Game 6, who do you got?

[DazedAndConfused]

I think Lakers take this one. It won't be easy though, Celtics will go for the knockout blow. They do not want to play a Game 7 against LA in Staples.

A combination of ref calls, Laker role players stepping up, Laker starters stepping up, and Celtic role players not showing up will be the reason LA wins.

[DPG21920]

I think LA rolls easily. Having said that, I have discounted Boston's resiliency time and time again and they have proved me wrong.

[MiamiHeat]

Lakers will win game 6, Boston will win game 7.

Refs will give the Lakers the game. no doubt about it

[tdunk21]

celtics

[bostonguy]

If you put a gun to my head? LA. Problem is Celtics are fucked if this goes 7 so they have to win tomorrow night.

[Giuseppe]

I got no perspective. I still find myself grateful they beat the Suns.

[MiamiHeat]

If you put a gun to my head? LA. Problem is Celtics are fucked if this goes 7 so they have to win tomorrow night.

Boston is completely capable of winning game 7

just remember, Boston eliminated the Cavs and Magic, without home court advantage.

Boston has been the best road team in the playoffs.

[ElNono]

Easy LA win...

[bostonguy]

Boston is completely capable of winning game 7

just remember, Boston eliminated the Cavs and Magic, without home court advantage.

Boston has been the best road team in the playoffs.

Yeah that is nice and all. Fact is Boston has to close this out tomorrow night. This isn't a pretender team such as Cleveland or Orlando. These are the defending champions. They can't afford to go to a game 7 with them. They have the Lakers on the ropes. They have to deliver the knock out blow and tomorrow is their best shot at it. I don't care what they did in the previous 3 rounds.If they fail to win game 6, shit is going to get messy for them. Lakers with momentum with game 7 on their floor. That isn't something I want to even think about. Celts fuck themselves if they can't wrap it up tomorrow night.

[baseline bum]

I'm going to say LA by 10. They're too talented to not like on their homecourt in a must-win like this.

[BUMP]

It seems like with the exception of the 1st round, everyone has discounted the Celtics, including me, and they've proved us wrong.

All signs point to an LA victory but I think Boston will end up taking care of business and ending the 2009-10 season in game 6 :toast

Just seems like its their year

[Def Rowe]

It seems like with the exception of the 1st round, everyone has discounted the Celtics, including me, and they've proved us wrong.

All signs point to an LA victory but I think Boston will end up taking care of business and ending the 2009-10 season in game 6 :toast

Just seems like its their year

Entirely fucking possible.

[jag]

I think Kobe will be smart and get everyone involved early. He knows he needs the ring or none of his "heroics" mean shit. This should be Gasol's chance to go off.

[Ghazi]

Yeah that is nice and all. Fact is Boston has to close this out tomorrow night. This isn't a pretender team such as Cleveland or Orlando. These are the defending champions. They can't afford to go to a game 7 with them. They have the Lakers on the ropes. They have to deliver the knock out blow and tomorrow is their best shot at it. I don't care what they did in the previous 3 rounds.If they fail to win game 6, shit is going to get messy for them. Lakers with momentum with game 7 on their floor. That isn't something I want to even think about. Celts fuck themselves if they can't wrap it up tomorrow night.



Cleveland and Orlando aren't pretenders. They're better teams than LA.

[Ghazi]

and lol @ Boston being completely incapable of winning a Game 7 in LA.

They aren't no pretender team like Yaoless Houston.

[Giuseppe]

Cleveland and Orlando aren't pretenders. They're better teams than LA.

They're both white bread.

[mavsfan1000]

No team will beat the Lakers. That includes Boston. Lakers in 7.

[Giuseppe]

No team will beat the Lakers. That includes Boston. Lakers in 7.

I like the cut of your jib, 1000.

[Roddy Beaubois]

My brains saying LA, but my guts saying Boston.

[ElNono]

I don't even know why this thread was started. LA will win tomorrow very easily and it won't be close.

/thread

[siraulo23]

if LA wins game 6, theyll win game 7

[Giuseppe]

I don't even know why this thread was started. LA will win tomorrow very easily and it won't be close.

/thread

Are you just talking out your ass, El, or, do you have a cogent thought to support your assurance?

