Lakers-Thunder predictions

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

We sweepin

[Venti Quattro]

Thunder in 5 games.

[ElNono]

Thunder in 5 games.

[ElNono]

lol ghost lakerfans popping out the woodwork...

[lurker]

Thunder in 5 games.

[lefty]

Artest vs Harden :D

And get ready to see a lot of acne and grey hair in HD

[jeebus]

Thunder in 5 games.

[rayjayjohnson]

Sweep or 5.

Thunder got this.

[ALVAREZ6]

Thunder in 6.

[HarlemHeat37]

OKC in 6..

[21_Dickings]

We sweepin

[DMC]

Lakers in 7

[Trainwreck2100]

i can't wait for Artest on Harden cause then Artest is gonna do something stupid

[InRareForm]

Thunder in 5

Lakers are going to regret going playing a long 1st round.

[jmill]

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[Capt Bringdown]

The Nuggets series was a nice little tuneup/wake up call for the Lakers. It seems most people's hopes and expectations rest on the likes of Westbrook/Durant. Maybe this is the year they break through to the next level. And the same can be said for OKC bigs, they're going to have to break through into new territory.

Doubt it. The Lakers play smart, they win pretty easily. OKC is going to have to play out of their minds. Lakers have a big matchup and toughness/experience edge.

Lakers in 6.

[spursfan1000]

Thunder in 5

[DMX7]

Thunder in 5 or 6.

[Trainwreck2100]

Lakers gotta play 4 games in 6 nights cause they can't tak care of business like they are supposed to

[Spurs da champs]

Long rest isn't really good for the Thunder I wouldn't be surprised if Lakers steal game 1 but I see Thunder winning in 6 or 7.

[DMX7]

Thunda' are gonna tap dat ass.

[Jelloisjigglin]

Lakers in 7

[Stalin]

beating the nuggets in 7 is far from impressive, thunder in 6, tbh

[flipspursfan]

OKC in 6

[LkrFan]

Lakers in 6. As good as Westbrook is, Kobe is still in his head and can still be called upon to lock him down. Question of the day:

Will MWP be able to slow Durant?

[midnightpulp]

Lakers in 6. As good as Westbrook is, Kobe is still in his head and can still be called upon to lock him down. Question of the day:

Will MWP be able to slow Durant?

Retarded homer till the end.

[Koolaid_Man]

OKC will win

[midnightpulp]

OKC will win

The first solid basketball take you ever had. Congrats.

[spursparker9]

OKC in 6

[Koolaid_Man]

The first solid basketball take you ever had. Congrats.

"Daddy Daddy Tell Me How That Black Dick Taste." - midnight_pulp

[Mugen]

the Lakers can hope for a rusty OKC team and squeak out a Game 1 victory

[LkrFan]

Retarded homer till the end.

What has OKC shown you in the playoffs that would make me think any differently? How many banners do they have? Has Kobe not ever shut down Westbrook? Has MWP ever made Durant shoot 30 times for his 30 points? Has Bynum not had his way with Porkins? Can Hill not neutralize Collison?

So many questions. Thing is, the Lakers have answered them before. Why should I think any differently now?

[LkrFan]

Go ahead, crown these fuckers. But I'm not.

[Mugen]

What has OKC shown you in the playoffs that would make me think any differently? How many banners do they have? Has Kobe not ever shut down Westbrook? Has MWP ever made Durant shoot 30 times for his 30 points? Has Bynum not had his way with Porkins? Can Hill not neutralize Collison?

So many questions. Thing is, the Lakers have answered them before. Why should I think any differently now?

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[LkrFan]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

Go ahead. Crown them. I hope they feel the same way. Entitlement will get you beat.

[Mugen]

This was the same "basketball fan" who didn't know who Kenneth Faried was until Game 1. :lmao

[InRareForm]

Laker fans sound so confident lol

[LkrFan]

This was the same "basketball fan" who didn't know who Kenneth Faried was until Game 1. :lmao

Yep. I don't watch NCAAs. Shoot me.

[ElNono]

Lakers in 6. As good as Westbrook is, Kobe is still in his head and can still be called upon to lock him down. Question of the day:

Will MWP be able to slow Durant?

:lol nice troll job

[Mugen]

Yep. I don't watch NCAAs. Shoot me.

:lol I appreciate your homerism, LkrFn. I really do.

[LkrFan]

Laker fans sound so confident lol

Why not? Because we expectantly started slowly and have been inconsistent? Playoffs are about defense and rebounding. We got them both.

I could care less about winning in style. Wins are wins.

