Rockets, Magic force Game 7′s
Aaron Brooks (photo. NBA)
One of our guys Tweeted it best: “Aaron Brooks, please give Chris Paul his swag back.” As he’s become known for doing this series, Brooks carved up any point guard Phil Jackson put in front of him, dropping 26 points in Houston’s win over the Lakers last night to force Game Seven. So now we know that with this injury-racked version of the Rockets, as Brooks goes, they go. If he gets off to a good start on Sunday and has Derek Fisher and Jordan Farmar flailing and sliding around trying to keep up with him like they were in Game 6, the Rockets have a real chance at pulling off a monumental upset … Houston got out to a 17-1 lead, and for a long time it looked like L.A. wouldn’t even crack double digits in the first quarter. (They did, ending up with 15 after one.) Luis Scola was destroying Pau Gasol during that stretch, giving him ugly hook shots off the glass that would’ve given Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a cold chill and scoring 14 of his 24 points in the first. Gasol slumped on the bench looking like a kid who’d been put on timeout as Kobe screamed at him to get his head right … Kobe had his own problems with Shane Battier, however. The score sheet says Kobe outscored his assignment 32-5 and dominated, but consider it took Mamba a lot of shots to do it (11-27 FG) and the frustration was visible. One time Kobe was being guarded by Ron Artest when he popped him in the mouth while trying to get free. Kobe got a tech, while Ron-Ron (14 pts, 6-17 FG) made a big show about literally running away from the situation, only to come back and give Kobe a close-up view of his bloody tongue to prove he really got hit. If somebody wanted to take a snapshot of the character we know as “Crazy Ron,” that was it … L.A. cut the lead to three with a big run to open the third quarter, but the Rockets’ energy lineup got them back in rhythm and brought the lead back to double digits. The capper was a Carl Landry and-one dunk over Lamar Odom off a nice pass from Chuck Hayes. Cue a great shot of Kobe by the scorer’s table rolling his eyes and shaking his head … Ineffective Andrew Bynum was back in the building: 19 minutes, zero points, seven boards, three fouls. His worst play: When Bynum had Battier posted up literally two feet from the basket and tried a hook shot. You gotta try to dunk that, big fella … If he were good enough to crack the rotation, who wouldn’t want to see James White playing that role J.R. Smith plays in Denver as the Aggravating Dagger Guy During A Blowout? Have Rick Adelman stick “Flight White” in the game when the Rockets are putting the finishing touches on a rout and let him make the exclamation points that much more nasty with his contest-worthy dunks … With a Game Seven looming, tell us why Phil had Kobe on the court with the Lakers down 15 and under a minute to go? That’s why you have Adam Morrison …
Dwight Howard (photo. Mannion)
Dwight Howard put himself under the gun when he aired out Stan Van Gundy in public. (“When you have a dominant player, let him be dominant,” he said after Game 5.) Not that anything Dwight said was entirely off-base, but for somebody who is still far from Duncan-ish when it comes to dependable go-to big guys, he still has to prove himself. Facing elimination in his own gym against the Celtics last night, he stood up and delivered. Howard (23 pts, 22 rebs, 3 blks) scored Orlando’s first eight points, including a couple dunks on Brian Scalabrine that were simply unfair, and set the tone as the Magic out-toughed the C’s to force Game Seven … The Magic fell behind by 10 in the third quarter, and even though they rallied, with the way they’ve been blowing leads, nobody felt comfortable when Orlando went ahead in the fourth. Of course Boston got the lead back after Paul Pierce (17 pts, 9 rebs) took over, but Rafer Alston came right back and hit a three to put Orlando back up, and with a minute and a half left, Hedo Turkoglu threw in the dagger with another three … Eddie House almost started another fight when he hacked Courtney Lee on a breakaway, which led to Stephon Marbury squaring up on Hedo — and showing more emotion in those four seconds than he showed in his last two years with the Knicks. Nothing came of the incident but some techs … Notable numbers from this one: Rajon Rondo put up 19 points, 16 boards, six dimes and four steals; Kendrick Perkins had 15, 10 boards and three blocks; and Ray Allen and J.J. Redick shot a combined 2-for-18 from the field, 0-for-9 from three … Stan Van Gundy in high-definition: NOT a good look. Imagine if Will Smith had a short, pudgy sidekick in I Am Legend and you get an idea of what SVG was looking like … We’re out like CP’s stolen swag …
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May 15th, 2009 at 4:51 am
sans says:
Go Rockets!
What happened to the dominant Lakers? They’re Charmin Soft…even if they pull this out, you know Nene, Birdman, and KMart1 have to be grinning at how Landry, Scola, and Hayes can out-tough and out hustle the pansies in gold and purp.
