Game 3: Blake out, Nash and Meeks doubtful

[BatManu20]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)4m (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/327508194429648896)
Lakers just announced Steve Blake (hamstring) out indefinitely and Steve Nash (hip/hamstring) & Jodie Meeks (ankle) doubtful for Game 3


Let's sweep this depleted team tbh. I don't want this coming back to SA. Send this $120 million embarrassment home fellas :hat


:flag:

[TampaDude]

Oh hell yeah...no excuses for losing Game 3 now, folks. Let's sweep these fuckers! :ihit

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[Stabula]

Holy shit

[hater]

no injuries, no injuries, no injuries

Pop should beat that team with the reserves IMO. Activate TMAC

[TampaDude]

no injuries, no injuries, no injuries

Pop should beat that team with the reserves IMO. Activate TMAC

^ this and ^ this

[benstanfield]

Damn, I was really looking forward to hearing more about how much of a heroic warrior Nash is for hobbling up and down the court.

:depressedHe's so brave
:depressedPlaying through the pain
:depressedWarrior

[Mugen]

Lakers have been very unfortunate this season with injuries tbh. I don't wish injury on anybody sans Rapists/Snitches but they've had some pretty bad luck all season. Still, they're the most fortunate franchise in NBA history and every team (except OKC) has dealt with injuries to core players throughout this year.

No excuse for the Spurs not to sweep tbh.

[Raven]

120 milion $ team and forced to start chris fucking duhon :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Stabula]

I wouldn't mind Durant and Lebron tearing some ACLs tbh

[Raven]

Lakers have been very unfortunate this season with injuries tbh. I don't wish injury on anybody sans Rapists/Snitches but they've had some pretty bad luck all season. Still, they're the most fortunate franchise in NBA history and every team (except OKC) has dealt with injuries to core players throughout this year.

No excuse for the Spurs not to sweep tbh.

they had bad timing, but really you can't call a team that forces its old players to play 48 minutes a game unlucky.

[Brazil]

Meeks and Nash are doubtful, it doesn't mean they are out

[HI-FI]

they had bad timing, but really you can't call a team that forces its old players to play 48 minutes a game unlucky.
agree. Lakers were pushing their luck rather than being unlucky.

[InRareForm]

Spurs are going to be a 10 point favorite on the road in a playoff.game lol

[Stabula]

If I were Nash I would never even consider taking more epidural shots just so I can go out and barely contribute to a lost cause.

[JR3]

I don't feel sorry for them... just sayin...

[Stabula]

Where the fuck is Kobe? I thought he was a warrior! Isn't he always "playing through injuries" feeling like "he was playing on one foot"? Time for him to come back.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

What Brazil said.

[TampaDude]

Meeks and Nash are doubtful, it doesn't mean they are out

No, but they might as well be if they are hobbled. Spurs got this.

[EricB]

Doubtful doesnt mean out, but, it means they're most likely out we just can't say it yet.

[Budkin]

Spurs better not fuck this shit up. I can totally see them sleepwalking into Staples thinking it will be a cakewalk and Dwight Howard scoring 50 after which the media declares the Lakers "BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!" Please Spurs, finish this shit.

[Stabula]

Spurs will be fine as long as Blair stays healthy

[boutons_deux]

"Dwight Howard scoring 50"

on Red Mamba? NEVER!

[Dro210]

If I were Nash I would never even consider taking more epidural shots just so I can go out and barely contribute to a lost cause.

I was saying during the game last night that Nash should just retire after Sunday, tbh.... So that he'll be able to walk when he's 50. No point in destroying your body further to help, like you said, a lost cause. And it's not like he has any loyalty to the Lakers or their fans to go out there and "give it one last shot"

[BatManu20]

Spurs will be fine as long as Blair stays healthy

:lol

[DisAsTerBot]

wow. waving the white flag? How many players will they be able to dress?

[iminol]

Kill them.

[Splits]

:lol starting backcourt of Goudelock/Morris
:lmao

[spurraider21]

1) Trade for a center coming off back surgery

2) trade for a 38 year old point guard with back problems: give him a 3 year contract

3) run your 1 durable star into the ground because he needs to play 48 minutes a game just to squeak into playoffs

4) bench scrubs suddenly getting hurt because they're thrown ino getting big minutes they're physically unprepared for

[BatManu20]

Danny Green ‏@DGreen_14 (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14)2m (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14/status/327517756259987456)
Happy bday to the greatest to ever do it at his position...Timmy D

Danny Green ‏@DGreen_14 (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14)2m (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14/status/327517804863557632)
LA we on our way

[Mugen]

they had bad timing, but really you can't call a team that forces its old players to play 48 minutes a game unlucky.

