and don't count on blake going off for 18 points in 18 minutes either
I seriously doubt in a playoff series with Kobe it would be easier, you can mention a regular season game all you want.... With Kobe though in the playoffs no it would not be easier to beat them.No, we will beat them.
Spurs in 6. But with Kobe would be easier...
1- Without Kobe DH will attack TD on the post almost every possession.
2- Without Kobe Gasol/3 point shooters will get more shots(they are less predictable)
3- Without Kobe their D is better
IIRC, Jack the bed against the Lakers in the '03 playoffs. He had a great series against the Suns/Mavs but didn't play all that well against the Lakers/Nets. He did have a hot shooting night in the second SA-LA game this year but he ended up getting ejected that game so he practically canceled out whatever good he did. His impact on the team is overrated, at this point.You know who else would have helped a lot against LA:
In fact, i think the Lakers would have been the only good matchup for Jack in the playoffs tbh.
Bull ... Kobe would be going HAM on us.No, we will beat them.
Spurs in 6. But with Kobe would be easier...
I hope this board is ready because the Spurs team I've seen in recent months can't compete with anybody it looks like. The storm from Lakers fans will be inevitable.
There's no better confidence boost for a Spurs team in disarray than eliminating the Lakers, IF they can pull it off.
I think it's a 6 or 7 game series with a slight edge to the Spurs.
Who would have thought that the Steve the LAL believes in has a last name of Blake?
Who knows if Nash is ready, but he is 39 years old and going on 40 and here out West, opinion vary on is he'll play in the 1st round at all.
Spurs in 5 if they control tempo and speed up the game. With Ginobili back, the spacing improves all the way around.
I advocate Hack-a-Howard and I say send BANE to do it. Yes, I know his last name is Baynes, but we need a nice solid basketball foul to show the world that we ain't playing catholic high school basketball.
It will all come down to how TP feels and how he plays. If he is right then he can torch Nash (if he even plays) and Blake any time he wants. And as bad as we have looked the past couple weeks, our bench >>> their bench. I'll take Manu, Neal, De Colo/CoJo over Morris, Meeks, Jamison, and Clark any day. I also think Dwight Howard is mentally soft. For being such a big guy, he gets flustered easily when teams continue to foul him over and over again. I also think he doesn't take things serious enough to be a franchise player. He's always joking around and acting like an idiot...
I fing love NBA Playoffs
I also think this series is the perfect opportunity to play T-Mac. It's not like the Lakers have a good bench, because they don't. Throw T-Mac out there with Manu, Neal, CoJo/De Colo, and Bonner. He has the length to defend a guy like Jamison and also go at him on the offensive end as well...
All depends on Parkers health
It's the perfect opportunity to play T-Mac because I feel we will be holding comfortable leads throughout the series, especially during our home gamesI also think this series is the perfect opportunity to play T-Mac. It's not like the Lakers have a good bench, because they don't. Throw T-Mac out there with Manu, Neal, CoJo/De Colo, and Bonner. He has the length to defend a guy like Jamison and also go at him on the offensive end as well...
LJ you liar !!!!!
I do not believe you you did not care who the spurs gonna play against.
Of course the LAKERS ! The history and old nemesis.
Weeee rollllinnnnnnnnn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TMac won't get any burn. Pop didn't even give him time in a meaningless game tonight.
look if the scrubby lastplace in 3 point shooting twolves went off on us from 3, imagine what blake mamba jodi meeks and antwan jamison are gonna do to us...
Jesus, wake up people. I'm as pessimistic as they come but did everyone forget their prozac? Even if we're mediocre offensively, we aren't going to let Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks and the corpse of Ron Artest consistently beat us. Gasol and Howard aren't going to magically elevate this team into worldbeaters offensively. At their absolute toughest they shot 35% today against a Rockets team that plays Greg Smith big minutes. Twolves game and 4th quarter at GSW aside, this team is still solid defensively. No one wearing purple/gold can beat us off the dribble, no one can consistently shoot. Denver is a question mark, but this Laker matchup is not "confusing".
It might take 5 maybe 6 games to do it, but holy this series is not in doubt, at all.
spurs have gone limp towards the end of the season. maybe a meeting with the lakers will harden them back up.
just win the first two games and gain confidence for the rest of the playoffs ... I mean the Lakers went through overtime to be able to face the Spurs ... lets stick it to them
ding ding ding
I do agree that game 1 is huge and must win for Spurs, but also game 2 is same. If Spurs go to LA with a 1-1 or worse, its panic time.(TMAC time and all that) But if Spurs go to LA 2-0. They pretty much got the series in the bag. LA just does not have enough guns to go OKC on us.
So yes, game 1 on sunday is HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE
Hack-a-Dwight would be foolish. It was dumb the other night too. Lakers were under 60 points through 3 quarters and Pop still did it. They couldn't score, but Pop still put him on the line and gave them points.
Just stop, Pop.
Spurs just need the sweep. We can't let the series get to 3-1 with T-Mac on the roster.
In all seriousness though, GSG, I still believe.
Bar an unlikely resurrection of Parker and Ginobili,
Stern will have his Denver-LAL semi.
Spurs have 3 days off before they play Sunday. I expect Tony will be well-rested and would give us 30+ pts to carry the team. No way Blake could guard him. I'm more afraid of the 2nd game that we could lose focus. But I'd expect Spurs to steal one in Staples. D'Antoni would be grimmacing in the sideline.
refs aside, i really can't see how we couldn't exploit the worst backcourt in the play offs..
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