this straight. On the game’s biggest stage, the Super Bowl, he allows a guy once on a watch list for pedophilia to perform at halftime. He allows a non-black singer who uses the N-Word to buy into the Dolphins. Protecting the integrity of the game? What a hypocrite. And that statement that “integrity of the game” includes “everyone in the league,” then why did Belichick and Cable receive no suspensions? The only thing this moronic Commissioner seems to take seriously is allowing his buddies in power to get off scot free, ignore pedophilia and racism and block Conservatives from buying teams….

With the Lakers up three and seven seconds left on Tuesday night, I knew what was going to happen: Phil Jackson would stubbornly refuse to foul and the Thunder would get a great look at a game-tying three; which could possibly lead to a crushing loss….

As I screamed at somebody to foul Jeff Green as he dribbled the ball with three seconds left, the Lakers left him alone and he rose for a shot that could have lead to the Lakers exiting the playoffs in the first round….

It looked good, but fortunately for the Zenmaster it didn’t go down and his team escaped….

The smart play was to foul, but Jackson has always said fouling in that situation “cheapens the game.”….

He’s wrong, of course, but he’s also not going to change….

Phil has been burned countless times in this situation, most notably Game Five against the heavily favored Suns in Game Six….

Up three with less than five seconds left, with a chance to pull off a monumental upset, the Lakers did not foul and Tim Thomas made a three as time expired….

Had Jackson ordered a foul, the Lakers win the series, beat the Clippers in the next round and actually reach the Western Conference Finals with Luke Walton, Smush Parker and Kwame Brown in the starting line-up….

Hell, with all that momentum they might have beaten the Mavericks and we could have had a Shaq/Kobe Final….

But because Big Chief Triangle believes fouling “cheapens the game,” the Lakers wound up losing the series and going home in the first round….

He did it again against the Thunder in Game 2 and got lucky; but down the line this is going to again cost him dearly….

I also need to quit getting so angry, because Phil is stubborn, set in his ways and never going to change his late game philosophy….

But I’ll probably explode again the next time an opponent makes an unguarded three as time expires….

There’s not a better human being in the NBA than Derek Fisher, but he’s shooting 27%, getting lit up by Russell Westbrook and needs to play less….

Sure, he’ll probably make a huge shot in the playoffs and Lakers fans will scream that he’s worth every penny of his $5M salary. But he’s playing so poorly at both ends of the court that the Zenmaster needs to consider drastically cutting his minutes….

I know Jordan Farmar and Shannon Brown aren’t much better, but Fisher’s minutes need to be cut by at least 10 minutes….

The organization also needs to make a tough decision regarding his future….

He’s a free agent and extremely popular, but it’s time for him to either take a position as assistant coach or accept a bench role at minimum salary….

By the way, I said years ago that Derek would one day be the head coach of the Lakers and still believe it….

He has the temprement, smarts, leadership and toughness to be a very successful NBA leader….

But his days of being an effective player are done….

At halftime of Game Two, Charles Barkley said something that myself and most Lakers fans have been asking: “Why do the Lakers ignore Andrew Bynum in the post when he scores or gets fouled almost every time?”….

Good question, Sir Charles….

I know Phil tends to jerk him around and remove him form the game when he’s playing well, but why do his teammates refuse to give him the ball?….

Basketball is best played inside-out and when Andrew and Pau Gasol get it going the Lakers are impossible to beat….

But when Fisher shoots three-pointers early in the shot clock and Kobe launches 30+ shots, they can lose to anyone….

Game one over and the Lakers are up 1-0, but I have two questions for Phil Jackson….

1) Why was Andrew Bynum on the bench for much of the fourth quarter, with the Thunder hanging in there and Laker fans nervous? Bynum played very well in his first game back from injury, yet was only out there 30 minutes and could have helped close out OKC early in the final quarter….

2) After watching Russell Westbrook blow past Derek Fisher time after time, why is Derek playing so much? For whatever reason, Jackson has a blind spot when it comes to Fisher, even though he’s the worst PG in the NBA and kills the Lakers at both ends of the floor.

Granted, the Zenmaster has 10 rings and I don’t have any, but this makes no sense….

And why is it nobody in the media will criticize Fisher? He was awful on Sunday, especially on defense, yet all I heard out of Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson was “veteran leadership,” his tendency to “make big shots” and “all the little things he does to win games.”….

We all know Fisher is a class guy and went through a terrible ordeal with his beautiful little girl; but he’s wearing an NBA uniform and should be criticized just like anyone else….

What makes him so special that everyone is afraid to point out the truth?….

On three consecutive possessions in the second half, Fisher not only allowed Westbrook to blow by him and score, he embarrassed himself with his lack of effort….

