Western Conference Finals Game 2, L.A. @ Minnesota(TNT)

Poor showing by the Lakers but we got what we wanted, Home Court Advantage.
Now the Lakers can go back to LA and take care of business.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Chungster:</div><div class="quote_post">The Timberwolves will win game 2. Sometimes, a team is meant to beat another team in a certain game. I knew for a fact that the Lakers would beat the Spurs in game 3. It's a coincidence and it's the truth.</div>

I prove my point.


How many times does Kevin Garnett have to do a turnaround mini-fadeaway? His fadeaway is pretty good to be honest. I didn't see him drive in and dunk on someone's head or do something aggressive inside.

 

Its because he can elevate over everyone when he shoots its hard for people to defend,and he does drive sometimes but the turn around j is just KG's game,like Kareems hook,bread and butter.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sabretooth:</div><div class="quote_post">2:00 + minutes left, so the game is not over, but it should be. I was totally surprised to see Derek Fisher of all people drawing back like he might swing on Sczerbiak. You guys have seen more games than I have, but I have NEVER seen mild-mannered Fisher do that. Good game by the Wolves on Defense and it is unknown why the Lakers decided to have Slava defend KG alone.</div>

It was more than likely because he got laid out in the 1st by Spree. He was probably was still tight about that.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sabretooth:</div><div class="quote_post">2:00 + minutes left, so the game is not over, but it should be. I was totally surprised to see Derek Fisher of all people drawing back like he might swing on Sczerbiak. You guys have seen more games than I have, but I have NEVER seen mild-mannered Fisher do that. Good game by the Wolves on Defense and it is unknown why the Lakers decided to have Slava defend KG alone.</div>

do u really think fisher was going to hit wally world? payton is a different story though, he might run into wally in the parking lot, just ask hubie brown.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting deception:</div><div class="quote_post">do u really think fisher was going to hit wally world? payton is a different story though, he might run into wally in the parking lot, just ask hubie brown.</div>

Don't be fooled by Derek... in the 2000 finals against the Pacers, he almost got into it with Austin Croshere. He is a nice guy but he would not be pushed around for sure.

Look at Payton jawing with Sczerbiak, gotta love the Glove. He did not contribute much but he sure is one of the guys who will be earful to the Twolves, you know, alter their focus. He contributes to the Lakers that way, being vocal, he doesn't need to score that much anymore because Shaq and Kobe will take care of that. Although he loses some pieces of his game at his age, the Glove was being the Glove in Game 2, as a Laker fan, I gotta say I love what I saw.

 

Love what you saw? I guess I can give you credit for sticking up for your players, that's admirable. But, who got the "W" is the most important thing and the T-Wolves got the win last night. Trash talk means nothing unless you win the basketball game. Now, I must say seeing Shaq and Gary Trent shove one another, that would have been one hell of an interesting altercation.

 

Disgusting game by our Lakers last night. Before I vent, I wanna apologize to the fans for not getting a preview up. I had a lot of business I had to take care of over the weekend, and I didn't have time to make one. Thanks especially to Kobe 8 Ball for having my back on it, and MR_SAC_KING for not forgetting about the notice. All were very appreciated.

Now back to this terrible game. The game was sloppy all around, but if there's one person who I can point fingers at is no one other than Shaquille O'Neal. This guy sometimes to me is like Dr. Jekkel and Mr. Hyde. This man can come out with an excellent game one night, and knock down free throws consistently, and the next night he can just come out looking dismal as ever. How's this for a Shaq stat? 14 points on 4/10 shooting from the field? And let's not forget his free throw liabilities. 6/14 from the line. Is Shaq willing to tell me and other Laker fans on this board that he couldn't even take on the lean bodies of Ervin Johnson, Olowokandi, Miller and Mark Madsen???? Did Shaq realize how much spacing he received from Madsen in the first place?? My goodness Shaq. Get your 300 plus pound body in the paint, and be your dominant self. We don't need to see mirages of your dominance. DO IT EVERY NIGHT CONSISTENTLY ON A DAILY BASIS!!!

