If the starter can't be productive then why is Pau getting all the Heat? Ron Artest is our weakest scoring scorer that basically won game 7 of the Finals last year. He has air balled several this series and he couldn't even stop dirk. If there was 1 Laker able to stop Dirk then I understand why all the pressure on Pau... except we have seen odom, Pau, Bynum, artest and barnes try to stop him or even attempt to disrupt his O (can't when your peaking in your career). Kobe is playing his lowest basketball ever n no one is bashing him? Pau is n entitled to be human and have off seasons/games/shots. He has yet to have a scoreless game and obviously needs to get over his slump (I carefully say slump since he does still score).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he does not share the blame for any loss. I feel our flat tire does not reside in the hands of 1 man but in the hands of our bench. They are the least productive unit and we usually lose our leads starting their entrance. Atleast Pau goes up and down rather than one dimensional (bench).