*** Officially Mavs @ Lakers Game 2 Thread ***

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its destiny that the Mavs and Heat meet for a rematch in the Finals

Mavs take the unexpected 2-0 lead, in a game that is close all evening, pulling away by 15+ early in the 4th as Peja and Barea go apeshit on the Laker bench, silencing the crowd, and finishing with a 4-8 point win tonight after some careless shooting and turnovers causes the game to get a bit close again.

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LMAO @ artest making a request to guard Dirk

he will foul out in about 15 minutes if Phil is stupid enough to grant him that wish

[Axe Murderer]

LMAO @ artest making a request to guard Dirk

he will foul out in about 15 minutes if Phil is stupid enough to grant him that wish

Artest? :lol

Please let that happen. Dirk has proven that shorter guys will never be able to stop him 1 on 1. I actually think LO and Gasol did a decent job on him, they contested him well, he just did what he always does and make tough shots. With artest on him, he would just catch and shoot all day with no resistance

[lefty]

LMAO @ artest making a request to guard Dirk

he will foul out in about 15 minutes if Phil is stupid enough to grant him that wish
Artest :lol

[Red Hawk #21]

One thing I notice with this series is that the moment Dirk puts the ball on the floor, TC/Haywood/Marion all get left wide open. Dirk needs to find those guys for easy points. It should be a fun game tonight.

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Not only that, I guarantee Artest thinks he can just go in and rough Dirk up and win the battle. But Dirk seems to have changed a lot. In the past, he would clearly not be happy with all that and often would resort to more fadeaways. Nowadays, he seems to take it more personal, and attack the guy, and if he gets in attack mode, the Lakers are fucked, because none of them have a remote shot at him when hes focused on getting to the hoop for easy buckets. Artest would just foul out due to frustration of getting killed. Odom would get mind-fucked into bad defense or bad fouls. Gasol simply cant handle him physically or mentally.

What is really funny is watching when Dirk forces Gasol to catch the ball farther away from the basket than his comfort zone, every time he tries to back Dirk down, he goes absolutely nowhere, and ends up either passing or shooting a fallaway. Dirk needs to keep doing that, and keep Gasol out of his comfort zone. It will make the Mavs MUCH better if he can get in Gasol's head and take him out of the game like he often does.

[DJ Mbenga]

will be interested to see how the mavs bench does. dirk will be dirk but nobody on that bench had a bad day. everyone shot 50% on mostly jumpshots

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One thing I notice with this series is that the moment Dirk puts the ball on the floor, TC/Haywood/Marion all get left wide open. Dirk needs to find those guys for easy points. It should be a fun game tonight.

Yup I've noticed that too. Carlisle hopefully has recognized that, and will have some plays ready to be ran in those cases.

This is an area where I like Carlike 100000000000x more than Avery. He makes wayyyyyy better adjustments and is a much better strategist. Avery was just very good at keeping his guys disciplined and motivated, but he sucked at X's and O's.

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will be interested to see how the mavs bench does. dirk will be dirk but nobody on that bench had a bad day. everyone shot 50% on mostly jumpshots

tbqh, they have some damn good shooters in Peja, Barea, and Terry.

A lot of Mavs fans may disagree strongly, but the Mavs need to utilize Barea more. His ability to penetrate and break defenses down is the biggest defensive weakness of the Lakers. If he goes in there, focused on not killing his dribble unless he either has a wide open pass, or an easy layup, he is going to eat them alive. He gets himself into trouble though when he kills his layup, thinking something is there, then is taken away at the last second (due to his lack of height)

[hater]

Go Mavs!

I will cry tears of joy if Mavs 2 Lakers 0 becomes a reality.

[Giuseppe]

Go Mavs!

I will cry tears of joy if Mavs 2 Lakers 0 becomes a reality.

Gotta beat 8 by a mile that's for sure.

[Cessation]

Go mavs! Dirk will rape artest a new butthole if he ends up guarding him. Most likelly lakers will win though, doesn't really matter, dallas already got the split they wanted.

[TE]

No way Lakers lose this game.

