bleacherreport: Lakers will lose to the spurs

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Originally Posted by Man In Black

Pure conjecture. Doc Rivers to this day maintains that his squad healthy has never been beaten in a series by the Lakers. Sheed playing well doesn't mean that Perkins being there wouldn't have helped the Celtics, it's quite the opposite. Him being there might have been the difference but, we will never know.

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Its funny Doc would say that, because the last time the Celtics beat a fully healthy Lakers team was December 30th, 2007. And the last time they beat a fully healthy Lakers team after the Gasol trade happened was....never. So Doc can go fuck himself. :toast

if both teams are healthy lakers win in 6. spurs could take a laker team to 7 if they have a miracle game in which they cant miss from 3, but thats about it. i dont know why some people see that result as an insult when you consider just months ago the suns swept them.

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Originally Posted by DJ Mbenga

i dont know why some people see that result as an insult when you consider just months ago the suns swept them.

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Quite simply, it's because what happened then, doesn't mean that it'll happen exactly that way the next time. Consider there is multitude of changed variables which affect your form of constants. Even, the Lakers & Celtics have changed and while it may all seem for the better, the one team that has ACTUALLY gotten younger out of the 3 is San Antonio.

Again, if the teams have changed personnel, some at player and front office level and coaching levels, then how does last year's result accurately forecast the end of this upcoming season? It does not. That's why the games are to be played. It's like the NFL, some team's that are looked upon as middle-of-the-pack make a break and run hot all the way to the Super Bowl. While not as common in the NBA, it's still possible. :flag:

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Originally Posted by picc84

Its funny Doc would say that, because the last time the Celtics beat a fully healthy Lakers team was December 30th, 2007. And the last time they beat a fully healthy Lakers team after the Gasol trade happened was....never. So Doc can go fuck himself. :toast

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:lol

I am just not that impressed by this Laker group. This is not a diss on the Lakers. I still think they best team of all time was the Magic team followed by the Chamberlin-West group. I think it is that basketball, as a team sport, is in the toilet right now. None of these teams including the Spurs of today would have a chance against the Celtics or Lakers of the early 80s. In fact they most likely would get swept.