Los Lakers @ Las Inconformistas Thread

[Ashy Larry]

There's plenty on the line Saturday night when the Dallas Mavericks (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=dal) host the Los Angeles Lakers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=lal).


The Mavericks can build a bigger lead over the Lakers in the race for the Western Conference's No. 2 seed and clinch the tiebreaker between the teams.


Dallas (47-18) is 1 1/2 games ahead of Los Angeles (46-20) for the second-best record in the West behind San Antonio. The Mavericks won 109-100 in the first meeting at home Jan. 19, and the teams' final matchup after Saturday is at Staples Center on March 31.


"It's the defending champs coming in your building, so it's a big deal," coach Rick Carlisle told the Mavericks' official website. "To try and downplay it wouldn't be being honest. It's an important game."


The Lakers are finishing a difficult four-game trip after their eight-game win streak since the All-Star break ended with Thursday's 94-88 loss at Miami. Los Angeles had beaten the Spurs and Atlanta in the first two games before getting outrebounded 46-37 by the Heat.


"They had 12 offensive rebounds in the first half; we don't do that," guard Kobe Bryant (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/110/kobe-bryant) said. "That is uncharacteristic of us. I turned the ball over late in the game when it was tied; just stupid stuff like that. Those are easily correctable."


The Mavericks are expecting the Lakers to be angry after their win streak was snapped.


"This week has been full of tough challenges, and it doesn't get any easier now," forward Dirk Nowitzki (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/609/dirk-nowitzki) said. "The Lakers just came off a loss in Miami, so you know they're gonna be ready to play. Yeah, it should be another fun test."


Carlisle challenged his team by calling the Mavs "soft" after recent one-point losses to Memphis and New Orleans. Dallas responded with a dominant effort Thursday with a 47-37 edge on the glass in a 127-109 win over New York.


"A win is a great response, to anything," forward Shawn Marion (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/510/shawn-marion) said. "What more can you ask? No reason to dwell on it. ... We all get caught up in the heat of the moment at times. That's what he felt at the time. You've just got to learn from it and do it."


Nowitzki had 23 points, Marion 22 and Jason Terry (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/841/jason-terry) 21 as Dallas posted season highs for points in a game, quarter (41 in the second) and half (72 in the first).


"We had some tough losses here in the last week," Nowitzki said. "You can't win them all so you have to come back the next day and compete and that's what we did today."


The Lakers have struggled to shoot 42.4 percent in five games this month. They shot 40.0 percent Thursday, and 29 percent in the second half
"We just didn't capitalize on opportunities," center Andrew Bynum (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2748/andrew-bynum) said. "We turned the ball over twice at critical times."


Dallas has won two straight over Los Angeles after losing eight of the previous nine meetings. The Mavs made 12 of 26 3-pointers and had three players score at least 21 points in the first meeting on a night when Nowitzki was limited to 14.


Bryant had 21 points and 10 assists and Lamar Odom (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/617/lamar-odom) added 20 points and 10 boards for the Lakers. The Mavs' 55.0 percent shooting is the second-highest allowed by Los Angeles this season.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=310312006

[Ashy Larry]

gotta get this win because the Lakers got seven winnable games at home after this one

[# 1 Troll]

Big game. Hate the Lakers, hate the Mavs. But will be tuned in for some good bball

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Best of luck Lakers fans. Should be a good one.
Must win for the 2 seed . Go Mavs

[Ashy Larry]

wouldn't say it's a must win but it definitely would be helpful ........ Dallas has yet to come to Staples

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

wouldn't say it's a must win but it definitely would be helpful ........ Dallas has yet to come to Staples

Must win for the Mavs I meant. I would never
put LA in a must win anytime during the regular season

[Ashy Larry]

I wouldn't even say its a must win for the Mavs as well ...... Mavs got a nice cake ass schedule at the end of the year .... Lakers didn't take advantage of their cake ass schedule at the beginning of the year and have a brutal end to the season. Ball is definitely in the Mavs corner .......

