I still hate Barea because he is a flopping bitch and took it as such as our guards owned him. But still I can't believe Bynum doing that to Barea.
Blake's on vacation now, too. In fact, you could argue he never bothered to show up for the second round. BNM
HahahahahahahahahahAhahahahahahaha! Did you catch Kobe grabbing the ball and throwing up another brick just to cement the loss?? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Tirico also, in reminiscing about Jackson's coaching career, said "Jordan, Pippen, Kobe, Shaq...Robert Horry...after all those great players, who'd have thought he'd have Trey Johnson on the court in the final minutes?" Robert Horry was definitely one of the luminaries he coached. Tirico may not be the sports genius we thought he was.
I live for days like this. There have been times when I've considered myself more of a Laker Hater than a Blazer fan. Of course that's ridiculous, because I love the Blazers, through all the hard times and the few good over the years. But my passion for the demise of the Lakers is almost as strong. I hate that franchise with every core of my being. I've hated them since Kareem dismissed the chances of the Blazers in interviews before the 1977 WCF, basically calling the Blazers a bunch of hippie hicks. Then in the 1980s, the Showtime Lakers squashed the 2nd round hopes of a couple of promising Blazer teams, and then Magic Johnson's smug comment before the 1991 WCF: "Well, they may be Portland, but we still the Lakers!", and I don't need to tell you how crushing that series was. Then in the late 90s, the Blazers had teams with fire and promise, but twice, the Lakers with a cocky-assed Shaq and a baby-faced Kobe, put an end to those dreams. Thankfully it was nice to see those early Shaq Laker teams get swept themselves. I won't even dwell on 2000 through 2002, the pain and anguish from those years are well documented. Then the Lakers NBA-rigged defeat of Sacramento in 2002 sealed the fact with me that Laker Hatred wasn't just a Blazer thing, it was an NBA thing. These last two years of watching Kobe puff up his chest and try to place himself along side Michael Jordan as the GOAT has been soul-crushing. But today, my fellow Blazer fans, is a new day, and Karma has finally laid a judgement on the Lakers, and their response was cheap shots and poor losing, which should be a surprise to no one. Fuck the Lakers. Fuck them right in the ass. Go Blazers.
86 points for the Mavs bench! Terry - 32 points, 9-10 3FG, +30 Barea - 22 points, +29 Peja - 21 points, 6-6 3FG, +30 BNM
Chris Mullin just showed that there's a reason why former athletes don't necessarily make good commentators. "the Lakers could call up Orlando, and have a lot to offer them for howard" (in essence). Um...no they don't. Gasol is the only player that they have that Orland would be interested in, and he's a starting point. this playoffs dropped his value 10 fold.
