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http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...ck=1&cset=true
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Mention the phrase "40 before 20" to Phil Jackson, and you can almost sense his mind flashing back to greatness.
The Lakers' coach believes that elite teams win 40 games before they lose 20, a mark achieved by the Lakers in all three of their championships earlier this decade and by the Chicago Bulls in all six of their championships with Jackson as coach in the 1990s.
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Kobe to the lakers, "Know you can do it. Don't think you can. Know you can — because we're a good team."
Spoken like a true champion. FEAR NO ONE!
"He's the best player in the league; he really is," O'Neal said of Bryant. "I've been saying that since I was playing with him."
Shaq loves us again. I think he'll retire as a Los Angeles Lakers!
Phil is smart.
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Ok Phil, there's your 40 before 20! I know what can you do with a team like that and I am very confident that you will do it again! Bring the le back to LA, where les belong!
Good start...they do have troubles with athletic teams right now. They will need Bynum and Ariza when it's all said and done.
Ok Phil, there's your 40 before 20! I know what can you do with a team like that and I am very confident that you will do it again! Bring the le back to LA, where les belong!
No doubt! We definitely need those guys to win it all. Tonight was tough and Lamar being in foul trouble all night didn't help but a win's a win!
I'm not hearing the media talking about the Lakers could Possibly win the le without those guys. I want to take possibly out the equation. With those guys we win without question! imo
I don't think you'll beat the Spurs
Hmm, if the Mavs can beat the Spurs on Thursday, we'll hit that 40 before 20 mark. Otherwise, not.
Avery hasn't won 9 les out of 9 tries after hitting 40 before 20.
I think the lakers have enough to offset the spurs. If healthy. It'll go down to the wire but I feared the Spurs experience earlier in the season but I think the Lakers athleticism would get them over the hump.
That's a fair assessment.
The thing about you guys is that I think you can either push the tempo or play very well in a half-court offense.
It'll be one of a series for sure.
Whoa, whoa, it's logic!
Man what a great win tonight in spite of the horrid reffing. I swear that 1st half was just brutal.
No doubt just like the good ole days!
We still have to work with Gasol on D but he screwed up tonight and showed us he can play good D with a better effort. I'm sure Phil will get on him after the newness wears off. I just hope we can stop losing players to injuries so we can see the best of the best!
He didn't coach MJ, Shaq and Kobe either. On a serious note, Dirk isn't the only one under the gun this spring. Avery has to prove himself too if he wants to keep his job.
Damn, every West contender except Utah won tonight. What else is new?
Avery Should be accountable as well. He was out coached in the Mavs last 2 playoff appearances.
Riley and Nellie would've won those series no matter which roster they had, that's how badly Avery was worked over. But people want to lay it all at Dirk's feet.
Well Dirk played a big part in it too but Avery didn't make any adjustments to help his team win. IMO
You know, the thing is, my biggest fear from the Lakers isn't Kobe (bowen won't shut him down, but he will make things tougher), or Pau, or Lamar, or the Lakers bench........it's actually Phil Jackson. If there ever was a coach who knew how to exploit any weakness from the opposition, it's PJ.No doubt just like the good ole days!
We still have to work with Gasol on D but he screwed up tonight and showed us he can play good D with a better effort. I'm sure Phil will get on him after the newness wears off. I just hope we can stop losing players to injuries so we can see the best of the best!
I think this series will come down to PJ vs. Pop
and sadly, Pop takes an entire game to make an adjustment whereas PJ seems to make them on the fly.
LOL Phil is the worst at in-game adjustments, Pop is one of the best at it. Funny that you think that way about our coach, his mentality is to let his players play through adversity.
I know PJ is notorious for not calling timeouts and letting his players play "through it" but I think jackson also knows how to get the most out of his players, arguably moreso than anyone in the league. The lakers had no business pushing the suns to 7 games two years ago (even if they had no amare), but nearly stole the series in game 6.
I think Pop and PJ are gonna make for one of a chess match.
That's because Pop has the Simulation Crew.
right...
It's Dirk's fault that him putting up 29 and 15 lost the final when you had guys like Howard shooting 5-16, or Terry going 7-25.
It's Dirk's fault that his team lost because he is unable to beat double and triple teams every time he touches the ball, just like every other player in the league, and when he would pass it out to guys like Howard and Terry, they would brick every shot, and that everyone on the team except for him was completely incapable of outrebounding a team of midgets.
But when Kobe purposely gives up on his team in an elimination game when his team is completely sucking ass, just to prove that it his the teams fault and not his, its not Kobe.
that. I'm sick of the stupid double standard that people have for Dirk, and it's just because he's foreign and white. If Dirk was black and american, people would be blaming the team, not Dirk. All you have to do is look at KG. Dude is the epitome of a choker and a poor leader (showing tons of emotion, screaming loudly after dunks and talking before games does not qualify a player as a good leader.) how can you be a good leader if you never take a big ing shot? Dirk has taken and has made a LOT of big shots, game winners, etc... Garnett has almost no resume in that department. that .
Of course it's always tough to hit 40 before 20 when you have Michael Jordan or Shaq/Kobe on your team.
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