[Koolaid_Man]

Best of luck Lakers fans. Should be a good one.
Must win for the 2 seed . Go Mavs


41 you one of my niggas so don't take this shit personally tonight....:lol

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

41 you one of my niggas so don't take this shit personally tonight....:lol

You already know my nigga

[Reck]

Spurs should really take advantage of these two teams fighting it out.

With a Spurs win and a Mavs loss we'd be back up 7 games on both Mavs and Lakers.

[Jt.ONE]

Position: Rugged Forward
Team: New York Knicks



Spurs should really take advantage of these two teams fighting it out.

With a Spurs win and a Mavs loss we'd be back up 7 games on both Mavs and Lakers.

?

[Reck]

What's the mystery?

Never heard of a New Yorker Spurs fan?

[Technique]

Alright... Who's the girl in your sig bro?

New York Spurs fans are one in a million. Theyre all fucking bandwagoners that are on Kobe's nuts.

[Reck]

Jaime Koeppe

[sribb43]

Time to fuck up some purple and gold tonight

[Nick Manning]

Spurs should really take advantage of these two teams fighting it out.

With a Spurs win and a Mavs loss we'd be back up 7 games on both Mavs and Lakers.

I'm the only legit Knicks fan here...GTFO

[benefactor]

Just tuned in. Looks like a good game so far.

[benefactor]

Bynum owning right now.

[Ghazi]

Bynum beasting

NB:lol

[Capt Bringdown]

Apparently the 3-second rule doesn't apply to the Lakers. Bynum, ya wanna spend 12 seconds in the lane?
No problem.

[sribb43]

LA beasting in the paint, Mavs shooting jumpers :bang

[benefactor]

Brewer should be sinking those threes in a different uniform.

[sribb43]

i hate Barea

[HarlemHeat37]

Barea playing for the Lakers tonight..

Mavs are too stacked(with decent players), tbh, I don't know how Carlisle is going to deal with the rotation in the playoffs..

[sribb43]

Apparently the 3-second rule doesn't apply to the Lakers. Bynum, ya wanna spend 12 seconds in the lane?
No problem.

Shit is ridiculous

[Ghazi]

Lakers paint domination is probably why they'd win a 7 game series against us.

but for tonight, LETS GO MAVS!!!!

[Killakobe81]

Barea playing for the Lakers tonight..

Mavs are too stacked(with decent players), tbh, I don't know how Carlisle is going to deal with the rotation in the playoffs..

Yes. I think this WILL BE A PROBLEM ...

[sribb43]

Brewer has already caught the Mavs jumpshot disease

[Ghazi]

fuck Roddy ugh

[HarlemHeat37]

Beaubois looks terrible, he has no confidence, complete opposite of last year..

[Killakobe81]

Roddy hurting more than he is helping ...

[PGDynasty24]

Bynum is clearly 100% for first time since 07-08. He has that explosion since all star break,we need to control that paint

[sribb43]

Well it was a good game for 1 1/2 quarters...Better than the Spurs did

[sribb43]

:lmao Roddy being untradeable

[Capt Bringdown]

Lakers on top of the heap in terms of D right now. Nobody else can touch it.

[Killakobe81]

Kobe may have got fouled ... but he had Bynum underneath ...

Again I dont mind how much he shoots as long as he takes good shots ...

[Ghazi]

bye bye 2 seed :cry :cry

[PGDynasty24]

LOL refs keeping Mavs in the game

[Killakobe81]

MArion playing like an all-star ...

[sribb43]

bye bye 2 seed :cry :cry

enjoy 50 x 11. Its all we got

[midnightpulp]

LOL refs keeping Mavs in the game

On cue. Expect no less from a Lakers fan.

[Killakobe81]

I dont see the big deal TBH about 2 seed Mavs still facing LAkers in the 2nd round either way ...

What the Mavs need is a favorable 1st round matchup ...but I would not tank late seasons games to get it ...we saw how that worked out against Gstate. Just play out the games win as much as possible without sacrificing health.
They are better than most teams if they play well they will be dangerous ...

[Killakobe81]

Refs have been ok a couple of missed calls in BOTH teams favor ...

Miami game was worse but there was missed calls BOTH ways as well ...just that the HEat got all the breaks on calls late ...shit happens. No excuses.