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Mavs win tonight, lose game 3, Mavs fans think the Mavs are fucked, Mavs win game 4, Lakers blow the shit out of the Mavs in game 5, again leading to people thinking the Lakers will comeback in 7 and Mavs fans thinking they should just committ suicide, then Mavs win game 6 in similar fashion to how they won game 6 against Portland, solidly with a scare.

this IS how the series will go.

[Frenzy]

Will pau he black swan? :lol

Will kome injure himself again and say "I ain't got time to bleed"?

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only way we win game 2 is if artest defends dirk..gimme that shit all day

if the Lakers are stupid enough to do that, the first chance that the Mavs have to sub someone in, I would either replace Marion with Peja, or slide Marion to the 2 on defense and replace Stevenson with Peja, because then that means you either have Gasol running around trying to chase Peja on the perimeter which would be great, or you gotta put Gasol back on Dirk, which is also a good thing.

[Axe Murderer]

Not only that, I guarantee Artest thinks he can just go in and rough Dirk up and win the battle. But Dirk seems to have changed a lot. In the past, he would clearly not be happy with all that and often would resort to more fadeaways. Nowadays, he seems to take it more personal, and attack the guy, and if he gets in attack mode, the Lakers are fucked, because none of them have a remote shot at him when hes focused on getting to the hoop for easy buckets. Artest would just foul out due to frustration of getting killed. Odom would get mind-fucked into bad defense or bad fouls. Gasol simply cant handle him physically or mentally.

What is really funny is watching when Dirk forces Gasol to catch the ball farther away from the basket than his comfort zone, every time he tries to back Dirk down, he goes absolutely nowhere, and ends up either passing or shooting a fallaway. Dirk needs to keep doing that, and keep Gasol out of his comfort zone. It will make the Mavs MUCH better if he can get in Gasol's head and take him out of the game like he often does.

I think part of the reason that Dirk has started to be more aggressive when other guys get physical is the fact that he knows he's a superstar and if he's the aggressor he'll usually get the benefit of the doubt.

The Lakers actually have the roster that's ideal in stopping a guy like Dirk, but it's gonna take more than one guy. The only series where Dirk has ever shit the bed was GS, and it took 2-3 guys every possession shading him.

This will be a good series simply because it will be interesting seeing how arguably the greatest coach of all time adjusts to the hardest guy in the NBA to gameplan for

[clambake]

lakers 104
mavs 88

lets see your predictions.

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they're gonna have to figure something out because just letting him get his and attempting to shut everyone else down just doesn't work on a guy like dirk..he's so unselfish he'll continue to still give the ball up and find an open man then more than likely have the ball reverse right back after the defense adjusts, this time probably open for the J.

what has been real key for the team is the way JET is playing. Hes not just chucking shots like he used to in the past. he has been taking better shots, looking to penetrate more, and been very controlled for the most part. If he keeps playing like that, its going to be really tough for the Lakers.

[Axe Murderer]

If he keeps playing like that

that's a stretch

[Axe Murderer]

lakers 104
mavs 88

lets see your predictions.

Mavs 130
Lakers 82

eat shit faggot

[Axe Murderer]

ha! i'm almost 100% certain that he's going to painfully regret reuniting with the oleee commander in chief on the sidelines after det!

http://cdn.tauntr.com/sites/default/files/userfiles/GasolLlama2.gif

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jet always plays well against la, iirc. i'm a bit worried about the other guys though. we need more brewer, that's for sure.

definitely going to need Barea to step up, because he has an ability to attack LA's biggest weakness. hopefully we get that tonight.


that's a stretch

gotta give the guy credit, for the most part, JET has played some pretty smart ball overall so far in the postseason, with the exception of that foul on the 3 last game, and the two back-court violations in game 6 against portland :lol

[Cessation]

I think dirk gets more aggressive against physical defence is because attacking a defender, getting him back on his heels and drawing fouls is the best option. Beating someone at their own game is rather demoralizing. It's as they say, offence is the best defence, at times.

