tmtcsc
05-22-2008, 02:35 PM
Someone needs to send Bill Plaschke the following link:
http://www.nba.com/games/20030519/DALSAS/recap.html
During the 2003 Championship season, we dropped game 1 at home after leading by 18 pts in the second quarter and by 14 pts in the 4th. We lost our home court advantage against the Mavs AND still came back to win the series.
That team had the same core as this one: Tim, Manu, Tony and Bruce.
It sucked that we lost but I am confident that this series is far from over. We dominated the Lakers for 2 1/2 quarters.
One messed up stretch when Bruce when out with his 3rd foul and we lost.
We need to get back to getting easy baskets (not settling for 3's). It's obvious to me that if we are going to win our 5th Championship we are going to have to do it at less than 100 %.
I have no reason to believe that Manu will get back to the player he was during the season and pre-injury. He hasn't had his explosiveness for weeks. I don't expect that to change. I'm sure he'll find a way to contribute, he always does. Last night was the worst playoff game I've ever seen out of him. I am confident that he will bounce back.
This Laker team has good energy and youth coming off the bench w/ Farmar, Vujacic, Turiaf and Walton but I still think we can overcome that.
The Hornets were solid. The Lakers are still a 1 1/2 man show. Fuck the Lakers. Pau is a nice addition but he's no Shaq or Chandler on D. You get physical with his goofy ass and he'll disappear.
Even when we got up on the Lakers by 20 it was surreal. The Lakers were playing like crap and the Spurs looked like they were going in slow motion doing it. They looked tired to me the whole game so fatigue is not the reason we lost.
The Lakers (Kobe and Pau) started to play better and we folded. Tim missed shots and FT's, when Manu wasn't flinging the ball all over the place he was committing offensive fouls before the ball was inbounded.
Tony stopped going to the basket and started shooting jumpers. Finley sucked ass and nobody could grab a rebound.
If I'm the Lakers, I'd be thanking my lucky stars that you STOLE one on your own home court. You guys aren't shit compared to the Hornets.
We'll be fine. The Lakers have to rely on us being our worst enemies.
http://www.nba.com/games/20030519/DALSAS/recap.html
During the 2003 Championship season, we dropped game 1 at home after leading by 18 pts in the second quarter and by 14 pts in the 4th. We lost our home court advantage against the Mavs AND still came back to win the series.
That team had the same core as this one: Tim, Manu, Tony and Bruce.
It sucked that we lost but I am confident that this series is far from over. We dominated the Lakers for 2 1/2 quarters.
One messed up stretch when Bruce when out with his 3rd foul and we lost.
We need to get back to getting easy baskets (not settling for 3's). It's obvious to me that if we are going to win our 5th Championship we are going to have to do it at less than 100 %.
I have no reason to believe that Manu will get back to the player he was during the season and pre-injury. He hasn't had his explosiveness for weeks. I don't expect that to change. I'm sure he'll find a way to contribute, he always does. Last night was the worst playoff game I've ever seen out of him. I am confident that he will bounce back.
This Laker team has good energy and youth coming off the bench w/ Farmar, Vujacic, Turiaf and Walton but I still think we can overcome that.
The Hornets were solid. The Lakers are still a 1 1/2 man show. Fuck the Lakers. Pau is a nice addition but he's no Shaq or Chandler on D. You get physical with his goofy ass and he'll disappear.
Even when we got up on the Lakers by 20 it was surreal. The Lakers were playing like crap and the Spurs looked like they were going in slow motion doing it. They looked tired to me the whole game so fatigue is not the reason we lost.
The Lakers (Kobe and Pau) started to play better and we folded. Tim missed shots and FT's, when Manu wasn't flinging the ball all over the place he was committing offensive fouls before the ball was inbounded.
Tony stopped going to the basket and started shooting jumpers. Finley sucked ass and nobody could grab a rebound.
If I'm the Lakers, I'd be thanking my lucky stars that you STOLE one on your own home court. You guys aren't shit compared to the Hornets.
We'll be fine. The Lakers have to rely on us being our worst enemies.