<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ Apr 24 2007, 07:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Game time! Turn on your TV's to TNT!</div>http://youtube.com/watch?v=XF2SiQXtKow :rock:
This is a very competitive game so far. Nice blocks from Amare and Lamar has come out determined. Kobe is keeping us in the game when we need it. I like our chances tonight. We just got to learn how to close out.
And we have to learn how to step on a team when they are down. We never win Game 2's but we better start tonight. They played well in the first quarter. The offense was clicking and Steve Nash made some beautiful passes. The defense has been good despite the 25 points given up. Amare has been great to start off the game.
I don't know what surprises me more Kurt Thomas getting playing time or that the refs haven't called 3 fouls on him already.
See, this is exactly why Kobe can't just pass and "trust his teammates" more than shooting. People kept arguing with me yesterday that Kobe was being a ballhog and that the Lakers would be a better team if he didn't shoot as much and passed the ball more. Well, there you have it. Kobe was definitely in facilitator mode in the 1st half today and look what happens. The Lakers are down by 21. The Lakers have a real dilemma here because when Kobe facilitates more than shooting, most nights the Lakers can't keep up...especially with run-and-gun teams like Phoenix. And when Kobe shoots more and keeps the Lakers in the game he runs out of gas late and just doesn't have the legs for it. It's hard to watch.
ouch Suns are up by 25 in the fourth, I guess this series isnt gonna be half as exciting as it was last year.
:shok: To add to the horrendous game (for the Lakers) Kobe just rolled his ankle...it keeps getting worse and worse.Phoenix Sun fans disgust me, they were cheering very profusely when Kobe got hurt. :no3:
I dont even know why Mitch Kupchak is at the game watching the team he made play like sh*t its his fault anyway....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brando @ Apr 22 2007, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>In game 1 we didn't run our offense in the final 8 minutes, Kobe's shot wasn't there (due to being tired, and the Suns throwing every player they have at him) and Barbosa ate Smush alive for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We can't stand around and watch Kobe...players have to move, get open, and we have to run the offense.We'll take game 2. Count on it</div> :happy0144: Almost perfectly played game. Great offense, great defense and we got to rest our guys. Now I can watch tomorrow's games in peace and not be upset about a loss...even though the Diamondbacks did lose AGAIN. Everyone contributed and Kurt got some playing time which I like to see. We'll need him in the next round so he needs to get used to playing those minutes again. Amare was a beast.We are now 12-0 over the last 3 years in games when Amare has started and/or Kurt has been healthy. Let's hope we can make it 14-0 by the end of the season.
I count it as a team game. So yeah kobe's teammates suck but I say he sucks too because he's not making them better Give em more open looks more often.edit: as for the ankle, that wasn't bad. I sprained my ankle worse the other day and I was back playing in 15 minutes. He'll probably sit out the last 2 games so he can say 'hey they didn't beat me, they beat my sh*t team'
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ChuckTheD @ Apr 24 2007, 10:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's game 2 buddy. Nothing's a sure thing. It was just a year ago we were up 3-1 in this series.</div>Yeah, but the better team is leading this time, but if you guys take us to 6 you've done your job. The Suns need to finish this in at least 5 and I won't get too excited until I'm sure they do that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Apr 24 2007, 10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I count it as a team game. So yeah kobe's teammates suck but I say he sucks too because he's not making them better Give em more open looks more often.edit: as for the ankle, that wasn't bad. I sprained my ankle worse the other day and I was back playing in 15 minutes. He'll probably sit out the last 2 games so he can say 'hey they didn't beat me, they beat my sh*t team'</div>You blame Kobe for not risking screwing up his ankle in Game 2 of a playoff series when his team is down by 30 in the fourth quarter? Wow.
That's phil jackson's bad. kobe should've been long out. Supports my saying that PJ is the most overrated coach ever.And if you think this series is going past 5, then I'm sorry, but you're just dumb. This is a total mismatch. Game 1 was a fluke.
Wow, S2S. We have argueably the best player and coach in the league, and they are surrounded by complete pieces of trash. This team desperately needs to change its look this offseason. (Sorry if I come off as harsh..I am just pissed.)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I count it as a team game. So yeah kobe's teammates suck but I say he sucks too because he's not making them better Give em more open looks more often.</div><span style="font-family:Arial">Did you watch the game? He was getting his guys plenty of open looks, they weren't knocking down the shots.</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It IS the right way to play. How do you think the Showtime Lakers did so well? They had a great distributor.</div><span style="font-family:Arial">Rigggghhht. I'm sure Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jamaal Wilkes, Norm Nixon, Michael Cooper, James Worthy, Kurt Rambis, Bob McAdoo, Byron Scott, and Mychal Thompson had nothing to do with the success?</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Apr 24 2007, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow, S2S. We have argueably the best player and coach in the league, and they are surrounded by complete pieces of trash. This team desperately needs to change its look this offseason. (Sorry if I come off as harsh..I am just pissed.)</div>You've had the same trash for like 3 seasons in a row. Surely if he's the best coach in the league he'd make them better. I swear I think they're actually WORSE.
I have never seen a team take such a nosedive so quickly. I mean really, even a few months (a month for the mildly retarded) ago people thought they were a top 7 team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ Apr 24 2007, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, but the better team is leading this time, but if you guys take us to 6 you've done your job. The Suns need to finish this in at least 5 and I won't get too excited until I'm sure they do that.</div>That's the stupidest thing I've read in a while. You act like the main goal of the Lakers is to slow down the Phoenix Suns so that the other teams have a better chance to beat them. The goal is to win. That's it. And until the Lakers do that, they will not have done their job.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ChuckTheD @ Apr 24 2007, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's the stupidest thing I've read in a while. You act like the main goal of the Lakers is to slow down the Phoenix Suns so that the other teams have a better chance to beat them. The goal is to win. That's it. And until the Lakers do that, they will not have done their job.</div>Yeah I know. All I meant was if you do that you would have knocked us out of the playoffs. I know Kobe isn't yelling at his teammates, "Let's take 'em to 6, guys!"
Lakers won't take the Suns past 5. If they do I'll stop posting for a week. It's just not going to happen.