[midnightpulp]

Refs have been ok a couple of missed calls in BOTH teams favor ...

Miami game was worse but there was misse calls both ways as well ...just that the HEat got all the breaks on calls late ...shit happens. No excuses.

A man's speaking. :tu

[PGDynasty24]

Need to keep pounding ball inside to Bynum and Gasol

[Killakobe81]

Need to keep pounding ball inside to Bynum and Gasol

Agree. Bynum is too good at FT's to come empty on 2 tries though ...

[Ghazi]

Roddy blowing...

[PGDynasty24]

Artest continuing to shoot ball well since all star game

[sribb43]

Jump shooting pussies

[Banzai]

Is Kidd traveling?

[mystargtr34]

Roddy seems like he has a pretty low B Ball IQ... some really stupid shots from him.

[Spur_Fanatic]

A win-win for a Spurs fan...

I want the Lakers to win it, though. Mavs have been too hot lately.

[mystargtr34]

Dirk is playing some bad defense tonight... Pau is getting easy looks. Although he is wet on O in the third.

[lefty]

Lol jump shots

[sribb43]

Lol jump shots

mavs =

http://www.angmail.fsnet.co.uk/pictures/wildcat.jpg

Lakers =

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_orZtZMfkcDI/SQYd7obzOhI/AAAAAAAABjg/JeXyDjnQJT4/s400/mountain-lion-photos.jpg

[Killakobe81]

Soft Pau re-appearing ...
No way he shouldn't grab that board Bynum force dMarion to miss twice.

[benefactor]

mavs =

http://www.angmail.fsnet.co.uk/pictures/wildcat.jpg

Lakers =

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_orZtZMfkcDI/SQYd7obzOhI/AAAAAAAABjg/JeXyDjnQJT4/s400/mountain-lion-photos.jpg
:lol

[Ghazi]

good game so far.

sribb give our boys some credit..

[sribb43]

uh oh...You better win this shit mavs

[sribb43]

good game so far.

sribb give our boys some credit..

We love our Boys in Blue

[Killakobe81]

Blatant missed foul call ...

[PGDynasty24]

That was all arm,wow

[Ghazi]

JET w/ a terrible defensive sequence

[PGDynasty24]

Back to 8 bitches

[sribb43]

Actually LA doesnt need Kobe to beat the Mavs...Just need to keep beasting it inside

[PGDynasty24]

We run this shit!

[Ghazi]

fucking Steve Blake killing us

[Cant_Be_Faded]

The CBF profile curse strikes again

FUCK YOU Kobe, hope your ankle is completely shattered

[Killakobe81]

Well game is there for Mavs 2 win ...

[mystargtr34]

I dont watch alot of Mav games... but when i do something just looks off about them. It may be the Lakers making them look worse than usual tonight.. but they take so many jump shots and they seem awfully soft in the middle. Its no secret they shoot alot of jumpers, but the amount of long jumpers they have taken tonight is disgusting.

[Killakobe81]

The CBF profile curse strikes again

FUCK YOU Kobe, hope your ankle is completely shattered

Dont worry CBF... Karma, is a bitch ... and payment is overdue ...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

yeah and yalls rent is due motherfucker

[Capt Bringdown]

I dont watch alot of Mav games... but when i do something just looks off about them. It may be the Lakers making them look worse than usual tonight.. but they take so many jump shots and they seem awfully soft in the middle. Its no secret they shoot alot of jumpers, but the amount of long jumpers they have taken tonight is disgusting.

Laker bigs camping in the paint might have sumpin' to do with it.

[Ghazi]

JET's been invisible tonight

[sribb43]

JET's been invisible tonight

Playoff JET

[ffadicted]

So what happened to Kobe, did he pull a paul pierce?

[HarlemHeat37]

Lakers are very tough to beat when their role players are scoring..that's why I was surprised so many people overanalyzed the Spurs game..Lakers always have the advantage inside, but it's usually negated by their poor shooting from outside..

When mediocre players like Artest, Blake, Brown and whoever else are making a positive impact, they're impossible to beat..usually you pressure the paint against them, and let those players(+ Fisher, Barnes) beat you..if they are actually capable of making a significant impact, you aren't going to beat them..

