1. The Spurs just choked. This was a vintage get up 20+ points, lose the lead, and lose by a couple of points. The Spurs will respond by winning the next game or two, and this was just a good win by the Lakers taking advantage of a Spurs team that choked in the second half.
or...
2. Suns-Spurs series, except we are the Suns and the Lakers are the Spurs. The Lakers toyed around for a half and then won. We will lose in 5 or 6 and it will not be pretty. The Lakers know how to beat us and we can't beat them.
I'm not too sure what to think. The Spurs defense was very good throughout-it was our offense that hurt us once again. If we hit our shots, this is a 10+ point victory. I guess I'll have to wait for Game 2 to be over until I make a decision. What does everyone else with a valuable, reasonable opinion think?
I'm rather calm after this game although I am really disappointed we didn't pull it out. I do want to bring up Game 1 of the 2003 WCF. Spurs were up by even more than 20 points against the Mavs and the Mavs came roaring back and won by three because the Spurs couldn't score. Spurs went on to win that series anyway
I thought the Spurs would be blown out tonight. I watched some of the game at the gym and I was surprised when the Spurs were up by 8 at halftime, Kobe was held to 4-5 points and Spurs went out to a 20 point lead and then it all fell apart.
I don't know which Spurs team will show up Friday........but it's not looking good.....
No way the Spurs "won't recover "
We are battle tested, we are not mentally weak like the Suns
Suns have no mental toughness to them at all. We won;t fold like they did. We had this game and we ed it up. Gotta bring it in game 2, simple as that.
I think it's 2, they let a golden oppurtunity slip away and I think it will haunt them for the rest of the series. I would have much rather this team get blown out and blame it on fatigue than to lose like this...
If the Spurs come out shooting and win Game 2, we'll go back to LA up 3-1. The Lakers will know that they were lucky to even get a split at home. If we lose Game 2, I don't know how there could be enough gas in the tank to come back the way they did against the Hornets. It's possible... but it would be the stuff legends are made of.
I think Game 2 will decide the series.
Yup...whoever wins on Friday night is going to the Finals...book it.
What a freaking ckoking job
Bwahahahahahahaha!!
Funny...we were saying the same thing after Games 1 and 2 of the first round against the Suns...
i don't know. the lakers didn't look good in either half. the spurs dictated the tempo, outrebounded the lakers, and played great defense. the spurs couldn't score in the second half, but from what i saw, that had more to do with the spurs than the lakers.
this isn't just a fluke occurrence for the Spurs. The Spurs have had a problem with 2nd half collapses in the regular season and the playoffs. Their offense goes on these scoring droughts all the time. All the Spurs fans scoffed at everyone talking about their age or their offense, but they are real concerns.
Who would have thought that a compe ion between two teams could end up with the possibility of either team winning?
Yup...this happened frequently throughout the regular season...the worst one was blowing a 26-point lead to the Celtics...IN SA...it has to be fatigue...that's the only logical explanation...and yes, it is a real concern...it's getting so that the Spurs are never really safe, even up 20+...they just go cold and can't play well at all on either end of the court...it's maddening...
If the Spurs get Game 2, it's all good, though...NO MORE SCORING DROUGHTS...GO SPURS GO!!!
The Fakers didn't win this game... we lost it.
+1 The Spurs played like in the second half and still almost pulled it out...the Lakers are not as good as the Spurs.
SPURS IN 6...BOOK IT!!!
If the Lakers lead had ballooned to double digits by the middle of the fourth, I'd be more inclined to believe they were coasting in the first half. But, the Spurs were right there in the end; no matter how exhausted they were or how poorly they were executing on the offensive end and had a chance to take it.
All things considered can't ask for much more than that on the road and after a hard-fought seven game series.
Hmm, this post seems familiar. I guess I should be flattered.
Absolutely
I wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers step it up another notch and blow the Spurs away next game. Odom missed a lot of layups. Gasol missed a lot of layups. Kobe didn't play until the second half. Fisher had a so-so game. Down by 20 and still won. I'll take it.
The Spurs didn't lose it. The Lakers took it away.
So... you're saying the Spurs will either win or lose?!
I think that either San Antonio or L.A. will win this series.
The only part I would disagree with on the comparison with the Suns, is that the Spurs aren't as mentally weak as the Suns.
I could see it going either way, although I'm leaning twords number 1.
ing genius, isn't it?
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