[Axe Murderer]

gotta give the guy credit, for the most part, JET has played some pretty smart ball overall so far in the postseason, with the exception of that foul on the 3 last game, and the two back-court violations in game 6 against portland :lol

i was just trying to find something in your post i could use that throw away joke on tbh imho calf tats, etc

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i was just trying to find something in your post i could use that throw away joke on tbh imho calf tats, etc

lefty style?

[jag]

Dirk doesn't have to throw elbows or get techs to be a physical leader during this series. All he needs to is lay out Kobe or Fisher one time when they try to waltz through the paint. It amazes me how he'll just watch guys go straight to the hoop. If he'd get his body into Kobe, Kobe would go flying.

[shelshor]

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html
Referee Assignments
Wed. May 4
Dallas @ L.A. Lakers: Monty McCutchen; Bennett Salvatore; Bill Spooner
Alternate: Gary Zielinski

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Dirk doesn't have to throw elbows or get techs to be a physical leader during this series. All he needs to is lay out Kobe or Fisher one time when they try to waltz through the paint. It amazes me how he'll just watch guys go straight to the hoop. If he'd get his body into Kobe, Kobe would go flying.

tbh he will do that earlier in games because he knows he cant afford to get in foul trouble. later in games, if he has plenty of fouls to give, or its a very key stop, he will step up and contest it, usually doing so pretty well. he did it a number of times against Portland.

[Dirk´s tounge]

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html
Referee Assignments
Wed. May 4
Dallas @ L.A. Lakers: Monty McCutchen; Bennett Salvatore; Bill Spooner
Alternate: Gary Zielinski
:bang

[Giuseppe]

lefty gets on my nerves being all smug and what not these days. stupid people aren't supposed to be smug, it really gets under my skin tbh.

Bend over. I'll get under your f'in' skin.

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Bend over. I'll get under your f'in' skin.

pretty gay tbqh

[Splits]

Mavs 44
Lakers 29

Both these teams suck.

[frodo]

tbqh, they have some damn good shooters in Peja, Barea, and Terry.

A lot of Mavs fans may disagree strongly, but the Mavs need to utilize Barea more. His ability to penetrate and break defenses down is the biggest defensive weakness of the Lakers. If he goes in there, focused on not killing his dribble unless he either has a wide open pass, or an easy layup, he is going to eat them alive. He gets himself into trouble though when he kills his layup, thinking something is there, then is taken away at the last second (due to his lack of height)

dem niggas all inconsistent as london's weather tbh. Peja dropped 20+ pts in game 1 which helped alot obviously but u ain't seeing the same output from him every fucking game in this series. JET/Peja just been performing far above their usual level but the hot hands ain't gonna last long im afraid.

as good as Barea da nig seems to be, i'd rather suggest use him less the following games tbh. the lakers ALMOST won game 1 imo with a 16-pt lead at one time in the 3rd qtr i believe, they just choked hard somehow and blew away a W, but i ain't seeing it happening again in this series. fluke win may come twice, but it ain't coming for a 3rd time imho. Lakers in 6

[LakerHater]

I dont see Stern lettin Lakers lose!

[Ghazi]

lets go MAVS!!!

[NewJerSpur]

It's on like :corn:

[Greg Oden]

_JaG what you got Kobe's FGA-FGM looking like tonight?

[rayjayjohnson]

20 for the over/under on kobe's shot attempts?

i got over. 24 tonight imo

[jag]

_jag what you got kobe's fga-fgm looking like tonight?

6-24

[Spur-Addict]

Barkley said Quandary LOL

[Killakobe81]

Lakers by 8 ...

[lefty]

TNT with a badass intro

[NewJerSpur]

Barkley said Quandary LOL

Heard that too, lol. Got to bring in the big guns for this kind of series.

[Spur-Addict]

Watch the early fouls on Dirk

[IronMexican]

Let's go, brah.

[NewJerSpur]

Stevenson with the start, Brewer on the bench.

[Spur-Addict]

Artest with the fresh haircut

[LakerHater]

1st blood... LAKERS!

[Spur-Addict]

Oh yeah, blow them whistles

[NewJerSpur]

Chandler's got to let that go, no way he had anyway of contesting that shot without fouling.

[lefty]

Salvatore?