They're also very difficult to beat when Kobe makes himself the #3 option, but that won't happen too often, especially under the bright lights..

I agree with mystar though, the Mavs take way too many bad shots..

[PGDynasty24]

Chandler and Haywood couldn't stop Bynum if they dreamed 2

[jjktkk]

The CBF profile curse strikes again

FUCK YOU Kobe, hope your ankle is completely shattered

Classy statement CBF.

[HarlemHeat37]

Why does Brian Cardinal play?..

[PGDynasty24]

Brian Cardinal is our Luke Walton

[Ghazi]

Why does Brian Cardinal play?..

we UNstacked :cry

[sribb43]

Mavs length is pointless against LA bc Bynum gets such deep post position

[lefty]

Those Mavs announcers are idiots

[mystargtr34]

Kobe is 5-15 and the Lakers are still keeping this around double digits for most of the game.. Mavs really need to man up in the middle and stop Bynum and Pau from dominating the game.

[Killakobe81]

Win or lose just glad to see Bynum impacting the game ... if he had shown up in the first half of the MIA game and he finishes strong here ...Lakers could esily be on a 10 game win streak.

Though Im impressed, if he gives us this kind of effort on Monday ...I'll be more so. He faces Dwight.

[mystargtr34]

:lol Brian Cardinal always makes an effort to foul extra hard on clear cut scoring opportunities... its like he tries too hard to come off as a physical/tough guy because he cant do it with his style of game.

Its pretty funny.

[HarlemHeat37]

It'll be interesting to see which Bynum shows up in the playoffs..he has had these dominant stretches in January/February/March every season, but he's been virtually a non-factor in the playoffs..

Lakers look very smooth without Kobe, as usual..more ball movement, less isolation, more pounding inside, no lazyness on D..

[Ghazi]

terrible D...

[024]

lakers won this when bryant went to the bench.

[PGDynasty24]

Is this our biggest threat in wEst?

[benefactor]

Mavs are getting destroyed in the paint.

[TinTin]

Why isn't dirk getting the ball?

[sribb43]

Lakers picked up 4 team fouls with 10+ minutes left and mavs still shooting jumpers....pussies

[Killakobe81]

Odom with a dumb play driving to his right Bynum had the paint sealed ...

Great pass by Blake I was pissed he didnt shoot coming of the pinch-post screen ... but a great pass to LO ...that is how you beat a zone ...

[Holden_Caulfield]

keep kobe on the bench.

[Killakobe81]

It'll be interesting to see which Bynum shows up in the playoffs..he has had these dominant stretches in January/February/March every season, but he's been virtually a non-factor in the playoffs..

Lakers look very smooth without Kobe, as usual..more ball movement, less isolation, more pounding inside, no lazyness on D..

You must of not watched this game Kobe has played very well on Defense but nice try.

[HarlemHeat37]

Terry/Beaubois/Kidd/Barea/Brewer 9-30 from the field..horrible perimeter play from the Mavs..Lakers' weak link is the perimeter, on both sides, if you're getting outplayed by them there, especially by a significant margin, you aren't going to beat them..

[Capt Bringdown]

Lakers triple towers scoring a combined 42, half of the Laker's points.

[mystargtr34]

TBH Lakers would still be scary without Kobe... imagine the ball being pounded into Pau and Bynum 50 times a night :lol

[Killakobe81]

Pau lets JJB get by him in the paint ...

[ffadicted]

lmao why does Barea get minutes

[Ghazi]

BS call on Chandler just now..

[benefactor]

Not much of a foul there.

[Killakobe81]

Marion's scoring offensive rebounding keeping Mavs in it ...

[sribb43]

cardinal in the game with 5 minutes left :lmao

[benefactor]

lol

[InRareForm]

Kidd with a terrible 3. Cardinal getting some PT

[mystargtr34]

:lol Marion schooling Kobe in the post.

[Capt Bringdown]

Terry/Beaubois/Kidd/Barea/Brewer 9-30 from the field..horrible perimeter play from the Mavs..Lakers' weak link is the perimeter, on both sides, if you're getting outplayed by them there, especially by a significant margin, you aren't going to beat them..

