Bring on Lakers

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Originally Posted by jermaine

I bet you we still play smallball an Ratliff Never see the court. He's goin to let Jefferson stick Odom, Blair on Bymun, and Dice on Gasol. But Pop is tired of no defense. He's going to run all plays away from jefferson but want him to make a impact standing 25ft away from the rim. Watch an see.

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This.

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Originally Posted by Rummpd

Spurs need to build some momentum after bad loss to Portland and easy win against LAC.

LAL (despite losing to Denver recently at home) is still the class of the West.

However, LAL may be ailing - Kobe sat out game against Portland, and Bynum left early with a bruised hip injury.

Still LAL with an impressive win over the Blazers and I for one expect Kobe back for the Spurs game.

Spurs need this one but it will not be easy. However, Duncan after (mainly) resting vs. Clips will have a huge game; and Hill is giving Spurs what they need along side Parker who is rounding back into shape after his injury.

Spurs 101, Lakers 96

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Lakers can beat Spurs w/o Kobe. Sorry....I love the Spurs but they are too inconsistent against the upper echelon to even think this will be a victory.

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Originally Posted by mytespurs

Lakers can beat Spurs w/o Kobe. Sorry....I love the Spurs but they are too inconsistent against the upper echelon to even think this will be a victory.

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Okay, then -- I think it's a victory. :whine

i hope kobe plays... we have no hope otherwise. Our only chance is kobe goes 10-30 or something taking away shots from bynum on blair, or gasol on blair. If kobe plays and goes 10-14 or such, i dont think many teams have a lot of hope anyways.

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Originally Posted by Russ

Okay, then -- I think it's a victory. :whine

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I'll take that but knowing these Spurs, wouldn't count on it! :whine:whine

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Originally Posted by Rummpd

Spurs need to build some momentum after bad loss to Portland and easy win against LAC.

LAL (despite losing to Denver recently at home) is still the class of the West.

However, LAL may be ailing - Kobe sat out game against Portland, and Bynum left early with a bruised hip injury.

Still LAL with an impressive win over the Blazers and I for one expect Kobe back for the Spurs game.

Spurs need this one but it will not be easy. However, Duncan after (mainly) resting vs. Clips will have a huge game; and Hill is giving Spurs what they need along side Parker who is rounding back into shape after his injury.

Spurs 101, Lakers 96

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I think the Spurs, whether Bryant and/or Bynum play or not, will win this game. Strangely, I actually feel more confident in the Spurs beating the Lakers (at least regular season) than I do the Nuggets, Mavs, even Jazz and Trail Blazers, this season. At least against the Lakers I know they'll be extremely focused and the top players will play virtually as much as it takes to win the game.

I think the Spurs (maybe this has changed now), but coming into this season, still viewed those other four teams I mentioned as beneath them, as in "if we show up and play fairly well, we'll probably win", but I think they viewed the Lakers like "we need to show up, be focused for 48 minutes and play extremely well to have a chance to win".

Just come out and play hard... it's all I ask... if we win, we win, if we don't, I don't want to see people regretting stuff later... I think if we play hard enough and bring intensity we can beat anybody...

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Originally Posted by jermaine

Timmys gonna play hard but on the defensive end Byunm is gonna beat him up, Jeffersons gonna suck, Parkers gonna dribble us crazy, Bonner , Finely, Bogans, if Mason plays their all gonna jackup 3s, Blairs gonna play hard but foul early. It sounds like every game to me.

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What did I say! We do the same shit every game. I cut the game off after halftime. We suck.

They can beat the Lakers with Kobe, but not with Gasol due to midget ball.

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Originally Posted by jermaine

I bet you we still play smallball an Ratliff Never see the court. He's goin to let Jefferson stick Odom, Blair on Bymun, and Dice on Gasol. But Pop is tired of no defense. He's going to run all plays away from jefferson but want him to make a impact standing 25ft away from the rim. Watch an see.

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I also called this too, but I'm sure we all knew this was coming. Lmao