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Blazers can't win in l.a. the lakers can't win in portland. I think it could be a good series 6 or 7 games... like garnetts gay ass said last year.... anytttttthhiiiinnggg iiisssss possssssssssible!!!!
If the Blazers take the #8 spot and end up playing the Lakers in the first round........
The Portland TrailBlazers will eliminate the Los Angeles Lakers.
and you can quote me on that....
Blazers can't win in l.a. the lakers can't win in portland. I think it could be a good series 6 or 7 games... like garnetts gay ass said last year.... anytttttthhiiiinnggg iiisssss possssssssssible!!!!
not in this decade
the lakers always beat portland in the playoffs
That's pretty bold.
On a serious note, the Blaze are the only team in the West that have the size to deal with Lakers. But even with the size, it's a mismatch all around.
Bynum > Oden
Pau > Aldridge
Lamar > Batum
Kobe > Roy
Fisher > Steve Blake
Pass me some of 'dat weed bro.
Not that I disagree with those match-ups but i think it's wrong to consider a series like that. I see Laker fans do that all the time, sometimes overstating their players, but as we found out in the Finals last year all 5 match-ups don't have the same value. It's one or two players that decide a series usually.
Plus when you do those match-ups it's always about offense. I personally believe that that combination of Oden and Aldrige are a bit better defensively than bynum and Pau. It might be the other case as well, but my point is, that people always compare offenses when they do those match-ups and that isn't the proper thing to do. Bowen has never been a scorer, yet he is one of the most important players for the Spurs in this decade, someone who the Spurs couldn't have won all three of their championships without. Yet in that kind of matchup he will never get his value.
You better pass me some of your weed, not that I need them. Steve Blake is better than Fisher in this season. Odom comes off the bench, so Outlaw > Odom. The Blazers' youth should be a handful for a 7 game series, not saying that they will definitely win of course.
in a similarly bold statement, i predict that the Nuggets will beat the Lakers in 7 games, thanks to Johan Petro
If you really believe the Blazers are good enough to beat the Lakers in a playoff series, then they'll be (much) better than the 8th seed come playoff time, likely rendering your prediction irrelevant.
Last edited by JamStone; 01-12-2009 at 11:00 AM.
I will make another bold statement and say that wild cherry pepsi is better than cherry coke.
Waait to see how the Blazers finish the season, if they find some toughness they can win but Lakers are a better group chemistry wise and experience wise at this point.
Dont see that happening...but good topic. You should get at least 30 replies on this one lol.
Goddamn you people need to stop drinking the tap water in SA. They don't clean that .
If we play the Lakers in the playoffs they definitely won't win one in the Rose Garden. If we can steal one at Staples it would be OVER!
Blazers in dogfight with Mavs for final spot. But Oden vs Bynum would be hilarious. Bust vs Bust
Basically.
Lakers would sweep.
if the Lakers continue to play horrible defense i can see the Blazers getting hot towards the end and have a very good shot at eliminating this Lakers team. They match up very well with them and Nate Mcmillan is a very good coach. Spurs fans seem to forget the war we had with Seattle in 2005 and the only allstar they had was Ray Allen.
Oden gives Bynum problems in the block and Gasol couldnt guard Aldridge for his life. It would be a shoot out and the first one to miss loses.
IF they face each other. Be prepared for an upset.
The irony is on you if this happens. I seem to recall you have a bet that if the Lakers finish ahead of the Blazers in the standings, you don't post in the playoffs. Your post almost suggests that you have conceded.
I don't care who the Lakers play in round 1, 2, 3, or 4. The rules say no free passes. If we win a series, we advance and try again. If we lose, we lose and someone else wins.
last playoff loss was to the mavs.. back in 03 i believe.. one before that was 5 game loss to the lakers in 02 portland 2 L.A. 3
im not trying to count my chickens before they hatch ill be happy if we actually make it into the playoffs its been too damn long lol..
just worrry about MAKING the playoffs first.
Charles Barkley of Spurstalk. I'll nail this to scoreboard, and you can kiss my ass if it doesn't happen.
They have to face each other first in the first round. IF that happens. I predict an upset.
BUMP
doesnt sound too crazy now does it?
they wont be an 8th seed therefore they wont play
either or....if they end up playing each other i can see an upset happening.
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