Lakers vs. Minnesota

Now i can see how u came up with these arguments, u didn't see the80's game.

U're just bringing out 90's and today's players to make it even with the 80's players
bruce bowen? hell yea
will perdue? hell yea


are those the ONLY PLAYERS u know?

how bout danny ainge? how bout michael cooper? how bout eaton?

80's and 90's and today's basketball has real big difference.
the players drafted in the 90's or in the 00's are not as well rounded as the players in the 80's
in other words...

now i bet u would say will perdue is drafted from the 80's hahaha
talk are u want bro. if u want this forum wasted with your chickenshit arguments

it's not even worth talking to you man.
think what u want.

Can i ask bboyk10...why havent i seen u post for the past year?

Can i ask bboyk10...why havent i seen u post for the past year?

it's not been long since i found out NLSC.
btw, u're also doing the GS NBA League, right? Nice to have words with u mate.

My prediction will have to go to the Lakers.

Not the biggest fan of them but there my favorite out of the last 4 teams left.

Good game so far. It's tied 0-0.

Damn...pass the ball Kobe.

9-7 Los Angeles, 7:27 left in the first.

Minnesota 89, Los Angeles 71
that 71 ties a Lakers franchise playoff low

7 technical fouls in the 4th quarter

Lakers were out of sync for the first 3 quarters so I guess they just had to do something to try and stir up things in the 4th..

Great job by Darrick Martin to take over Sam Cassell position scoring 15, dishing out 6 and having 0 turnovers

Shaq only had 14 points and went back to his old self at the free throw line going 6 out of 14 attempts

7 techs? i didn't watch the game wat the hell happened?

D Fish had a tech for exchanging words with Wally S.

Karl malone got a tech and a flagrant foul - I think he got ejected! Or is a flagrant foul worth two techs - I'm not sure...can some explain this to me?

And I think Shaq got a tech...

First it were Shaq and Gary Trent I believe, Trent gave Shaq a push after he was fouled by Mark Madsen and Shaq shoved his arm away, then Slava got a technical because he gave Garnett a extra push after the foul was called, then I think it were Gary Payton and Wally zczxccjizxjcerbiak who both got technicals after Fisher bumped into him on a pick and roll, and payton came to back him up, and ofcourse Malone running into Darrick Martin.

What I noticed in the whole game, it were the guards who started to score in the game (Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton), I think they combined for 20 points in the first quarter, but after the first Shaq wanted to get the ball more downlow, but he had a hard time finnishing, and also Free-Throws didnt went in untill late in the fourth (including a airball what had the crowd started). I would like Malone to step up more, he had countless wide open looks which he would take, but he didnt. Also, I expect more from Derek Fisher to step up, he only took 2 shots including one 3 pointer, and thats not the energy the Lakers need from the bench, I would like to see him more like game 1 where he took a shot when he was feeling he could make it, he was just gone today and I hope he will join the team in game 2.

Kobe also sucked in the second half, someone should slap him ro something and tell him that he should keep going inside instead of shooting fallaway 18 footers. He did it in the first half, but not only did he drived to the basket, he also was shooting when he dribbled his way open, and those are shots he is going to make instead of turnaround fallaways in the second half.

I think the Lakers are definetly better at home then they are during away games, and they should use their homecourt, I had the feeling the Timberwolves would get 1 game at their house (I predicted game 1 before the series started), but I see the Lakers winning 3 straight now.

i don't think THESE T'Wolves will lose straight, but i do see them falling 4-2

I just think the lakers were not playing thier best basketball...
If they really want a win they will go and get it (i.e game 3 vs spurs).
Im predecting a 4-2 win for lakers

I think it's pretty obvious what happened:

The Wolves were the more hungry team, they challenged the Lakers and subsequently..

The Lakers mailed it in. They realized they already came in and split the series and didn't feel like giving the game the effort it would've required to really put the nail in Minny's chest.

You know why Kobe took all those bad shots in the 2nd half? The Lakers were behind, you know why they were behind? They didn't get Shaq the ball consistently. And Shaq did not finish when they did. Also..What the heck is wrong with Malone..He is seriously a choker if I've ever seen one.

I think it's pretty obvious what happened:

The Wolves were the more hungry team, they challenged the Lakers and subsequently..

The Lakers mailed it in. They realized they already came in and split the series and didn't feel like giving the game the effort it would've required to really put the nail in Minny's chest.

You know why Kobe took all those bad shots in the 2nd half? The Lakers were behind, you know why they were behind? They didn't get Shaq the ball consistently. And Shaq did not finish when they did. Also..What the heck is wrong with Malone..He is seriously a choker if I've ever seen one.

(Y) I couldnt explain last night's game better than that. They were doing ok, once they were double teaming Shaq, he kicked it out to Payton, and Payton nailed the three. He was wide open...after O'Neal started missing, they stopped doubling, thus no wide open looks.

It's serious now, it's an all out war.
I'm packing my UZIs, my AK 47s, and of course, my Hanzo Steel Katanas. Oh oops. Wrong thing to say.
Twolves, be prepared for an all out war. You have just woken the sleeping giant. (That would be Shaq...or the Lakers - -;; )

man lakers didn't took advantage having cassell sitting out game 2. martin and wally give wolves a lift from the bench. and the lakers play like they were contented stealing one game in minny.

but i know that tomorrow at staples as well at game 4 lakers will win.

you're missing my point. i brought up bowen because you were the one saying the parish made the fifty greatest player because of good post defense:

Plus, If he wasn't a good post defender, how could he even be inserted into ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME, CONSIDERING THERE WERE GREAT CENTERS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME?

then i brought up perdue because you mentioned how parish could slow down good centers:

My point was, if u watched any game in the 80's playoffs, robert parish was able to slow down kareem and moses malone manytimes

chickenshit? you have said nothing to refute most of statements except "you haven't seen any 80's games"

it's hilarious how you are the self proclaimed 80's genius and you are the one that has mentioned parish and russel as equals, saying mchale is a 'defender type' and so on.

parish: no all defensive teams honors ever, never lead the league in rebounding, steals, blocks. was not the best defensive player on his team. not considered by many as the best defensive post player of his generation.