[SomeCallMeTim]

I'll take Lakers in Game 6 and Game 7 while I'm at it.

No sure thing, either one. Probably 60%, maybe 70% if Bynum's able to go and the home crowd gives them a big push.

So call it 65% for each game -- independent of one another.

That still means Boston is favored 60-40 to win the title.

Not great odds but not terrible either.

These teams are very evenly matched.

The point differential in this series total is at Boston +2 right now. Pretty stinkin close.

[mavsfan1000]

if LA wins game 6, theyll win game 7
Well it's pretty obvious they'll win both imo.

[SomeCallMeTim]

I think LA rolls easily. Having said that, I have discounted Boston's resiliency time and time again and they have proved me wrong.

Both teams are very resilient. It's hard for me to say that either team winning this title "proves" they are better or more resilient than the other.

I will say I underestimated Boston going into the playoffs... man did they come to play once the postseason rolled around though.

[duncan228]

Something better happen tomorrow. There was just a 5.7 earthquake in Southern California. Who knows if we'll be here for a game 7. :lol

[Giuseppe]

Something better happen tomorrow. There was just a 5.7 earthquake in Southern California. Who knows if we'll be here for a game 7. :lol

228 with an off the cuff remark?

I God's, I thought 228 was a bot programmed to lodge stories and tell on us when we do wrong.:toast

[duncan228]

4.1 aftershock just hit. Been 'Shake and Bake' weather here, not surprised by them.

[Def Rowe]

4.1 aftershock just hit. Been 'Shake and Bake' weather here, not surprised by them.

That's weird. I'm in the San Fernando Valley and I didn't feel anything.

[duncan228]

That's weird. I'm in the San Fernando Valley and I didn't feel anything.

I'm in Orange County, felt the first one pretty good, didn't feel the aftershock.

[florige]

I think Lakers take this one. It won't be easy though, Celtics will go for the knockout blow. They do not want to play a Game 7 against LA in Staples.

A combination of ref calls, Laker role players stepping up, Laker starters stepping up, and Celtic role players not showing up will be the reason LA wins.

I have Boston taking game 6 finishing off LA. I have LA getting off to a HUGE lead but Boston pulling within single digits in the 4th qtr and pulling it out when Ray Allen catches fire. I think Doc uses what PJ said as motivation. What I am sure of is we are going to see hardly no jumpers from LA at the start of the game. Boston is going to have to play smart (which they won't) in order to stay out of foul trouble.Boston will totally change it up and play horribly early on, but play lights out in the 4th.

[Man In Black]

It was centered in the Eastern Part of San Diego County. And there were 2 of them.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14745580.html

Oh and the KBB Led Lakers record when down 3-2:
In 03, they lost to San Antonio at Staples. We remember that evening as the Crying Game. Final Score 110-82

In 08, they lost to Boston at TD Center. We remember that evening as the Largest Finals Defeat in NBA Finals History.

I just think that with Kobe demanding that and this, all that will do, is feel demeaning to his teammates and they'll wilt under the extra added pressure.

This game might turn into The Crying Game 2, the Sequel. LA headlines could read, For once, Phil couldn't repeat...is it Kobe's fault?

[HarlemHeat37]

Extremely tough..

If Boston doesn't go down double-digits in the 1st half and if the refs don't completely take over for LA, Boston will win tomorrow IMO..

I would be genuinely surprised if the refs don't heavily favor LA tomorrow..

[Giuseppe]

Extremely tough..

If Boston doesn't go down double-digits in the 1st half and if the refs don't completely take over for LA, Boston will win tomorrow IMO..

I would be genuinely surprised if the refs don't heavily favor LA tomorrow..

Harlem, gettin' his Boston Spurs worry on.

[Bob Lanier]

I think LA takes game 6 by double digits, and Boston blows out LA in Game 7.

[DazedAndConfused]

I think LA takes game 6 by double digits, and Boston blows out LA in Game 7.

Boston isn't blowing out LA in LA. Fucking moron. That's the dumbest analysis I've ever seen.

[Amaso]

I'm going with a close Lakers in in Game 6, and I expect a close Lakers win in game 7.