[ElNono]

What has OKC shown you in the playoffs that would make me think any differently?

These playoffs? They just obliterated Dallas... what have the Lakers shown you these playoffs?

[LkrFan]

:lol nice troll job

I'm not trolling. Nor am I throwing in the towel. I believe.

[Venti Quattro]

They don't telecast the March Madness in the AFN?

[ElNono]

Why not? Because we expectantly started slowly and have been inconsistent? Playoffs are about defense and rebounding. We got them both.

Nuggz averaged almost 97 ppg... what defense?

[LkrFan]

These playoffs? They just obliterated Dallas... what have the Lakers shown you these playoffs?

That they can win a pressure packed game 7 by...

Holding the highest scoring team to 87 points on 39.3% FGAs
Bynum/Gasol defensively combined for 35 rebounds and 10 swats
MWP held Gallo and Miller to 2-19 FGAs with 10 TOs
We don't need 50 from Kobe to win. Even in a game 7

We'll be fine hommie. :tu

[DMC]

The Lakers can beat anyone in the league if they play the game right. They have the pieces. I don't know how drama will unfold in the Bynum/Brown thing, or who will be injured or suspended, but I can see LA taking OKC to 7, and if OKC is dragging ass in the 1st game, I see LA stealing one.

[Brazil]

I'd say Lakers in 6. OKC will loose the first game and game 4

[LkrFan]

They don't telecast the March Madness in the AFN?

They do. I just rarely watch NCAAs other than powerhouse teams like UNC or Kentucky tbh.

[midnightpulp]

What has OKC shown you in the playoffs that would make me think any differently? How many banners do they have? Has Kobe not ever shut down Westbrook? Has MWP ever made Durant shoot 30 times for his 30 points? Has Bynum not had his way with Porkins? Can Hill not neutralize Collison?

So many questions. Thing is, the Lakers have answered them before. Why should I think any differently now?

Because the Thunder are simply a better team. Furthermore, if you want to revisit history, a much younger and worse Thunder team than the current one was a Gasol tip away from forcing a game 7 against a much, much better Lakers team than the one playing now.

Denver is basically Thunder-lite, but is nowhere near as good defensively and lack a superstar, and you escaped them in 7. And no, Artest wouldn't have changed much. He played 44 minutes tonight and this was a one possession game for much of the 4th quarter.

Your takes have been wrong all year. From declaring that Murphy and McRoberts will be a suitable replacement for Odom :lol. From thinking Ramon Sessions actually plays defense :lol. Not to mention a bunch of other stupid, homer inspired opinions I can't recall at the moment (I think you might've predicted the Jazz to upset the Spurs, or at least take 'em to 7).

You're a homer. You overrate everything when it comes to the Lakers.

[ElNono]

That they can win a pressure packed game 7 by...

Holding the highest scoring team to 87 points on 39.3% FGAs
Bynum/Gasol defensively combined for 35 rebounds and 10 swats
MWP held Gallo and Miller to 2-19 FGAs with 10 TOs
We don't need 50 from Kobe to win. Even in a game 7

We'll be fine hommie. :tu

There's not going to be a game 7 against OKC :lmao

If you told me you think LA can win 2 games against OKC, then I would call you an optimist... but barring any major injuries on OKC, this Lakers team has no chance in hell...

[Mugen]

LkrFn is the quintessential laker fan. Leave him alone, tbh.

Sure, he knows very little about basketball but I appreciate his homerism from the start as opposed to faggots who only show up after a win.

[Reck]

:lol nice troll job

Its not a troll job. He really believes this stuff. lol

[Jacob1983]

I hope OKC skull fucks the Lakers.

[midnightpulp]

That they can win a pressure packed game 7 by...

Holding the highest scoring team to 87 points on 39.3% FGAs
Bynum/Gasol defensively combined for 35 rebounds and 10 swats
MWP held Gallo and Miller to 2-19 FGAs with 10 TOs
We don't need 50 from Kobe to win. Even in a game 7

We'll be fine hommie. :tu

The Jazz also held the second highest scoring team to 87 points in their final game. Once teams play a few games against each other, they start figuring out each other's tendencies, resulting in lower scoring as the series unfolds.

[Venti Quattro]

I hope OKC skull fucks the Lakers.

Are you sure you posted this without the influence of prescription drugs?

[LkrFan]

Nuggz averaged almost 97 ppg... what defense?

Scoring is what they do. Kind of like the Suns. In the end the cream rises to the top.

Versus OKC, we actually matchup well (defensively) against them. At any given time, we can...

