Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reports:
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Ron Artest is still trying to pick up an offense that took Scottie Pippen a year and a half to learn in Chicago. How intricate is the triangle? Tex Winter once wrote a 320-page book about it.
Artest has been a problem spot in the Lakers’ offense, making only three of 19 from three-point range heading into Game 4.
On Saturday, he had five points and made two of nine shots in the Lakers’ 110-89 loss. He was 0 for 4 from three-point range.
Phil Jackson told Artest beforehand to pass more often, but the Lakers’ coach isn’t frustrated with him yet.
“He’s a naïve, innocent lamb,” Jackson said. “I think he’s mistaken in a lot of ways, put in the same category as Dennis Rodman. There couldn’t be a bigger disparity between people.”
