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  1. 04-28-2009 #151
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    Odom looks like a man possessed out there too. If he keeps playing at a high level nobody is beating LA. Its very rare to have a player that can do as much as him. He can play every damn position on the court. Lovin his confidence.
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  2. 04-28-2009 #152
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeadlyDynasty
    on the contrary Mr. Tait...I think LeBron will be amped up to play the Purple and Gold. I respect the outta the Cavs, I just feel that LA presents too many mismatches for LeBron to overcome.
    L.A. does have some mismatches in their favor. I won't try and sugarcoat the two regular-season games. The Cavaliers were dominated plain and simple.

    There's a lot of talk about the supporting casts. My view is that it isn't as important for L.A. that Kobe be the best player in the series as it is for Cleveland that LeBron be the best player in the series. Kobe can be "pretty good" and the Lake Show can still win. But LeBron will have to be otherworldly.

    I'll take it further and say that L.A.'s chances are enhanced if Pau is their best player in a series, and not Kobe.
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  3. 04-28-2009 #153
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    I honestly don't think the Cavs have a shot against the Lakers. The two teams that scared me were the C's and Magic. The C's still scare the out of me, but only if KG comes back at even 50%
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  4. 04-28-2009 #154
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeTait75
    L.A. does have some mismatches in their favor. I won't try and sugarcoat the two regular-season games. The Cavaliers were dominated plain and simple.

    There's a lot of talk about the supporting casts. My view is that it isn't as important for L.A. that Kobe be the best player in the series as it is for Cleveland that LeBron be the best player in the series. Kobe can be "pretty good" and the Lake Show can still win. But LeBron will have to be otherworldly.

    I'll take it further and say that L.A.'s chances are enhanced if Pau is their best player in a series, and not Kobe.
    Lebron needs to be the best player. He cant be passive like he was when they played.
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  5. 04-28-2009 #155
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMACHINE
    Likewise..its gonna be a good series

    -65 wins
    -Best Road record
    -2nd Best Player in the World
    -Great Offense
    Fixed.
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  6. 04-28-2009 #156
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    Laker fans do you see L.A winning in 5 games then? as it is hard to see L.A winning twice in the Q...and the chances of winning all 3 at home will be tough and if they go down 2-0 then it is hard to see L.A coming back

    how do you guys see this series planning out in who wins each game?
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  7. 04-28-2009 #157
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    [quote=IronMexican;3340004]I honestly don't think the Cavs have a shot against the Lakers. The two teams that scared me were the C's and Magic. The C's still scare the out of me, but only if KG comes back at even 50%[/quot
    Boston is weak but Ray Allen's shot scares me haha. When that fool is hot you can throw 3 ppl at him & he'll still drain 30 footers in your face haha
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  8. 04-28-2009 #158
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Game
    Laker fans do you see L.A winning in 5 games then? as it is hard to see L.A winning twice in the Q...and the chances of winning all 3 at home will be tough and if they go down 2-0 then it is hard to see L.A coming back

    how do you guys see this series planning out in who wins each game?
    Lakers winning games 1,3,4, and 5...with games 1 and 4 being close and games 3 and 5 being blowouts. I don't mean this as any disrespect to the Cavs, that's just how I honestly see it going down
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  9. 04-28-2009 #159
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    What makes you think the Cavs could beat the Lakers when they were 0-2 in the regular season, and Lebron didn't have good games. Kobe with the flu still manage to score 19 and hit a rainbow shot. The cavs did indeed have the best home record, but the Lakers had A good home record and better road record than the cavs. They were the only legitimate team to beat the Cavs in the Q.
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  10. 04-28-2009 #160
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMACHINE
    Likewise..its gonna be a good series

    -65 wins
    -Best Road record
    -Best Player in the World
    -Great Offense
    Yup. Cavs only lost 1 game at home in which they tried their best to win.

    And it was a loss to the Lakers.

    Just like the 2007 Mavs, they were a dominating team but there was 1 team that had their number all season long. Mavfan back then was saying regular season victories didn't matter too.
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  11. 04-28-2009 #161
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    Quote Originally Posted by Allanon
    And it was a 10 point loss.
    fixed

    cue in the "so? they still lost. 14 rings !!! mavs suck . yea!!!"
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  12. 04-28-2009 #162
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    Lakers in Five, people say Lebron will guard Odom so that means West will guard Kobe, West is too small for Kobe, Kobe has good post moves he uses against smaller players, West is a good defender but Kobe is just too big for him
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  13. 04-28-2009 #163
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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch
    fixed

    cue in the "so? they still lost. 14 rings !!! mavs suck . yea!!!"
    2007 Warriors!
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  14. 04-30-2009 #164
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laker-fan-in-SanAnto
    What makes you think the Cavs could beat the Lakers when they were 0-2 in the regular season, and Lebron didn't have good games. Kobe with the flu still manage to score 19 and hit a rainbow shot. The cavs did indeed have the best home record, but the Lakers had A good home record and better road record than the cavs. They were the only legitimate team to beat the Cavs in the Q.
    Because they play amazing defense and thats what wins championships. Head to head match-ups isn't the only factor not when you consider Cavs had key rotation guys missing in those two meetings. Both teams are different. I think it is laughable they people here don't think guys like Joe Smith and D West won't make a good impact had they played.

