Lakers did what no other playoff team could do this season.

[LakeShow]

Lakers make a sweeping statement (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke29apr29,1,630065.column)


Lakers did what no other playoff team could do this season.
April 29 2008

DENVER -- Big bristly brooms were everywhere in these NBA playoffs, giant kitchen cleaners such as Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.

But Monday with the little ol' Lakers was the first time anybody has used the word sweep.


Tough guys were everywhere this NBA spring, hammers such as David West and Carlos Boozer

But Monday with the nice 'n' easy Lakers was the first time anybody has used the word crush.

Granted, they didn't require much more than a pulse until the final hour of the final game.

But nowhere in the NBA today does that pulse beat harder than underneath barely sweaty, slightly torn gold jerseys that brushed quickly through their first mountain.

What the San Antonio Spurs couldn't do, what the Boston Celtics didn't come close to doing, the Lakers have done, sweeping their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets on Monday with a 107-101 victory in Game 4 at the Pepsi Center.

After which I asked the Nuggets' Allen Iverson a question that today permeates not only the Los Angeles basin, but the NBA landscape.

Just how good are those Lakers?

He looked at me scornfully, then laughed.

"We just got swept by them!" he said. "I don't know what kind of question that is."

It was one he had just answered, then and throughout a series the Lakers dominated until the final quarter Monday.

It is a question that will probably not be answered more clearly until the next round, when the Lakers will probably play a Utah Jazz team that is the exact opposite of the Nuggets.

We know the Lakers can beat a loosely coached, barely attentive flyweight.

How will they do against a strictly controlled, consistently punching heavyweight?

''We've got to be proud, we've got to be happy . . . but we've got to move on," said Pau Gasol, who averaged 22 points and nine rebounds in this series, but will probably be more seriously challenged next week by the likes of Boozer.

Coach Phil Jackson was quick to agree.

"We'll have to be a better team," he said.

Against a Nuggets team that played like Carmelo Anthony's constant expression -- a carefree, apathetic smile -- the Lakers only needed to be better in the fourth quarter, after the briefly energized Nuggets had taken a 96-95 lead with 3:23 remaining.

What happened next?

''We collected ourselves," Kobe Bryant said.

That is one way of putting it.

Another way of putting it is, crash, bang, boom.

With the Nuggets leading by one, Bryant ran down and hit a jumper over Kenyon Martin.

Derek Fisher then knocked the ball out of the hands of Carmelo Anthony, and it ended up in the hands of Luke Walton, standing alone in the corner behind the three-point line, the Nuggets benchwarmers screaming at his back.

He threw up a looping shot.

''I thought, 'That feels good,' " Walton said.

The ball then swished through the net to give the Lakers a four-point lead they never lost.

''When it went in I thought, 'That feels even better,' " Walton said.

What feels good for the Lakers is that Walton, after struggling most of the season, averaged 14 points and five rebounds in this series. If he can do that the rest of the spring, their championship hopes soar.

"The energy on this team in this series stayed high because we play as a team, everyone involved," Derek Fisher said.

What feels even better for the Lakers is that Bryant is even outdoing his MVP regular season by simply taking over fourth quarters.

He did it in Game 2 and he did it Monday, rebounding from a disjointed third quarter to score 14 in the final quarter, missing only two of seven shots.

"He wants it bad," said Walton of Bryant. "We just follow his lead."

As hard as Bryant played, with the exception of that furious final quarter, the Lakers can hardly use these four games as a predictor of their future playoff toughness.

But you know something?

It matters to them.

It matters to them that, in one this most competitive of NBA seasons, nobody was able to roll their first-round opponent like this.

It matters to them that in, in one of the most difficult conference races in NBA history, they are the only West team that has whupped.

"To sweep is huge," Walton said. "It shows a lot of mental toughness. It showed we can set challenges and rise to those challenges."

Some of us may still want to see more, but the Lakers have seen enough.

"This was a good opportunity for us to grow as a team," Fisher said.

Gasol, who was 0-12 in playoff games before this series, had a different take.