[LnGrrrR]

As I said before the series, Celtics in six. And i still think Cs could take it in a possible Game 7 though that's not obviously ideal. Look at Game 3 in the Cavs series where everyone said the Cavs and Lebron were just too strong... Celts came back and had a statement game. Look at Game 5 of the Magic series, where everyone started flipping out and asking if the Magic could be the first team to come back from 0-3, and then the Celtics closed them out. This series is anybody's right now; heart, hustle and a little bit of luck will determine who's left standing in the end.

[Fpoonsie]

Goddammit, LA. Just fucking win.

[DazedAndConfused]

Well you know the Lakers, they never make things easy.

Since '08, however, they've always managed to play their best with their backs against the wall.

I don't even want to imagine what would happen in LA if the Celtics won on our home floor. All kinds of chaos would ensue.

[Fpoonsie]

All kinds of chaos would ensue.

Lakers fans, post Game 7 victory:

http://7amkickoff.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/lakers-riots.jpg

Lakers fans, post Game 7 defeat:

http://7amkickoff.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/lakers-riots.jpg

Kinda one a' those "damned if ya do, damned if ya don't..." situations, huh, D&C?

Edit: Still, that being said, FUCK THE CELTICS.

[cobbler]

Hmmmmmm.... let me think...

I'm going Lakers. :wow

[Bob Lanier]

Boston isn't blowing out LA in LA. Fucking moron. That's the dumbest analysis I've ever seen.
It wasn't analysis at all, Kobefan. It was a prediction. A guess.

[HarlemHeat37]

It wasn't analysis at all, Kobefan. It was a prediction. A guess.

It would have been analysis had you said that LA was going to win:lol..

[ezau]

Lakers will take care of Game 6. Having said that, Celtics are fucked in game 7

[Ghazi]

Celtics are dominating this series. It took a fluke good game by Fisher and a fluke bad game Allen for this series to even still have life. They are showing much better ball movement, are dominating the points in the paint battle, are shutting down the Lakers flawed offense big time. The Lakers are in a state of shock from the brand of basketball the Eastern Conference brings. This isn't Utah or fucking Phoenix.

It'll be some kind of fluke if LA is able to win 2 games in a row given how inferior they appear over the last 4 games. Celtics I think are +56 in the paint over the last 4 games :wow... so we always say jump shooting teams can't win titles, and that's exactly what LA is being morphed into by the greatness of this Celtics defense.

[Ghazi]

ALso, if the law of averages is worth a damn, Ray Allen's due for a monstrous shooting game. He's missed what, his last 16-17 3's? Although the Lakers are doing a pretty good job defensivel.y.

[Muser]

Celtics, they smell blood.

[Chieflion]

Harlem, gettin' his Boston Spurs worry on.

So, Cubby, is it Boston Spurs or San Antonio Celtics? Please make up your mind.

[Vertical]

Depends on Gasoft...if he is over his monthly period then LA

[easy7]

If they follow the script that Stern wrote, Lakers win tonight. If Boston says "fuck the script" then is over tonight.

[TheManFromAcme]

Celtics, they smell blood.

That they do Muse, that they do.

Not winning both in L.A. is coming back to haunt them....baaad.
No doubt L.A. has the personnel to play these guys but I do doubt their commitiment at this stage. They needed that commitment back in Boston.

We shall see. Celts are gonna want to end this tonight and I don't blame them.

Stupid L.A. for putting themselves in this plight. :bang

[silverblk mystix]

Cleveland and Orlando aren't pretenders. They're better teams than LA.

...man...I HATE to agree with mavs fan...

but....

this.

[silverblk mystix]

...prediction?...prediction?

...PAIN! :lol

(guess who said that)

[Giuseppe]

The guy who porked your ass?

[silverblk mystix]

The guy who porked your ass?

the ONLY porking of ass happening around here is going to be the celtics porking that laker ass

[Giuseppe]

the ONLY porking of ass happening around here is going to be the celtics porking that laker ass

But, first the Suns porked your ass, 4-O.

[silverblk mystix]

But, first the Suns porked your ass, 4-O.

but you will still be humiliated --just like in 2008...

[djohn2oo8]

and lol @ Boston being completely incapable of winning a Game 7 in LA.

They aren't no pretender team like Yaoless Houston.

It must suck to have ur best player and still be pretendes7

[Giuseppe]

but you will still be humiliated --just like in 2008...