    West is a great role player who plays good defense, he can score 12+ points per game, shoot threes and play tough perimeter defense.
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  15. 04-30-2009 #165
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    Nobody is discounting the Cavs.

    But you're asking Laker fans why they feel confident they can beat a Cavs team they've already beaten twice this season in pretty decisive fashion. Delonte West and Joe Smith are good role players, but they aren't going to change the core matchup problems the Cavs have. Especially considering Smith will be guarded by Bynum or Odom and West will be guarded by Shannon Brown.
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  16. 04-30-2009 #166
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrHouse
    Nobody is discounting the Cavs.

    But you're asking Laker fans why they feel confident they can beat a Cavs team they've already beaten twice this season in pretty decisive fashion. Delonte West and Joe Smith are good role players, but they aren't going to change the core matchup problems the Cavs have. Especially considering Smith will be guarded by Bynum or Odom and West will be guarded by Shannon Brown.
    Those guys matter due to the guys replacing them hard to guard guys they wouldn't normally guard. Cavs had beaten L.A 5 straight times before L.A winning both regular season games. You can't base everything on the regular season.

    Pistons beat the cavs 3-1 last year and lost to them in the playoffs. Regular season head to head doesn't mean much.

    Fact is the Cavs play great defense and have homecourt which will be big. Just like the Cavs/Boston series was last year.
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  17. 04-30-2009 #167
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    Another good example to look at is the Mavs vs. Heat.

    Mavs went 2-0 against the Heat during the season, and won pretty easily each game, and had swept Miami for the past couple years at that point i believe.

    Mavs definitley had the matchups in their favor, and even pretty much had the series wrapped up, with 5 minutes to go in game 3. Then what happened? D-Wade took over, and everything changed.

    I see the same happening to the Lakers. Lebron will take over and win the series in 6.
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  18. 04-30-2009 #168
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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch
    Another good example to look at is the Mavs vs. Heat.

    Mavs went 2-0 against the Heat during the season, and won pretty easily each game, and had swept Miami for the past couple years at that point i believe.

    Mavs definitley had the matchups in their favor, and even pretty much had the series wrapped up, with 5 minutes to go in game 3. Then what happened? D-Wade took over, and everything changed.

    I see the same happening to the Lakers. Lebron will take over and win the series in 6.
    Somehow you forget that someone wearing #24 on the Lakers can take over the game whenever he wants to too.

    No disrespect to the German 7 footer, but Kobe aint no Dirk down the stretch...
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  19. 04-30-2009 #169
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    The Mavs CHOKED, plain and simple. Horrible coach and an unclutch loser of a star player in Dirk.

    The Lakers have neither of those problems.
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  20. 04-30-2009 #170
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    i think lebron is 14-45 against the lakers in those two games. he had a horrible performance. even kobe with an injured finger outplayed lebron.


    lebron is forced to be a jumpshooting player against the lakers. and we all know what that means.
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  21. 04-30-2009 #171
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    In the Finals ANYTHING can happen so anyone guaranteeing a particular outcome is an idiot.
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  22. 04-30-2009 #172
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrHouse
    The Mavs CHOKED, plain and simple. Horrible coach and an unclutch loser of a star player in Dirk.

    The Lakers have neither of those problems.
    ?????????????

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO blowing 24 point lead

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO 131-92

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO Pistons over heavily favored Lakers 4-1

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO blowing 3-1 lead to PHOENIX

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO giving up on your team

    get the out
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  23. 04-30-2009 #173
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    Quote Originally Posted by stretch
    ?????????????

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO blowing 24 point lead

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO 131-92

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO Pistons over heavily favored Lakers 4-1

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO blowing 3-1 lead to PHOENIX

    LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO giving up on your team

    get the out
    Still doesnt compare to getting swept by an 8th seed
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  24. 04-30-2009 #174
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    This might sound a little daft, but the fact that Kobe wasn't 100 percent might have actually worked in the favor of the Lake Show in the two games between the teams. It forced him to be a distributor and get his teammates involved first- and that's when the Lake Show is at its best, when Kobe is getting everyone in the game. They're not as good a team when he's trying to make hero plays all night.
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  25. 04-30-2009 #175
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMACHINE
    Still doesnt compare to getting swept by an 8th seed
    4-2

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