"There's a big difference between getting swept and sweeping," he said with a grin.

In the beginning, the Nuggets acted, as usual, as if none of it mattered.

The game began, as all Nuggets games in the Pepsi Center begin, with a scoreboard sign.

"No one sits until the Nuggets score."

Those poor people.

The Nuggets couldn't score.

Nearly four clock minutes into the game, nearly everyone in the arena was still standing, their will obviously stronger than the players they were watching.

Finally, with 8:45 left in the first quarter, Anthony sank a free throw to give the Nuggets one point and their fans a rest.

"We don't have to sit down!" shouted the public-address announcer. "We can stand for victory!"

At which point, thousands of fans sat down.

It was that kind of start, that kind of game, that kind of series.

The children's table cleared, it is now time for the Lakers to venture to the adult table probably found in Salt Lake City.

The eating will be more difficult.

The appetite, however, is unquestioned.

[21_Blessings]

" but will probably be more seriously challenged next week by the likes of Boozer."

:lol:lol:lol:lol

Boozer plays defense, since when? What a dumb thing to say considering Pau just shit all over DYOP Marcus Camby whom of which is 32378434832x the defender Booz could ever hope to be.

[themvp]

Big bristly brooms were everywhere in these NBA playoffs, giant kitchen cleaners such as Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.




:wakeup

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

They did what I suspect any of the top three seeds would have done against the Nuggets. IMO if the Hornets and Spurs handle their business and finish off their opponents in 5 I'd consider that equally impressive.

I'm looking forward to seeing what a Lakers/Jazz series has in store. I suspect there's going to be a lot of free throws involved for the Lakers given the way that Utah plays, but they don't make ticky tack fouls. They play their game by the rules of an old Derrick Coleman Adidas commercial: "In the NBA you get six fouls every night. Make 'em count."

[stretch]

gay thread.

sweeps dont mean shit.

[Bob Lanier]

"We don't have to sit down!" shouted the (Denver) public-address announcer. "We can stand for victory!"

At which point, thousands of fans sat down.:rollin

[LakeShow]

gay thread.

sweeps dont mean shit.

Inchworm, your intelligence level is as small as your, uh (btw, what do you call that little thing?) :lol. Sweeps mean that the opponent didn't win one game! Who else has done that, idiot!

[hater]

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

[Cry Havoc]

You made the second round. Congrats. Doesn't matter if you made it in 7 games, or a sweep. Making the second round is something that 7 other teams are going to do this season. Relatively unremarkable in the playoffs, especially for the 1 seed.

[lefty]

LA Times article ?

Not surprised

[stretch]

Inchworm, your intelligence level is as small as your, uh (btw, what do you call that little thing?) :lol. Sweeps mean that the opponent didn't win one game! Who else has done that, idiot!

An endless list of teams that didn't win a championship, Rockets fan.

Fail.

[TampaDude]

Inchworm, your intelligence level is as small as your, uh (btw, what do you call that little thing?) :lol. Sweeps mean that the opponent didn't win one game! Who else has done that, idiot!

The Spurs...last year...in the Finals...oh, that's right...the Lakers were home watching it on TV... :lmao

[DazedAndConfused]

Haha, I love it Lakeshow. Keep posting these articles up, these dumbshit hokeys are getting all riled up. Fucking hilarious.

[bdubya]

Sweeps mean that the opponent didn't win one game! Who else has done that, idiot!

Last sweep I saw it was a conference champion getting the broom. Somehow, sweeping an 8 seed just isn't as noteworthy.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

gay thread.

sweeps dont mean shit.

this sweep doesnt mean shit - it was so fucking pathetic watching denver play last night that I ended up having nightmares all night. I wonder if GS would have gotten swept like this as well.

[Allanon]

This sweep is just the first of many this year. It's only noteworthy as the first one :)

I'd be surprised if Lakers/Jazz goes to 5. The Lakers don't have a chance at being champs if it actually goes to 6.