Uhoh

[NewJerSpur]

Nice block.

[lefty]

MY lakeeeeeeeeeeeers

[Spur-Addict]

Stevenson with the start, Brewer on the bench.

Don't want to break the mans confidence anymore than Kobe has :lol

[NewJerSpur]

Stevenson has no shot in hell at guarding that.

[Killakobe81]

Dirk is one of the greatest shooters period. You cant just say best big man shooter, one of the best PERIOD.

[NewJerSpur]

Don't want to break the mans confidence anymore than Kobe has :lol

:lol

[NewJerSpur]

LOL @ Marion's skyhook.

[jdiggy0424]

i reeeeally hate stevenson.

[jdiggy0424]

artest lookin good early

[lefty]

Another good game

[Greg Oden]

ref standing the way of a Stevenson 3 :lol the fix is in.

[jdiggy0424]

God Bynum has stone hands.

[Spur-Addict]

Dirk hitting the glass hard.

[NewJerSpur]

Good reaction by Chandler after getting faked by Fish.

[Red Hawk #21]

lol Refs playing D for the lakers

[jdiggy0424]

dirk shoulda had the foul their

[Bill_Brasky]

GTFO the way ref!!

[Killakobe81]

Good start, both teams.

[LakerHater]

Why reverse Dirk, YOURE 7'!

[Kyle Orton]

:lmao Marion can't even post Fisher up

[NewJerSpur]

Gasol not giving Dirk any room.

[jdiggy0424]

gasols being really aggressive today. guess kobe chewed his ass out after their loss

[rayjayjohnson]

did i just see the famous marion hookshot?

[LakerHater]

Stupid foul Dirk!!

[DMC]

Why was the offical in that location anyhow? It made no sense. Nice pick though.

[NewJerSpur]

did i just see the famous marion hookshot?

"Back and ugly as ever.....however...."

[Capt Bringdown]

Marion is crap.

[Red Hawk #21]

Great block

[Killakobe81]

Great defense by Artest ...

[jdiggy0424]

artest woke up defensively

[4>0rings]

That lady gave Artest a satisfied look

[Spur-Addict]

Nice block by Ron ROn

[DMC]

Great transition defense, however had it commited the foul, it's "never foul a jumpshooter".

[LakerHater]

Artest jumped before Peja, Peja is an idiot!

[InRareForm]

wow peja coulda had 3 freee throws if he knew the get fouled trick

[NewJerSpur]

Peja's never heard of a pumpfake.....nice block. Stevenson trying to earn his role back with the corner 3 and symbol.

[z0sa]

LOL peja

He even still followed through, that's how bad he got blocked

[jdiggy0424]

lakers are looking really good early. If they keep this up I dont see them losing.

[z0sa]

lakers are looking really good early. If they keep this up I dont see them losing.

More than a few said this in Game 1

[davethedope]

Bah, they look the same as always,

[InRareForm]

No way Lakers lose this game. series over if they do.

[DMC]

lakers are looking really good early. If they keep this up I dont see them losing.
It's done then. What else is on?

[NewJerSpur]

Artest in Peja's head after the block.

[Red Hawk #21]

Kidd triple

[Killakobe81]

Mavs are NOT missing 3's ...Lakers need to adjust.

[LakerHater]

_ason gettin his J!

[Red Hawk #21]

Artest looks so awkward whenever he runs lol

[Spur-Addict]

Almost in the penalty there Dallas

[DMC]

You gotta love how Artests goes to the basket. He's big enough to get there and either stupid or cocky enough to not care about getting hit.

[NewJerSpur]

Was waiting for Ron to take advantage more of his matchup on the offensive end since Game 1. Mavs don't have anyone that can really check him consistently, especially in the post.

[DMC]

Kidd slipping it to Marion... lol

[NewJerSpur]

What a pass by Kidd, thought he was going to peja in the corner.

[Spur-Addict]

Kidd getting the Mavs some easy looks

[LakerHater]

Monty calls Kome for a foul... he"ll hear from the boss bout that!!

[jdiggy0424]

thought kidd had a hand on that ball.

