NBA FINALS: Game 1 Orlando Magic @ Los Angelas Lakers

[lefty]

looks to me like the Magic are slow to the ball, they aren't diving for loose balls and they aren't playing championship defense.
This is why Alston should have played much, much more than Jameer

[poop]

refs are NOT to blame tonight.

Lakers (KOBE) playing perfect basketball.

Orlando throwing bricks.

[lefty]

Damn,

Even when he is not on the court, Kobe still looks pissed :lol

I swear he could make tough shots from the bench right now

[Capt Bringdown]

If anything, this year marks the complete repudiation of SPAM.
Play hard all year. Secure home court. Win the championship. This is how it is done going forward.
The bar has been raised, no more coasting through the regular season.

[lefty]

If anything, this year marks the complete repudiation of SPAM.
Play hard all year. Secure home court. Win the championship. This is how it is done going forward.
The bar has been raised, no more coasting through the regular season.
I agree

Home cooking is king now

[DPG21920]

Would Pop have pulled Howard, Hedo and Lewis already? I think so.

[timvp]

Kobe usually bites MJ's mannerisms. Unfortunately it looks like he's also using KG as a role model now.

[Libri]

its all in the sneakers

[Brazil]

congrat lakers good game !

[lefty]

Would Pop have pulled Howard, Hedo and Lewis already? I think so.
And he would have put Nelson and Reddick in the frontcourt

[ballhog]

refs are NOT to blame tonight.

Lakers (KOBE) playing perfect basketball.

Orlando throwing bricks.

Yeah but bad reffing can take you out of rhythm.

[lefty]

Kobe usually bites MJ's mannerisms. Unfortunately it looks like he's also using KG as a role model now.
Kobe is fantastic baller


Too bad that he's a dick

[lefty]

Yeah but bad reffing can take you out of rhythm.
+1

And it's also about the timing of the calls

[ffadicted]

If Orlando doesn't show at least some resistance in the next game, they're done

[JamStone]

Kobe Bryant 0-for-1 with JJ Redick guarding him.

Foreshadow?

:lol

[ballhog]

Putting Kobe out there with big lead. Hope he twists his ankle.

[lefty]

Alston playing in garbage time

Good timing SVG :tu

[peskypesky]

If anything, this year marks the complete repudiation of SPAM.
Play hard all year. Secure home court. Win the championship. This is how it is done going forward.
The bar has been raised, no more coasting through the regular season.

tell that to Cleveland

[lefty]

tell that to Cleveland
Yeah, but it's Cleveland

It doesn''t count

[ballhog]

Fucking Kobe still bitchin' about calls. Braindead.

[FREEDOM]

i wanna see gasol thrown it down hard in the hole

[TampaDude]

LOL at the latest Kobe/LeBron commercial... :lol

[lefty]

Fuck the Lakers


Karma is a bitch, they won't win this year

[FREEDOM]

LOL at the latest Kobe/LeBron commercial... :lol

4 real

[JoeTait75]

lol @ Dewey. One field goal. Doesn't look like such a monster when he doesn't have Big Z to shit all over...

[fitzgerald]

Fuck the Lakers


Karma is a bitch, they won't win this year


What gives you this idea? Orlando looks overmatched. LA's length is really a problem for them.

[ballhog]

Kobe=rapist mentality

[lefty]

I'm sure the left rim has been tweaked during halftime :pctoss

[lefty]

What gives you this idea? Orlando looks overmatched. LA's length is really a problem for them.
I'm drunk, eh


Sorry

[DPG21920]

When did the Bad News Bears make it to the finals?

[Bob Lanier]

SpursDynasty would be pleased with Jeff Van Gundy - "the Lakers are giving up the shots they wanted to give up."

[fitzgerald]

I'm drunk, eh


Sorry

LOL. that makes sense.

[Libri]

Why is Howard still in there?

[TampaDude]

This is a turd of a game. :sleep

[poop]

sons feels like watching a snuff film.

[timtonymanu]

thank you SVG for playing Nelson that long. And I thought Pop was dumb.

[ballhog]

LOL. Gasol as his faggy wrist in the air. Hahaha.

[Ghazi]

Good performance by the Lakers.

[FREEDOM]

this is a great ass whooping of all time

[peskypesky]

what the fuck happened?

[peskypesky]

Lisa Leslie's girlfriend is phat!

[ballhog]

That gal next to Lisa Leslie looks like she just ate Denzel Washington.