But, the fact will remain, you'll have went before us, a broom stuck straight up your ass, courtesy of the Suns.

And what's best? They made you like it.

[ChrisRichards]

But, the fact will remain, you'll have went before us, a broom stuck straight up your ass, courtesy of the Suns.

And what's best? They made you like it.
For the sake of basketball I hope LA does'nt fold again like 2008. They have to win this game. I want to see an epic Game 7 damn it.


And my sig hasn't failed me (See Orlando, Cleveland and most recently Lakers as its victims) Im switching to Boston this time.

[Giuseppe]

Im switching to Boston this time.

You've no other choice, fuckface.

[ChrisRichards]

You've no other choice, fuckface.
:lol

dont you dare me cully


:wakeup

[Giuseppe]

:lol

dont you dare me cully


:wakeup

Consider yourself dared, asshole.

Another Miami Celtics fan.

[ChrisRichards]

Consider yourself dared, asshole.

Another Miami Celtics fan.
DONE!


Finish it boston.

[Giuseppe]

DONE!


Finish it boston.

Another Boston Heat poon-tanger.

[manufan10]

Lakers will win game 6 and set up an epic battle for game 7.

[ChrisRichards]

poon tanger :lol

had your coffee yet this morning, sir? put a lot of sugar in it too. you'll need after tonights game. :wakeup

[lefty]

Stern forces a game 7, ratings explode

[EVAY]

Lakers will win game 6, Boston will win game 7.

Refs will give the Lakers the game. no doubt about it

+1. This.

[Giuseppe]

poon tanger :lol

had your coffee yet this morning, sir? put a lot of sugar in it too. you'll need after tonights game. :wakeup

Win or lose, I'll be here, holding down the fort as Luva has instructed me.

There is lots of Boston Spurs/Heat assholes to check.

[TheManFromAcme]

:lol

I'll throw in a couple of gatling guns to hold the fort Cully.

[Cry Havoc]

Depends on how hot Boston is from the field. If they shoot 40+% from 3, I see this series ending in 6.

Otherwise, it's going to game 7. The refs aren't going to give Boston ANY breaks tonight.

I really think tonight's game does depend on the play of Ray Allen. If he plays decent D and hits 4+ threes, it's going to be tough for LA to win.

Lakers take it, 102-97.

[Giuseppe]

:lol

I'll throw in a couple of gatling guns to hold the fort Cully.

Danka, Acme.

[ChrisRichards]

Depends on how hot Boston is from the field. If they shoot 40+% from 3, I see this series ending in 6.

Otherwise, it's going to game 7. The refs aren't going to give Boston ANY breaks tonight.

I really think tonight's game does depend on the play of Ray Allen. If he plays decent D and hits 4+ threes, it's going to be tough for LA to win.

Lakers take it, 102-97.


Allen has'nt hit a three since Game 2. He's 0-16 since. Law of averages will tell you he's up for at least a good game.

[DazedAndConfused]

The Lakers have effectively shut Allen down since his Game 2 explosion. Their offense will have to come from elsewhere, which means Pierce and KG have to step it up.

KG has surprised me with his play. He's definitely getting good post position on Gasol and being effective in the paint. Pierce looks like he finally woke up in the last game. If both of them continue their play the game will be close. However, if either of them lays an egg you can pretty much give LA the victory.

I've said all along this one was going 7 games. I like the Lakers chances if this goes to a Game 7, for reasons I can't quite explain. I just don't see the Lakeshow dropping Game 7 at Staples with this much legacy on the line. I know Kobe and Fisher will leave it all on the floor. Will Gasol, Odom, Bynum?

[IronMexican]

DaC, this the official GD thread?

[Giuseppe]

I know Kobe and Fisher will leave it all on the floor. Will Gasol?

The Collusion File depends on it.

[Fpoonsie]

If you let Fin ring on YOUR watch, Cully, there'll be hell to pay...

"This I vow..."

[rascal]

If you put a gun to my head? LA. Problem is Celtics are fucked if this goes 7 so they have to win tomorrow night.

LA wins game 6 and then wins game 7. LA riots and destroy parts of LA.

[easy7]

Win or lose, I'll be here, holding down the fort as Luva has instructed me.

