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yes spurs 4-2
Spurs in 6
yes spurs 4-2
We're the defending champs.
We've won 2 of the last 3 les and 3 of the last 5.
You had a good regular season. I am happy for you.
This current version of the Lakers team has not done anything yet.
If you want respect, you're going to have to take it and earn it.
Tim, Tony and Manu Big 3.
Remember, Bowen makes Bryant less efficient, normally.
Nobody can stop Kobe. Kobe is the best player in the league.
However, Bowen can slow him down a little bit.
When did he say that? I don't recall that ever coming out of Pau's mouth. I don't understand how you people can seriously say we barely beat the Jazz when the Spurs had to go to 7 games to beat an an inexperienced Hornets team. es, please!
I don't give a damn about respect for the Spurs or from the Spurs or from their fans. I don't give a about none of y'all. Y'all have a very good team with a future Hall of Famer in Timmy and very good players in Parker and Manu. That's about where the niceties stop from me.
Wake up, you were 4 points away from going to a deciding 7th game. Big f'n difference. If you really want to see what spanking a team is, refer to last year's Spurs series against that same Jazz team. Now there's a spanking.
Some Lakers fan forget how they were calling out Gasol for playing like a giant vagina in the Utah series. Not to mention they expected him to get ticky tacky fouls called his way in LA.
On top of that, you have no defensive anchor in the paint, so it's going to be double team with Fisher every time we go to Tim. Then the mismatches start. Odom has yet to abuse Ginobili. As a matter of fact, those two either cancelled each other out or Manu got the better end of the stick.
Kobe will get his. The trick with him is to keep him at a low percentage.
Come on guys, we know each other too well. If you had a guy to guard Duncan one on one, I would say this would be a 7 game series. But you don't, so Im taking the Spurs in 5, worst case 6 games.
Last edited by ElNono; 05-20-2008 at 06:05 AM. Reason: fixed typo
Going 6 games against the #5 seed? with the Jazz getting jobbed in game 5? Impressive!
Great win tonight ... and i expect a long tough series ...but you fools that dismiss our chances are in 4 a BIG surprise ...remember the best you guys played on the road came after 4 days rest ...you wont get that this series ...
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..............I'm so glad the Lakers are facing the Spurs. Going to be a great series and I can care less who wins really. It's going to be a fun next couple of weeks. The lakers will be ready and the spurs are the defending champs. I'm happy that the lakers made it this far without Bynum and Ariza. They have exceeded my expectations and I'm looking forward to more laker games.
First off the Lakers have zero interior defense. Gasol is as soft as the Charmin in my bathroom. Tarif is not good enough to guard Duncan and in case you didn't notice we have robert horry and thomas who can guard Odumb.
Bowen Manu Finley and Udok will take turns on Kobe but you have nothing to stop Duncan or Parker.
Spurs in 6 we split in LA and you take game 5 to make it look respectable.
Pau doesn't have to be a bruiser to be effective. He can shoot the mid range J, has excellent hands, great length, great quickness, can take it to the hoop. Bowen will have the most success against Kobe because Manu, Finley and Udoka are just gonna look foolish guarding him. The Lakers can score so somebody besides Timmy, Tony and Manu is going to have to "step it up" as they say.
I agree, We've all been waiting for this..
The team with the best record (in the confrence that matters)vs the defending champs.
Pau's man defense actually isn't that bad against certain types of players. In fact, against guys like Boozer and Duncan who rely on great footwork and fundamentals over brute strength he does very well. It's funny how you all gloss over Duncan's last 6-19 performance against Gasol where he got blocked twice by the Spaniard.
I'm not really worried about how the Lakers matchup defensively to the Spurs. I'm more concerned about how the Laker's offense will fare against the best defense in the league. The Lakers have shown they can get consistently outrebounded and outshot and still win in the playoffs because their offense is so efficient.
It will be interesting to see if the Spurs can stop the Lakers on offense. Every single Laker starter can go off for 20+ points (that includes Vlad Rad). Not to mention Sasha off the bench. When it all came down to it, the Hornets had only West and Paul to score consistently. The Spurs didn't have to worry as much. They do now.
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