[Str8Ballin]

fuck the lakers

[LakeShow]

The Spurs...last year...in the Finals...oh, that's right...the Lakers were home watching it on TV... :lmao

:lmao Oh, A blast from the past. How about the greatest playoff run in NBA history by the Los Angeles Lakers?

[LakeShow]

Haha, I love it Lakeshow. Keep posting these articles up, these dumbshit hokeys are getting all riled up. Fucking hilarious.


They FEAR us! :lol They know how we do it. We're on a Mission! :toast

[TampaDude]

:lmao Oh, A blast from the past. How about the greatest playoff run in NBA history by the Los Angeles Lakers?

Actually, if you wanna dig into the archives, the Celtics have the greatest playoff run in NBA history. OWNED.

[DDS4]

Enjoy it now. It only gets harder.

[nkdlunch]

Laker fans need to wake up and realize that any of these teams have pretty much equal chance of winning the championship:
Spurs
Celtics
Pistons
Lakers

and not too far off are Utah and NO. and IF Suns would come back and beat Spurs they would also have as much chance.

face it lakefans there is no clear favorite this year

[LakeShow]

Actually, the Celtics have the greatest playoff run in NBA history. OWNED.

You sure about that? 16-1 was the Lakers record in 2001. What was the Celtics again? OWNED!!!!!

[Banzai]

fuck the lakers

:cry:rollin

[stretch]

:lmao Oh, A blast from the past. How about the greatest playoff run in NBA history by the Los Angeles Lakers?

that ultimately ended with the same result of over 50 other teams in NBA history.

[TampaDude]

You sure about that? 16-1 was the Lakers record in 2001. What was the Celtics again? OWNED!!!!!

When the Fakers win 8 'ships in a row, come see me... :lmao

[bdubya]

We're on a Mission! .....

..to do some fishin'.

[cash459]

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

:toast

[LakeShow]

that ultimately ended with the same result of over 50 other teams in NBA history.

A championship? 50 teams won a NBA title. :lmao I know one team that is not included in the bullshit 50 teams that you claim. :lol

[cash459]

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

[Allanon]

Somehow, sweeping an 8 seed just isn't as noteworthy.

Good justification for Celtic and Piston fans. Monumental for the sweep-worthy #7 Sixers and #8 Hawks. :D

[21_Blessings]

Congratulations Lakers. You beat the worst Western playoff team which btw was in the middle of a meltdown.

Um no. The Lakers did not play the Mavericks

[cash459]

mavericks 7 seed (didnt get swept)

nuggets 8 seed (got swept)

are you serious!? .....the logic above is not that hard to follow. or is it for you?

[LakeShow]

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg
Time to bring the flags back! :lmao

[cash459]

good picture...a red x :sleep

[LakeShow]

good picture...a red x :sleep

Oh, you guys can't see that? I do, but here it is

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg

[cash459]

Oh, you guys can't see that? I do, but here it is

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg

yup, good call on that one too moron!

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Thanks for visiting!

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Laker fans need to wake up and realize that any of these teams have pretty much equal chance of winning the championship:
Spurs
Celtics
Pistons
Lakers

and not too far off are Utah and NO. and IF Suns would come back and beat Spurs they would also have as much chance.

face it lakefans there is no clear favorite this year

correct. there's too much hype going on in LA. last night you could clearly see the nuggets were such a crap that it was pathetic. if the lakers were so good they should have blow that team out of their own building. It was like denver itself wanted to commit suicide.

[Cry Havoc]

Oh, you guys can't see that? I do, but here it is

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u224/SaneMadness/Failboat.jpg

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/floppyfail.jpg

http://wx5tvs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/fail1.jpg

[cash459]

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u224/SaneMadness/Failboat.jpg

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/floppyfail.jpg

http://wx5tvs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/fail1.jpg

:lol @lakeshow

[ElNono]

Lakers won a series? Wake me up when they win a championship...

[BonnerDynasty]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/Trndstr/Misc/redx-1.gif

[Red Hawk #21]

The person I'm happy for is Gasol, he really deserves to know how playoff success feels like.

