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moonriver24
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 Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:06 am Post subject: *** LAKERS @ THUNDERS, 12/13/13*** |
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This is like a suicide mission for moonriver to create a 99.1 percent losing game thread. But it's not moonriver if not outrageously optimistic.
I say: Three Times A Charm!
Kobe will play crazy. (Well, interpret as you like ...  )
Go Lakers! Steal the Thunder!
Ps. Sorry if this thread was prematurely born.
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DShotMaker1824
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| Game Thread Standings wrote: | KOBEE 2.0............................2-3
George the Geek..................0-4
diando.................................3-2
32........................................0-1
Chronicle.............................1-0
Pio2u...................................1-0
Lakers95..............................2-0
lakerjoshua..............................1-1
moonriver24..............................0-0
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Lakers95 is on a fire!!! Went undefeated in November.
diando has one moral victory against Portland.  Also went 3-0 in November. But 0-2 in December. I suggest he doesn't make another game thread until the team is 2 games over 500. 
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DShotMaker1824
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GAME PREVIEW via Lakers.com
| Quote: | December 12, 2013
The return of Kobe Bryant created plenty of excitement and optimism around the Los Angeles Lakers, though it's yet to pay off with a victory.
Without playing on Thursday, the team suffered another loss.
Steve Blake is out for at least six weeks with an elbow injury, meaning Bryant is expected to shift over to point guard for lengthy stretches starting with Friday night's visit with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Bryant returned to the floor Sunday, but he's shown a little rust in his first two games back after eight months of rehab for his torn Achilles tendon. He missed nine of 11 shots in a 106-94 loss to Toronto in his debut, but looked better on Tuesday, going 6 of 11 from the field and finishing with a team-high 20 points in a 114-108 loss to Phoenix.
"It's a process," Bryant said. "You just continue to figure out what you can and can't do. Every game, you try to step up and do a little bit more and just go from there." The Lakers (10-11) haven't lost three straight this season, but they face a tall task Friday against the Thunder (17-4), who are 10-0 at home.
Their long-term prognosis got a bit dicier on Thursday as well, as the team announced Blake would miss at least six weeks with a torn elbow ligament. With Steve Nash and Jordan Farmar already out, Bryant is expected to handle the starting point guard duties with Xavier Henry backing him up. Blake's injury initially happened Nov. 26 in Washington, but he continued to play through it. "I'm just really heartbroken for him," Bryant told the Lakers' official Twitter account. "He's put in a lot of hard work and played phenomenally."
While Los Angeles may be in for some adjustments offensively without its point guard, some defensive changes are in order as well. The Lakers have allowed an average of 106.6 points in their last seven games, and now face the high-scoring Thunder.
Oklahoma City has won 12 of 13 and has averaged 111.0 points during its latest winning streak, which stretched to four with Wednesday's 116-100 victory at Memphis. Russell Westbrook led the way with 27 points and nine assists while backcourt reserves Jeremy Lamb and Reggie Jackson combined for 35 points.
Like Bryant, Westbrook got hurt in April. But the recovery from his lateral meniscus tear seems to be going well, as Westbrook has averaged 23.0 points and 9.3 assists in Oklahoma City's past three games.
"Russell is calming down, relaxing and just playing his game," Kevin Durant said. "He is getting confidence. We tell him when he does no one can stop him."
Westbrook's eyes seem to light up whenever he sees the Lakers. He's averaged 29.8 points in his last six games against Los Angeles, including the final two games of the 2012 Western Conference semifinals.
Westbrook had 37 points and 10 rebounds when the teams last met in Oklahoma City, a 122-105 Thunder win on March 5.
Oklahoma City is rarely lacking for offense with Durant and Westbrook out there, but lately it's started to crack down defensively. The Thunder's past 10 opponents have shot just 40.5 percent - 30.7 from 3-point range.
"We put our mind set every time we set out on defense first and on the team first," Durant said. "That's what we have been doing. We have putting everything aside. We put our individual stats, shots, rebounds, and assists aside. We are grinding our system offensively and defensively. "We have to just keep it up. We just have to have that mindset where we can't let anything distract us from what we want to do in the game."
Durant has scored at least 35 points in four of his last five regular-season meetings with the Lakers. |
| Code: | LAL OKC
W. Johnson SF K. Durant
J. Hill PF S. Ibaka
Pau Gasol C K. Perkins
J. Meeks SG A. Roberson
K. Bryant PG R. Westbrook |
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Steve BLake: Elbow Out
S. Nash: Back Out
Jordan Farmar: Hamstring Out
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S. Adams: Ankle Questionable
T. Sefalosha: Knee Questionable |
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Not making Sundays game thread or any Game Thread until we're 2 over .500. Trying not to get into GTG territory. 
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City_Dawg
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If we didn't have Kancer Kobe, we'd blow these guys out easily. But since he's here we won't even survive fist quarter.
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danzag
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| We're gonna win this one. |
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K0BEE 2.0
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| danzag wrote: | | We're gonna win this one. |
Very unlikely, Durant is having his best season in his career..... this one is gonna be ugly. |
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Nahtanoj
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| City_Dawg wrote: | | If we didn't have Kancer Kobe, we'd blow these guys out easily. But since he's here we won't even survive fist quarter. |
Ship his ass out!