Even their bench guys have had injuries throughout the year and they do play that many minutes. Injuries were to be expected for that roster due to age/mileage on their core guys but the amount of injuries they've had to their entire roster constitutes as unlucky in my book.

Again, i don't feel sorry for them at all but you can't look at their injury list this season and not think they've been unfortunate.

[BatManu20]

Earvin Magic Johnson ‏@MagicJohnson (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson)6m (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/327516999011942401)
Laker Nation: With Steve Nash & Steve Blake down with injuries there's no way the @Lakers (https://twitter.com/Lakers) have a chance to win.

Earvin Magic Johnson ‏@MagicJohnson (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson)5m (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/327517107656986627)
Laker Nation: These injuries happen, especially when you have an older team.


Funny, just a couple weeks agi Magic picked the Lakers to beat the Spurs in the first round. How quickly times have changed.

[TampaDude]

http://ibankcoin.com/flyblog/files/2013/04/Leg.jpg

[superjames1992]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)4m (https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/327508194429648896)
Lakers just announced Steve Blake (hamstring) out indefinitely and Steve Nash (hip/hamstring) & Jodie Meeks (ankle) doubtful for Game 3


Let's sweep this depleted team tbh. I don't want this coming back to SA. Send this $120 million embarrassment home fellas :hat


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http://imageshack.us/a/img441/6042/broomjpg.jpg

[Mugen]

Earvin Magic Johnson ‏@MagicJohnson (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson)6m (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/327516999011942401)
Laker Nation: With Steve Nash & Steve Blake down with injuries there's no way the @Lakers (https://twitter.com/Lakers) have a chance to win.

Earvin Magic Johnson ‏@MagicJohnson (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson)5m (https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/status/327517107656986627)
Laker Nation: These injuries happen, especially when you have an older team.


Funny, just a couple weeks agi Magic picked the Lakers to beat the Spurs in the first round. How quickly times have changed.


:lol Magic is the fucking worst tbh.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Yep no excuses for not sweeping them now...actually puts a little more pressure on them tbh

[TampaDude]

Yep no excuses for not sweeping them now...actually puts a little more pressure on them tbh

Red Mamba makes love to pressure! Spurs in 4. :lol

[BatManu20]

http://i38.tinypic.com/6qcrj5.png

[ohmwrecker]

:lol Magic is the fucking worst tbh.

Maybe being a moron is the secret to beating the HIV.

[024]

The excuse train from the media has been unbearable the last couple of days but I'll take it. Spurs can sweep the Lakers and rest up while Denver and GS slug it out over 6-7 games.

[Kori Ellis]

Nash is in a wheelchair - http://instagram.com/p/YiWqkkD-fX/# :lol

[TampaDude]

The excuse train from the media has been unbearable the last couple of days but I'll take it. Spurs can sweep the Lakers and rest up while Denver and GS slug it out over 6-7 games.

^ this

[hater]

rumor has it Nash about to deliver Dwight's 7th bastard child :lol

[timvp]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

[Stabula]

Magic should give Nash a blood transfusion.

[Ditty]

Hopefully the Spurs take it to the Lakers tomorrow like it's a elimination game, and put them out of there misery.

[Mugen]

Maybe being a moron is the secret to beating the HIV.

:lol He'll hit 100 then tbh.


I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

Indeed.

[Budkin]

Ending their season will be glorious no matter how many players they are missing.

[Mugen]

http://i38.tinypic.com/6qcrj5.png

Is that his caregiver?

[TrainOfThought5]

No, but they might as well be if they are hobbled. Spurs got this.

naw. a hobbled player is 9 times out of ten worse than the back up unless the hobbled player is Duncan/Lebron, Etc.

id rather we play against the hobbled player. i miss Nash

[timvp]

Is that his caregiver?

No, that's Owen.
















Owen Two.

:smokin

[ohmwrecker]

http://i38.tinypic.com/6qcrj5.png

He looks like Simple Jack in the third one.

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/8108/simplejack.jpg

[Brazil]

Guys it's a trap game !

[ace3g]

No, that's Owen.
















Owen Two.

:smokin

Not sure on the origin of the joke, but this has been going around social media since I woke up

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/531919_10200590263153319_231796533_n.jpg

[elec99]

Funny, just a couple weeks agi Magic picked the Lakers to beat the Spurs in the first round. How quickly times have changed.