[lefty]

Lisa Leslie's girlfriend is phat!
Leslie is gay ? :wow

[timtonymanu]

take out Howard. the game's over Van Gundy.

[peskypesky]

meh...it's only one game. Magic will regroup and make this a series.

[timtonymanu]

Powell pulled a Vujacic with that 3. What a bitch!

[kamikazi_player]

GG Lakers you guys deserved it.

[Ghazi]

Josh Powell 2006 NBA fucking champion

[ballhog]

Yeah, everything went right for the Lakers. Kobe got his 35 shot attempts. Refs called phantom fouls on Howard. Orlando couldn't hit shit. Orlando with another chance to win home court.

[redzero]

Magic in seven.

[iggypop123]

where is spursdynasty!

[Budkin]

Lakers looked great but the Magic won't be that cold in Game 2.

[Capt Bringdown]

Lakers looked great but the Magic won't be that cold in Game 2.

3 pointers are still low percentage shots. Depending on them is akin to playing Harlem Globetrotters basketball.

The Lakers will win this series because they play basketball. Orlando will lose because at times they resemble a circus act.

[TheMACHINE]

I was thinking there is so much complainging about the refs...then i realized its by the same 3 people over and over through out the thread. lol

[Allanon]

Post game is up, Kobe just finished, Dwight's up next:

http://www.nba.com/playoffs2009/live1/

[cobbler]

Laughing at the absurdity of posters like CRC21209, Spurscenter, Sammy, and Ballhog who show their complete basketball ignorance by blaming the refs. The Magic were simply outplayed and not used to having thier 3's contested. Points in the paint by the Lakers has to be above 50.

Oh by the way.... the home cooking on the Lakers floor resulted in orlando getting called for 21 fouls to the Lakers 23 and Orlando getting 29 free throws to the Lakers 18. Damn homer refs!:lmao

[TheMACHINE]

Laughing at the absurdity of posters like CRC21209, Spurscenter, Sammy, and Ballhog who show their complete basketball ignorance by blaming the refs. The Magic were simply outplayed and not used to having thier 3's contested. Points in the paint by the Lakers has to be above 50.

Oh by the way.... the home cooking on the Lakers floor resulted in orlando getting called for 21 fouls to the Lakers 23 and Orlando getting 29 free throws to the Lakers 18. Damn homer refs!:lmao


practically all thier posts were bout the refs.

BTW..is CRC21209 the guy who complained about the call when K-mart was holding Sasha's foot? :lol

[spurscenter]

Yeah but bad reffing can take you out of rhythm.

exactly

how were Magic up by 2 at the end of the 1st quarter?

[iggypop123]

they had 11 more ft than us how was the game fixed in our favor?

[DrHouse]

Yup the refs were the reason the Magic lost by 25pts.

Fucking Crawford couldn't hit a god damn jumpshot to save his life.

:lmao

[cobbler]

exactly

how were Magic up by 2 at the end of the 1st quarter?

I will go out on a limb here and venture to guess, .... they made one more basket or two more free throws than the lakers in the first quarter. It's not rocket science. :lmao

[KSeal]

LMAO @ the bitter Spur fans trying to pin this loss on the refs, if there was ever a win you couldn't blame on the refs it was last night. Stay classy SA.

[TheMACHINE]

LMAO @ the bitter Spur fans trying to pin this loss on the refs, if there was ever a win you couldn't blame on the refs it was last night. Stay classy SA.

to be fair, most of teh SA guys wernt complaining about the refs..it was the same 4 guys in this thread...2 just happen to be from SA, one from the heat and a troll.

[Ghazi]

Officiating was WONDERFUL! Dwight maybe deserved a few more FT's but so DID KOBE. His first 20 FGA's went without a FREE THROW. The flow of the game was NICE and 25 point gaps are never decided by the refs. The only Finals series ever decided by the OFFICIALS is 2006.

Also the theory that Nelson getting inserted ruined Magic chemistry costing them the game is DUMB. The game blew wide open when KOBE came in and scored 30 points combined in the 2nd/3rd quarters. RAFER wasn't gonna do JACK SHIT about that.

[jacobdrj]

The officiating in this game was consistent. I would have those guys ref every game if possible.

[sook]

The officiating in this game was consistent. I would have those guys ref every game if possible.

Thinking the same. Bad calls here and there but thyey were CONSISTENT as ever