Another person I have a problem with is Gary Payton. And what else is new with this man anyway?? Sam Cassell only played 43 seconds of Game 2. That's right 43 seconds, and Gary couldn't use that to his advantage and take on Derrick Martin?? How many years has Payton played in this league, and he doesn't know how to use certain advantages to good use?? 3/10 from the field 8 points. If the Lakers go on to win the title this year, is it finally safe to unload this guy?? The only man that played well last night was Kobe Bryant. He seemed to be the only one out there playing with energy, intensity, heart, and the will to win. And everybody on that Laker bench can see the spark he brings when he played on the level he's capable of playing. Good news is we spilt the series 1-1 heading back to Los Angeles for Games 3 and 4. We must take two home games period. I don't care how we do it, I don't care if we win by a small margin, I just want to win. I'll be having the preview up later on today. Be on the lookout.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">Love what you saw? I guess I can give you credit for sticking up for your players, that's admirable. But, who got the "W" is the most important thing and the T-Wolves got the win last night. Trash talk means nothing unless you win the basketball game. Now, I must say seeing Shaq and Gary Trent shove one another, that would have been one hell of an interesting altercation.</div>

Of course W is more important to us but since it's L that we got from Game 2, I was trying to take the positives out of it. Yeah Shaq-Trent matchup would have been interesting but it'd cost us more if the league handed down game suspensions. I'd say Laker ball boy vs. Sprewell would have been interesting.

 

BTW, anybody remember this?



Ahh, Gary Payton. If you throw out his Game 2 stats (3-10 8 pts) You gotta love the dog-jawing like, trashtalking style of behavior that Gary Payton brings to the table. Now if this won't fire up this Laker team to win Games 3 and 4, I don't know what will.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Emo:</div><div class="quote_post">BTW, anybody remember this?



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good picture, i didn't realize how much bigger wally is than gp. and catch spree trying to be peacemaker, i guess he watched gandhi before the game.

 

Oh boy, Gary Payton getting in Wally's face *shivers* It's called frustration and Gary experienced a lot of it yesterday so he had to try anything to get himself some attention so he decided to walk up to Sczerbiak and talk.

Pssst, Gary - you still sucked and LA lost the game, go away.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">Oh boy, Gary Payton getting in Wally's face *shivers* It's called frustration and Gary experienced a lot of it yesterday so he had to try anything to get himself some attention so he decided to walk up to Sczerbiak and talk.</div>

Were you watching the game? Gary Payton got into Sczczerbiak's face because he got into a little scuffle with his teammate Derek Fisher. And Payton wanted to let Wally hear about it. It's called sticking up for your teammates.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">ssst, Gary - you still sucked and LA lost the game, go away.</div>

Well we'll see what point guard advantage one team will have. Sam Cassell? Back problems?? *cough cough* Derrick Martin having another terrific performance? Highly doubt it.

 

Dude, you just don't get it do you? Kobe had a great game last night and guess what, you still LOST the game. I don't care if guys no matter what team have career nights for that matter, all that matters in the playoffs is winning basketball games. I don't care if Darrick Martin scored 15-16 points, big deal.

We still won the game.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">Dude, you just don't get it do you? Kobe had a great game last night and guess what, you still LOST the game. I don't care if guys no matter what team have career nights for that matter, all that matters in the playoffs is winning basketball games. I don't care if Darrick Martin scored 15-16 points, big deal.</div>

I'm referring to the quote you posted earlier about Payton supposedly attacking Wally because he wanted attention? Care to respond?

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">We still won the game.</div>

Yeah you won the game. You did everything you were supposed to do. Get the quartet centers to have their share of guarding Shaq and disrupting him, you played with more energy and intensity than we did, and your team played with more urgency than we did. Question is, can you continue the trend on the road?? :mrgreen:

 

Sure I'll respond -

Fisher looked upset after getting bumped by Wally Sczerbiak and Gary Payton decided to flap his yap to Sczerbiak since he seems to have a huge mouth and figured I might as well get my two cents into Wally since he played like garbage and didn't care at that point.

