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Sun, Mar 22nd 2009, 11:57
Lakers' Jordan Farmar turns it around
Despite the sun reflecting off Lake Michigan on an unusually warm March afternoon here, things started out on a cool note for Jordan Farmar.
The Lakers reserve guard went to a restaurant near the team hotel and watched his alma mater, UCLA, get squashed by Villanova in the NCAA basketball tournament.
The rest of the day wasn’t so bad, though.
Farmar shook off an ineffective string of games by scoring 13 points in the Lakers’ 117-109 victory Saturday over Chicago.
He was a main reason the Lakers overcame a six-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, making three of five shots, including two three-pointers, as the Lakers employed a 21-6 run to start the quarter.
“It’s been tough,” Farmar said. “Once you get in that lull, you have to do something to get out of it. It’s a snowball effect.”
Farmar hadn’t scored this many points since a 14-point effort Jan. 25 against San Antonio.
He also had three assists and three steals against Chicago.
Lakers Coach Phil Jackson pulled him aside recently and told him to be more aggressive at both ends of the court. Farmar had averaged 4.7 points on dreadful 32.6% shooting in nine other games this month. He had also been struggling on defense.
The talk from Jackson seemed to work Saturday.
“He’s an attack player,” Jackson said. “You saw the last couple games, where’s he’s passing off shooting opportunities and a couple of them were turned into turnovers. That tentativeness, I don’t like to see in him.”
The day obviously ended better for Farmar’s pro team than his college team.
“They had a great run for quite a while. Now they have to pretty much restart,” he said of the Bruins, who lost 89-69. “The older guys are going to be gone now, so it’s up to the young guys to take it over again like we had to.”
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Comments
Lupe Vega | on 24/3/09
YOu were great on saturdays game
vs the bulls. i especially loved that dunk
you did …
i was like wow was.
that j.farmar and my sisters
like yea duh who you think it was.
lol
Great game!
Lupe
K | on 24/3/09
I went to my very first Lakers game last saturday in Chicago and being a huge J.Farm fan I dont think I could have picked a better game to see! Amazing.
jordan | on 24/3/09
that was sick..
kamryn | on 23/3/09
finally i thought i was the only one who saw how sucky your games been lately.
ronalynne | on 23/3/09
I thought i was the only one thinking that in the past couple of games before the bulls, jordan was reluctant to shoot. but i guess not.
anyways.. amazing job against the bulls. Totally great. :D
Karina | on 23/3/09
GREAT JOB!!! YOU WERE AWESOME THAT GAME!!!
Jackie | on 23/3/09
Hey Jordan,
I noticed you haven’t been the same lately, and I am so glad your back to your old self so you can be ready for the play-offs. I got tickets for the game against the Jazz. I am so excited that I told my boyfriend I’ll take a sign saying “Love Jordan” and he is going to hold it for me – just kidding. Well, I hope you write something about the food and places you like to eat. Also, somebody else asked you what kind of girl you like somebody famous or low profile, though I would like to see you with a model.
Jackie