May 15th, 2009 at 4:52 am
mcw says:
first
man despite both series today went to 7, i still feel pretty comfortable predicting a laker and boston win in game 7 whenever that is
May 15th, 2009 at 5:02 am
the cynic says:
Wow, the Rockets are really an impressive team and Rick Adelman is matching Phil Jackson move for move like in the Sac-town days. If Chuck Hayes and Scola can stay out of foul trouble they can seriously challange the Lakers. The Lakers backcourt is a mess (obviously not Kobe), I was worried about the perimeter play all year and its really starting to show in the playoffs.
How much longer is SVG going to stick with JJ Redick over Courtney Lee?
May 15th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Kryptonite Hops says:
it is the small fast guards which are giving the Lakers the business. The sawft front line was a given.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:08 am
K Dizzle says:
Yeah…..Lakers been real dominant. That’s why the series is goin 7? I know we gonna win it but props to Houston for showin heart…
May 15th, 2009 at 5:10 am
murcielago says:
lakers came out flat again. houston hustled its way to another win. simple as that.
damn, luis scola is steady.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:16 am
the cynic says:
i wonder if spurs fans watch Scola play for the Rockets and cry themselves to sleep
May 15th, 2009 at 5:21 am
mykee says:
Houston is a FAR better defensive team than Denver is. Plus Denver plays the style of basketball that the Lakers like to play.In 4 out of the 5 games with Dallas, Denver gave up over 100 points and the one game they didn’t, it was 85 points. The Lakers record when they score over 100? 7-0. Billups is not as quick as Brooks is and not quite as willing to set up teammates. Melo historically has not played well against the Lakers either. And who on Denver is going to slow down Kobe? There is no defensive player that is of the caliber of Battier or Artest to make things difficilt for him. Anthony Carter is no Lowry. Nene, Birdman, and K-Mart do not play with the heart that Scola, Hayes, and Landry play with. They rely on their athleticism. Of course the Lakers have to win Sunday to even think that far, which they will.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:24 am
mykee says:
my bad, 95 points. and that was directed at post #1. sans (any common sense)
May 15th, 2009 at 5:28 am
murcielago says:
The most troubling thing for the lakers isn’t denver. It’s that they seem to take days off. No different with game 6 today. That’s why Kobe was frustrated since he was trying to close out while the others struggled.
good thing rafer didn’t mess up orlando today or dwight might have exploded in the off-season.
damn, ray-ray must have emptied all the ammo in the Chicago series.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Rainbow says:
@ 7
Thats presuming we make it past Houston … which I’m real worried about.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:36 am
mykee says:
Two words rainbow, GAME 5.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:01 am
M Intellect says:
I would just like to say that comment about SVG in HD was so funny that no degree of laughter could express how I felt, so I just sat back in my chair for about 2 minutes thinking about how funny-slash-brutal that was, composed myself and wrote this comment.
Thank you Dime for making my day.
Amen
May 15th, 2009 at 6:57 am
rick773 says:
@ 13 I just LOL’d in a quiet office and now everbordys looking at me half crazy
May 15th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Dagomar says:
Last night was Kobe at his absolute worst. 16 shots in the first half, and an overall inefficient mess of a performance (for his standards), mixed in with a lot of yelling at his teammates and generally selfish play. This is why I can’t like the guy, even if I respect his game when he plays within the offense.
This Lakers team has been the disappointment of the playoffs for me so far. They’re just too soft and disjointed to win shit this year.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:01 am
rick773 says:
Oh and my boi used to say the same thing about Lou Holtz
May 15th, 2009 at 7:04 am
rick773 says:
@ 15 hopefully this is the prelude for Kobe making another youtube video
Opting out of his contract signing with the bulls
And playing in the house mike built while us bulls fans bask in the glow of more championships…Lol it could happen
May 15th, 2009 at 7:10 am
e says:
KOBE IS A RUTHLESS CHUCK HOW MANY SHOTS DO YOU HAVE TO MISS BEFORE GETTING YOUR TEAM INVOLVED WHO CANT TAKE 30 SHOTS AND GET 30 POINTS WAY OVERRATED CANT WAIT TILL THEY LOSE THEY SHOULD RE TITLE THAT ESPN MOVIE DOING CHUCKIN THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BALL HOG
May 15th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Kudabeen says:
Dwight gets touches and Boston’s thin front line gets in foul trouble…That enables Rashard, Turk and crew to attack the basket with less resistance…That gets Orlando the win. If they do the same thing and shot better they win game 7.
Ray Allen is playing like a man with one contact missing right now…Tough to watch
I still feel Mikki Moore and Bill Walker can take up some early minutes to keep Boston’s guys out of foul trouble before the 4th quarter…
LA did exactly what they were hammered for doing in game 4…People criticize Shane for his D, but he makes Kobe work hard and he doesn’t put him on the line…great. Kobe gets so consumed with proving he is unstoppable his teammates get stuck in “watch mode”…
Game 7s are a toss up…I’m taking Orlando and LA
I think LA will dominate the paint and “act” tough for one more game to move on…
Denver and the Cavs are licking their chops seeing all the advantages they have.
