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golden1
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | Good game by the Rockets, good game by Yao and Brooks. They deserved the win. |
That's the bottom line, people can blame the refs all they want, but personal responsibility plays a role too. |
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TobiasBeecher
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That's what is irritating about this loss. Houston is an okay team but they were made to look like the 2003 Spurs by the Lakers tonight.
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| VonTrapp wrote: | | undefeatedAJ wrote: | | FBP Si 2000 wrote: | | VonTrapp wrote: | | Worthy42 wrote: | | undefeatedAJ wrote: | | question of the decade: under phil, why can't the lakers play defense?! |
can't play def when you're getting whistled for everything |
Refs were VERY inconsistent .... I don't care if they call every ticky tack or if they let them play jungleball, as long as they are consistent the whole game. They were terrible though, and Lakers suffered for it. |
Yeah, all we want is consistency. |
As inconsistent as the calls were tonite, the lakers need to realize to keep pushing on defense, which they can't seem to do for more than a 2 minute stretch. If they get called for a foul, so be it. If they dont play D, the rockets will just build momentum and score too easily a la aaron brooks |
True, but our big men were taken out early, particularly Bynum, due to ticky-tack fouls. Players see this, and internalize it and play tentatively as a result. Meanwhile on the other end we get whacked around and nothing gets called. |
Phil, if you're not going to coach or get up and b**ch during the game, at least act like the supposed legend that you are and lobby for calls or at least non-calls during the post game interviews. This guy needs to start to pressure the refs as much as the other coaches. Whether it works or not is another story but at least have your players' backs. |
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kobe_4_mvp
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| pau gasol is soft, sasha sucks, andrew bynum is all talk and hype, and kobe is no longer the best player in the league. |
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undefeatedAJ
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| kobe_4_mvp wrote: | | pau gasol is soft, sasha sucks, andrew bynum is all talk and hype, and kobe is no longer the best player in the league. |
that pretty much sums it up right there. until pau acts like the cave man he looks like, we're not going far. as cerebral and skilled kobe is, he doesn't utilize his 'high' IQ and drive the damn ball. You forgot about fisher, he's pretty crapped out |
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DocK36
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| kobe_4_mvp wrote: | | pau gasol is soft, sasha sucks, andrew bynum is all talk and hype, and kobe is no longer the best player in the league. |
Yup, how come we end up with the guy from China who can't play, and of all the Euros, we find one who can't hit shots.
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Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
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akademiks
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Derek Fisher SUCKS |
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Not a good time. Post later. |
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| Dreamshake wrote: | | Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half). |
I wouldn't worry about Brooks' indecisiveness. Average guards have been known to sleepwalk to career highs and brand-spankin'-new contracts because of The Anti-Guard. |
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Damn I'm pissed but I'm not as stupid as some of you guys here...its ONE game the series is best out of seven!!!! We will win this series. We weren't gonna sweep them anyway and it doesnt matter how many they get as long as we get to 4 first and we will....
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God i just lost almost three hours of studying to watch the Lakers lose... Oh i'm a little ticked off!
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| Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Are you suggesting the Lakers will win 2 games on the road? I doubt the NBA refs would be so accomodating. |
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Dude, get out. The guy was faking it like Paulina. He just wanted to catch his breath. He was on the ground crying and came back and hit a 17 foot jumper. |
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Kobe still hasn't come out yet.... hope he's ok.
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Gut check time.  |
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| Felipe Bah wrote: | anybody else thinks the lakers are still playing with regular season intensity?
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more like preseason |
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Jesseca328 wrote: | | God i just lost almost three hours of studying to watch the Lakers lose... Oh i'm a little ticked off! |
(bleep) (bleep), me too. i have 3 finals to go and i wasted my night watching this team lose after waiting a week for it. FML.
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| tgf5 wrote: | | Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Dude, get out. The guy was faking it like Paulina. He just wanted to catch his breath. He was on the ground crying and came back and hit a 17 foot jumper. |
B.S. no need to knock a guy for playing hard and fighting through pain. What we should worry about is Pau Gasol looking like Christian Bale from "The Machinist" out there. |
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| tgf5 wrote: | | DocK36 wrote: | | David Stern's new strategy, F Kobe vs Lebron, Yao vs Lebron and I'm getting like a billion viewers overseas. |
 Yao the Warrior vs. The King.. of... of...  |
The King of Roids and Stern's marketing campaign. |
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| LAkers 4 Life wrote: | | Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Are you suggesting the Lakers will win 2 games on the road? I doubt the NBA refs would be so accomodating. |
Winning in Houston isn't exactly that tough to do. Portland almost beat us there twice in the last round. Y'all have already done it twice this year, and as funny as it sounds...Brooks has played better on the road in the postseason than at home.
We barely scored enough to beat y'all tonight...and that's with Brooks and Artest having very efficient games. It doesn't happen that often. Similar to last years WCF, I think our defense may be able to keep the scores lower but I don't see how we can score enough to win this series. |
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| tgf5 wrote: | | Dreamshake wrote: | Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......when I say I was in my house PRAYING when Yao went down, I am 100% serious. I was like no, not again. It was such a good game...you don't want to see something like that happen. I'm glad he is ok and also glad the cameras followed him so folks could see how tough he really is. Yao is not soft!! He might not be the most athletic dude or always the most aggressive, but he wants to play and you do have to drag him off the court.
You guys were a bit rusty tonight, but to be fair...so were our players. I don't expect y'all to miss as many shots and I know I can't count on Artest and Brooks to keep shooting 50% or better, so I still say LA in 6. Brooks speed did seem to bother Fisher, but I wouldn't worry about that as much because Brooks isn't always in attack mode and is quite indecisive half the time (see his play in the first half).
Good game and hopefully it will continue to be a good series. |
Dude, get out. The guy was faking it like Paulina. He just wanted to catch his breath. He was on the ground crying and came back and hit a 17 foot jumper. |
Exactly! Yao Ming is nothing more than a drama queen, like pierceD and fade. |
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| tgf5 wrote: |
Dude, get out. The guy was faking it like Paulina. He just wanted to catch his breath. He was on the ground crying and came back and hit a 17 foot jumper. |
Yao wouldn't know good acting if he stumbled onto the red carpet at the Oscars. He isn't Paula Pierce and it's doubtful that tears can come out on cue. Devean George looked like his leg was amputated in the game against Minnesota and he came back. People have different pain thresholds and react differently. |
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| I love Ron Artest interviews. |
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