Kobe and the bench were the main culprit tonight. Terrible, both of them. The bench blew two big leads, again. One in the 2nd, and started the run for Philly in the 4th. Kobe never got in a flow because of foul trouble. He tried forcing it offensively. Played horrible defense tonight. Oh well. Golden State on Thusrday.
No they don't. This team doesn't want anything, they're just content with themselves as is, as shown by the disgusting performance they gave in the 4th quarter. They could care less about HCA because the guys are too busy basking themselves in glory for being the #1 seed in the west. The Cavs were down 7 to the Magic in the 2nd half, fought back and won. Lakers blew a double digit lead in the 4th against a much inferior team, at HOME. Obviously they do not care about HCA.
I think the Cavs have HCA clinched with the state of the East after the top 3 teams. I don't feel any different though.
"I don't think Trevor fully understood when I said we had a foul to use. He didn't use it" - Phil Jackson.
With Bynum or not, we've won almost the same percentage of our games (I thought that would be the case too). Now that we found our new starting SF and Boston has slipped, that is what clinches it for me. Cavs can take care of the C's for us I guess, I'll thank 'em for that.
If Garnett is back (which he should be, I don't think that injury is THAT bad, I think they're resting him up for a stretch run in the playoffs), I don't see the Cavs doing jack shit.
Cavs don't scare me at all, HCA or not. I'm more so pissed off at the lack of heart this team shows and the idiocy they play with than HCA. Regardless, I don't see the Cavs beating the Celtics in a 7 game series, nor do I really care. I'd rather face the Cavs on the road in the Finals, than the Celtics with HCA, but whatever. I've said this all along.
Farmar is trying to defend the no foul by Ariza. There is no excuse there. Farmar was just asked why they are giving up the big leads this year. "I'm not sure. The bench has no intensity" Fucking idiot. A bit of a funk, Patrick O'neal? are you serious? He has been terrible all year. Farmar doesn't like these questions by Patrick O'neal.
Pau just said he wanted more looks. Fucking awesome. He deserves it. 12/13 the other night. 9/12 tonight. Why can't we get him shots?
Better we fix this stupid IQ shit now than later. I'm sure Trev and the others won't make that mistake again.
the main detail is that Cavs get homecourt advantage all throughout. LBJ gets the MVP and then proceeds to shock everyone by beating us in the finals and wins KOBE's Finals MVP... how would you feel if that happened? it would be better if we had the upper hand from here on out
Whats going on with the Lakers blowing leads this was a terrible game. They were playing good but they let Phili back in.
That's some very negative thinking for a team we beat twice this season. I don't care about having a million regular season MVPs dude, Shaq has one as well.
He isn't a Lakers' fan. The bench is the reason we're letting teams back in the game. They've got no killer instinct and have lost their effectiveness. I really think Odom needs to go back to the bench once Bynum is healthy. He had that bench's respect and had them playing good ball, despite his poor stats. His impact was felt. Now that he is starting, the bench is a bunch of young guns doing what they want.
