Relieve.

[td4mvp21]

The Spurs already look bad because we lost 4-1 in the WCF, that included: giving up a 20 point lead, giving up a 17 point lead, and getting blown out by 30 points. The Lakers getting blown out by the Celtics isn't going to make the Spurs look any worse IMO

[romad_20]

The Spurs already look bad because we lost 4-1 in the WCF, that included: giving up a 20 point lead, giving up a 17 point lead, and getting blown out by 30 points. The Lakers getting blown out by the Celtics isn't going to make the Spurs look any worse IMO

Agreed. I take nothing from losing to the eventual champs.

[mrspurs]

Celtics suck on the road, so hopefully L.A. wins three at home. I don't want the Celtics to win the le.

Great point...lets just see if what i said about pop saying Homecourt Advantage this season didnt really matter,
(i said it did, he said it didnt) course that was in the west. Pop may still have me believe, in some of his succesful gambles, just yet....go spurs

[rAm]

I don't get the willingness to say "well we lost to the champs"
where was that at ude in 06'..

that. If the Lakers lose and fall to the Celtics D, and Kobe continues shooting more games at under 40 percent, vs the 55 percent of ours. It means that the Spurs loss to a good but not great team, who benefited from fortune:
a gimpy Manu, a blatant series deciding NO call of an obvious foul that HAVE been called before in important games with two seconds left (Finals 06) , and the error of an incompetent AIRLINE!

I don't want to hear the "what if" cards because all those are legitimate reasons , the last two being unnatural and manmade. If Lakers get exposed for being a soft-ass team, then logic suggests that Spurs got beat by Lakers getting the lucky draw of the straw.
Their number 1 seed wasn't even a dominating position, they just came ahead in the horse race at the right time.

It's just sad that all those little things could of lead to a completely different outcome, but now we are stuck with the 4-1 loss that people will remember over anything else. That 4-1 series was as close as any there has been IMO.

[Pucho!!!]

And I actually do respect him and colonel more than ganett allen and pierce.The only reason I am rooting for the celtics is the Spurs legacy. If laker wins the Spurs will be known simply as "the team that won between the lakers dynasty". However if the Spurs only had about one ship i'd root for the guys who actually back stuff up over the guys who whine and talk and have nothing to show for it.

That being said GO CELTICS!!!

Your funny,although your goin for the Celtics and ur reasoning for goin for them I do agree with, I'd have to disagree with your take on the 2 teams: 1. the only team Ive seen talking , whinning and kissin the star players ass is the Lakers. The Celtics mentality is that much like the Spurs "we're here to play, the refs" while Kobe and Phil whine, yell and cry in the refs face, on the sideline, after Kobe loses the ball out of bounds and to the media. Sure the next day they changed their tune, "oh, we gotta be more aggressive", but that was only after he had to say something to the meda. Then in G3, Kobe answer to Tafoya's question about "what was the difference between your teams play in this game and the last couple?" he had the audasicity to say "No different, we played the same." He's such a crock. 2. How can you respect a team that has nothing but utter disgust for your team? Ive never to rarely heard Phil or Kobe say anything good about the Spurs and guess what every year in the playoffs theyre gonna be in our conference playoffs, the Celtics will not.

[Pucho!!!]

If the Lakers win it diminishes what the spurs have done, bottom line. It's not that hard to figure out. What's the worse thing that would happen if the Celts win? Nothing I can think of is worse than Phil becoming "the greatest coach of all-time" and all the Kobe ball sucking that will go on for years.

Not to mention all the Kobe sucking and ass licking that will happen this summer if he wins, touche, your someone who knows what they're talkin about

[MateoNeygro]

There's not a chance anyone is going to seriously consider KG as better than Duncan. Duncan won that race long ago.

But if Kobe wins I can guarantee you people are going to say he is better than Duncan. , they say it already.




Furthermore...Kori, timvp and ShoogarBear do not all have the same stance...


timvp is a staunch advocate of fence riding...he sincerely believes it does not make a difference. Inspite of all the past between the Spurs and the Shaq/Kobe/Phil Lakers...it's like it never happend for timvp. And he seems to believe that somehow the Celtics have done anything close to what the Lakers have done..


Kori is jocking the Lakers entirely out of loyalty to Bruce Bowen..


ShoogarBear hates the Celtics from his days as a KnickFan.


Me? I'm the only one that can be trusted here...as an admitted casual follower of the Lakers at times...obviously something must have changed to put me totally in the corner of the anti-Laker movement.

And I am very forthcoming with the reasons why when asked...


Bottomline is that it will be far more damaging and painful for the Spurs if the Lakers win...and any real Spurfan will be rooting for the Celts against LA. IT's just that simple.

I AGREE 100 PERCENT, Fock the LaKeRs especially Phil jackson and derek fisher, and why does every one hate KG so much?

[LakerLanny]

Celtics suck on the road, so hopefully L.A. wins three at home. I don't want the Celtics to win the le.

You are a good woman!

Do you have a sister?!?

[shelshor]

I AGREE 100 PERCENT, Fock the LaKeRs especially Phil jackson and derek fisher, and why does every one hate KG so much?