If LA can’t guard Scola and box out Landry/Hayes, what the hell are they going to do with Denver’s frontline? Denver in 6 games…Unless LA undergoes a heart transplant…
Orlando doesn’t have any match up advantages against Cleveland. So Cavs in 5 games…
May 15th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Davros says:
If Houston go on to beat the Lakers minus Yao & T-Mac, will that be a bigger upset that when Golden State beat Dallas a few years back?
May 15th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Davros says:
Can Cleveland do a fo-fo-fo-fo? They are only team in the playoffs who are dominating
May 15th, 2009 at 7:44 am
isotope says:
I said it before, will say it again. Winner of the Hou-LA series is winning it all.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:15 am
bub says:
I’m pulling for the rockets, how can you not root for a team without their two biggest superstars? Aaron Brooks is playin out of his mind when Houston wins games. Lakers aren’t lookin so tough now are they?
Ray Allen conditioning looks like its catchin up to him, which is understandable from runnin all those overtime minutes against the bulls that last series.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am
OC says:
Upset in the making in the West. You know that LA won’t just rollover and take it from Houston, but what happened to this dominant force that was the LA LAKERS. Gotta agree with Davros. It think this would be a bigger upset than MAVS and Warriors.
I would like to see Nuggets and Rockets in the conf finals. Even better… Nuggets Cavs in the finals. ‘Melo trying to go toe 2 toe with ‘Bron, Chauncey given Mo fits. Bodies flying everwhere trying to stay clear of the havok. Makes for great TV.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:20 am
bub says:
Oh yeah gotta salute Battier for bein a MF when he gaurds Kobe. the face value of the trade of Rudy Gay(draft pick) for shane battier seems to have its upside right now…(lets just give Shane a new nickname, the new “Bruce Bowen” or “Kobe container”, becuz this guy cuz seems like he is a very pivotal figure in this series IMO)
May 15th, 2009 at 8:30 am
rangerjohn says:
all i am gonna say is where are all those “we where missing bynam thats why we didnt win last year” guys at?
IMO last years lakers where beter then this years lakers. lakeshow has ZERO chance of winning the title and they are gonna start “rebuilding” slightly this summer
May 15th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball says:
see, lakers are stilllllll soft….and i’m not a scola fan but he was killin gasol. Spins and flips out the ass meanwhile gasol has like 5 inches on him.
May 15th, 2009 at 8:41 am
the_don_mega (representin' the 3 stars and a sun) says:
if the lakseshow can use these adversities they’re facin’ into sumthin’ positive (think boston last year havin trouble with atlanta)… they could still be a threat…
BUT… thing is… ATL might’ve just been the right team to give the c’s fits last year… bottom line… the lakeshow’s still kinda soft… i think the current celtic team could still give ‘em fits as well…
May 15th, 2009 at 8:55 am
E$ says:
what a game, what a series. Last team in Tx still standing! “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!” – KG
May 15th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Ashlov says:
Pretty sure SVG would have panicked at the sight of zombies.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:11 am
POPPI GEE says:
Houston Up! Now that’s what the F… I call a chain reaction!
Every Houston fan got to be going slightly nuts lol. This is just crazy! No T-Mac, No Yao, No Deke and some cats that if you have not seen them play you would prolly be like …nah I’ll pass, Ron is supposedly crazy, Shane gets the overrated talk all the time, and Brooks wasn’t even the starter of the squad for a minute.
Cats not only have made it pass the first round, but have taken last years Western conference representers to a game 7???!!!
Dang it feels good to see people up on it!
I like the Lakers and all but they really better come out banging Sunday. If Houston gets the jump on em and gets a lead early….ut oh.
Really wanting Orlando to win. I just feel like they will do better vs. the Cavs. Boston with no K.G. is open-season for a full steam ahead LeBron.
Go Orlando, but I must say Boston is proving to be worthy champions, who ain’t letting it go easy.
If the Rockets win Sun. it’s gonna be like one of those “We did it Brooklyn” Biggie moments lol.
Rocket fans stand up! This is all to beautiful win or lose.
Houston up! All ova the place!
May 15th, 2009 at 9:17 am
BERN BROGDEN says:
LAKERS PG situation is thier PROBLEM.
Their frontline is cool. Their LENGTH and ATHLETICISM compensates for thier BEEYOTCHNESS.
I don’t know what’s going on with BYNUM.
Props to LO for battling.
Props to BROOKS. He looks FRESH 2 DEF. His legs are so much MORE springier or READY2GO than ANYONE LA tries to throw at him.