Actually he did a complete 180 immediately after the 1st loss, I heard it on the radio, been looking for the video but cant find it. I agree with another poster here, if spurs became hobbled in this series it would've been because the lakers were too much for them.

[Mugen]

Not sure on the origin of the joke, but this has been going around social media since I woke up

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/531919_10200590263153319_231796533_n.jpg

0-2, took me a while tbh :lol

[Dex]

Blake and his hot shooting was the only thing keeping them in the game last night.

I almost feel bad for them...almost.

And by almost, I mean not at all. FTL.

[JR3]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

Amen.

[crc21209]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

This, this, and this. FTL.

[Brazil]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToWY-jwNJlRCJKr_-dm1owY5rGz38bEdRBkBUatcVXYW3fvPSxQg

[Aztecfan03]

Perfect time to get T-MAC some action.

[Embedded]

The Flakers ran poor Kobe into the ground. Such bad decisions all year long, idiotic payroll, and STILL in this situation. Shouldn't have fired the coach during the season, should have developed bench instead of running Kobe into the ground.

[Mel_13]

1) Trade for a center coming off back surgery

2) trade for a 38 year old point guard with back problems: give him a 3 year contract

2a) Fire the head coach 5 games into the season and replace with a guy known for uptempo play, short rotations, and long minutes for his top players.

3) run your 1 durable star into the ground because he needs to play 48 minutes a game just to squeak into playoffs

4) bench scrubs suddenly getting hurt because they're thrown ino getting big minutes they're physically unprepared for

And some idiots around here say that the Lakers have the best FO in the NBA.

[spurraider21]

And some idiots around here say that the Lakers have the best FO in the NBA.

a lot of semi-competent GM's look better with a 100 million dollar budget and the Lakers brand/market

[Stabula]

With virtually no back court to speak of Parker should be getting easier lays than Erin Barry.

[HI-FI]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL
spot on.



with their injuries, it's time to....
http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/68/42/a2ce11ebb6033ac58d1922e3011b40ba.gif

[rjv]

blake finally blew that hammy when TP turned on the turbo in the 2nd half last night

[Homeland Security]

And some idiots around here say that the Lakers have the best FO in the NBA.
Well, they used to, but then the guy in charge who knew what he was doing got really old, and decided out of pity to hand over the reins to his semi-retarded dismal failure of a son instead of, for example, his supremely competent daughter.

So now, the Lakers have become a West Coast version of the '00s Knicks.

[polandprzem]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

True, true

[BatManu20]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIunAdwCMAAXJCP.jpg

[Homeland Security]

SCOOP: Mike D'Antoni's planned defensive adjustments for Game 3:


Play defense! Go! Go! Go!

[TheChillFactor]

Honestly I'm enjoying pissing on their grave.

[FromWayDowntown]

SCOOP: Mike D'Antoni's planned defensive adjustments for Game 3:

Come on! Let's go! Let's go! Come on! Let's go! Come on! Come on! Let's go!

[Homeland Security]

Come on! Let's go! Let's go! Come on! Let's go! Come on! Come on! Let's go!
Offensive genius.

[Uriel]

Spurs better not fuck this shit up. I can totally see them sleepwalking into Staples thinking it will be a cakewalk and Dwight Howard scoring 50 after which the media declares the Lakers "BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!" Please Spurs, finish this shit.
This. :depressed

[Uriel]

http://i38.tinypic.com/6qcrj5.png
The size of Steve Nash's head is grossly out of proportion to the rest of his body.

[ManuTastic]

FINISH IT!!!!! AAARRRGGGHH!!!

[phxspurfan]

Wow, Lakers can't buy a break. Literally.

See what I did there? ...Buy...

[blkroadrunners]

No mercy. Spurs need to go to LA and take care of business.

[UZER]

Danny Green ‏@DGreen_14 (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14)2m (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14/status/327517756259987456)
Happy bday to the greatest to ever do it at his position...Timmy D

Danny Green ‏@DGreen_14 (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14)2m (https://twitter.com/DGreen_14/status/327517804863557632)
LA we on our way




Hope his game makes the trip.



http://i38.tinypic.com/6qcrj5.png

Dude has hair plants. Well done plants, but plants nonetheless.




with their injuries, it's time to....
http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/68/42/a2ce11ebb6033ac58d1922e3011b40ba.gif

Is that Manny Paquiao?

[Samr.]

Wonder if Stern will fine the Spurs for sitting some stars in a playoff game?

[lmbebo]

They may be wounded, but they still got some talent on the team.