Throw Kobe (or MWP) on WB
MWP on Durant
MWP on Harden
Pau on Ibaka
Bynum on Porkins
Hil on Collison

Will they get loose every now and then? Yes. But as I stated above, we match up with them defensively. That, and our rebounding will give us a great opportunity to beat these guys.

[LkrFan]

The Jazz also held the second highest scoring team to 87 points in their final game. Once teams play a few games against each other, they start figuring out each other's tendencies, resulting in lower scoring as the series unfolds.

Are you really comparing us to the Jazz - defensively?

[LkrFan]

There's not going to be a game 7 against OKC :lmao

If you told me you think LA can win 2 games against OKC, then I would call you an optimist... but barring any major injuries on OKC, this Lakers team has no chance in hell...

We'll see...Everybody thought Tom Brady would go 19-0 until the Gmen hit them in the mouth. That's why you play the game...

[unforeseen]

Thunder in 7.

[UZER]

Lakers will push the Thunder to six or 7 and can win.

It depends on who handles the rock for the Thunder in the fourth. If Harden runs the point, I like the Thunder. If Westbrook is running the point in the 4th of close games....I give the nod to the Lakers.

I would love to be wrong though and see the Thunder win in 5.

[IronMaxipad]

Game 1 – Mon May 14 Lakers at Oklahoma City 6:30PM TNT
Game 2 – Wed May 16 Lakers at Oklahoma City 6:30PM TNT
Game 3 – Fri May 18 Oklahoma City at Lakers ESPN
Game 4 – Sat May 19 Oklahoma City at Lakers TNT
Game 5 * Mon May 21 Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD TNT
Game 6 * Wed May 23 Oklahoma City at Lakers TBD ESPN
Game 7 * Sun May 27 Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD TNT

4 games in 6 nights including a back to back and lakers only get 1 day rest vs a well rested OKC...

yea we fucked. :lol

[Mugen]

Scoring is what they do. Kind of like the Suns. In the end the cream rises to the top.

Versus OKC, we actually matchup well (defensively) against them. At any given time, we can...

Throw Kobe (or MWP) on WB
MWP on Durant
MWP on Harden
Pau on Ibaka
Bynum on Porkins
Hil on Collison

Will they get loose every now and then? Yes. But as I stated above, we match up with them defensively. That, and our rebounding will give us a great opportunity to beat these guys.

OKC has averaged 102 against the Lakers this season, tbh.

[LkrFan]

LkrFn is the quintessential laker fan. Leave him alone, tbh.

Sure, he knows very little about basketball but I appreciate his homerism from the start as opposed to faggots who only show up after a win.

Thanks! I think. :lol

[Mugen]

Thanks! I think. :lol

:lol :toast

[LkrFan]

OKC has averaged 102 against the Lakers this season, tbh.

Regular season. We can concentrate solely on them now.

In one of them games, Westbrook couldn't miss. I guarantee you that won't happen in these playoffs.

[Killakobe81]

Okc in 5, 6 max ... Non contenders

[midnightpulp]

Are you really comparing us to the Jazz - defensively?

Yeah. That's exactly what I did.

:rolleyes facepalm.jpg

[DMC]

Game 1 – Mon May 14 Lakers at Oklahoma City 6:30PM TNT
Game 2 – Wed May 16 Lakers at Oklahoma City 6:30PM TNT
Game 3 – Fri May 18 Oklahoma City at Lakers ESPN
Game 4 – Sat May 19 Oklahoma City at Lakers TNT
Game 5 * Mon May 21 Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD TNT
Game 6 * Wed May 23 Oklahoma City at Lakers TBD ESPN
Game 7 * Sun May 27 Lakers at Oklahoma City TBD TNT

4 games in 6 nights including a back to back and lakers only get 1 day rest vs a well rested OKC...

yea we fucked. :lol

I get the rest thing to a point, but I think that the Lakers keeping a regular season pace will do well for them. I don't like the B2B, but it's at LA so it's not a big deal.

I think all that time off for the Thunder might be more of a detriment than playing on one day's rest will be for the Lakers. You could see Artest winded in the 1st half, and that's how the entire Thunder team will be at the start.

[Mugen]

Regular season. We can concentrate solely on them now.

In one of them games, Westbrook couldn't miss. I guarantee you that won't happen in these playoffs.

No problem with you saying the Lakers win the series.

But to say the matchups are in their favor is just not an accurate statement. OKC is the worst matchup left for the Lakers, including MIA tbh.

Everything the Nuggets had success with against LA, OKC can pretty much match or improve upon. And every weakness the Nuggets had, the Thunder are better at.

