Lakers - OKC Press Conference

[Spurologist]

The Phil Jackson one should be the most interesting.....stay tuned....

NBATV or http://www.nba.com

[Banzai]

thanks.

[Shastafarian]

"everyone saying la cant win this series is insecure about the lakers talent"

:rollin

Should have clarified this was by someone on twitter that's in the nba.com chat.

Another gem: "kobe got a back spasms, sprained ankle, messed up hand"

[m33p0]

just caught the tail end of brook's press con. who's up next?

[m33p0]

ooo it's phil!

[Crookshanks]

What's freethrow defense?

[Spurologist]

What's freethrow defense?

"That's some of the best free throw defense I've seen all year"

:lol

[Crookshanks]

Whoa - Phil only answered about 4 questions and was gone in a flash.

[ShoogarBear]

Well, that was brief. :lol

[01Snake]

He was on for about 90 seconds and split!

[Shastafarian]

I hope you guys are reading some of these idiot comments in the chat that's going on to the right.

[m33p0]

quick! someone sneak a mic into the lakers' lockerroom!

[Shastafarian]

I see Westbrook is getting ready to go yachting.

[m33p0]

that overturned call in favor of kobe is total bull, btw.

[Crookshanks]

I hope you guys are reading some of these idiot comments in the chat that's going on to the right.

Yeah it's pretty interesting. Typical Fakers fans crying and whining.

On other note - these guys got out here fast - what in the world takes Dirk so long?

[m33p0]

everyone seems to be in hurry

[NewJerSpur]

What's freethrow defense?

It's the Zen Master playing his mind games.

[Crookshanks]

It's the Zen Master playing his mind games.

Well that's what I thought when I first heard it, but then I thought maybe I had missed something. So that's Phil's way of criticizing the refs, without coming right out and saying something. He thinks he's so smart. :rolleyes

[Giuseppe]

Well that's what I thought when I first heard it, but then I thought maybe I had missed something. So that's Phil's way of criticizing the refs, without coming right out and saying something. He thinks he's so smart. :rolleyes

Smart was putting on that >X< Cap last June and making Red roll over in his crypt. The fuck.

[Banzai]

Fisher just say he won't mind if he doesn't start Tuesday>?

[NewJerSpur]

Well that's what I thought when I first heard it, but then I thought maybe I had missed something. So that's Phil's way of criticizing the refs, without coming right out and saying something. He thinks he's so smart. :rolleyes

The old Freudian Slip from Phil...never fails to disappoint, or is that never disappoints?

[exstatic]

Whoa - Phil only answered about 4 questions and was gone in a flash.


Well, that was brief. :lol

What's there to say? His team just got prison fucked on national television. Free throw defense? How about some REGULAR FUCKING DEFENSE, Phil? OKC fucking OWNED the paint on both ends.

[Crookshanks]

Kobe is on now - he doesn't look at all happy. He looks like he'd rather be in a Colorado hotel room... :lmao

[NewJerSpur]

Is that Kobe's championship ring he's flashing?

[Crookshanks]

Boy these are lame questions. What a waste of time. And this has to be the stupidest question of all: did you expect to go back to LA tied 2-2? They asked both Kobe and Fisher that question. How stupid can you get - but at least Kobe and Derek put the idiot reporters in their place.

[toki9]

Thunder shot 42-48 FT while Lakers shot 17-28? How do you get +20 FT attempt advantage? It was weird when the Mavs had +20 on the Spurs in Game 1, and it's weird here, too.

[Giuseppe]

Kobe is on now - he doesn't look at all happy. He looks like he'd rather be in a Colorado hotel room... :lmao

Or bangin' the Magic in the pooper.

tee, hee.

[ezau]

Holy shit, 48 free throw attempts?! Is the Thunder the new Miami Heat?

[NewJerSpur]

The Thunder did shoot a rather large amount of FT's, but they truly were the aggressors from start to finish. They were slashing to the basket and active on the boards while the Lakers were shooting jumpers and trying to keep OKC in check with physicality which backfired.

[Giuseppe]

The Thunder did shoot a rather large amount of FT's, but

tee, hee.

[NewJerSpur]

tee, hee.

You'll get'em back at home, don't worry.

[Giuseppe]

I'm worried.