[Strike]

You sure about that? 16-1 was the Lakers record in 2001. What was the Celtics again? OWNED!!!!!

Well, you fail.

Actually, it was 15-1. The 1st round didn't expand to 7 games until 2004.
Impressive enough record, but at least get your facts straight.

[Cry Havoc]

Lakeshow is pursuing a record number of fails for a single thread. Really, really amazing.

[stretch]

A championship? 50 teams won a NBA title. :lmao I know one team that is not included in the bullshit 50 teams that you claim. :lol

Actually quite a few teams. Including teams that have swept opponents in the first round. First round sweeps don't mean shit. Sweeps don't mean shit, period, without a title.

[DazedAndConfused]

The Nuggets looked out of sync and in disarray BECAUSE of what the Lakers did to them. Packing in the paint, tilting the defense towards Melo on his ISO's, subtle defensive moves to disrupt their flow on offense. Over the course of the series Phil keyed in the Laker D to completely take away what DEN wanted to do.

DEN is the highest scoring team in the league and the Lakers held them to well under their average. They also won 50 games this year and had a 33-8 home record. Lakers straight swept them and only the final game was even close, the rest were blowout wins. All this without Turiaf, Ariza, and Bynum......if the Lakers can get those 3 guys back at some point in the playoffs they will be even stronger than they are now. My point is this...if the Lakers can do this to a team when they don't even have 3 quality defensive rotation players imagine how much worse it's going to be when those guys eventually get back.

[Strike]

Oh, you guys can't see that? I do, but here it is

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q107/DJuliano/fail2it9.jpg

[stretch]

Lakeshow = utter failiure in life.

[LakeShow]

Lakeshow = utter failiure in life.

skip right on by the 50 teams that won titles, did you inchworm. Youre an idiot!

[stretch]

skip right on by the 50 teams that won titles, did you inchworm. Youre an idiot!

Lame.

America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.

Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me get my sloppy food down my throat.

[lefty]

Lakers swept the worst 2008 playoffs team.; even Hawks and Sixers are better; less talented, but at least they are playing for something.

Impressive

[cash459]

The Nuggets looked out of sync and in disarray BECAUSE of what the Lakers did to them. Packing in the paint, tilting the defense towards Melo on his ISO's, subtle defensive moves to disrupt their flow on offense. Over the course of the series Phil keyed in the Laker D to completely take away what DEN wanted to do.

DEN is the highest scoring team in the league and the Lakers held them to well under their average. They also won 50 games this year and had a 33-8 home record. Lakers straight swept them and only the final game was even close, the rest were blowout wins. All this without Turiaf, Ariza, and Bynum......if the Lakers can get those 3 guys back at some point in the playoffs they will be even stronger than they are now. My point is this...if the Lakers can do this to a team when they don't even have 3 quality defensive rotation players imagine how much worse it's going to be when those guys eventually get back.

well, when melo couldnt hit water from a boat in the ocean, miss wide open alley-oops, i would expect them to be well below their average.

(second bold) = :depressed

[ChumpDumper]

I guess lakerfans haven't been watching enough playoff basketball in recent years to know that Denver really sucks in the playoffs no matter what.

Nice of you cockroaches to come out of the woodwork once they started winning again, though. Your frontrunner fan status has been confirmed. :tu

[cash459]

we'll all see how long this thread lasts when they dont sweep another series and this doesnt mean shit still, even then.....

or even when the lakers arent holding anything but each other

[Tradition]

This sweep is nice but of course it is nice to an extent. Yeah Denver was an imploding team. Yeah it wont mean a damn thing especially without a ring.

It is still nice to see people getting all pissed off about the Lakers advancing. God damn it is great to be back!

[Tradition]

Well, you fail.

Actually, it was 15-1. The 1st round didn't expand to 7 games until 2004.
Impressive enough record, but at least get your facts straight.


I think you meant 2003.

[ChumpDumper]

God damn it is great to be frontrunning!

[Strike]

I think you meant 2003.

