Upshaw checks out. Those were some fairly unproductive minutes - fire drill up an down the court.
This is a track meet. Good for conditioning.
Upshaw likes to play a kind of zone in the paint for shot blocking (or so I've read). But he's so long that he does a gret job of chasing ball...
Upshaw...umm...takes a three. Missed. Then gets a steal at the other end. Teammate gets knocked down. Upshaw runs over - first teammate there to...
Harris just complains all game.
Harris is a gunner - few other people touch the ball when he gets it.
Santa Cruz up 5. Upshaw brought in to cover a 290 pound dude.
BTW, A.C. Green is the color commentator for D-Fenders' home games. Pretty cool.
Starters are 19-47, 3-15 from three a night after shooting lights out.
15 minutes. 2-4 FG, 2-2 FT, 6 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks, 3 TO, 2 PF, 1 steal.
Utter collapse by the D-fenders. They're up only 1 after this quarter. Good opportunity to see some of Upshaw's weaknesses still. He pokes at the...
Missed a "jumper" from the FT line.
Whistled for an illegal screen. Not sure why; he wasn't moving, and I didn't see a 'bow.
Upshaw had the ball poked away, but he recovered it. Something he'll have to work on.
Just like in preseason, Upshaw screens really high sometimes - like at the three point line. I'm not sure we need him all the way out there....
Called for a foul on a shot block - bench didn't like the call.
One thing a player won't build in the d-league is communication ability with the Lakers. He's starting to talk to his guards a bit - mostly after...
Gave up his dribble a bit early, passed to a G. The G drove and got fouled, but Upshaw had already followed and grabbed the board. I'm digging...
Upshaw goaltends on a big block. Haha.
D-fenders up 9. Santa Cruz goes small because of the size of Upshaw.