This is a dangerous game. Spurs better not let there guard down ... We could get bit in the ass if we do.

[BatManu20]

They may be wounded, but they still got some talent on the team.

This is a dangerous game. Spurs better not let there guard down ... We could get bit in the ass if we do.

Barring any injuries the Spurs got this...

[K-State Spur]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

6. Playing them without DA in '01 & Manu on 1 leg in '08. Laker Fan refused to acknowledge the latter, claiming Radmanovich was just that good defensively...

[mando6599]

The size of Steve Nash's head is grossly out of proportion to the rest of his body.


Someone needs to photoshop that one pic of Nash making that horribly ugly face onto this one of him in the wheelchair. Should be hilarious.

[mando6599]

In all seriousness, the Spurs should totally blow this team out by a substantial amount in the next two games. I'll be praying our guys stay healthy, however.

[Legacy]

100 percent agreed! :devil




with their injuries, it's time to....
http://0.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/68/42/a2ce11ebb6033ac58d1922e3011b40ba.gif

... No fucking around once we're in LA! ... IT'S TIME TO GO FOR THE JUGULAR NOW, SPURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :splitter

[Legacy]

I would have some sympathy but:

1. It's the Lakers.

2. The Spurs have been dealing with injuries all season.

3. The Spurs have had much better teams than the current Lakers squad derailed by injured.

4. If the roles were reversed, the storylines would be how the mighty Lakers overcame the overrated Spurs. Not ":cry Injuries :cry"

5. FTL

:tu:tu:tu

[cd021]

Breaking New: Lakers just signed Air-bud to fill in for Steve Nash as the starting point guard. Bud recently lead a high school team to a come from behind victory in a meaningless game.-Twitter.

[heyheymymy]

just got this off the ESPN Insider article, i know the rules on ST so i won't post this whole article, but this inside scoop must be shared:

Mike D'antoni has released his latest game strategies for the Spurs-Lakers series:

1: say: Cmon S'go, S'go, Les Go!
2. tell 'em: Shoot gooder
3. Offer pizza party after game if team wins
4. scream: Everybody rebound, okay? Everybody rebound.
5. temper disappointment with: Cmon now! that's okay, that's okay. gimme 110% out there!
6. orange slices at halftime
7. looking into NBA rulebook about players playing in wheelchairs
8. if no rule against it, put kobe in a wheelchair at the 3 point line.
9. practice kobe wheelchair 3 pointers
10. quintuple team bonner

[TheGoldStandard]

Heard that Mike D is watching Hoosiers in order to get some game tips.

[spursparker9]

lol @ the Come on Let's go let's go let's go!

tnt inside trax got featured.

[Baseline]

Who's going to pressure Dwight when he brings the ball up the court?

[Horse]

We have to jump on them take away whatever little belief they have left. Then put the body in the ground sun.

[Venti Quattro]

Then put the body in the ground sun.

Like how you put doughnut glaze on the people you massage?

[cd98]

Our Spurs better not get beat tonight by Lakers backcourt featuring two unknown D-Leaguers.

[Budkin]

Losing tonight would be an embarrassment of epic proportions

[TVI]

...every team (except OKC) has dealt with injuries to core players throughout this year.

This has to be to mother of all jinx posts.

[Mugen]

This has to be to mother of all jinx posts.

tee, hee.

[Sean Cagney]

We have to jump on them take away whatever little belief they have left. Then put the body in the ground sun.

...........
Losing tonight would be an embarrassment of epic proportions

Knowing the Spurs this year with stars out they will do just this.

[tp2021]

And some idiots around here say that the Lakers have the best FO in the NBA.

They will pay for their basketball reasons.

[Johnny RIngo]

SA played some horrific basketball to close the season. Wouldn't be surprised if they lose tonight. Also, wouldn't be surprised if we blew 'em out.

This is probably the worst first round series since there's no scenario where the Lakers have a chance. If the Spurs play competent basketball, they sweep. If they continue to play average/underwhelming bball, they'll still win in five or six.

[phyzik]

Spurs better bring there offensive A game tonight... Word is MDA devoted an ENTIRE 5 minutes on defensive drills.

[mando6599]

Again, if we don't blow this team out tonight, I'll be very surprised. Tony seems to be getting to 100% healthy as is Manu and for the Fakers to be down to their 3rd string trio of guards and off-guards, we HAVE to take an early and decisive advantage. Here's hoping T-Mac's dressed and ready for Hollywood!

Spurs 116
Lakers 87