If the Lakers win the series, it'll be because of a injury or their role players playing out of their fucking minds.

The cards are definitely stacked in OKC's favor no matter how you slice it but as you pointed out, that's why they play the games.

[Nathan89]

Throw Kobe on WB


:lmao

[LkrFan]

:lmao

Does this (http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320422013) shit ring a bell? This after WB torched Sessions for 36. 3/22 says high.

Like I said, Kobe is in WB's head. This series will be no different. :downspin:

[LkrFan]

No problem with you saying the Lakers win the series.

But to say the matchups are in their favor is just not an accurate statement. OKC is the worst matchup left for the Lakers, including MIA tbh.

Everything the Nuggets had success with against LA, OKC can pretty much match or improve upon. And every weakness the Nuggets had, the Thunder are better at.

If the Lakers win the series, it'll be because of a injury or their role players playing out of their fucking minds.

The cards are definitely stacked in OKC's favor no matter how you slice it but as you pointed out, that's why they play the games.

Quoted for future reference. J.H.U.T.T.

[LkrFan]

:lmao

Tonight Lawson was killing us again per the usual. 13 points in the 3rd - which turned our 16 point lead into a 4 point deficit. Kobe was put on Lawson. He was never heard from again. 4th qtr bagel, Laker win.

:downspin: that shit. :toast

[ezau]

Lakeshow in 7. Let's get ready for a Spurs-Laker WCF!

[Paranoid Pop]

Ibaka and Perkins should get tooled if the Lakers play smart tbh, and Metta has been playing out of his mind for a while now so he should do well enough on Durant.

Lakers in 6.

[scanry]

I say move Mike Brown aside and get Phil in for the second round. I assure you, the Lakers will tap that a$$ in 6.

[Legacy]

Thunder in 5 games.


:tu


I'll say 6 games at the most, though. HHhhhmmmmmm...

[Jzone]

Okc in 6 unfortunately.

[VBM]

Lakers unbeatable with World Peace. Broom time...

[Spurtacus]

Thunder, with 100% healthy Perkins, in 5.

Thunder, with injured Perkins, in 7.

[Spursmania]

OKC in 5.

[ElNono]

Does this (http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320422013) shit ring a bell? This after WB torched Sessions for 36. 3/22 says high.

So we should throw away the regular season when they drop 102 on the Lakers, but should NOT drop the regular season when Westbrick went in chuck mode? :lol

[LkrFan]

So we should throw away the regular season when they drop 102 on the Lakers, but should NOT drop the regular season when Westbrick went in chuck mode? :lol

Of course. :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

Because the Thunder are simply a better team. Furthermore, if you want to revisit history, a much younger and worse Thunder team than the current one was a Gasol tip away from forcing a game 7 against a much, much better Lakers team than the one playing now.

Denver is basically Thunder-lite, but is nowhere near as good defensively and lack a superstar, and you escaped them in 7. And no, Artest wouldn't have changed much. He played 44 minutes tonight and this was a one possession game for much of the 4th quarter.

Your takes have been wrong all year. From declaring that Murphy and McRoberts will be a suitable replacement for Odom :lol. From thinking Ramon Sessions actually plays defense :lol. Not to mention a bunch of other stupid, homer inspired opinions I can't recall at the moment (I think you might've predicted the Jazz to upset the Spurs, or at least take 'em to 7).

You're a homer. You overrate everything when it comes to the Lakers.

Smh..I guess you haven't figured out..what happens one year doesn't always translate to the next...a team can take you to the brink one year and then get swept the next..ala Dallas Mavericks...should be assume by your logic that the Spurs will lose to the Grizzs since you lost to them just last year...

even though I think they will lose to the Grizz the point is things don't always translate...it's all about match-ups...I'm sure we we're looking past Denver a bit and I'm also sure some players who played bad in round one doesn't mean that will carry over to round 2....each series is it's own world.

[mkurts]

Lakers in 6 if MWP starts throwing elbows and flagrantly hard fouls the entire Thunder team.

What are the odds of Artest elbowing both Durant and Westbrook in one fell swoop ?

[Old Greg]

Does this (http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320422013) shit ring a bell? This after WB torched Sessions for 36. 3/22 says high.

Like I said, Kobe is in WB's head. This series will be no different. :downspin:

Cvo_1HdSLXw

[LkrFan]

Cvo_1HdSLXw

The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while. :downspin:

[Old Greg]

The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while. :downspin:

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[Venti Quattro]

The back to back of the LA-OKC series is in Los Angeles. We're fucked.