Los Angeles 100, Minnesota 89

Well, Lakers won, but its a bit funny how it ended.
With about 2:10 to go, Mark Madsen was clearly trying to foul Shaq holding him grabbing him and doing whatever he could to make Shaq go to the line and the stupid refs didn't call it. Everyone on both teams wondered why it wasn't called. I think this can be put into the Lakers conspiracy case.

Well, Lakers won, but its a bit funny how it ended.
With about 2:10 to go, Mark Madsen was clearly trying to foul Shaq holding him grabbing him and doing whatever he could to make Shaq go to the line and the stupid refs didn't call it. Everyone on both teams wondered why it wasn't called. I think this can be put into the Lakers conspiracy case.

Yeah it was really wierd because both teams wanted the call, but neither actually got it. I think that the refs got tired at the end of the game and just wanted it to finish

Do you seriously think they could have won it with the time left by fouling him? Enough with the conspiracies. Blame it on Shaq's ability to score while being fouled.

you're missing my point. i brought up bowen because you were the one saying the parish made the fifty greatest player because of good post defense:

Plus, If he wasn't a good post defender, how could he even be inserted into ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME, CONSIDERING THERE WERE GREAT CENTERS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME?

then i brought up perdue because you mentioned how parish could slow down good centers:

My point was, if u watched any game in the 80's playoffs, robert parish was able to slow down kareem and moses malone manytimes

chickenshit? you have said nothing to refute most of statements except "you haven't seen any 80's games"

it's hilarious how you are the self proclaimed 80's genius and you are the one that has mentioned parish and russel as equals, saying mchale is a 'defender type' and so on.

parish: no all defensive teams honors ever, never lead the league in rebounding, steals, blocks. was not the best defensive player on his team. not considered by many as the best defensive post player of his generation.

robert parish and russell equal? hell never said that
robert parish as the BEST defender of his generation? hell no i never said that, but sure yea, he's better defender than center in the league except shaq

how do u consider robert parish to be in that all defensive team?
u know how they vote for all defensive team by theway?
they vote by POSITION
in the 80's moses malone, ralph sampson, kareem, hakeem, patrick ewing, eaton, blah blah blah, every fucking defensive genius at the 5 were there. HOW COULD U EXPECT PARISH TO BE THERE? IT"S IRRATIONAL TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT
i didn't say parish was better than those guys, but i did say parish was one of the great post defenders of all time including the 90's and today, considering that only two centers exist now: SHAQ and YAO

kevin mchale? defensive? hell no: IF COMPARED TO THE BEST DEFENDERS OF THE 80's
BUT IF COMPARED WITH TODAY, HELL YES

I'm gonna tell u in your face: IF U DIDN'T SEE THE ACTUAL GAME, U DON' T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT
it's like a guy who boasts about sex even if he never fucked someone in his life.

NO MORE BULLSHITING BOUT THIS, IF U DON't know anything bout it , just shut up and stop whining around my ass
THIS IS MY FINAL POST AGAINST U

Lakers won as everyone or maybe most of us expected.
Gp took on scoring for lakers in 1st quarter with o'neal scoring just 8 and held kobe 0 pt in 1st half. but at 2nd half it kobe time and shaq dominance.
malone did a great job again against KG. and as marv and mike said KG has a good game but not a great game.

Game 4 will be different but it will have a same outcome

2 DOWN 2 TO GO.

Steve Kerr see shades of MJ in Kobe...

But I'm worried about Kobe because he decides the Lakers fate. If he stays and asks for a new coach... Phil will be rejected and Byron Scott employed- then GP will leave and Shaq will be angry.

If Phil stays there is a huge chance Kobe will go.

So I guess Kobe decides the Laker's future!

The game started at 04:00 in the morning over here, so I had to stay awake the whole time to watch it, but I fell asleep, because they showed NBA Action for like the 10th time this week which is boring as hell, I should watch something more excited like a homeshopping channel or something, anyway. I mist the first quarter but I was kinda 75% awake for the rest of the game.

Kobe had a strange game, he only took 2 shots in the first half (1 threepointer which he bricked, and 1 buzzerbeater because Malone was to unselfish and should take the shot himself), but he came back in the second half scoring all of his 22 points in that period.

Gary Payton played very nice the entire game, specially the first half where he scored 16 points I believe, and made some 3-pointers to get a early lead.

Also what caught my eye, was that Devean George has finally returned from the San-Antonio Spurs series, he was hitting most of his shots which were 18+ ft shots which were mostly wide open including 2 of 2 threepointers, he can be a big factor for the Lakers upcoming games if he plays this way, because when they needed baskets he made them. I hope he will keep going like this in game 4.

I was kinda happy that the ref didnt call the foul on Mark Madsen when he was holding Shaq, he was shooting under a poor FT%, and the game turned back into a 8 point lead for the Lakers so seeing Shaq on the line in that situation isnt the best thing that could happen for the Lakers.

Im still going to say that the Lakers can do this in 5 games

Well, Kobe might miss Game 4 because of his hearing. So It's a one time opportunity for the Wolves. If the Wolves lose the next Game without Kobe playing, then consider them out..