Well, KG is an ass

Just not as big as ass as Phillatio Jackass, KoMe or the talking sock puppets who can barely restrain themselves from throwing either one down at mid-court and blowing them

And I still wanna see GasHole looking like a (barely) survivor from a Basque train bombing

[LakerLanny]

Not to mention the worst fans in the league (laker Fans) will talk for the entire year.

You know we will do that anyway!

[z0sa]

Well, KG is an ass

Just not as big as ass as Phillatio Jackass, KoMe or the talking sock puppets who can barely restrain themselves from throwing either one down at mid-court and blowing them

And I still wanna see GasHole looking like a (barely) survivor from a Basque train bombing

Signed,
Doug Collins

[slayermin]

Why couldn't it have been a sweep?

the Lakers, Champion Air, David Stern, and The NBA schedule maker.

[manufor3]

I guess i'd rather see Kobe get another ring, than to see KG ever see his first.

It's a lose - lose.

why? kobe is a rapist, why does he deserve another?

[timvp]

I'm on the Celtics bandwagon now. I don't want to see the Lakers come back from their 3-1 deficit. That'd be too much "Kobe is the greatest" talk. Finish this ish off, Boston.






P.S.

James Posey was the player I wanted the Spurs to get this past summer and I've long pimped Eddie House as the perfect backup point guard for Pop. They are the only two players in the series I like. Posey has that 1999 Spurs toughness about him and House just wills himself to do good.

It sucks that Ray Allen will have to win MVP but Posey to me might be the man most responsible for their 3-1 advantage. That guy makes more great defensive plays and reads in a quarter than nearly anyone else in the game makes in an entire contest. Tom Thibodeau gets a lot of credit but none of that defensive mastery would be possible without Posey.




P.P.S.

Bill Russell called Boston the most racist town in America. When he left Boston, he moved as far away as possible (Seattle). Unless they want to praise Brian Scalabrine in dress clothes, Celtic Fan doesn't exactly have anyone to um ... overrate.

[E20]

Celtics suck on the road, so hopefully L.A. wins three at home. I don't want the Celtics to win the le.

[underdawg]

Bill Russell called Boston the most racist town in America.

Well, LA cops looked pretty racist beating the crap out of Rodney King - take your pick

[lefty]

" Man it feels so good "

[SPURSGOAT]

P.S.

James Posey was the player I wanted the Spurs to get this past summer and I've long pimped Eddie House as the perfect backup point guard for Pop. They are the only two players in the series I like. Posey has that 1999 Spurs toughness about him and House just wills himself to do good.

It sucks that Ray Allen will have to win MVP but Posey to me might be the man most responsible for their 3-1 advantage. That guy makes more great defensive plays and reads in a quarter than nearly anyone else in the game makes in an entire contest. Tom Thibodeau gets a lot of credit but none of that defensive mastery would be possible without Posey.

Yea I have liked House and Posey for a long time... Would love to have either one on the Spurs.

[lefty]

[lefty]

[whottt]

Relieve is back!






1.

[whottt]

I'm on the Celtics bandwagon now. I don't want to see the Lakers come back from their 3-1 deficit. That'd be too much "Kobe is the greatest" talk. Finish this ish off, Boston.






P.S.

James Posey was the player I wanted the Spurs to get this past summer and I've long pimped Eddie House as the perfect backup point guard for Pop. They are the only two players in the series I like. Posey has that 1999 Spurs toughness about him and House just wills himself to do good.

It sucks that Ray Allen will have to win MVP but Posey to me might be the man most responsible for their 3-1 advantage. That guy makes more great defensive plays and reads in a quarter than nearly anyone else in the game makes in an entire contest. Tom Thibodeau gets a lot of credit but none of that defensive mastery would be possible without Posey.




P.P.S.

Bill Russell called Boston the most racist town in America. When he left Boston, he moved as far away as possible (Seattle). Unless they want to praise Brian Scalabrine in dress clothes, Celtic Fan doesn't exactly have anyone to um ... overrate.

The beauty of it is...if the Lakers lose, not only will it make it difficult for the Laker fans to claim Kobe is the best...but Celtic Fan will have enough evidence to be able to claim Pierce is better

[LakerLanny]

Well, LA cops looked pretty racist beating the crap out of Rodney King - take your pick

They said it was for the black man,
they said it was for the mexican,
and not for the white man.

But if you look at the streets it wasn't about Rodney King,
It's about this ed up situation and these ed up police.
It's about coming up and staying on top
and screamin' 187 on a mother in' cop.
It's not written on the paper it's on the wall.
National guard??!
Smoke from all around,

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

The beauty of it is...if the Lakers lose, not only will it make it difficult for the Laker fans to claim Kobe is the best...but Celtic Fan will have enough evidence to be able to claim Pierce is better

I can imagine a lot of "Kobe is exposed!" threads...

[ShoogarBear]

Unless they want to praise Brian Scalabrine in dress clothes, Celtic Fan doesn't exactly have anyone to um ... overrate.

Tom Thibodeau