Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[podstock]

I do not believe that the Pistons have enough offense to stop the Lakers

this is as bad as you should see the Lakers play (Shaq/Kobe scored 57 of the Lakers 75. Nobody else doing anything).....

and the question is: can the Pistons play much better defense than this?

I do not believe so

[minew_m]

Originally posted by podstock
I do not believe that the Pistons have enough offense to stop the Lakers

this is as bad as you should see the Lakers play (Shaq/Kobe scored 57 of the Lakers 75. Nobody else doing anything).....

and the question is: can the Pistons play much better defense than this?

I do not believe so

Have to totally agree with this. In the Finals Shaq always turns it up and the game he had last night was average considering what he did the years that they won the championship. Look for more of Shaq. Also, look for Malone. Once Malone gets going theres another 12-15 points easy. Shaq was trying to get Malone involved yesterday but he was coming up sort on a lot of shots.

[podstock]

that's right. Karl had 5-8 wide open shots and clanked them all before Kobe gave him a pass to lay up the ball in the 3rd quarter

It's good defense when you play up tight against someone, and put a hand in his face to help prevent him from scoring.

when you leave someone open for a 15-footer, and he misses that'd BAD defense.

If leaving people open, and having them miss open shots, was GOOD defense....then, I have to be one of the best defensive players ever in playground basketball, b/c my man was always open for a shot.

[cardbuyer66]

lol, nice last comment. Shaq has a great game shooting, and him and Kobe score 57 combined, and the team only gets 75. When they were trying to score towards the end of the game, they couldn't even get a 3 up cuz they were all so closely contested. Fishers layup toward the end even missed cuz there was a Wallace trying to block it.

Detroit's defense is crazy. I think this series is going to be very close, and I think Detroit has atleast a 50-50 chance of winning it

[leftyshan]

<<<<<<<<Da Man!!!!!!!

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while this was a TREMENDOUS win....

what worries me is that the Lakers needed a last second shot by Kobe to take it into OT to win

not looking good going into Detroit

the only hope I have is that the Pistons suck on offense. If the Pistons had the Spurs offense, this Finals would be over

Pistons don't really have anyone down the stretch, esp. with Kobe covering Rick Hamilton like a glove

[minew_m]

What a game! I just hope Shaq and Kobe can continue to dominate. Also I hope Walton can keep on playing like he is. He played tremendous!

[cardbuyer66]

I still like the Pistons to take the series :-)

I just love going against all the LA fans

what a shot, if it was 2-0 then Detroit would have ended it at home, now its anyones series

[stalking_WOLF_21]

you guys were saying that detroit didn't have good defense. with out kobe hitting that last minute three pistons win two games in la. the can win this series.
they are playing great defense. i don't know how you could say that they don't have good "d". Maybe your a little bit jealous that detroit can play "d" and the lakers can't.
-Eric

[insanefishpossay]

Kobe is unbelieveable.

He can make any frickin' shot he puts up, no matter how crazy it is.