You're right. Looks like I failed, too. :lmao

[FromWayDowntown]

With all the talk about how the Lakers "know how to do this" and things like that, you'd think their fans would be the least impressed with a first round sweep of an 8 seed. Satisifed, but hardly brag-worthy.

Still, this thread exists.

[SRJ]

Laker fans are quick with the asterisks for other teams' championships but ready to offer their daughters to the mighty conquerers of the #8 seed.

[Tradition]

Props to your hawks for last night man. I love the way that fights hard. You must seriously be proud of that team for not lying now. I know I am.

[DazedAndConfused]

We just like to fuck around with you hokeys after all the shit you talked about the Lakers all season long.

[Tradition]

Im happy we swept but im not going off talking championship. I know the road gets tougher from here. Anyone who doesnt think so is in denial. I just find it funny that it is wrong for the Laker fans to act this ways but fans of other teams acting this way is okay. For example..


Detroit swept a piece of shit Orlando Magic team last year (worst team in the playoffs) and the fans were all excited claiming their team to be the best team in the east and all. They all felt like they had this amazing team. Spurs fans were also sucking their dicks too saying "Pistons showed that championship toughness" "See you guys in the finals".
Pistons fans thinking that way didnt seem to bother the Spurs fans as they actually were going along with it.

Laker fans act this way, they are cocky and arrogant however if Piston fans act this way "They are a great team and I respect the fuck out of them and they also have such great fans" is what comes out of spurs fans mouths. I find that contradiction hysterical.

Im also sure if the spurs were to have swept this years Nuggets theyd be pretty excited about it too. To say they wouldnt be happy about it or not even excited is pure bullshit.

[rAm]

We just like to fuck around with you hokeys after all the shit you talked about the Lakers all season long.

What shit ? Please elaborate Jeff.

[DazedAndConfused]

No true Laker fan gives a shit about DEN or the 1st round. Like I said we're just poking fun at the podunk trash on this forum who talked so much shit about the Lakers all year long.

[BiZNicK]

Spurs beating Suns in 5 (possibly) >>>>>>>>>>> Lakers sweep Nuggets

[rAm]

No true Laker fan gives a shit about DEN or the 1st round. Like I said we're just poking fun at the podunk trash on this forum who talked so much shit about the Lakers all year long.

I don't remember much shit talking at all, explain what you are talking about.

All I remember hearing is, you guys have a great young team, a shot at the title this year, but probably not till the year after.

I don't see how that has changed with a sweep of the Nuggets in the first round.

[Purple & Gold]

:nope:nope Hate and jealousy is not an attractive look spurs fans.

[rAm]

:nope:nope Hate and jealousy is not an attractive look spurs fans.

Neither is Arrogance and Stupidity.

[Purple & Gold]

Neither is Arrogance and Stupidity.

That actually describes the spurs fans in this thread :lol:lol

[cash459]

That actually describes the spurs fans in this thread :lol:lol

:lol

man, that was clever. "im rubber you're glue..........." GMAFB!

[Cry Havoc]

No true Laker fan gives a shit about DEN or the 1st round. Like I said we're just poking fun at the podunk trash on this forum who talked so much shit about the Lakers all year long.

What? What regular on the board here was saying Denver was going to beat LA? What Spurs fan (NON-TROLL, because you will obviously go there) was stating that LA wasn't a well-built team that would be a threat?

The fact is you beat a team that the Spurs have beat like a drum for the past two years in the playoffs. They don't play defense and they're in the middle of a chemistry meltdown. I don't think there's a single legit fan who thought Denver stood a chance against the Lakers this year.

So, again, what was the point of this thread?

[SpurOutofTownFan]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j108/Trndstr/Misc/redx-1.gif

oh man this was fucking great

[cash459]

http://www.flagline.com/images/car/nba-lakers-gold.jpg
Time to bring the flags back! :lmao

this one was pretty hilarious too :lol

[cash459]

i could see this turning into a sporks type thread or camel toe thread, but with a bunch of x :lol

[mavsfan1000]

:lol:lol:lol:lol

Boozer plays defense, since when? What a dumb thing to say considering Pau just shit all over DYOP Marcus Camby whom of which is 32378434832x the defender Booz could ever hope to be.
You are fucking annoying.

