Doc's just playing Phil's game. Get over it. Also, anyone else catch Stu mocking Screamin' A Smith? You have to realize that you suck when Stuart Scott is mocking you.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jun 10 2008, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michau @ Jun 10 2008, 11:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>u guys watchin the post game presser? doc rivers: "to shame phil doesent complain abaout FT this game" WTF “</div> **** him. Doc isn't worthy enough to pick up Phil's shit. If Doc can't admit game 2 was rigged, then he's a fuckin' moron. </div> thats what i thought, too. this guy hasn´t achieved nothin so far, just lucky that he got sum good pieces for this season. see u guys next game
Even though we won tonight, the game was WAY too close for comfort. It is going to be hard to beat this team 4 times in a row. We cannot allow this series to go to 7 games because I don't think we can beat Boston in a game 7. Oh, if we had Bynum.
Another thing, Pau is softer than my grandmother's chocolate chip cookies. Yes, we did rob Memphis, but if we can get an Elton Brand or even an Artest for Pau, DO IT. Pau can't rebound for shit, and is WAY too soft. PG Derek Fisher SG Kobe Bryant SF Ron Artest PF Lamar Odom C Andrew Bynum OR PG Derek Fisher SG Kobe Bryant SF Lamar Odom PF Elton Brand C Andrew Bynum I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lakerman34 @ Jun 10 2008, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.</div> go sit down in the e-corner and think about what you just typed
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lakerman34 @ Jun 10 2008, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.</div> Get off our band wagon. We've got a better Kwame, on the bench..Mbenga!!!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan @ Jun 10 2008, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lakerman34 @ Jun 10 2008, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.</div> go sit down in the e-corner and think about what you just typed </div> LMAO ... looking back, it is really crazy that Kobe was able to carry the Lakers to the playoffs with Kwame, Walton, and Smush Parker in the starting lineup ..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (notmuchgame @ Jun 10 2008, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan @ Jun 10 2008, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lakerman34 @ Jun 10 2008, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.</div> go sit down in the e-corner and think about what you just typed </div> LMAO ... looking back, it is really crazy that Kobe was able to carry the Lakers to the playoffs with Kwame, Walton, and Smush Parker in the starting lineup .. </div> Kobe doesn't make his teammates better
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 10 2008, 11:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (notmuchgame @ Jun 10 2008, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan @ Jun 10 2008, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lakerman34 @ Jun 10 2008, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda miss Kwame....he actually rebounded.</div> go sit down in the e-corner and think about what you just typed </div> LMAO ... looking back, it is really crazy that Kobe was able to carry the Lakers to the playoffs with Kwame, Walton, and Smush Parker in the starting lineup .. </div> Kobe doesn't make his teammates better </div> Kobe's a ball hog, me-first player.
Kobe hates brats that get in his way. <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNYln-NoWtc&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNYln-NoWtc&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div>
Pierce banged up a little? It showed in his stat line, and in his play. Perkins questionable until almost game time? PJ Brown played serious minutes at the end of the game, which is an outright embarrassment. Garnett looked like a deer in the headlights a lot of the game. Boston's really playing its game when you see Pierce playing like the PG, handling the ball at the top of the key, driving, dishing, and scoring. That was plainly absent. In the Lakers' defense, if they had Bynum, it probably wouldn't even be a close series.
