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Monday, March 1, 2021

Can the Lakers reign again, or has the league become too fast to rein in?

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, second from left, is fouled by Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., right, while shooting as forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, left, and guard Jordan Poole defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, falls and looses the ball while under pressure from Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, passes the ball while under pressure from Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, left, and center Marc Gasol during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, right, passes the ball while under pressure from Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder, left, and guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, below, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, shoots as Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr. defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, right, dives for a loose ball while Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder, left, and guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, center, is fouled by Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., right, while shooting as forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, left, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., right, tries to pass the ball while under pressure from Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers center Marc Gasol defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, left, has words with forward Eric Paschall during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, below, passes the ball while under pressure from Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, puts his head in his hands after his team was charged with an offensive foul during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Brad Wanamaker, right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Brad Wanamaker, right, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder falls after being fouled in the act of shooting during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers center Montrezl Harrell, left, dunks as Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr. defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr., left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Dennis (Moderna) Schröder again brought normality back to Staples Center on Sunday. Two doses, and the Lakers look immune to everything.

They certainly felt no discomfort from the road-weary, half-brained effort that Golden State brought to town.

Schröder turned the key in the first quarter, LeBron James swished a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, and the Lakers had an enjoyable workout, even letting new teammate Damian Jones frolic in the second half, and winning 117-91.

Fortunately there were no fans to gaze longingly at the price of their tickets as the charade continued to build. The Lakers sent either Marc Gasol or Markieff Morris to harass Stephen Curry, which worked, and the rest of it was the Lakers adjusting to the idea of extended weeks without Anthony Davis.

“You welcome nights like this,” said Lakers coach Frank Vogel. “It’s been great to have Dennis back the last two games.”

The four-game losing streak without Schroder was illuminating. A little grotesque, too. The Lakers had 29 fast break points, combined, in those games. They shot 43.8 percent from the floor. Their opponents shot 49.9. They shot 28.9 from the 3-point line. Their opponents shot 40.8.

When Schröder returned Friday, the Lakers beat the crippled Trail Blazers, and now this. It has been obvious since opening night that Schröder was much more than a bucket of decimal points, that his rapid heartbeat was a prod for everyone else on the floor.

Schröder was with Oklahoma City last season and finished up on Sept. 2. The Lakers weren’t done until Oct. 11. He came here with a full charge. He raised eyebrows when he casually mentioned that he expected to start for the Lakers, and now you see what happens when he does not.

Lakers fans can now hang up on various hotlines and realize that the original assumptions are still valid, that a healthy roster is still favored to win another championship.

But there are still variables, primarily found in the further devolution of James Naismith’s bright idea.

The ultimate snapshot of NBA ‘21 came last Thursday when Denver played Washington. The Nuggets were down by two points on their final possession when Jamal Murray broke loose with the ball on a 4-on-1 situation. But Murray stopped short of the foul line, and Facundo Campazzo, Michael Porter and Monte Morris got to the 3-point line as if it were a fallen electrical wire.

No need to protect the rim when no one wants to go there. Murray turned perhaps a 99% chance at a game-tying layup into a pass to Campazzo, who missed a 3-pointer.

Morris put his hands on his knees and stared at the floor. Various NBA legends rotated in graves. Every team in every classification in every country begins every practice with some sort of layup drill. But the Nuggets and almost everyone else in the league are solidly in the grips of Arc Madness.

NBA teams are averaging 34.9 3-point attempts per game. Only five seasons ago they were averaging 24.1. But their percentage from deep space is 36.9 percent, which would be an NBA record.

Three-ball has been an inexorable takeover, fueled by the fact that shooting has become a requirement, not just an attribute. If you can’t shoot and you’re not Ben Simmons, you’re probably in the wrong sport.

Already the Eastern Conference is trembling over what happens when Brooklyn puts Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving on the same court for a 7-game series. Worried about defense? The Nets aren’t. If you can think you can score 140 and beat them, be their guest.

The Utah Jazz, a legitimate defensive team with Rudy Gobert in the middle, is just as ravenous. In one game last week they took 88 field goal attempts, and 58 of them were threes. Their reserves shot 19 for 28 from back there. Georges Niang was 7-for-7. That won’t happen each night, but the Jazz, with the best record in the league, are headed for a league record with 42.8 such attempts per game. Three other teams are above 40.

The Lakers, who launch 30.9 threes a game, win with two of the best five players in the world, a rigid defense and the ability to overwhelm teams on the run. Has the game changed? Is good defense helpless against better offense?

Or will Philadelphia use conventional weapons to disassemble Brooklyn’s Ferris wheel and play the Lakers in a final series that features old-time, two-point religion?

For the moment, all we know is that the shots go down easier when Dennis Schroder is rolling up his sleeve, and yours.

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Kobe Bryant’s widow asks court to publish names of deputies who took photos of fatal helicopter crash site

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Dakin Andone | CNN

Vanessa Bryant has asked a US court to publicly name four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies she claims took or shared pictures of the remains of her late husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter and seven others killed in the January 2020 helicopter crash.

The request comes as part of Bryant’s federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the sheriff’s department, which seeks damages, claiming negligence and invasion of privacy.

According to a proposed amended complaint filed in US District Court last week, Bryant’s lawyers included the names of the four LASD deputies among the defendants, along with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Lawyers for the defendants argue the names should be kept under seal and that revealing them would increase the likelihood the deputies in question would be targeted by hackers employed by tabloids looking to obtain and release any existing photos.

“The Sheriff’s Department wants to redact the names of the deputies that took and/or shared photos of my husband, daughter and other victims,” Bryant wrote in a statement posted on Instagram. “Anyone else facing allegations would be unprotected, named and released to the public. … These specific deputies need to be held accountable for their actions just like everyone else.”