[NewJerSpur]

Wow.

[DMC]

lol in yo face

[LakerHater]

Oooooh shit!!!

[jdiggy0424]

ugh chandler disgusting. where the hell was bynum

[Red Hawk #21]

Chandler! omg

[LakerHater]

Travel!!!

[jdiggy0424]

hes looking as good as he did back in 08

[DMC]

Nice move by Drew

[LakerHater]

Poor transition D!

[NewJerSpur]

Good rebound between 2 Mavs by Odom. Dallas finally getting back to the PnR.

[Spur-Addict]

Way to run the court there Bynum

[jdiggy0424]

bynum now waking up after getting shat on lol

[Red Hawk #21]

I love the pace of this game. Very exciting.

[DMC]

Travel!!!
Terry did travel, took 3 steps after catching that ball before putting it on the floor. They let so much of that go until a crucial moment, then they call it.

[Killakobe81]

Great pass by Lamar ...Bynum does not have the lift he had two seasons ago or even earlier this year in the last Mavs game.
Disconcerting ...

[Frenzy]

Ha Luke Walton...surprised he doesn't have some popcorn on his lap.

[LakerHater]

Good rebound between 2 Mavs by Odom. Dallas finally getting back to the PnR.
Lakers havin a hard time guardin the PnR!

[Nathan89]

Couldn't find a sponsor for this game?

[DMC]

Overrated = Griffin's over the bumper dunk...

[Red Hawk #21]

These fuckers really need to STOP showing Blake Griffin's weakass dunk over a car...

[IronMexican]

bynum now waking up after getting shat on lol

Didn't get shat on. He had to cover Terry on the PnR and that left Chandler open inside. Just a nice play.

[DMC]

Cheryl Miller = nails on a chalkboard

[jdiggy0424]

wow blake horrible defensive rotation.

[NewJerSpur]

Good decision by Marion, thought he was going to force that. Haywood on the other hand.....

[DMC]

Now they call it just in time to stop the 2 points.. seems like nothing but they add up.

[NewJerSpur]

Artest with a man's rebound.

[DMC]

Haywood with the recovery

[jdiggy0424]

good block

[LakerHater]

Big Block!!

[DMC]

That ball seems to just fall out of Marions hands, he doesn't shoot.

[jdiggy0424]

damn marion has woken up this series

[NewJerSpur]

Good decision by Kobe following through Kidd's arms on the foul.

[jdiggy0424]

nothing odom could of done about that

[DMC]

Dirk doesn't even hit the rim. If Duncan had that shot he would have 12 rings.

[LakerHater]

0 free throws for Dallas!

[DMC]

Free point... or not.

When refs fail to change the outcome.... on the next Geraldo

[NewJerSpur]

Going to be interesting to see if Dallas goes with the iso on the block for Dirk if Odom continues to guard him.

[davethedope]

3 seconds is such a ridiculous call. Notice, it's rarelt called in the second half

[DMC]

Goddamn Dirk is a creature

[jdiggy0424]

terrible pass by blake. he had nowhere to go.

[InRareForm]

Mavs size actually neutralizing Lakers attack.

[IronMexican]

Lakers 3 point D such shit.

[NewJerSpur]

Blake has to make that to take pressure off the rest of the bench players out there....one of the reasons they brought him in.

[Capt Bringdown]

Well, this is looking excellent.

[Greg Oden]

LA has nobody to slow Dirk down at all.

[Killakobe81]

5 3's at least in the first quarter. Lakers getting broke down by pnr and no one is staying home with the shooters.

[Red Hawk #21]

Wow, Mavs came out strong. Let's see if they can withstand the Lakers charge.

[NewcastleKEG]

Lakers by 8 ...
If you were a betting man you'd be down 14 right now buddy

[Banzai]

Lakers playing worse..not surprised..if the Lakers lose tonight..which it appears likely..and yes only 1 qtr done..but I've lost some hope..series is over.

[InRareForm]

Lakers crowd sounds like a regular season game in November in Philadelphia

[Cry Havoc]

The scary thing is that the Mavs are actually making a number of mental errors and yet they still have the lead. Ominous sign for the Lakers, usually when a team gives them an inch they take it a mile.