So now Luva runs you? Say it ain't so nigro.

[Killakobe81]

We will win. I said Lakers in 7 and it shall be written ... when it's all said and done.

[Giuseppe]

So now Luva runs you? Say it ain't so nigro.

A course, Luva is my mentor.

[duncan228]

Expert roundtable: NBA Finals Game 6 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/news/story?page=CelticsLakers-100615)
ESPN.com

5. How will the series play out?

Abbott: We're owed crunch time of a Finals Game 7, aren't we? We're so darned close. And if we get that, I don't see how anybody can complain. If we get that, here's my prediction: Kobe Bryant will be doubled, he'll fade away with an impossibly long and difficult shot as the clock expires, and as it hangs there in the air, make or miss, 2010 will become legendary.

Adande: For the Celtics to win in six, that would entail beating the Lakers two consecutive times in Los Angeles and three straight times overall. That's too much to ask. So it goes seven. Kobe Bryant is 3-1 in Game 7s … but lately this group has been more reminiscent of the team that faltered against Phoenix in 2006 than the resolute group of veterans who won maxed-out conference finals in 2000 and 2002. The Celtics win in seven.

Arnovitz: The Lakers will win Game 6 on their home floor, setting up the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 2005. The decisive game will be an intense struggle by two teams with very similar defensive schemes and philosophies. On the final possession, Bryant kicks the ball out to Artest against a collapsing Celtics' defense for the game-winning 3-pointer. Icebergs melt. Tectonic plates shift.

Broussard: My initial prediction was Celtics in seven. Now I'm thinking six. They're rolling, and Bynum's ailing.

John Hollinger: I said Lakers in seven at the start so there's no reason to change now. I definitely expect a seventh game because the cross-country trip is likely to rattle the Celtics' old bones more than L.A.'s (Andrew Bynum's knee being the exception) heading into Game 6. But at that point, I think it's fairly up for grabs between two teams that seem very evenly matched -- in fact, the composite score has them just two points apart.

Sheridan: Since Boston had trouble finishing off Game 5, I'd have to think that will carry over into Game 6, and the Lakers will win in the final minute (Kobe alert). On Thursday, it'll be a long, sad limo ride home for Jack Nicholson. Boston will win it with defense.

Stein: The Lakers have the capability to win these next two games, but they need a good start in Game 6 -- from more than just Kobe -- because the vibe this team is giving us right now is less than positive. The Celts are the more together group. They've always been volatile, but Boston is the better t-e-a-m right now.

Can the Lakers get that back? A good first half at home in Game 6 could certainly do it. I also have a weird feeling that the potential for technical difficulties, with Kendrick Perkins and Rasheed Wallace both one technical foul away from a one-game suspension, could still come into play … although Perkins has managed to do what even Doc Rivers doubted he could pull by avoiding a T all series.

[bostonguy]

and lol @ Boston being completely incapable of winning a Game 7 in LA.

They aren't no pretender team like Yaoless Houston.

Not saying it will be unrealistic but it is pretty damn close. Celts have them on the ropes. If they can't take them out now, it is going to be 100000000000000 times even more difficult to do so in game 7. Lakers would be rejuvenated. They are wounded right now. Time to finish them off. If they give a championship team like LA life, it will come back and haunt the Celts.

[DDS4]

You can bet Stern's dollar there will be a game 7.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Celtics are dominating this series.

Yes, the Celtics' tremendous average margin of +0.4 PPG is thorough domination.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Allen has'nt hit a three since Game 2. He's 0-16 since. Law of averages will tell you he's up for at least a good game.

And there's the second person in this thread alone who has no clue what the "law of averages" means.

[Smooth Criminal]

And there's the second person in this thread alone who has no clue what the "law of averages" means.
What exactly DOES it mean?

[IronMexican]

And there's the second person in this thread alone who has no clue what the "law of averages" means.

They're dominating no matter how you look at it. Simply pushing around Pau and Odom. Bynum, when healthy was good.

[Boston Pancake]

ZL-95CmCKhM

[DPG21920]

Yup.

[MiamiHeat]

The Lakers have effectively shut Allen down since his Game 2 explosion. Their offense will have to come from elsewhere, which means Pierce and KG have to step it up.

Bullshit.