[PublicOption]

LOL at lakers 48-28 and Phil can't say shit. LOLOLOLOL

[Drachen]

Why can't Phil just say, "we got our asses handed to us, we will need to play much better in the coming games if we are going to get past this young and hungry team"??

He used 80 seconds out of his 90 second interview to be a damn victim. What a fuckin pussy. How about you call out your team for playing like shit and getting out hustled (the out hustled part is not up for argument). I know other coaches who call their team out with great success.

[NewJerSpur]

Phil's got to plant his seeds for the next game or he wouldn't feel like he was doing his job.

[Drachen]

I feel like this will backfire, and yes I know that he has been doing this his whole career, it just seems like THIS time his act is getting real real old.

[Giuseppe]

Why can't Phil just say, "we got our asses handed to us, we will need to play much better in the coming games if we are going to get past this young and hungry team"??

He used 80 seconds out of his 90 second interview to be a damn victim. What a fuckin pussy. How about you call out your team for playing like shit and getting out hustled (the out hustled part is not up for argument). I know other coaches who call their team out with great success.

You dance with who brung you. He's been doing it one way successfully for 25 years. This is no harry high school horseshit. It's business, big f'in business. F'k the Thunder. The ft discrepancy is a red flag that Phil can utilize rightfully.

[Giuseppe]

I feel like this will backfire, and yes I know that he has been doing this his whole career, it just seems like THIS time his act is getting real real old.

He's got no other choice. The discrepancy is his best strategery public wise. You don't dress down Kobe Bryant and that bunch in public. I'm sure he will in private and they'll filter it thru to the MSM, but, the ft is easy and apparent and "right". He/Lakers are owed now. It's the nature of the beast. It's the way the table has been set since forever.

[NewJerSpur]

Knowing Phil, if he thought he had a leg to stand on with the FT's he'd be a bit more direct with his indirectness....if that makes sense, LOL. The fact that he tried to pass it off as a freudian slip is an indirect giveaway that his team got their asses handed to them, but he still wants to make sure the calls will be adjusted in LA.

[Drachen]

I guess you are right, I mean, its delusional to think that the FT discrepancy is responsible for a 25 pt victory, but I guess he cant learn anything new so he has to go with what he has always done. Just continue to stay the course.

[Drachen]

He's got no other choice. The discrepancy is his best strategery public wise. You don't dress down Kobe Bryant and that bunch in public. I'm sure he will in private and they'll filter it thru to the MSM, but, the ft is easy and apparent and "right". He/Lakers are owed now. It's the nature of the beast. It's the way the table has been set since forever.

Why don't you dress down kobe and gang? They played like dogs.

[lefty]

Even if the Lakers end up winning the series, they have been exposed

Take note, NBA

[DJ Mbenga]

Knowing Phil, if he thought he had a leg to stand on with the FT's he'd be a bit more direct with his indirectness....if that makes sense, LOL. The fact that he tried to pass it off as a freudian slip is an indirect giveaway that his team got their asses handed to them, but he still wants to make sure the calls will be adjusted in LA.

yeah phil wanted to explode but he had that stern warning on his mind. that doesnt mean he didnt give hints of his displeasure. saying they have to play better freethrow defense was a dead giveaway.

[NewJerSpur]

Kobe sure was smiling a lot in that presser, almost like he knows something. Hmmmmmm.

[Giuseppe]

Even if the Lakers end up winning the series, they have been exposed

Take note, NBA

That's just defeatist of you, Lefty. What a poon tanger to expose your gorgeous ass like that.

[DMX7]

free throw defense is yet another classic Phil line.

[Sisk]

tee, hee.

who are you? fuckin' niga higa?

[RedsLakers24]

Free Throw Defense, hahaha, WTF is that?, OMG im glad i worked and didnt see this game

[mogrovejo]

free throw defense is yet another classic Phil line.

Free throw defence is a well-known expression used by dozens of coaches before tonight and means that your team was lousy making their free-throws.

How the heck are basketball fans that dont' know the expression and think it's an indirect? Geez...

[mogrovejo]

The Lakers shot 60% from the line. That's obviously horrible. That's what PJ meant by OKC's "FT defense". It's a jab at his team lack of accuracy making freebies.

[NewJerSpur]

Free throw defence is a well-known expression used by dozens of coaches before tonight and means that your team was lousy making their free-throws.

How the heck are basketball fans that dont' know the expression and think it's an indirect? Geez...

With Phil one never knows.