[LakerHater]

Lets see if Mavs can get to the line at least once in the 2nd!

[Capt Bringdown]

Mavs silence the crowd

[Cessation]

Lakers getting worked.

[Josepatches_]

Refs have to step up to help Lakers

[Killakobe81]

No one can really stop Dirk I was Ok with defense on Dirk until he checked back in.

Rick schooling PJ ... great move by bringing in Dirk with this clueless bench (outside Odom)

The thing I don't get is how come Rick knows how to manage Dirk's minutes better than PJ does Kobe's?

[NewJerSpur]

Kidd is working the hell out of the PnR to start.

[Capt Bringdown]

Lakers shooting 36%, that ain't gonna continue.

[NewJerSpur]

Haywood tipping the ball yet being taller than everyone else around him. Doing good on defense but got to play smarter around the rim.

[LakerHater]

PnR!!!

[LakerHater]

Wet!

[NewJerSpur]

Barnes has to work that in to Bynum.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Props to Dallas, wow.

[LakerHater]

Way ta bail'em out ref!

[IronMexican]

Lakers look terrible.

[Spur-Addict]

Bad call on Haywood

[Cry Havoc]

Anyone else notice that Odom is extremely frustrated? He's calling for the ball every trip up the court and is being ignored so far.

[Red Hawk #21]

Seems like the crowd is stunned tbh

[Tinystarz]

I wonder how much laker fans hate dirk and that fade away.

[Banzai]

stick a fork in them.

[davethedope]

Bad call on Haywood

noted

[Greg Oden]

I wonder how much laker fans hate dirk and that fade away.

prettiest shot in basketball. they can't do anything but look on in amazement, faggot.

[Capt Bringdown]

Lakers might have to take a page from the Simulator Crew and go small.

[NewJerSpur]

stick a fork in them.

:nope

Game still on, but the bench has to start at least trying to work through Bynum imo.

[DMC]

PJ: "Lamar, your head looks just like a basketball"

LO: "No coach, the ball is orange and has lines going around it, like a globe"

PJ: "Your head looks like a fucking basketball"

[Killakobe81]

Great start by Mavs.
Rick still outcoaching PJ, so far. He may need to sub in his bench in pieces the 2nd unit gets destroyed when he subs out whole groups.

[jdiggy0424]

lakers look like they are in trouble.

[davethedope]

PJ: "Lamar, your head looks just like a basketball"

LO: "No coach, the ball is orange and has lines going around it, like a globe"

PJ: "Your head looks like a fucking basketball"
:lol

[Cry Havoc]

Seems like the crowd is stunned tbh

Distinct lack of Laker fans in this thread. How unusual. :lol We'll see how quickly that changes when LA makes a run.

[DMC]

Lakers are fine. Kobe get 10 assists and Pau will get going. Just wait..

Lakers by 11.

[Ginobilly]

The only reason small ball has worked extremely well for the Mavs over the years: Dirk!

[BlackSwordsMan]

blow this laker team up
Kobe is an old tired shit bag

[Tinystarz]

prettiest shot in basketball. they can't do anything but look on in amazement, faggot.

:lol

[LakerHater]

Too easy for Odom!

[Nathan89]

I really thought this was going to be an easy series for LA but Mavs are looking like the better team.

[NewJerSpur]

Dallas with some good ball movement. That block on Peja has made him look around more.....for his teammates I mean, lol.

[DMC]

Way to use the rim to protect the shot, on the wrong side. He had an open dunk.

[Capt Bringdown]

Too easy for Odom!

Odom could end up being the difference, if the Lakers can get him rolling. Especially his drives.

[LakerHater]

Is this Dallas' first free throws!??

[Mav-elous Man]

Mavs really needed to get some seperation when L.A. went cold. Could come back to bite them.

[DMC]

I really thought this was going to be an easy series for LA but Mavs are looking like the better team.
Hold that nut, don't let go yet.

[jdiggy0424]

odom pumped up!!

[LakerHater]

Odom is a terrible match up for Dallas!

