Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[insanefishpossay]

Originally posted by podstock
4/1/04 update: well, the Kings lost, and the Lakers have the chance to tie for #1 seed.

So, what do the Lakers do?

They goddam ™™™™™™™ sleepwalk through the 1st quarter...

then, they sleepwalk through the 3rd quarter to give up a 6 point lead as the Rockets go on a 15-2 run

™™™™™™™ Lakers - this piece of ™™™™ sleepwalking will get them killed in the playoffs

going back to watch the rest of the game.........unless I throw my Heineken at the TV and break it!

Settle down, a team can't win every game, there are going to be nights where they don't play 100%.

[minew_m]

You had nothing to be mad about Podstock, they ended up winning, lol. Now guess who's tied for first!

[stalking_WOLF_21]

i'm mad and happy right know the lakers are first the wolves are second and the kings are third

[podstock]

Ok, I am now calm...almost threw a Heineken bottle at my TV

tha'ts why I love sports -- the passion, the emotion

I just love sports, and live and die with UCLA Bruins, Lakers, Angels/Dodgers, and 49ers

the Lakers won last night, but it was a pretty crappy game, with lots of turnovers, several Kobe ballhogging possessions when he could've passed to an open man for 3 more assists

But, Shaq played TREMENDOUS defense, yet again, as Yao had a measly 7 points, 8 boards, and never even got to the free throw line.

Malone did a fantastic job, with 20 points and 13 boards..he may have sacrificed to make only $1M this year, but he certainly deserves a HUGE raise next year.

Not much to say in the way of stats.....

the IMPORTANT thing is: Lakers are now tied with Sacramento, at 52-23. Sacramento has the top 2 tiebreakers, having gone 2-1 in head to head competition vs the Lakers and are 2 games ahead of the Lakers in conference record.

wowowow...just 2 weeks ago, Lakers were SIX games behind Sac

Today, they have the same record.

Lakers play tonight in a back-to-back vs. the Sonics, who always play the Lakers tough at Key Arena in Seattle.

Spurs are also slowly creeping up, only 2 games behind for #1 seed.

Lakers play Spurs this Sunday at home; play the Kings next Sunday at Arco Arena

Lakers have 4 games at home, 2 more on road (Seattle, Sacramento)

Kings have 3 at home; 4 on the road
Wolves have 3 at home and 3 at road

boy....what a finish we should have, as only 2 games separate #1 seed from #4 seed

[podstock]

4/4/04: Lakers get pick-and-rolled to death by the SA Spurs

wowowowow....

this loss to the Spurs was brought to you by:


1. Kobe's selfishness, as he spent the early parts of the 1st quarter firing 20-footers while being played tough by Bowen and sometimes double teamed; what an ™™™™™™™™™! how can you fire up 20-footers with a guy in your face when there's 15+ seconds on the time clock and plenty of open teammates!

thanks a lot Kobe....take your farking ball with you on your way out the door this summer. Jordan couldn't beat the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons all by himself; there's no way Kobe willl be able to get to the NBA Final all by himself on a ™™™™ty team (Clippers, Atlanta, etc)

2. the Lakers defense, which doesn't understand how to play pick-and-roll

3. Phil Jackson, who doesn't make the team practice defense

Spurs played tremendous and deserve this victory

[ugi802004]

This is the 1st time im lookin at this. This is so sweet (being a laker fan) but they win it all, no one has stopped them whe there healty, ok so the lost to SA, 1 bad game, that was only 1st time SA beat them this season. (11-2 when healty w/ Rick Fox) Rick Fox the X-Factor, hahah lol.

[podstock]

4/6/04: Portland trounces the Lakers by 11, 91-80.

boy, the 1st quarter was absolutely UGLY..

No one played defense, and the Trailblazers had open look after open look. When they weren't making outside shots, they were penetrating through a porous Lakers defense

then, there was Kobe, who made a whopping 5 shots out of 23
attempts. Shaq meanwhile only shot it 11 times

boy, Kobe is a stubborn son of a b*tch -- his shots were not there, and instead of passing, he kept firing away. This is fine if he were on the Hawks / Clippers / Bulls, where no one else scores.

But, we've got Shaq, Karl, Gary...and Kobe kept firing shots that had no chance of going in.

It's one thing to keep shooting if you are hot..but Kobe was more frigid than your freezer!

what a pathetic game. Portland committed 20 turnovers, but still blew out the Lakers on the road!!

Lakers now tied with Spurs for 4th best record (but win the tiebreaker)..... next game is home vs the Memphis Grizzlies

4 games left...including road games at Sacramento and at Portland

[ugi802004]

Normally i hate when people jus blame Kobe, he wins a lot of games but then blows some. But in this case, man when r shooting this bad, GIVE IT UP. Like said there is Malone, Payton and Shaq.

[podstock]

Ugi - I agree with you

without the clutch shooting, the clutch rebounds, and the skilled defense that Kobe provides, the Lakers wouldn't have won the titles....

but Kobe is of the mindset that HE is the one who decides the game

Kobe decided he was gonna shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot... regardless of whether his shots were close or not.

if it weren't for Kobe's passion, I'd hate him like there was no tomorrow.

If Shaq had half of Kobe's passion for the game, Shaq would be the Most Dominant Ever

Shaq last night shot miserably, yet again, from the free throw line.

How can a pro ball player in the NBA shoot LESS THAN 30% from the free throw line in a bunch of games on a consistent basis?

[ugi802004]

I no lol, Kobe coming of a hot month, getting player of the month, and he cant let that get to him, he thinks hes invincable now, and taking every shot. Hopefully Phil will make it clear to him in practice, Team before himself.