[Bynumite]

Lakers in 6 tbh :toast

[ChrisRichards]

Lakers win game 1, they will close OKC in 6. Lakers lose game 1 and OKC will run over them in 5.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Will be a hell of a series no doubt..... winner will be the Western Conference Champion.
All up to Bynum/Gasol... are they gonna dominate like we know they should?? I say yes... Lakers in 6

[ImDaNuts]

OKC in 6

[Donkeybong]

Lakers in 6.

Steal Game 1. And protect home court the rest of the way.

[pass1st]

If Westbrick starts chucking and playing Kobe-ball, Lakers in 5

[Donkeybong]

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[jag]

The Lakers can beat anyone in the league if they play the game right. They have the pieces. I don't know how drama will unfold in the Bynum/Brown thing, or who will be injured or suspended, but I can see LA taking OKC to 7, and if OKC is dragging ass in the 1st game, I see LA stealing one.

I agree, but that bench is so damn sorry. I could see the Lakers taking it to 7, but Thunder in 6 feels like an obvious pick.

[Mugen]

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:lol.....:lmao

[SpursDynasty]

The Thunder are the favorites to win this series. When 2 of your so-called 4 best players are brainless and 1 is soft, Lakers have no chance.

[Spurs9]

I rather have Lakers win the series, so we can take them out in the WCF. Either way its gonna be a hell of a series to watch, its going 6-7 games IMO.

[mavsfan1000]

The Lakers got this shit. OKC is a fucking fluke.

[benefactor]

:lol gnlfs

I want to say OKC in 5 but I'm wondering if the rest might cost them game 1...so I'll say 6.

[Mugen]

If Fish hits a game winner over The Savior or Mongoloid Steve, what type of gun will LakerFan use to blow their brains out?

[Budkin]

Thunder in 5.

[LkrFan]

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:downspin:

[wanggi]

Lakers get swept or Thunders in 5.

Only idiots and outsiders think the Lakers will win the series.

[Killakobe81]

The slim chances Lakers had of winning were done in by:
1. Not closing out the Nuggs in timely fashion
2. Mavs not putting up ANY fight vs. OKC in round 1
3. That 3/4 back2back is brutal putting tremendous pressure on Lakers to win both
4. They gave Perkins chance to heal
5. Fisher is going to provide a dagger in at least one game, my guess it will be in game 4

None of these are excuses. LAkers shit their own bed. Now they have to lie in it. I didnt think they could win BEFORE ALL this. Initially I thought OKC in 6 or 7 now I think Thunder in 5 or 6

[ohmwrecker]

Thunder in 6.

[m>s]

fat old son of a bitch stern is bored of the lakers & kobe and now durant is his new loveboy, lakers will win but they ain't sweepin, stern ain't allowing it to happen.

[manufan10]

Thunder in 7.

[Rummpd]

Lakers will roll over Thunder taking at least one game in first two then winning in no more than 6, but lose to the Spurs in a great series.

[Killakobe81]

Lakers will roll over Thunder taking at least one game in first two then winning in no more than 6, but lose to the Spurs in a great series.

I would be able to accept that, but doubt it.

I will say this Bosh injury (if serious) really makes Heat vulnerable. Sure he is soft but he still was getting 16 and 8 ... Now they have Turiaf, Haslem and Battier having to play bigger roles than they should be. IF Pacers werent so young and dumb, and the refs not bail out Dwade everytime he flails on a turn-around jumper, Pacers would have a legit shot at an upset.

Bulls fans have to be cursing their bad luck.
Mavs fans have to curse Cuban ... two of the biggest obstacles to a repeat have had untimely injuries.

[tesseractive]

OKC in 5.

[Knoxxx]

OKC in 3! One of the beatdowns will be so severe that they will get double credit!

[DPG21920]

I would be able to accept that, but doubt it.

I will say this Bosh injury (if serious) really makes Heat vulnerable. Sure he is soft but he still was getting 16 and 8 ... Now they have Turiaf, Haslem and Battier having to play bigger roles than they should be. IF Pacers werent so young and dumb, and the refs not bail out Dwade everytime he flails on a turn-around jumper, Pacers would have a legit shot at an upset.

Bulls fans have to be cursing their bad luck.
Mavs fans have to curse Cuban ... two of the biggest obstacles to a repeat have had untimely injuries.

Laker fan complaint about a star getting bailed out by refs...if that don't beat it all.

[LakerHater]

Postered Bynum!!

[Spurtacus]

Thunder, with 100% healthy Perkins, in 5.

Thunder, with injured Perkins, in 7.

I'm going to have to say Thunder in 5 with or without Perkins. Lakers looked like a box of tosb last night.