[NewcastleKEG]

blow this laker team up
Kobe is an old tired shit bag
Take your rebuilding post to the Spurs forum

:p:

[Spur-Addict]

That's a foul? LOL

[davethedope]

no foul.

[NewJerSpur]

Luxury to have a 6th man like Odom.....tbh.

[davethedope]

ball don't lie

[LakerHater]

JJ in the Trees!

[Red Hawk #21]

Nice move by JJ

[da_suns_fan]

Barea is PWNING.

[Red Hawk #21]

Nice move again JJ!

[IronMexican]

Brown getting burned by Barea. What a scrub.

[Cessation]

Midgit barea shitting over the lakers d.

[DMC]

Joe Joe Barea playing the spoiler for the run.

[Banzai]

goblin on a roll.

[Spur-Addict]

Bareas head looks too big for his body. I guess that's common with the midgets

[HarlemHeat37]

Barea is the best guard in this series, tbh, pulling the best pussy, too..

[NewJerSpur]

Letting JJ go free off a screen is what (helped) kill Portland and has hurt the Spurs on various occasions.

[Spur-Addict]

Luxury to have a 6th man like Odom.....tbh.

How many games did he start this year?

[Red Hawk #21]

Lakers can't guard the pick and roll tbh

[DMC]

Bareas head looks too big for his body. I guess that's common with the midgets
And dinosaurs

[Nathan89]

JJ could have score a few other time but he passed it out. He needs to look to score if he is in the paint with a decent amount of distance between him and the bigs.

[LkrFan]

PJ: "Lamar, your head looks just like a basketball"

LO: "No coach, the ball is orange and has lines going around it, like a globe"

PJ: "Your head looks like a fucking basketball"

:rollin

[Red Hawk #21]

Barea is the best guard in this series, tbh, pulling the best pussy, too..

:lol

[mFFL03]

helllloooo josseee juannn santa maria barea

[DMC]

How many games did he start this year?
32 at least.

[Cessation]

wow mavs playing real well

[NewJerSpur]

Dirk with the NO's pimp beads.

[Spur-Addict]

32 at least.

Is there a cut off of games started that would disqualify a player from receiving the 6th man award?

[NewJerSpur]

Expect more of that from Pau to at least make Dirk work on one end of the floor.

[mFFL03]

Rangers up 3-2 bottom of the 5th

[LakerHater]

Bad poss.!

[LkrFan]

How many games did he start this year?

I think 26. Bynum missed 28 games.

[Red Hawk #21]

Kobe doin sum work tbh

[Killakobe81]

I like Blake's defense, but kid is scared to freaking shoot.

[LkrFan]

I've been saying it all year: Blake is the Lakers' best PG and should be starting. He's out there leading the charge. 2 pt game. TO: Mavs.

[DMC]

Ith's like theventy five degreths outside dude.

[Killakobe81]

Distinct lack of Laker fans in this thread. How unusual. :lol We'll see how quickly that changes when LA makes a run.

I'm here always am ...

[DMC]

Is there a cut off of games started that would disqualify a player from receiving the 6th man award?
Not in LA

[NewcastleKEG]

Im so over hearing Brown's ''I got soul song''. Probably most over played music in American history

[wanggi]

The Fakers are mediocre team without Pau Gasol.

[Ginobilly]

That's how Pau needs to attack Dirk. If he starts shooting his shitty fade-away, that has hasn't fallen in a few months, he is hurting the Lakers and bailing out the mavs defense.

[davethedope]

Im so over hearing Brown's ''I got soul song''. Probably most over played music in American history

Not even close, but I'm sick of that shit too.

[Spur-Addict]

Not in LA

:lol

[NewJerSpur]

Nice activity by Kobe on Marion and Kidd.

[DMC]

Told ya

[NewJerSpur]

Gasol and Pau got whacked.....a few times, lol.

[DMC]

Kobe 3

[LkrFan]

Lakers on 10-2 run.

[Red Hawk #21]

Kobe en fuego

[NewJerSpur]

Time to get Kidd off Kobe and go back to Marion imo.

[mFFL03]

god this offense looks terrible