SIMPLE SH*T SOMETIMES SLOPPY SCOLA!
His game is so EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
Awww man, the Latino Duncan.
PROPS to ADELMAN!!! He definitely deserves some credit.
PROPS to Dwight…for DELIVERING!
It says something to be DOMINANT POST PLAYER WITH LIL’ POST MOVES. Damn!!!!!!!!!
That means, if he had “ALOTTA” POST MOVES…he’d be gunnin’ for JERRY WEST LOGO STATUS.
THE OPPOSITE OF PROPS to Ray Ray. He stunk it up!!!
Fa real, fa real, he stunk it up REPEATEDLY during last year’s run but eventually CAME THRU. So, I guess Orlando should zero in on him. He’ll try to it again.
I had BOSTON sweepin’ MAGIC. Here we are at GAME 7.
PROPS to MAGIC!! Period. Didn’t think you could make this interesting without MEER.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Kermit the Washington says:
I’m gonna say it: Lakers lose game 7. And they DESERVE IT. I can’t believe this. These cats are so daggone soft, I can’t watch anymore.
And PLEEEASE Phil. Replace DFish with Shannon Brown. Do it NOW.
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May 15th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Brown says:
I hope Boston loses game 7 so we don’t have to be subject to watching Brian Scalabrine act like he actually belongs in the NBA. Can somebody please tell him to get on an exercise bike?
Hilarious quote from Hubie Brown last night: “No double-team comes, so Scalabrine has to guard Lewis one-on-one, and he’s going to have a hard time doing that without fouling.” A nice way of him to say Scal sucks.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:23 am
SWAT says:
man if the rox beat the lakers on sunday tht goes up there with the 86 rockets beating the showtime lakers. but honetsly its amazing to me how people dont ever mention us doing tht…yea we got worked over by bird and them but we made it to the finals. and really it bothers me of all the where amazing happens highlights, especially tht old one with bird, my rox get no love. no hakeem over shaq for tht final tip in with the 95 sweep, no kiss of death from mario elie…but really i guess we should be used to by now. on some rodney dangerfield stuff…we gets no respect. whtevr im off my soapbox now. i dnt kno if we can win game 7 in LA but either way im proud of my boys. CLUTCH CITY IS BACK BABY!
May 15th, 2009 at 9:38 am
kulas says:
@ post 30
completely agree with you on replacing Fisher. I just think he’s the least effective of the Lakers PG’s. Aside from being a turnstile on D, he doesn’t even sink his threes (0/5 attempts), 2 points on 21 minutes (Farmar had 13 on 21 min).
May 15th, 2009 at 9:39 am
doc says:
That man said give him the damn ball.He aint look wrong in that assesment to me.The Lakers should change they name to Kobe Bean and the Monthly Bleeders with all them slit in the middle dudes he working with.Pau had Scola looking like The Dream out that bitch!
May 15th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Kermit the Washington says:
Yeah Kulas…DFish is gunning worse than EVER, and Farmar/Shannon Brown are waaaay more productive. I know Farmar hasn’t been at his best, but there’s no way he’d be worse than what DFish is doing to us.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:32 am
JS79 says:
You’r right SWAP, our Rockets team hadn’t have any good comment from the media, they have being saying that Rockets are not a good team, they don’t have any talented players, they haven’t showed any love or respect, but anyways we are proud of our Rockets team for the heart and effort they had put in every game they had play. Whatever happens in game 7 I’ll be so Proud of my Rockets team.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Dr.gOOgles says:
First off….GO ROCEKETS!!!
Win or lose on sunday Rocket fans should be proud WE MADE IT THIS FAR. We have became so productive considering losing all of our important pieces on the
team.
I give it to the Lakers they going to come out hard sunday and i don’t like our chances when we play in LA. If we can only carry that same intensity we had last night we have a great chance.
Now that LA have bynum back where is all this talk about them missing him? I think that injury that he had is still getting the best of him.
What happen to people dissing battier style of defense? last night it looked pretty effective. As long DFish is out there brooks is going to contniue roasting him.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:39 am
LakeShow84 says:
lemme just comment and get it over with.. dont want to be all quiet when we lose..
Good game from the Rockets.. both teams played hard..
And Fuck You Dime cuz everyone in the arena saw Ron Artest fake that bump with Kobe.. fucking team out there acting and flopping all over the place..
May 15th, 2009 at 10:39 am
djKianoosh says:
10 offensive rebounds. monstrous.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:40 am
LakeShow84 says:
That game was DISGUSTING..
May 15th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Curtis G says:
the cynic says:
i wonder if spurs fans watch Scola play for the Rockets and cry themselves to sleep
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If I were a Spur, I sure as hell would!