[cash459]

that guy makes stupidpost all the time too :lol

[Purple & Gold]

:lol

man, that was clever. "im rubber you're glue..........." GMAFB!

:dramaquee:dramaquee Only a delusional spur fan would think arrogant and stupid doesn't apply to his own fan base.




Face it, the Lakers will win the Team of the Decade Title........ AGAIN!!

[The Franchise]

Lakers won a series? Wake me up when they win a championship...

You may be sleeping for a while.:lol

[The Franchise]

Face it, the Lakers will win the Team of the Decade Title........ AGAIN!![/QUOTE]

wake up.:sleep:sleep

[cash459]

:dramaquee:dramaquee Only a delusional spur fan would think arrogant and stupid doesn't apply to his own fan base.




Face it, the Lakers will win the Team of the Decade Title........ AGAIN!!

i never said that there arent any delusional spurs fans....hell there are quite a few in here, but for every one of those, there is one of the same type of laker fan. :toast

do you get another trophy for "team of the decade"? just curious?

[Purple & Gold]

i never said that there arent any delusional spurs fans....hell there are quite a few in here, but for every one of those, there is one of the same type of laker fan. :toast

do you get another trophy for "team of the decade"? just curious?

Actually we do. The old one is at Magic's house.


So where do the spurs keep their additional 3 Championship trophies??

[cash459]

prob at Pop or Holt's house....in the basement :lol

[Purple & Gold]

:lol:lol Next to the suns and Mavs trophies.

[cash459]

:lol:lol Next to the suns and Mavs trophies.

read the other thread that you brought this up in

[JamStone]

Lakers have a knack for doing something no other team does in the first round of the playoffs, like in 2005-06, they were the only team in the first round of the playoffs to go up 3 to 1 against their opponent and then lose the series.

[21_Blessings]

You may be sleeping for a while.:lol

Yeah, he'll be sleeping up until late June 2008.

[LakeShow]

What? What regular on the board here was saying Denver was going to beat LA? What Spurs fan (NON-TROLL, because you will obviously go there) was stating that LA wasn't a well-built team that would be a threat?

The fact is you beat a team that the Spurs have beat like a drum for the past two years in the playoffs. They don't play defense and they're in the middle of a chemistry meltdown. I don't think there's a single legit fan who thought Denver stood a chance against the Lakers this year.

So, again, what was the point of this thread?

Havoc, anybody who thinks that posting an article from the times newspaper is bragging is pretty lame. The title is the truth and it means nothing in the big picture. All spurs fans have not been negative about the lakers but it's crazy to say that NONE have been. Unfortunately Lakers fans gets the homer Spurs fans who think their shit doesn't stink! In the beginning the talk was about how any team 1-8 in the western conference had a chance to win but the lakers disposing one of the top 8 teams has changed that tune. We're not having that! The Lakers have just as much a chance to come out of the west as the other teams in the league. To say that Spurs fans don't go there is ridiculous. I see plenty of threads in the spurs section dissing other teams, lakers included. Every thread started is about Kobe raping somebody, blah, blah, blah. Hell, after Parker scored 41 points in a spurs win, you even had the adacity to start a thread labeled., "What does Kobe have that Parker doesn't". Any knowledgeable b-ball fan would call Bullshit on that. What about the Spurs fans thread? Any article praising the Spurs is considered a great article to most of you. The Thread, "Who do you see as a challenge to the Spurs in the playoffs". Most in that thread wrote off the lakers but they were the number one team in the western conference. No problem if thats the way you look at. But I think its pretty stupid to expect a true Lakers fan who's team haven't won in 3 years to not be excited over the developments of late.

I was here when the lakers were getting their asses kicked for the last few seasons and I took my lumps. My team is doing well right now and I'm feeling good. If some of your fellow spurs fans don't like it, fuck em!