http://sportstwo.com/NBA/Game/Recap/20080610NBA--LALAKERS--0 Recap: Lakers hold off Celtics in must-win Game Three Wednesday, June 11, 2008 02:02 AM LOS ANGELES 87, BOSTON 81 By Jonathan Raber PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- It wasn't pretty, but then again, ugly is all it takes. Kobe Bryant scored 36 points and Sasha Vujacic added a playoff career-high 20 off the bench as the Los Angeles Lakers executed down the stretch en route to a crucial 87-81 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game Three of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. "We didn't play a great game," Vujacic said. "We didn't play even good. We were just fighting, and that was the key." Bryant torched Ray Allen for two crucial buckets in the final 1:06 for the Lakers, who trail the Celtics, 2-1, in the best-of-seven series. With the rest of the starters struggling, Bryant and Vujacic were the lone double-figure scorers for Los Angeles, which improved to 9-0 at Staples Center this postseason - one shy of tying the NBA record for consecutive home victories in the playoffs. "If you can win an ugly game, without playing a good game, then you might be able to do some good things," Lakers forward Luke Walton said. Still, the Lakers face an uphill battle in their quest for the title. Only three teams have lost the first two contests in the championship series and recovered to win it all. Los Angeles will try to take a step toward becoming the fourth in Game Four here on Thursday. It bodes well for the Lakers that Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol each had off nights and they still were able to record the win. The 7-foot Gasol managed just nine points, while Odom, who battled foul trouble, scored just four. "It was one of those nights that we came back to Staples Center after playing two games in Boston, so we have to adjust," Vujacic said. "Sometimes, the shots are not going to go in, sometimes they're going to go in." Ironically, the Celtics were in the same boat. Ray Allen tried to pick up the slack for Boston's slumping "Big Three." He scored 25 points, including four 3-pointers, but Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce combined for just 19. Garnett was 6-of-21 from the floor and Pierce was even worse, shooting 2-of-14. "I was trying to just keep the team in it, trying to put as much energy as I could out there," Allen said. "It just seemed like offensively I was just trying to give us a boost of adrenaline out there." Things looked bleak for the Lakers in the third quarter, when the Celtics dug themselves out of an early double-digit hole to take a four-point lead on consecutive baskets from Garnett. Allen had 10 points in the quarter, but it came at a high cost as point guard Rajon Rondo went down early in the period with an injured ankle and was limited to three minutes in the fourth quarter. Bryant and Vujacic would then take over down the stretch. After Boston had gotten to within two points on Garnett's spinning bank shot, Vujacic responded with a 3-pointer from the wing en route to a 81-76 advantage for Los Angeles. "Those are the shots I live for," Vujacic said. After two free throws by Derek Fisher, Bryant nailed a jumper near the top of the key and followed it up with a leaner in the lane with 38 seconds remaining to provide the final margin. "I just went and had the confidence that, once I get in there, I'll be able to make the right play and, hopefully, some of the whistles will go our way," Bryant said. "If they collapse, I'll hit my shooters." It was much-needed win for Los Angeles, which nearly erased a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit in a 108-102 loss in Sunday's Game Two. But it was ultimately done in by its lack of aggressiveness, shooting just 10 free throws, while Boston was 27-of-38 from the line. The free-throw turnaround came just hours after disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy told federal investigators that officials altered the outcomes of playoff series in 2002 and 2005. But the Celtics still are confident in their chances to wrap up the series before it heads back to Boston. "Our job is to come out here and get two wins. That's our focus, and we're not backing down from that," Pierce said. "We're still a confident group. We still feel like we're the better team and we're going to play better out here in L.A. the next couple of games."
I thought both teams looked like crap, but the Lakers played better in the 4th so they got the win. Sasha was the game MVP, didn't see that coming. Amazing to see that some of you are more focused on the refs then you are on the players. This game was actually as good as it gets, officiating-wise. The Lakers were the more aggressive team and it showed by the free throw count.
Sasha wasn't my MVP, I loved how he played though. And the game 2 discrepancy in FTs has only happened 3 times in 17 years. We've got this in our sights now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Jun 11 2008, 01:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Pierce banged up a little? It showed in his stat line, and in his play. Perkins questionable until almost game time? PJ Brown played serious minutes at the end of the game, which is an outright embarrassment. Garnett looked like a deer in the headlights a lot of the game. Boston's really playing its game when you see Pierce playing like the PG, handling the ball at the top of the key, driving, dishing, and scoring. That was plainly absent. In the Lakers' defense, if they had Bynum, it probably wouldn't even be a close series.</div> If Bynum doesn't get hurt, do you think Mitch even makes a call or takes a call about Pau?? probably not. shoulda,woulda, coulda.. didn't,couldn't,wouldn't there is also this thing called chemistry... it's kinda necessary to win a championship
What was Kobe thinking missing 7 Ft's LOL!!! Still... this game proves that if the game is EVENLY officiated then Lakers should have a better chance to come out on top compared to Game 2.
Odom and Pau are pussy's. They see Garnett under the basket and decide to settle for a jump shot, pass the ball or make some half-assed attempt at a layup. The only players I see that are willing to go strong at the basket are Kobe and Farmar. Thank god the machine was producing, otherwise Pau and Lamar would have cost us the game. Those two really need to fix up.
Question who's softer KG, Pau, or Odom????..................Answer, I don't know............KG clearly had his best moments when he took it to the rack, and then he stopped. Gasol looks timid and afraid of the moment, and Odom in the words of the Zen Master looks "lost".................With that being said Kobe played great and Vujacic looks like a girl, pounds his chest like a girl, and has a girly name, but dude has a heart of stone...............and I must add that Doc Rivers made plenty of stupid ass decisions last night, right now I'm too lazy to list them all..................
