http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...onight-in-l-a/Should the Spurs take a dive tonight in L.A.?
Jeff McDonald
...As of this morning’s shootaround at Santa Monica College, Popovich still didn’t have a definitive answer.
“We’re trying to figure that out right now, to see what might be best for us,” Popovich said after the walk-through. “We change our minds like every 10 minutes. Hopefully, by the time we get to the arena, we’ll know what the heck we’re doing.”
It's a good thing that the Spurs play after the Chicago/NY game...if somehow NY beats Chicago, then I say the Spurs play the JV squad and hope the Lakers win...and then try to close out the best record in Phoenix tomorrow night with regular guys getting minimum time...but Chicago has to lose first...
And I hope Memphis takes Portland...
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakers...-playoffs.htmlHow would the Lakers match up with San Antonio in the playoffs?
Mark Medina
Round-the-Clock Purple and Gold
LA Times
This is the last thing the Lakers should be reading or discussing.
They're in the midst of a five-game losing streak. They aren't even sure whether they'll finish as a No. 2 seed or drop down to No. 4. And they've demonstrated such a riddling amount of inconsistency, that it's plausible they wouldn't even advance this far in the postseason to see such an outcome.
So why on Earth am I analyzing how the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs would match up in the playoffs? Give me a break. The Lakers will turn things around. They just have to prove that they will. As Kobe Bryant said, "Everybody wants to put the nail in the coffin, but we've been there before and it doesn't bother us."
That's why it's plausible that the Lakers and Spurs matchup Tuesday at Staples Center won't be the last time they meet this season. The Lakers can take care of their responsibilities, secure the No. 2 seed and meet the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Or they may end the season on a seven-game losing streak, drop down to No. 4 and face a tougher road by playing the Spurs in the West semifinals. Either way, it would be one great series.
"I love those guys, but at the same time, I want to beat the out of them," Bryant said of the Spurs. "But I have a lot of a lot of respect for what they do and how they do it."
After the jump, I size up how each team could win.
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No mercy!!!!
Quite disturbing to me to see a HOF coach who don't how to set his lineup few hours before the game. I would have thought he had a plan or something
I'm pretty sure he knows, he's just not going to tell anyone....
Definitely couldn't be playing media games so the Lakers have to sweat our line-up and their players don't know if they're up against our first-team or suiting up merely to play the reserves...
yeah could be the reason but with Greg I'll play Matt Bonner 20 mn no matter what Pop we never know
go for the win, don't be a pussy
That would be a conservative, safe way to play this game.
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