The complaint, which redacted the deputies’ names, says one deputy used his personal cell phone to take between 25 and 100 photos of the crash scene, “many of which had no conceivable investigatory purpose and were focused directly on the victims’ remains.”

The photos spread throughout the sheriff’s department and were shared “in settings that had nothing to do with investigating the crash,” the complaint says. One deputy trainee showed pictures off at a bar, the complaint says, boasting he had worked on the crash site.

After learning they had taken and shared the photos, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva summoned the deputies and told them they would face no discipline if they deleted the pictures, the complaint claims. The deputies purportedly cooperated, it says.

An internal department investigation was later undertaken, after news reports about the photos. The complaint says the department has yet to provide public results of the investigation. Bryant, however, obtained the final report last month, the complaint says, adding the “report reveals that the Sheriff’s Department has failed to take basic steps to ensure all copies of the improper photos are tracked down and sequestered.”

The complaint also claims fire department personnel took and shared photos of the victims’ remains.

In a motion arguing to keep the deputies’ names private, attorneys for the defendants said they believe the photographs in question no longer exist. They said the defendants had asked Bryant to agree to an “independent forensic examination” to determine this, but said she has so far refused.

In response, Bryant’s attorneys said the defendants had not shown any precedent for an officer proceeding anonymously after they’ve been sued for a civil rights violation. They also said the fears of the deputies being hacked was “not a compelling reason” to seal their identities, and that if officials feared hackers could obtain the photos, the defendants should “act urgently to preserve and secure such photos.”

CNN has reached out to Los Angeles County and the sheriff’s department for comment.

Villanueva said last March that eight deputies were facing administrative action after accusations emerged that deputies shared pictures of the crash scene, saying he was “shocked” to learn about the incident and said he felt a “sense of betrayal.”

The accusations ultimately led to a new law in California making it illegal for first responders to share photos of a deceased person at a crime scene for any reason besides an official law enforcement purpose. A first responder found guilty of the misdemeanor crime may be fined up to $1,000 per violation. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law last September.

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Magnitude 3.0 earthquake reported near Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday evening

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook just north of Rancho Cucamonga late Sunday evening, Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake happened at 10:17 p.m. about 4.3 miles slightly to the northeast of Rancho Cucamonga, USGS reported. The earthquake’s intensity was estimated by USGS as being a level three, with “weak” shaking and likely no damage.

People took to social media to comment on the quake.

Was that an #earthquake ? Or did one of my boys roll out of bed? It’s a toss up. #Riverside

— Leticia Juarez (@ABC7Leticia) March 1, 2021

As of 11:25 p.m., nearly 580 people had reported to the USGS as having felt the earthquake. Most were in Inland Empire areas like Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, San Bernardino and Riverside.

It was the second 3.0 quake in the area on Sunday. Another was reported about 5.6 miles north of Big Bear Lake at 12:12 p.m., according to the USGS website.

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How to Fix DigitalOcean Spaces Access Denied for New Files Uploaded

Digital Ocean’s (DO) Spaces is a Amazon S3 alike storage space that allows you to store and serve files. By default, permission of files uploaded to your Space buckets will be set as Private.

If you are trying to access these files (be it .txt, .jpg, .png, .pdf, etc) publically via browser, you will be redirected to an error page that looks something like the following:

We encounter the same problem while uploading files via Transmit to our Spaces bucket.

The good news is, it can be solved quite easily with adding the Amazon S3 Access Control List (ACL) request header, x-amz-acl. This header will mark every files uploaded to the bucket as publicly readable.

We can add this header to Transmit so it will send any files with the header. Once done, the files will appear with Permission: Public in the Digital Ocean dashboard.

Here’s how you can add the header:

Launch Transmit, go to Preferences.
Click Cloud Tab.
Under the Extension column, select Default.
Click the + sign with dropdown, select x-amz-acl for Name, and public-read for Value.
Done!

If you’re currently connected to DO Space bucket via Transmit, you might need to disconnect and connect it again. From now on, files uploaded to your Spaces bucket via Transmit will by default be public and accessible via browser.

The post How to Fix DigitalOcean Spaces Access Denied for New Files Uploaded appeared first on Hongkiat.

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Coronavirus: Orange County reports 191 new positive tests, 13 additional deaths as of Feb. 28

The OC Health Care Agency reported 191 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb. 28, and another 13 deaths.

The county has continued to see a positive trend in the speed and spread of the virus as the recent winter surge subsides. On Tuesday, when state public health officials release their weekly update of three key metrics that are deciding how far counties can reopen their business and public sectors, Orange County will learn if its case rate has finally fallen below the threshold that would allow it to soon progress into the less-restrictive red tier.

Last week, the county’s case rate was 11.9 new cases a day per 100,000 residents, the threshold is 7. If it can make up that distance, and maintain its improvement in all three categories for two weeks, it would then be able to make the drop from purple to the red tier.

That would allow businesses such as restaurants and gyms to resume indoor operations, with capacity limitations, among other loosening of restrictions.

The 191 cases added Sunday brings Orange County’s total of people who have tested positive for the virus to 246,455.

County officials noted ongoing issues with the state’s database that might be slowing reports of new deaths; Sunday’s update brought the total people who have died in the county from the virus to 3,917.

On Sunday, 421 people were reported in local hospitals with COVID-19, of whom 132 needed to be in intensive care units.

Another 8,075 tests for the virus were reported Sunday, bringing the total number of tests administered for the virus to 3,043,410.

As of the most recent update, about 5.4% of those tests are coming back positive, a positivity rate that makes Orange County eligible for red tier status.

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