May 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
liukz says:
everybody s making a big deal about the lakers going 7 against the rockets
last years boston went to 7 with the HAWKS and Cavs! and anyway people sais they were a dominant FORCE and shit,wich i think they were cuz is all about winning a chip
If the Lakers win it all.all of this stupid trash talk will mean nothing
Lets talk if they lose,but last time i check they playing
NBA its a Game of matchups…like i said the other day if the cavs where playing the Jazz and the rockets instead of pistons and hawks everyone could understand that east is really weak besides cavs,celtics and magic
in the West you are playing GOOD TEAMS where every one of them from 1 to 8 are really good teams
May 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
rangerjohn says:
nah lakeshow84, that was no flop on artests part, sure he over acted after the fact and no it was no tech but he did get hit. i think they called the tech to send a message and because sterny was there.
batiers defense was pretty good but kobe still shot almost his average. shanes best d came at the 3 point line, where kobe was 1-5. so if you take the 3 pointers out of the FG’s he shot about 46% which is actually better then his average.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Dr.gOOgles says:
@39
yeah i know i spelled rockets wrong
May 15th, 2009 at 11:01 am
doc says:
@liukz-Now u wanna talk about how good the West is?Why u wasnt saying that shit all season.Yall was talking that 75 win bullshit now its so tough.More than its so tough its yall so soft.Ifr yall so good from 1-8,why the fuck is Denver running through the rest?Excuses are like assholes.They stink.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:11 am
QQ says:
Dwight getting touches, SVG adjusting but not changing his game plan, everybody’s happy, Magic wins.
Damn, it took two ugly losses, but if we keep this up, we’ll revving in no time.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am
LakeShow84 says:
@ RangerJohn
that was a joke.. that GAME was a joke.. tell it how you want to tell it..
“that was no flop on artests part, sure he over acted after the fact and no it was no tech but he did get hit.”
dude so it was a belly bump then?? cuz no part of Kobe touched Artest’s face.. even the announcers said it..
@ DOC
its about matchups right?? First off if you take CP3 out of the Hornets plan thats probably a lottery team..no my bad THAT IS a lottery team.. Billups is CP3′s nightmare as far as matchups go so there goes round one.. And even though Utah slid Dallas was the weakest team in our conference as far as playoffs go.. So thats why Denver is running through the West pumpkin..
And the 4th “best” team in the East?? Atlanta wouldnt even have made the West’s playoffs.. ease back playa.. i know ur a east coaster but dont act blind..
May 15th, 2009 at 11:16 am
SWAT says:
why was the game a joke lakeshow…you said earlier it was good for both teams? is it a joke bcuz we won…now im not talkin mess bcz its gonna take a near perfect game to beat yall in LA…but damn give us a lil bit of props. when yall beat us by 50 the other game i didnt say tht was a joke or a fluke.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:38 am
K Dizzle says:
@ Lakeshow
We cut it to six and I thought we were on our way…..Damn. We needin to see Denver cuz that’s a matchup we can feast on. I’m hopin this a situation like the Celtics last season where they were pushed by ATL before findin they stride. Sunday’s gonna be bananas
In important news:
R.I.P. Wayman Tisdale
dude was probably just as good a musician as a hoopster
May 15th, 2009 at 11:53 am
LakeShow84 says:
@ SWAT
Dont mind me doo.. just a little bitter.. i didnt say what the Rockets did was a joke i just felt the way the game was handled was a joke.. I cant say anything about u guys ONCE AGAIN jumping down our throats but i just didnt like the way that game went down after all that..
So…. im just a wee bit bitter.. shit ive been thinking about boycotting the rest of the playoffs lol
May 15th, 2009 at 11:55 am
erichv96 says:
With the way the lakers are playing with no heart and no real drive to close this thing out, how is Denver not the best team in the west now? The Lakers had the easier road to the WCF and now they’re in a win or go home against a Houston team that has been without Yao for 3 games??? Brooks is going to murder them again on sunday
May 15th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Dr.gOOgles says:
I think we have a good chance beating the lakers sunday but LA is going to be tough to beat at home. Im looking to see if Phil going to start farmar over DFish.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
LakeShow84 says:
@ KDizz
Yeah it was looking good in that 3rd quarter.. I figured we would come out mad.. Just some bad miscues.. for some reason we play sloppy against that team.. they scrap, scrap, scrap and then hit 3′s lol fucking cockroaches.. just die damnit!!!! im pissed cuz they have gotten themselves a moral victory no matter what happens Sunday.. i wanted to smash these foos yesterday and get the series over with.. Now we have to hear “well at least they took the Lakers to 7 games without Yao”.. bleh
@ ERICHV96
so playing New Orleans and Dallas is harder than playing Utah and Houston?? for some reason this team is ALLOWED to play harder without Yao out there.. Fucking Scola looking like Kevin McHale out there.. THINK my adolescent friend! Think!