To answer your question about can we continue the trend on the road? If the first two series are any indication for Minnesota, the T-Wolves can win on the road against any team and that includes Los Angeles. They beat Denver and they beat Sacramento on the road, I feel we have as good a shot as any other team to beat LA in LA. Wolves were one of the better road teams throughout the season and can play under pressure if need be. Whether or not we win the games is yet to be seen.

 

What a Game last night..

I Was watching a few minutes of it,the beginning and saw the Lakers domintating the T-Wolves,than a friend came by and we took off,than i saw on the news,that The Lakers lost...Hey there's always next time!!

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">To answer your question about can we continue the trend on the road? If the first two series are any indication for Minnesota, the T-Wolves can win on the road against any team and that includes Los Angeles. They beat Denver and they beat Sacramento on the road, I feel we have as good a shot as any other team to beat LA in LA. Wolves were one of the better road teams throughout the season and can play under pressure if need be. Whether or not we win the games is yet to be seen.</div>

The TWolves could have a chance to win on the road with the success you acheived against 8th seeded Denver and the Sacramento Queens, however I'm sure with the quartet of centers you guys will throw on Shaq, I really feel they won't have a legit shot of stopping Shaq again. Your centers may have accompished a tremendous feat in Game 2, but stopping the Diesel in two nights definitely won't happen again. You guys better wish that he once again throws up mediocre free throw stats, because I feel Shaq will come out with a sense of frustration and go all out on the TWolves frontline. Also, with the injury to Sam Cassell who only played for 43 seconds of Game 2, who's going to be the main catalyst of the offense? Who'll set the tempo? You really don't believe Derrick Martin will put up another terrific playoff performance do you? The only good players your TWolves have heading into tomorrow's night's game is Sprewell and Garnett. Both played with spark and a strong sense of urgency, and stepped their game to a different level. if Sprewell can play well in the halfcourt game, and really provide a huge contribution in the open court, then the Twolves will hang in there. If the MVP can put up his typical playoff numbers, then your team will be right there to the very end. And I also can't forget about Wally. Played excellent off the bench too. It should be a good game tomorrow, and let the best team win. :mrgreen:

 

You'd be absolutely surprised who off the bench could contribute a large game for the T-Wolves. Sprewell actually plays better on the road so if he continues that trend that will help considerably. Also, if the T-Wolves play defense like they did on Shaq last night, despite how much intensity Shaq pours out, it won't be the deciding factor of the basketball game. Kobe/Shaq cannot win a game by themselves w/out help from a supporting cast. Hell, Shaq/kobe could score 60 of the Lakers points and still not win the basketball game w/out help from their other players. The same goes for the T-Wolves and Sprewell/Garnett (at least at this point) With that in mind however, the % the teams would win the game would go up considerably if they had output like that.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">You'd be absolutely surprised who off the bench could contribute a large game for the T-Wolves. Sprewell actually plays better on the road so if he continues that trend that will help considerably. Also, if the T-Wolves play defense like they did on Shaq last night, despite how much intensity Shaq pours out, it won't be the deciding factor of the basketball game.</div>

C'mon, let's be realistic here. Do you actually believe your quartet of centers, how lean they are, can be able to stop Shaq for a second straight game? That's very unlikely and will be very miraculous for the Wolves to pull that off. Sprewell is only one man, one man can't carry the team alone. It takes a contribution of eleven other guys to get the job done, a team effort.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PLATWolve:</div><div class="quote_post">Kobe/Shaq cannot win a game by themselves w/out help from a supporting cast. Hell, Shaq/kobe could score 60 of the Lakers points and still not win the basketball game w/out help from their other players.</div>

Oh yes they can. Kobe and Shaq have done it together in their last three championship seasons where they scored 70% of the offense, while the Laker role players were shadows of themselves. If these two get it going both offensively and defensively, this game and perhaps this series will be all but over.