[rAm]

Havoc, anybody who thinks that posting an article from the times newspaper is bragging is pretty lame. The title is the truth and it means nothing in the big picture. All spurs fans have not been negative about the lakers but it's crazy to say that NONE have been. Unfortunately Lakers fans gets the homer Spurs fans who think their shit doesn't stink! In the beginning the talk was about how any team 1-8 in the western conference had a chance to win but the lakers disposing one of the top 8 teams has changed that tune. We're not having that! The Lakers have just as much a chance to come out of the west as the other teams in the league. To say that Spurs fans don't go there is ridiculous. I see plenty of threads in the spurs section dissing other teams, lakers included. Every thread started is about Kobe raping somebody, blah, blah, blah. Hell, after Parker scored 41 points in a spurs win, you even had the adacity to start a thread labeled., "What does Kobe have that Parker doesn't". Any knowledgeable b-ball fan would call Bullshit on that. What about the Spurs fans thread? Any article praising the Spurs is considered a great article to most of you. The Thread, "Who do you see as a challenge to the Spurs in the playoffs". Most in that thread wrote off the lakers but they were the number one team in the western conference. No problem if thats the way you look at. But I think its pretty stupid to expect a true Lakers fan who's team haven't won in 3 years to not be excited over the developments of late.

I was here when the lakers were getting their asses kicked for the last few seasons and I took my lumps. My team is doing well right now and I'm feeling good. If some of your fellow spurs fans don't like it, fuck em!

That Kobe/Parker thread was a joke, are you kidding me? No one who knows anything about basketball would start that thread.

[cash459]

That Kobe/Parker thread was a joke, are you kidding me? No one who knows anything about basketball would start that thread.

let alone think that they can really be compared....

[LakeShow]

That Kobe/Parker thread was a joke, are you kidding me? No one who knows anything about basketball would start that thread.

Well this is no joke! This is real!!!!

[cash459]

Well this is no joke! This is real!!!!

whats real? that the lakers have done anything yet? and youve already wet your pants?

[TheMACHINE]

"come back when the Lakers get out of the first round".....sounds familar?

[cash459]

"come back when the Lakers get out of the first round".....sounds familar?

not from me it doesnt...address who youre speaking to

[lefty]

I have a very small penis

[boutons_]

1 sweeps a weak 8seed, amazing.

[Kobe62Mavs61]

:lmao:lmao:lmao @ Lakers fans :owned Spurs Fans!

[lefty]

:lmao:lmao:lmao @ Lakers fans :owned Spurs Fans!

Haha love your screenname :toast

[cash459]

:lmao:lmao:lmao @ Lakers fans :owned Spurs Fans!

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao @ another laker fan who NEVER brings any kind of intelligence to any thread he posts in :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Kobe62Mavs61]

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao @ another laker fan who NEVER brings any kind of intelligence to any thread he posts in :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

You might as well change your name to "LakersfanWhoopingBoy"

:king

[LakeShow]

I Suck Dicks for a Living!

[cash459]

You might as well change your name to "LakersfanWhoopingBoy"

:king

sure as hell not from the moronic posts you bring......your other "fans" bring something to the table. you, not so much. :depressed

[Indazone]

What no other playoff team did is talk to Stern first and then get buy in from Memphis for some behind the scenes deal to get Gasol for nothing. Bunch of whiny cheating Fakers!

[SAGambler]

Well, this was against Denver and Melo, with his "I don't give a shit" attitude.

I would guess any team in the top 4 seeds would probably have done the same.

Wouldn't count on it happening to the Lakers again this year. Things are only gonna get tougher.

[cash459]

Well, this was against Denver and Melo, with his "I don't give a shit" attitude.

I would guess any team in the top 4 seeds would probably have done the same.

Wouldn't count on it happening to the Lakers again this year. Things are only gonna get tougher.

a LOT tougher

[Obstructed_View]

Are Lakers fans crowing about a 1 seed sweeping an 8 seed? How the mighty have fallen. :lol