I think this post shows how & why the Laker perimeter play is boosted by their defensive gameplan:

Lakers P & R defense (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174400)

[sribb43]

still no FT's....fuckin' pussies

[HarlemHeat37]

What the fuck is this lineup that the Mavs have out there?..they're only down 6, they're still in it, at least put out a decent lineup..

[benefactor]

Barea needs to go back to the DLeague.

[Killakobe81]

JJB flops as part of his natural reflex ... if he wasnt a role player he would get mnore notoriety for it ...

[Killakobe81]

:lol Marion schooling Kobe in the post.

No he did not in fact his offensive rebounds is what is helping him against Kobe Odom or whoever ...his post game sucks.

[HarlemHeat37]

It's amazing how much a team with a record like Dallas' relies so much on 1 guy for their offense..

[HarlemHeat37]

Dirk with 2 great shots in a row..too bad, they could have used him during that cold spell when he was on the bench for far too long..

[lefty]

Lol "CBF curse"

[Killakobe81]

Dirk Kobe trading clutch shots!!!

[Killakobe81]

The shot over Bynum was Sick by Dirk ...the replay shows how tough it really was

[mystargtr34]

Why is Kobe taking tough 1-on-1 20 foot jump shots when Bynum and Pau are destroying the Mavs on the inside.. he needs to feed it inside.

[redzero]

Well, we know what Kobe plans to do when he gets the ball.

[IronMaxipad]

Lmao dirk

[Capt Bringdown]

Dirk, LOL

[lefty]

Dirk :lmao

[Capt Bringdown]

That TO was likely ballgame.

[Killakobe81]

Dirk and Kobe trade unclutch plays ...

Ron the hero?

[Ghazi]

tough loss.... we had our chances too..

good game

[HarlemHeat37]

Kobe getting bailed out, as usual..

If he doesn't leave the game for that long stretch, Dallas probably wins this, despite their terrible perimeter play..

[Killakobe81]

Why is Kobe taking tough 1-on-1 20 foot jump shots when Bynum and Pau are destroying the Mavs on the inside.. he needs to feed it inside.

What diud they get when they went to Pau? he missed ...I had no problem with his last couple shots. Some of yall hate just to hate ...

[Killakobe81]

Kobe getting bailed out, as usual..

If he doesn't leave the game for that long stretch, Dallas probably wins this, despite their terrible perimeter play..

No they wouldnt have ..

[ffadicted]

Shit that was nice

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wow, Dirk passes up a shot when the game is on the line... never seen that before! :lmao

And then Bynum with the rebound surrounded by 3 Mavs.

Fakers are currently shitting in the mouths of every Mav fan in the world, not to forget the Mavericks' team.

[Capt Bringdown]

Well, this is interesting

[Killakobe81]

Fisher has to be the WORST finisher in Laker history ...

Sure he has the occasional Layup vs. Boston or against the Clips ... but he sucks on drives.

[ffadicted]

Gasoft what a choking pussy

[Ghazi]

wow.. we got a shot!

[Tinystarz]

Well, this is interesting

god dam...


it is..

[PGDynasty24]

That was a 2 foot shot and Fisher had pau and bynum wide open. Horrible play by Fisher

[Capt Bringdown]

Go for the 3 to tie, or a quick 2?

[Killakobe81]

Just close out on Terry and Dirk I dont care if Kidd or anyone else shoots this ...

[HarlemHeat37]

This would be a nice time for Terry/Kidd/Barea/Beaubois to make up for their poor stretches in this game..

[Spurologist]

http://drugsinmilk.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/choke_full.gif

Gasol finds it a little hard to breathe in the clutch

[Tinystarz]

make or break mavs.. dirk for the 3.

[Killakobe81]

Gasoft what a choking pussy

I wont go that far but he and Odom are known to choke FT's late ...

[InRareForm]

Mavs playing scared lol

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol What the fuck is Dallas running?..

They tried way too hard to get it to Terry there..