As he stood there flat-footed and watched Westbrook make lay-ups, I kept wondering when Phil was going to get him the hell out of there….

Had that been Bynum, Jackson would have angrily removed him the first time he let his man score so easily….

I know Andrew is just a kid, but it seems Phil intentionally jerks him around with his substitution patterns….

When the Big Guy is rolling and scoring, let him play….

I like what Stu Lantz says when Jackson removes Bynum while he’s playing well: “He’s 21 years old, he should stay out there until his tongue hangs out.”….

The more I read about Ben Roethlisberger, the more I wonder why the NFL and the idiots in the press are making such a big deal about his banging a college chick in a bathroom….

No charges have been filed, the girl didn’t want to pursue it and it’s something that happens every night in bars across America: A girl gets really drunk and has sex with an ugly guy in the bathroom….

Yes, Big Ben is ugly and fat, but when you’re a young, rich NFL star you get handsome in a hurry….

Have I ever had public sex? Yes. Have I ever had sex in the bathroom of a night spot? Yes. And I’ll bet almost all of you would answer the same way….

Roethlisberger is living a dream; a young, rich NFL superstar running around and having fun….

Remember the other incident against him, where was accused of raping a woman in Reno over a year ago? That was an obvious case of an ugly, aging skank going after a quick payday….

If memory serves correct, the woman waited over a year to come forward and the charges were absurd….

Big Ben should be taken to task for bedding ugly trailer trash, not for baseless criminal charges….

In the latest case, a drunken Roethlisberger allegedly exposed himself publicly before engaging in sex with the 20-year-old college student….

By all accounts, the chick was stinking drunk and partying with Ben before the incident….

Just my opinion, but I think she drank to much and wound up having sex with a stranger. After she sobered up, she was probably embarrassed at her behavior and had regrets. With any other guy, she probably would have learned from it, quit drinking and moved on….

But in this case, maybe she told some friends and they cooked up a plan for her to become an instant millionaire….

Just my opinion, but that’s what I believe happened….

It will be fascinating to see how Commissioner Roger Goodell handles this. You know if Roethlisberger isn’t suspended Goodell is going to hear from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and all the other civil rights leaders looking to increase donations to their tax free organizations….

And with Goodell’s hypocritical history of hammering black players and giving a pass to white coaches and management types, I can’t wait to see how he handles this….

Prediction: Because Goodell is a gutless hypocrite, he’ll suspend Big Ben for a game or two to pacify the likes of Jesse and Al….

Remember, this is the same Commissioner who severely punished Pacman Jones, Michael Vick, Donte Stallworth, Chris Henry, Marshawn Lynch and others….

At the same time he did not suspend Bill Belechick, who was caught red handed filming the opposing coaches signals. It was also not the first time Belichick was caught….

He also did nothing about Raiders coach Tom Cable, who was alleged to have broken an assistant coaches jaw….

Cable also admitted to beating his former wife and was also asccused of hitting a formwr girlfriend, all without punishment from the Commissioner….

So if you’re a black player, look out. But if you’re a white corporate type, you get a pass….

Another example of Goodell’s two-faced nature is how he handled Rush Limbaugh. A native of Missouri and huge footbal fan, Limbaugh would have been a great choice to buy the Rams….

But because he’s a Conservative Republican, he was called “divisive” by Goodell and denied the opportunity to purchase an NFL franchise….

The reason he was labeled “divisive?” For two reasons:

1) He stated the media “had an agenda to make a black quarterback look good.”

Reaction: I agree with Limbaugh on this one. The politically correct cowards in the press always went out of their way to praise McNabb and only grudgingly criticized him. And after the Limbaugh comments they became boot-licking lackeys.

2) He stated McNabb “was not that good and it was ther defense that got the Eagles to NFC Championship games.”

Reaction: Rush is wrong on this one and sounds like an idiot. Donovan has been an outstanding QB throughout his career and to belittle his accomplishments is absurd.

But people involved with the NFL have said far worse and Limbaugh never should have been fired….

Isn’t it funny, however, how Goodell has no problem with pedophiles and people who use the N-Word?….

In last year’s Super Bowl, The Who performed at halftime; even though their guitarist, Pete Townshend, had been arrested for downloading kiddie porn on his home computer….

Townshend was put on a sex offender’s watch list and later avoided prosecution after claiming he was “doing research.”….

Yeah, sure….

Did the Commissioner scream in protest? Nope. I guess Rush Limbaugh is more “divisive” than a pedophile….

And what about singer Jennifer Lopez, who was allowed to buy into the Miami Dolphins even though she once used the N-Word in a song?….

I guess calling black people the N-Word is less “divisive” than criticizing their play on the field….