Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[stalking_WOLF_21]

and if the lakers were so good. THEN THEY SHOULD PROVE IT. and the wolves are first so they play a worse team the nuggets do not suck THE LAKERS SUCK.

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Originally posted by minew_m
They should have kept giving the ball to Shaq. Not sure why Kobe kept on jacking up three after three in the fouth again. He's not playing Portland again. He won't always make that shot!

agree with Skyracer..

once you are down double digits in the 4th quarter on the road, and the team is not playing defense, the only recourse is to have Kobe jack up 3s in the 4th quarter.

no time to panice......

yet!

lol

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Originally posted by minew_m
I actually would have given the ball more to Kareem Rush. He is the best three point shooter on the team. Even Fisher is a better three point shooter than Kobe.

Kareem and Fisher certainly shoot the 3s better than Kobe....

and certainly, given how hot they are in the the playoffs this year, they should've been taking more 3s in the 4th quarter

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Originally posted by insanefishpossay
There's only a two game difference between the Nuggets and the Rockets, they can't suck that much.

Certainly, if the Lakers played the Nuggets, they'd destroy them

In the NBA, it's all about matchups.

the Nuggets have no one to match up to Shaq; Houston does

Houston has a speedy point guard in Francis, who does great pick-and-rolls, a weakness of the Lakers; Denver doesn't

Houston has several good 3-point shooters (Jackson, Mobley, Francis)...and since the Lakers do not play defense, it's easy to shoot the 3. Denver doesn't have the good shooters

So, while there may only be a 2-game difference b/t Houston and Denver, in the playoffs, it's a HUGE difference.

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Originally posted by podstock
Certainly, if the Lakers played the Nuggets, they'd destroy them

Yeah, too bad they couldn't quite get that #1 seed. :)

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insanefishpossay - all they needed to do was just play defense, and they could've won 2 more games for that #1 seed.....

but not all is lost.

Lakers just have to want to play defense!

Good to see Dallas romp and stomp all over Sacramento!!

Now if only Memphis could win one lousy stinkin' playoff game

Just one!

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Originally posted by podstock
insanefishpossay - all they needed to do was just play defense, and they could've won 2 more games for that #1 seed.....

And I'm sure I could list things the wolves could have done to win more games too. I just haven't really thought about it, probilby because they won the #1 seed.

[minew_m]

Hey stalking_WOLF_21. Did you watch any good games last night? I saw a good one between the Nuggets and the T-wolves, lol.

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Originally posted by minew_m
Hey stalking_WOLF_21. Did you watch any good games last night? I saw a good one between the Nuggets and the T-wolves, lol.

Minew -

I missed the game b/t #8 place Nuggets and #1 T-wolves, could you tell me briefly what happened?

I know that my Lakers lost Game 3 by 11 points or so, but we were within 4 points with 2 minutes to go in the 4th quarter and had a chance to win it before we ran out of gas in our comeback.

How did the Timberwolves do?

:o)

[minew_m]

I think we could say the T-wolves ran out of gas. They were outplayed in the entire game. Earl Boykins (five foot five guard) was outhustling many of the Wolves for boards. He ended up with 4 on the night. That is one less than Minnesota's starting center, and just as much as their backup center!

The final score was 101-92. That was with all of the reserves in for the Nuggets. The lead was once a 19 point lead towards the end of third quarter. Cassell, Sprewell, and Kandi failed to reach double digits. I even think Cassell had only six points. Garnett had another great game but that was it for the Wolves.

For the Nuggets, on the other hand, were great. Every player that entered the game scored. The team was led by Melo with 25 points. Boykins also scored 21 points. How can the T-wolves not stop someone who is 5 foot 5 and constantely drives to the basket? If the Lakers play them, look for big games from Kobe and Payton. They love to drive to the basket! The Nuggets did this without Marcus Camby who didn't play. Imagine what they could have done with a defensive weapon like Camby in there?