Great coverage as usual, I like the fact you always use screenshots that a relevant and/or show something cool rather than just using screens for the sake of having them. Interesting that Posey was The Man early on. Were they going to him in particular or was it a result of the defense you were playing on Shaq and Wade?
I really cant remember.
. Nah I was playing off posey a little bit when he had the ball, so the cpu was taking what I gave them.
Nice stuff, good to tie it up with the Heat, screw 82 dude, see if you can hit the 100
Haha its tempting, I'll definately go for it if its possible.
that shaq walking off picture looks like he's either broken something or has had antoine walker teach him a thing or two
Bad timing on that joke, they just won a championship
Looks like you'll have a good battle against the Kings and the Suns, good luck
Thanks.
Lakers @ Kings
1st quarter
This was the first time I've picked up a controller in a week, and I definately felt rusty. The Kings jumped out to a 8-0 lead, but after a smush 3 I was trailing only by 3 points, 20-17. The Kings pushed that lead back out to 10, but Devean George had 5 straight points to bring it back to 27-22. The kings finished the quarter strong and lead 33-24. Mike Bibby had 13 points
2nd quarter
The second quarter began in a similar way the first ended, with the kings absolutely dominating on both ends. They pushed the lead out to 22, 56-24, and then 24 points, 56-32. Lamar Odom helped bring the lead back to within 20 points at the end of the quarter, with the score 68-50. But as strange as it sounds, I felt confident that I could outscore the kings by 10 points in the 3rd and 4th quarters to win the game. Brad Miller had 14 points on 6-6 fg shooting at the half
3rd quarter
To start the third, kobe got a 3 point play to bring the lead down to 15, but thats when some really sloppy play hurt the lakers. The kings would go on a 12-2 run to lead 80-55, and then a lead of 87-62. Smush would hit back to back threes to sort of keep the lakers in it, and once again L.A. cut the lead down to under 20 to end the quarter, 98-79. After 3 quarters the kings were shooting 70 percent for the game. No wonder they nearly had 100 points in 3 quarters.
4th quarter
One good thing about this game, if you really challenge a jumpshot, there will be results. This was never more evident in the 4th quarter as the lakers came out with something to prove. They had the best record in the league, the leading mvp candidate, the best coach in league history and players playing the best ball of their career. but they were being dominated by sacramento. This was about to change.
The lakers really began to put the locks on the kings offense, and would cut the lead to 15 (103-88_ behind a smush 3. Then the lakers cut it to 12. with the kings up 107-95. Smush would hit a 3 to bring it back to single digits. The walton hit a jumpshot. Scott Williams (of all people) hit a jumphook to cut it to 5. Then Smush hit another jumper to bring it to 3. Odom hit a layup to cut the lead to 1, and with 1:31 left kobe had a monster dunk to give the lakers a 108-107 lead. Brad Miller finally ended the run for the lakers with a jumper, and bibby ran off 4 straight points as the lakers ran out of steam and lost 118-110.
Player of the Game
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
24 points
9 rebounds
3 assists
3 steals
Mike Bibby had 28 points and 6 assists
Miller had 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 3 blocks
Artest had 19 points 5 rebounds 5 assists and 2 steals
For the lakers, it was a 3 man show:
Kobe 36 points 2 rebounds 5 assists 2 blocks
Lamar 27 points 7 rebounds 2 assists 1 steal 4 blocks
Smush 22 points 5 rebounds 2 assists 1 block
Shareef with the nice dunk on the break
Kobe blocking bibby in transition
When taking the above picture, i noticed kobes tat on his wrist. I though this was cool becuase no one here even knew he had one not that long ago.
Lakers @ Suns
1st quarter
This is one of the main reasons a dynasty with L.A. was so appealing, to battle Pheonix after their first round series. Amare came out strong for Pheonix, scoring their first 4 points and gave them a 4-2 lead. Smush would hit a 3 however and spark a 9-0 run to give the lakers an 11-4 lead. The Lakers continued to dominate defensively, and Kwame took his opportunities to be aggresive at Amare and drew two quick fouls on him. With the score 13-6, Kwame had 8 points, and was 6-6 from the ft line. After another smush trey, the lead was 18-6. The Suns played decent to hold the scorline to 29-16 before kobe hit a 3 with 10 seconds left, then diaw hit a jumper, but kobe would hit another 3 on the buzzer to give the lakers a 35-18 lead.
2nd quarter
If things were bad in the first quarter for Pheonix, they would get worse in the second. A Tyronne Lue three made it 39-18, and then with the score 43-20, Devean George and Lue again would hit back to back three's to give the Lakers a 49-20 lead. Odom then had a dunk which gave the lakers a 31 point advantage, and then later in the quarter kobe hit another 3 to give the lakers a 34 point lead, 58-24. The score at halftime was 64-32. Kobe had 19 points, Marion had 20.
In the second half things didnt improve for Pheonix. After 3 quarters it was 89-57. At the end of the game it was 122-91. As bad as the blowout was, Amare had to leave the game with a sprained wrist which will keep him sidelined for 17 days, and with the lakers only 1/2 game ahead of the kings, maybe sacramento will get homecourt in their series against pheonix should they not catch the lakers.
Player of the Game
Kobe Bryant
30 points
10 rebounds
11 assists
3 steals
2 blocks
My first triple double in this game, and a very solid performance. Maybe kobes best game this season?
Kwame had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist
Lamar had 12 points 10 rebounds 2 assists 1 steal 1 block
Smush had 14 points 2 assists and 1 rebound
Amare over Mihm
Another Amare dunk, this time over Lue.
Marion soaring
Kobe posterising Diaw
Brian Grant making an appearance against his old team
This rebound gave kobe a triple double
For Pheonix, Marion had 26 points and 8 rebounds, Nash had 14 points and 14 assists, and Amare had 12points and 10 rebounds and was completely outplayed by kwame. The lakers moved to 31-9, and the Toronto Raptors are next... and we all remember what happened in that game.