Lakers haven't shut him down. He's just been missing.

He has had many open looks and shots, but he's just been missing them.

Game 3, Ray Ray had several good looks, and if he had made that 3 near the end of the game, Celtics would have won Game 3.

He will get back on track soon enough. He's had the open shots....

[SomeCallMeTim]

Bullshit.

Lakers haven't shut him down. He's just been missing.

He has had many open looks and shots, but he's just been missing them.

Game 3, Ray Ray had several good looks, and if he had made that 3 near the end of the game, Celtics would have won Game 3.

He will get back on track soon enough. He's had the open shots....

:lol

I always love the "bu-bu-bu-but he's just missing shots!" guys who believe that NBA players play in some mysterious vacuum, unaffected by defenses. Denial is a funny thing.

[MiamiHeat]

:lol

I always love the "bu-bu-bu-but he's just missing shots!" guys who believe that NBA players play in some mysterious vacuum, unaffected by defenses. Denial is a funny thing.

the only way to prove you wrong is showing videos of Ray Ray in Game's 4 and 5, and how he's had open shots.

but im not making a video, so you will just be in denial.

Ray is going through a cold streak, but the shots are there.

[Bob Lanier]

What exactly DOES it mean?

[florige]

I have Boston taking game 6 finishing off LA. I have LA getting off to a HUGE lead but Boston pulling within single digits in the 4th qtr and pulling it out when Ray Allen catches fire. I think Doc uses what PJ said as motivation. What I am sure of is we are going to see hardly no jumpers from LA at the start of the game. Boston is going to have to play smart (which they won't) in order to stay out of foul trouble.Boston will totally change it up and play horribly early on, but play lights out in the 4th.



Well I was halfway right. :rolleyes

[florige]

Bullshit.

Lakers haven't shut him down. He's just been missing.

He has had many open looks and shots, but he's just been missing them.

Game 3, Ray Ray had several good looks, and if he had made that 3 near the end of the game, Celtics would have won Game 3.

He will get back on track soon enough. He's had the open shots....


Well he only has one more game to get back on track.

[SomeCallMeTim]

the only way to prove you wrong is showing videos of Ray Ray in Game's 4 and 5, and how he's had open shots.

but im not making a video, so you will just be in denial.

Ray is going through a cold streak, but the shots are there.

:lol "open shots"

This series is what happens when a guy like Ray Allen has to face a top defense.

[bostonguy]

Not saying it will be unrealistic but it is pretty damn close. Celts have them on the ropes. If they can't take them out now, it is going to be 100000000000000 times even more difficult to do so in game 7. Lakers would be rejuvenated. They are wounded right now. Time to finish them off. If they give a championship team like LA life, it will come back and haunt the Celts.

[SomeCallMeTim]

What exactly DOES it mean?

First of all, "law of averages" refers to random events. Roulette wheels, dice throws, coin flips. And an NBA shot is not a random event. There is an element of luck (randomness) to any shot but it is mostly skill on both sides, offense and defense.

Second, it's a fallacy to begin with. It's the false belief that "hey I just flipped this quarter five times and it came up heads every time... law of averages says I'm due for tails." Nope. Still exactly 50/50 odds.

Ray Allen shot well tonight because he's a great shooter, not because of some fallacious "law of averages." Lakers have mostly held him in check throughout the series, however, because they play great defense. "Law of averages" has nothing to do it. If somebody wants to talk about "regression to the mean" now that's meaningful.

[bostonguy]

Here is an interesting fact in this series....


One thing people have yet to point out is Boston didnt blow LA out ONCE in any of their victories. The Celts played out of their minds in game 5 and the best they could get was a 13 point lead which was their largest lead of the series. Lakers had a 20 point lead in game 1, a 17 point lead in game 3, and as much as a 27 point lead tonight.

[florige]

Here is an interesting fact in this series....


One thing people have yet to point out is Boston didnt blow LA out ONCE in any of their victories. The Celts played out of their minds in game 5 and the best they could get was a 13 point lead which was their largest lead of the series. Lakers had a 20 point lead in game 1, a 17 point lead in game 3, and as much as a 27 point lead tonight.



Man dude what happened to you after that New England loss? I almost think I be reading LA fans post sometimes. lol