May 15th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
mykee says:
Boy how soon people forget last year’s Eastern Conference playoffs. Boston was taken to the extreme not once but twice. And one of those 7 game series was against a sub-500 Atlanta team. The Lakers also just gave Houston a 40-piece on their home court. Thats why we wanted home court. Thats why any team wants home court. Phil should start Farmar instead (look at game 3) of Fish. And Fish should acknowledge that and volunteer to step down as the starter for Game 7.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
that's whats up says:
fisher won’t stop jackin’ shots
Scola should be a Spur – dammit Pop
I’d rather see SVG in HD than JVG any day.
…and that’s not saying much.
What about Veal’s straight up block on Rashard Lewis
- best Jackie Moon rejection you’ll ever see
Kobe shoots like crap every other game – so Sunday he will be on fire!!! no doubt about that
Don’t know – I think I’d rather see the Nuggets take out the Lakers than the Rockets.
Cavs could be in for another sweep – against either.
Orlando and Boston have serious flaws
RIP WT
May 15th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Yao Fan says:
Go Rockets! This team is the polar opposite of the lakers playing with heart, unselfishness, and no superstars.
Did you see Farmar’s neck whiplash when Hayes hit him with that back pick? – what happens when your teammates don’t call out them picks….
what a game… can’t wait until game 7.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
SWAT says:
LOL @lakeshow i feel tht…just needed some clarification.
@mykee man you can clearly see tht right at this moment boston has more heart thn the lakers. last season too…they just really wanted and KG wouldnt allow them to lose or get too down on themselves. i dont see tht with the lakers right now besides kobe.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Big Island says:
The Lakers are not that good consistently. Some nights, nobody is going to touch them, other nights they get rocked. Kobe is a cock, you can like the guys game, but he is a dick and a terrible teammate. The rolling his eyes shot was priceless. I don’t think the Rockets will win, but I won’t be shocked if they do. If Kobe goes 11-27 to get his points then they’ll be alright.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
liukz says:
@ LakeShow84 …says: “And the 4th “best” team in the East?? Atlanta wouldnt even have made the West’s playoffs.. ease back playa.. i know ur a east coaster but dont act blind..” THANX DUDE inteligent people still a reality
@ doc :
1. you said :”Now u wanna talk about how good the West is?Why u wasnt saying that shit all season”
.well…yes idiot i was talking about that ALL SEASON ,so was everyone else who knows something about basketball moron
2. you said :”Ifr yall so good from 1-8,why the fuck is Denver running through the rest?”
.if u know something about basketball,u know NBA its all about matchups
.houston is the only team that has not one but TWO GREAT Kobe defenders …idiot
.you gonna see that in the next series against the nuggets,u gonna see kobe beasting their guards…idiot
3. u said: “Excuses are like assholes.They stink.”
. ignorance really suck and know everyone knows u suck big time
.LEARN basketball …idiot
PS: im not even a laker fan,actually im a kobe hater,i am a bulls fan, but I talk the facts and i dont believe in ur stupid fanatism shit
u dont know shit. I will love to see ur super cavs playing this rockets
MARK MY WORDS the day the cavs lose the first game EVERYTHING but Lebron its going down, they are playing off emotions and shit but ill love to see them agaisnt real adversity,when they lose you wont see anymore stupidity on the bench ,you wont see the mo williams, delonte west,wally fake swagger. theyll leave Lebron alone again
I PROMISE
May 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
George W Kush Sr says:
The Lakers have nothing for Brooks. Historically, Phil’s Lakers always get carved up by quick point guards because Fish cant stay in front of them. He should be coming off the bench, and he loves to shoot so much that he’d be efficient in the second unit.
Homecourt or not, its all about Brooks. Kobe could go off for 40 points and it wont matter if Brooks has another great game.
The Lakers have the better players right now, on paper they are the better team, but right now they are getting their asses handed to them by a team who just has nothing to lose. As I said before, Kobe could put up 40 again and Battier and Artest are just going to keep contesting every shot, keep their hands in his face, Artest gonna keep punking Kobe, etc etc.
Lakers are seriously going to lose if they dont get their shit together. Gasol has to stop being a bitch, ma’fucka always looks like he has to take a shit or something. Somebody has to tell homeboy that whatever he’s try do its not mean mugging, at all, mission failed bruh. Bynum needs to man up. Ariza is like the only dependable dude on the squad besides Kobe.
