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LakerGod, Mouse just called and said he wants some of whatever you've been smoking, because it must be premium blend!
Slow start shmoe start, do you remember last year with no Tim or Tony the Spurs took the Kobe, Shaq, Payton, and Malone team of Lakers to two overtimes and a near win.Quote: "Butler and/or Odom call out Kobe publicly as a selfish prick before the season's over."
Anyhow, I actually think the Lakers will win this Friday night. It's at LA, the Spurs are notorious slow starters to the season. What will possibly hurt the Lakers is having zero inside game with Vlade missing in action.
Close game, but the Lakers pull it off. And upset.
Thing is, you have no Shaq, Payton, or Malone and we have Tim, Tony, and Brent now.
Not to mention a better established Devin Brown and a more fit Malik who will see his minutes.
Oh yeah, not to forget the Olympic MVP Manu.
LakerGod, Mouse just called and said he wants some of whatever you've been smoking, because it must be premium blend!
Spurs by 8, 98-90. Spurs lead the whole way, with Lakers making a late run but ultimately falling short.
LakerGod, not even Laker fans like you.
This is 2004 MIB. Last I heard, the Spurs got back door swept by the Lakers in 6.
Ohhhh, good bump material.
My prediction:
Spurs 86
LA: 84
**Kobe misses the game winning shot with .4 sec on the clock
spurs 105 lakers 87
I'm not sure I can predict this first game's outcome, but from what I've seen of the Lakers so far (first half of Denver game), the Lakers look pretty good.
They run a lot of high screen/rolls but their spacing is tremendous. Denver's D is pretty horrible...very slow close-outs and rotations...so it's hard to guage LA completely by Denver this early.
LA strengths:
* Spacing
* Passing out of high screen offense, extra passes
* Athleticism and decent speed
* Transition game is quite obviously an emphasis
You've just watched a preview of what is going to happen to the Spurs on Friday night.
The Lakers are going to surprise a lot of people this season, don't write the Lakers off yet.
Like I said
Lakers 110
Spurs 91
Book it!
Laker God...shut up....I watched the Denver game, while the Lake show played well, the Nuggs...played like ass. We will be miles better when we get healthy...having Mihm score over 20pnts a game is a bonus, but even I don't expect that too happen often. Once we get Divac, Slava and George back, we'll be deeper and will have a more balanced attack. Our running game is great, as I saw us run more this game than all of last year. That's sweet, but to knock off a team like the Spurs will require a more balanced effort. We'll see, but we have to beat a good Utah team tonight first.
Once we get Vlade & Devean George Back?
Ohhhh how the mighty have fallen....
I meant to ask you Med....what is up with Slava? What happened?
Slava “Hot like Lava” Medvedenko had a bruised heel....but at 6-10 250 lbs You Will see him in the mix down low...
Luke Walton was out because of a sprained ankle...Kareem Rush was bothered by chronic foot pain and Devean George is out a few more weeks because of ankle surgery...Vlade will be out at least two more weeks because of a herniated disk in his back...
So the Spurs do have a chance to take this game on Friday....It is a slim one I admit...But it is a chance none the less...
Lakers Projected starting lineup: Atkins, Kobe Bryant, Butler, Mihm, Odom.
He's injured..he'll be fine....I wonder though on his playing time...since Cook is playing well. Still he will be good off the bench and can run the court pretty well.
The Utah and San Antonio games will be tough but the Lakers will win both of them!
I feel sorry for all of those who are writing the Lakers off, they are up for a big surprise!
The Lakers will finish the regular season in one of the top 3 spots.
For the Spurs: Watch out with those Rockets!
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Tonight is the night!
Tonight the Spurs wil get destroyed!
Tonight The Lakers will not play like they did in Utah.
Expect a very energized crowd and a even more energized Laker team
You do realize nearly the entire SpursTalk community will be in one place and can post from multiple computers at one time as soon as the Lakers get down by 18 points, right?
I seriously doubt it!
Us being in one spot or going down by 18 points?
Need I remind you of the box score from Utah's game?
Tonight is a totally different ball game.
The Utah game is in the past.
Your beloved team will have a taste of our "home cooking"
I noticed you disappeared after the Laker loss to Utah...is that something we can expect after every loss?
They're different, but as long as Kobe's over there, you have to be concerned with what the Lakers can do. In the old days, the Shaq-less Lakers have managed to punk the Spurs a few times -- I recall an afternoon game at the Alamodome in 2002, when Shaq was suspended and the Lakers (with a much less talented team than they'll put on the floor tonight) still put it on the Spurs with Kobe doing what we all expect to see tonight. Different teams and a different time, but it's out there.
1/19/02 -- Lakers 98, Spurs 81
I hate predicting games.
How the are you going to pull up a game from three years ago when we were playing Steve Smith, Antonio Daniels, Charles Smith, and Terry Porter. That's like pulling up DRob's 71 point game against the Clips and saying: "See, he did it once he 'll be able to do it tonight too!" Just stupid.
And LakersGod, will you be in this forum right after the game if the Lakers lose.. will you be here? Or are you a giantic pussy?
and that's just the half time score!Spurs 250
Lal 23 (vojacic 22, kobe1)
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