[Ghazi]

wow Terry :(

[ffadicted]

Terry LMAO!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha


hahahahahaa

hahahaha lmaomlaomaloaml

[Spurologist]

Where's the Terry gif

:lmao

[Killakobe81]

LOL JET choking a layup he got Bynumitis ...

[sribb43]

the JET in playoff mode

[Spurologist]

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[Killakobe81]

Rather have Bynum up there late than Pau or Lamar ...

Big rebound and clutch FT's For Drew ...

[Tinystarz]

do mav fans love or hate terry?

[HarlemHeat37]

Terry choking in a big game, as usual..

Mavs' terrible perimeter play + Lakers' interior + Carlisle's shitty lineups + Lakers' role players were the keys..

[PGDynasty24]

O V E R. 2nd seed we will be seeing you very soon

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Fisher has to be the WORST finisher in Laker history ...

Sure he has the occasional Layup vs. Boston or against the Clips ... but he sucks on drives.

0.4sec begs to differ, but yeah, that was the highlight of his career.

[Capt Bringdown]

Terry doesn't look so cocky now..

[mystargtr34]

What diud they get when they went to Pau? he missed ...I had no problem with his last couple shots. Some of yall hate just to hate ...

Oh please... Pau missed a 4 foot hook at the rim... his FG% within 5 feet is probably around 60-65%... Kobe's FG% from 16 feet and out would be around 35-40%.

If you think a 1-on-1 contested 20 footer from Kobe is a better shot then a Pau hook at the rim your a moron... no other way to say it.

[jag]

I expected Roddy the messiah to do some damage on that weak Lakers backcourt.

[sribb43]

O V E R. 2nd seed we will be seeing you very soon

:tu...congrats on your automatic bid to the conference finals

[Reck]

Mavs fallen to the Lakers.

Spurs up 7 games on both teams. :toast

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

do mav fans love or hate terry?

They love him. They don't even think he's a dirty player, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

[Bill_Brasky]

Fucking wow Terry......why the fuck did they not try to get a Dirk 3 there.....Roddy woulda made that layup.

Dirk > Kobe

[Killakobe81]

Game.
Blouses.

Well I guess the West is almost back in order ...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Mavs offence fell into a black hole when they needed it. I like that.

[jag]

They love him. They don't even think he's a dirty player, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

They certainly don't think he's clutch, though.

[cobbler]

W!

Good game Mavs! :toast

[Tinystarz]

do mav fans love or hate terry?

another clutch miss :lol

[Juggity]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4558235624_a30b8e13cd_o.gif

[PGDynasty24]

Bynum dominated this game

[Killakobe81]

Fucking wow Terry......why the fuck did they not try to get a Dirk 3 there......

Dirk > Kobe

Ok whatever you say. But Dont worry We will take care of the Mavs for you ... so you won't have to deal with him anyway ...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How did Brewer go against Kobe? Slow him down at all?

[Tp9gospursgo]

lol mavs

[Ghazi]

Bynum was the difference.

[jag]

That Jason Terry gif seems appropriate right about now.

[Killakobe81]

How did Brewer go against Kobe? Slow him down at all?

Marion played Kobe Well. Brewer got some minutes ...but nothing much Kobe hit a jumper and got some Ft's out of him.

Bynum and Marion were the best players in this game ... TBH.

[sribb43]

They certainly don't think he's clutch, though.

Certaintly not in the playoffs. he is the biggest pussy of them all

[Capt Bringdown]

Laker D is the (horror) story.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Marion played Kobe Well. Brewer got some minutes ...but nothing much Kobe hit a jumper and got some Ft's out of him.

Bynum and Marion were the best players in this game ... TBH.

Thanks.

That just confirms my theory about these games amongst the top teams - they don't mean much. The coaches are holding back their playoff weapons.

7 game series are all about adjustments, and right now all three coaches are guarding their secrets and waiting for the semis/WCFs.

[mystargtr34]

When Bynum plays like this... and the ball gets pounded inside constantly the Lakers cant be beaten.. simple as that.

If the Lakers go through the playoffs with Pau and Bynum combining for less then 25 FG a night the opposition will always be in with a chance.

[Killakobe81]

Thanks.

That just confirms my theory about these games amongst the top teams - they don't mean much. The coaches are holding back their playoff weapons.