Zen Master better get Mike to come down and give a motivational speech or something
May 15th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
sure says:
To succeed in the N.B.A. you need a good or very mature young guard. If he’s a veteran he has to have young legs like chauncey,miller,j.terry. The veterans should pass the torch and mentor. Its really what the game is missing. We’re holding back a lot of talent. D.Fisher is over. J.Kidd just can’t cut it anymore. Unless they both go to Phoenix or Denver. Wink Wink. The Nuggets weakness is they have no back-up for Chauncey. Foul trouble and they’re done. Marcus Williams anybody? The Lakers could use any player w/ heart anywhere. I sure wish we had Artest. Wherever he goes they contend. NY stand up. You can’t win by yourself. Lebron=Mo Williams/ Chauncey=JR&Melo/. It’s why Wade is home. JJ is home. Celtics won because they had a great team and coach. The Lakers are overachievers. Walton,Farmar,Vujaic,Gasol on one team. Combined they’re okay. Ariza is okay. Shannon Brown is wet behind the ears. L.O. ?????????????????????????????????. Bynum still injured. Gasol- My Grandmother is tougher. They’re you have it. A team lucky to have someone as great as Kobe to carry them.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball says:
@liukz, main difference? when boston went to game 7s with the hawks and cavs, they weren’t missin like 3 of their main guys. The lakers are gettin owned and makin brooks look like tony parker.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Bron42 aka Had Springs Before Slamball says:
u can’t compare boston struggling against a cavs team that just went to the finals a few years ago, to the lakers strugglin against a team of replacements
May 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
UncheckedAggression says:
liukz– Why do you think the Hawks wouldn’t make the playoffs in the west? A lot of teams in the west didn’t play up to their potential this year. It’s all about matchups? Not necessarily. If that was true, the Cavs would lose almost any series. Chemistry is pretty damn important in the playoffs (and also the reason the Lakers didn’t win 4 straight championships with Shaq and Kobe). Even without Kobe, the Lakers are so far ahead of Houston in terms of talent that it isn’t even funny. Are you admitting that Kobe’s inability to get his teammates going is making the Lakers stumble? ‘Cause I think you may be onto something there…
Why are you so angry? Because the Bulls didn’t make it out of the first round? It’s not that big a deal, they have a future. Calm down a bit.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
BERN BROGDEN says:
LIUKZ — “you wont see the mo williams, delonte west” with that “fake swagger.”
WHOAAAA GUY!
YOU’RE RUNNIN’ OUTTA BRAKE JUICE BUDDY.
I BANGZ wit MO & RED.
THEY BE BALLIN’ – YOU TRIPPIN’
Carry on…
May 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
LakeShow84 says:
@ BRON42
So Brooks, Battier, Artest and Scola are replacements?? cuz thats their starting 4 right there.. and they still got depth somehow.. and you cant compare Boston in those Eastern playoffs.. Ray Allen was horrible that whole postseason until he hit LA.. then Boston started clicking.. shit i thought Ray Allen was about to be Finals MVP.. but game 6 was pure bull.. two plays that summed up what kind of night it was going to be..
1st quarter Scola goes to the hoop throws his body into Luke Walton.. And 1 call..
2 Quarter Kobe splits the double team zips to the hoop, Battier just jumps in takes the shot and flops.. Charging..
I understand Kobe is a piece of shit and had a rape case and all the drama.. blah blah blah but at this point the refs are BLATANTLY fucking us on national television.. the man gets MUGGED going to the rack with no whistles.. Same thing in Utah.. whenever the opposing team has a good “reputation” defender on Kobe all of a sudden Kobe gets NO CALLS.. Shit wouldnt a good defender going up against Kobe have a bad night and get into foul trouble at least ONCE?? cuz that shit aint happened yet.. Brewer Battier AND Artest havent been in foul trouble against a man who has more moves than Usher.. The refs, NBA and Stern dont like Kobe and you can tell if ur a Laker fan.. that shit is disheartening.. shit i would trade him for Lebron or DWade in a heartbeat at this point.. at least we will get the superstar treatment.. Lebron averaging 1 foul a game and Kobe already got 5 technicals?? yeah.. right..
Hopefully we pull throw this and win the chip.. cuz if we do it’ll be done playing 5 on 8 at some point in the Finals.. shit it happened last year.. it would be a major F you if we win this year.. especially since Lebron is being pushed so hard by the NBA to be the next messiah of Bball while Kobe is clearly trying to be phased out..
May 15th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
liukz says:
@ UncheckedAggression:
no man ,im not angry because of the bulls,because i know they are going to be alright,and being a bulls fan im cool with 6 chips
the thing that bothers me is the LA vs Cavs fanatics going at each other without knowledge
like i said boston was strugglin with hawks and stuff and nobody counted then out.
and please dont talk about talent because the knicks got a lot of talent and they are not in the playoffs
And NOBODY got more talent than the nuggets rigth now
1. u said : “Why do you think the Hawks wouldn’t make the playoffs in the west? A lot of teams in the west didn’t play up to their potential this year”
well ,UTAH the WESt 8 seed won 48 games and ATL won 47…its not an OPINION ITS A FACT BRO…OMG
May 15th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
LakeShow84 says:
And i bet Kobes 7th tech will come in the Finals if we make it there..