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Romano338
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Westbrook can hurt us badly in penetration.
Knowing that Durant will score his usuals, and with Ibaka for the rebounds, I'm not optimistic at all on this game. |
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kobegotbeef
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Thunder are rolling, so not going to be easy, they are 10-0 at home.
There bench is the best they have ever had so they are actually better than ever this year....... surprising. Jackson and lamb are playing great for them.
Adams there lottery pick center who has played really well rolled his ankle last game so probably will be out.
Will be a great win if lakers pull an upset. |
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gumby
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Alright! The Thunders vs the Farmers!
Hopefully the Lakers get their act in gear and pull and upset! Otherwise this could easily be an ugly game.
Bye.
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Purp&Gold
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:07 am Post subject: |
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the 2nd unit needs blake more than the starters do.
so we should start:
Henry -westbrook
Kobe -thabo
wesley -KD
sacre -ibaka
pau -perkins
henry maybe can slow westbrook down and make westbrook work on defense plus henry is overdue for a good road game. sacre we need to start if we want to stop these layup drills. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| If Gasol lays another egg on Friday, I hope that's his final straw. |
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LakersMDGurl
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I dont know if i wanna watch this game. Last two games were winnable and we lost them. I don't know about this one... OKC always gets up for the Lakers. IBlockYa and Porkins gonna abuse Pau tonight!!!! Sheesh
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danzag
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| LakersMDGurl wrote: | | I dont know if i wanna watch this game. Last two games were winnable and we lost them. I don't know about this one... OKC always gets up for the Lakers. IBlockYa and Porkins gonna abuse Pau tonight!!!! Sheesh |
Game is tomorrow, not tonight! |
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K0BEE 2.0
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| I'm predicting, Westbrook goes for 45 points..... this game has a big fat blow-out written all over it. |
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Krispy Kreme
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:26 am Post subject: |
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i think we'll surprise people and make it a close game, up until mid-fourth quarter, when OKC takes control
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| Krispy Kreme wrote: | | i think we'll surprise people and make it a close game, up until mid-fourth quarter, when OKC takes control |
Gee, I hope so. I hope it is close.
But it is a road game where journeyman players don't play well.
Some of our best players are hurt or out - Hill, Blake, Farmar
The team is in disarray and hasn't figured out adding Kobe yet.
Pau isn't playing even as well as last season (which was a decline from previous seasons)
Kobe isn't in game shape yet and isn't playing at the same level
We are playing an elite team that protects its homecourt (not a scrub team like the Kings)
I think this is a game where we fall behind early, and never compete. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:51 am Post subject: |
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I will be checking for my theory tonight that MDA has us look for more 3 ball's, the bigger the underdog we are.
If we can hit 45% on 32 shots from behind the arc we can be tough to beat tonight.
Live by the three! |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| Krispy Kreme wrote: | | i think we'll surprise people and make it a close game, up until mid-fourth quarter, when OKC takes control |
Hope the Lakers will show some fight, they've been able to beat some good teams, maybe they'll give ol' Fish some 3's in his grill. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| diando wrote: | | Game Thread Standings wrote: | KOBEE 2.0............................2-3
George the Geek..................0-4
diando.................................3-2
32........................................0-1
Chronicle.............................1-0
Pio2u...................................1-0
Lakers95..............................2-0
lakerjoshua..............................1-1
moonriver24..............................0-0
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Lakers95 is on a fire!!! Went undefeated in November.
diando has one moral victory against Portland. Also went 3-0 in November. But 0-2 in December. I suggest he doesn't make another game thread until the team is 2 games over 500. |
Did gtg get banned I haven't seen the dude in a while |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| diando wrote: | | Game Thread Standings wrote: | KOBEE 2.0............................2-3
George the Geek..................0-4
diando.................................3-2
32........................................0-1
Chronicle.............................1-0
Pio2u...................................1-0
Lakers95..............................2-0
lakerjoshua..............................1-1
moonriver24..............................0-0
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Lakers95 is on a fire!!! Went undefeated in November.
diando has one moral victory against Portland. Also went 3-0 in November. But 0-2 in December. I suggest he doesn't make another game thread until the team is 2 games over 500. |
Did gtg get banned I haven't seen the dude in a while |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| ^Haven't seen him since around the Thanksgiving weekend, guess that Lakers-Wizards result got to him. Doesn't look like he said anything to get banned, might actually be a voluntary vacation. |
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LoyalLakerfan44
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:30 am Post subject: Re: *** LAKERS @ THUNDERS, 12/13/13*** |
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| moonriver24 wrote: | Friday
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This is like a suicide mission for moonriver to create a 99.1 percent losing game thread. But it's not moonriver if not outrageously optimistic.
I say: Three Times A Charm!
Kobe will play crazy. (Well, interpret as you like ... )
Go Lakers! Steal the Thunder!
Ps. Sorry if this thread was prematurely born. |
An OKC blow out of epic proportions, I think I will skip this one no need to up my blood pressure medication. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| i think i can find something to do on friday |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| It would be a amazing, if we win against the Thunder, but the chances are very slim... I'm guessing Vegas has the OKC as -15 point favorites. |
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