7 game series are all about adjustments, and right now all three coaches are guarding their secrets and waiting for the semis/WCFs.

Mehh. wouldnt say that. RC is not CIA like Pop ... he said he would not shy away from how important this game was. They wanted it hoped they could measure up ...and they did not. We played good, not great. Kobe, LO and fish shoty like ass and we STILL lead almost wire to wire ...

[jag]

Mehh. wouldnt say that. RC is not CIA like Pop ... he said he would not shy away from how important this game was. They wanted it hoped they could measure up ...and they did not. We played good, not great. Kobe, LO and fish shoty like ass and we STILL lead almost wire to wire ...

If Kobe is willing to allow Bynum and Gasol to take over games like that during the playoffs, the Lakers will be hard to beat. But it's hard to imagine Kobe not getting his shots in for a big playoff game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Mehh. wouldnt say that. RC is not CIA like Pop ... he said he would not shy away from how important this game was. They wanted it hoped they could measure up ...and they did not. We played good, not great. Kobe, LO and fish shoty like ass and we STILL lead almost wire to wire ...

Still, seems strange not to throw Brewer at Kobe for extended periods. Bet we'll see that in the playoffs.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Shove your theories up your loose ass, Faggot. These two teams were trying to win. Watch the game before you come in here making your lame ass comments, bitch.

Such an angry, homophobic fucktard. Do you have to be that way? Get some counselling, seriously.

I have no doubt both teams were trying to win. I also have no doubt that RC, Pop and Phil aren't putting all of their tactical cards on the table at this point.

[mystargtr34]

One would think Carlisle was trotting out those shitty lineups (Barea) to hide his cards for the playoffs.. but unfortunately it was simply due to his stupidity..and obviously its much more difficult to hide your stupidy than it is to hide your cards.

[j.dizzle]

Lakeshow should of won this by 10-12 IMO. Too many missed FT's & they let Marion get too many putbacks & easy buckets. Andrew has matured quite a bit, he has a certain swagger that I enjoy & Phil is finally putting some trust in him. He's a lot more valuable than Pau since he actually takes contact.

[DJ Mbenga]

lol peja. so much for getting play time. lakers controlled the game from start to finish. at least they fixed their rebounding midway cause in that first quarter is was laughable the rebounds the lakers were allowing

[Killakobe81]

Still, seems strange not to throw Brewer at Kobe for extended periods. Bet we'll see that in the playoffs.

I hope they do he sucks on offense. With the way they were missing shots no way you could play him ...

[mystargtr34]

Lakeshow should of won this by 10-12 IMO. Too many missed FT's & they let Marion get too many putbacks & easy buckets. Andrew has matured quite a bit, he has a certain swagger that I enjoy & Phil is finally putting some trust in him. He's a lot more valuable than Pau since he actually takes contact.

:lol Lakerfan

[j.dizzle]

:lol Lakerfan

Healthy Bynum > Pau. Pau doesnt even try to play defense most of the time. Its a red carpet to the rim when he's the center.

[j.dizzle]

lol peja. so much for getting play time. lakers controlled the game from start to finish. at least they fixed their rebounding midway cause in that first quarter is was laughable the rebounds the lakers were allowing

Shrink your pics man, gottt damn. :lol

[jag]

You sure about that? We've been hard to beat the last three years and yet Kobe has been Kobe. Look... worry about your own team and quit giving these lame ass takes.

:lol If 6-24 is Kobe being Kobe then the Lakers are in for a tough postseason.

[mystargtr34]

Healthy Bynum > Pau. Pau doesnt even try to play defense most of the time. Its a red carpet to the rim when he's the center.

When Artest plays like he did tonight... and Kobe plays like he did tonight..

Artest > Kobe.

[BoricuaCJA]

I hope they do he sucks on offense. With the way they were missing shots no way you could play him ...
They could put him in for defensive purposes and have Dirk go 1on1 for some offensive possessions in a row while having on the other side of the court where Dirk is.

OT: Man is Terry a choke artist, how do you miss that?

[Giuseppe]

lakers controlled the game from start to finish.

That's it, right there.