He’ll get ass raped and the refs wont do shit and he’ll make a comment and get T’d up.. Shit Bravetta already did it..
May 15th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
dk says:
Im glad to see you Houston fans have another day to post, its a shame your seasons over Sunday. Maybe you should trade the pussy center you have and that broke down excuse for a shooting guard and really try to compete. Houston has had 2 respectable players in franchise history! They suck, seasons over Sunday before happy hour ends…
@21 I think fo,fo,fo or whatever that bs was…. MAybe fucking cleavland should play sac town next or maybe the lions… fucking loser…. and im not BITTER!
May 15th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
K Dizzle says:
@ Unchecked
Just so it’s clear, you’re admittin that the Hawks wouldn’t have made the playoffs in the west right?….Cuz they wouldn’t have.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Dave says:
hey yo, Utah Jazz! This is what happens when you show up with some huevos to the playoffs, dam lakers aren’t nearly as good you made them look……just sayin.
May 15th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Claw says:
Some crazy posts after the spanking the Lakers got, don’t assume the Lake show will just blow out the Rockets because they did it game 5, there is a whole lot of people on that Laker bench whose butts are puckering already.
To blow off Denver and think the Lakers can just walk through them is a mistake. Houston doesn’t have anybody over 6’9″ guarding their bigs yet have shut them down, you don’t think Nene and Kmart can bring that same type of intensity?
I like Brooks and what he has done but please comparing him to Billups, the Lakers weakness at guard will show up if they even make it to the next series. Maybe the Lakers can pull a Celtics from last year after being tested by the ATL but they just don’t seem to have any consistency and guys seems to vanish and you can see Kobe becoming frustrated, and that is when evil Kobe emerges and things just get worse.
I do like the Lakers in game 7 because they play well at home but I don’t see them getting by the Nuggets.
May 15th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Ian says:
the cynic
i have been cryin myself to sleep over scola since the day he was traded.
mykee
really you gonna break out the regular season stats of denver vs lakers??? how did houston do in the regular season vs the lakers???
rick
what championships? kobe cant lead a team to shit.
davros
hell fuckin yeah
the lakers are better than that mavs team and houston talent wise at least is not better than golden states (minus yao of course).
bub
agree
bern
scola the latino duncan????????????????????? i like it.
unchecked
“Are you admitting that Kobe’s inability to get his teammates going is making the Lakers stumble? ‘Cause I think you may be onto something there…”
maybe
k dizzle
you know im going to say it hows fisher doing?
May 15th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
K Dizzle says:
@ Ian
next question…
May 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
dagwaller says:
I hope that everyone on PP and Kobe’s jock about being “clutch” were watching the games last night. Pierce bricking 2-2 free throws during their comeback when he was shooting 90+ percent for the series was pretty chokey.
And Kobe missing multiple jumpers in the closing minutes of his game was classic Kobe. Ya’ll remember the game winning shots, but apparently forget all the missed shots on the way.
May 15th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
George W Kush Sr says:
I wonder how real Lakers fans who know ball feel about the idiots who post these dumb comments in support of the Lakers?
All in all I find these comments hilarious. After this Sunday these bitches are only going to sound even more stupid once the Lakers lose, they’ll be blaming any and everything, even their own mothers will somehow be responsible for them losing. Admit it, Kobe is the wrong horse to bet on, he ain’t going to lead them to anything but a golf course.
He better show up this Sunday, his legacy is at stake. For all the staticians, how does Kobe normally do in elimination games? I’m curious to know.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
LakeShow84 says:
@ Georgie Boy
Ill make my excuses game by game..
if we lose the SERIES thats squarely on us.. if we wouldve won game 1 like we should have this series would be over..
May 15th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Claw says:
If ifs were fifths, we’d all be drunk.
May 15th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Biggeddy says:
I think the Lakers are doing the old rope-a-dope trick to get Denver and Cleveland into a false sense of security, next thing you know PAU (err PAU)! Bynum will stop playing like a bitch, Fisher hits his threes and the Machine will be fixed.
Remember the Celtics were pushed by some bad teams themselves last year while the Lakers rolled through the playoffs. I’m looking forward to more of these commercials
May 15th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Biggeddy says:
@ Georgie Boy
Dude, everyone talks shit about how Lakers fans are bandwagoners, fact is that we keep the faith in our team. We have the most talented group of players, we’re just inconsistent. It sucks, but the point of winning a playoff series is 4 games out of 7… it doesn’t matter how ugly your loss is as long as you move on. Another thing about the Lakers is that we play better when we are pushed. I hope everyone writes us off and starts talking about a Nuggets vs. Cavs series… It should get us to focus and be ready. Go Lakers!