"BEAT LA" chants already Houston?

[Killakobe81]

i say Lakers in 5 but who knows? I was mopre confident when i picked Lakers in 5 over Utah

[Lars]

Should be fun regardless.

[Indazone]

I hope Phil plays Bynum 40 minutes. He sucks

[Caltex2]

Houston will be the Arizona Cardinals of Basketball this year.

Except we have history and didn't luck into winning a horrid division. Then again, if thhat means we make the Finals, what the hay.

[Obstructed_View]

I'd rather have my team lose in the Finals.

Well Kobe's shown to be really good at that.

[21_Blessings]

Ron-Ron took a subtle shot at Kobe, saying Brandon Roy's the best player he's faced because he's the only one who's scored 40 on him. Watch Kobe drop 50 in game 1 now...

Artest must be off his meds. Because Kobe has scored 40 on him.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...701040SAC.html

If he thinks his little media mind games is going to work on Kobe he's dumber than we thought. Which is pretty ing dumb.

The leopard is coming out.

[Obstructed_View]

If Kobe Ballhog comes back and starts taking all the shots and the Lakers lose, I may have to pronounce Artest the smartest person within the boundaries of California.

[benefactor]

If Kobe Ballhog comes back and starts taking all the shots and the Lakers lose, I may have to pronounce Artest the smartest person within the boundaries of California.

This was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard about Artest calling him out. Luring Kobe mentally into a one on one matchup is actually a pretty good idea. The most interesting aspect of it is that Artest is good enough defensively to get the best of Kobe a few times. This gives Houston an even better chance at baiting Kobe into isolating.

As far as the series goes...I have already said in another thread that I think this will be closer than the y Laker fan/Rocket hater thinks. The Lakers are going to be forced to play better defense. If Houston can slow the game down and keep the Lakers offense south of 95 points then this could wind up a long series for LA.

[scanry]

Little cross-dressing transvite girlieboy, it appears you are the only insecure one around here. Don't worry though, your Fakers will beat Houston. The problems start to mount with Denver and Cleveland.

or would you like to jerk off at a Clint Eastwood picture????

[LnGrrrR]

The operative word being "sleeping".

I thought it was 'sleepwalking', as in, through most games?

[TheManFromAcme]

If Yao plays well, this could possibly be a long series even with Lamar taking his game up to a higher notch. I am still concerned about my boy Bynum. The first 5 minutes of him in the line-up will tell me how Houston's interior will fare.
I know we beat Houston soundly a couple of weeks ago but this is the playoffs. Laker bench going to have to bring it all. I don't see a sweep. Houston is better than just a decent team. As for Ron-Ron's comments on Kobe; Well, lets just see how this plays out.

[turiaf for president]

bynum will average a double double in this series. lakers in 5