***LAKERS -vs- Cavaliers 1/13/12 Game Thread***

32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 73144

Time: 7:30 PM PT
TV: FS West

Go Lakers!

Cavs Injury Status: None reported

Lakers Injury Status: Steve Blake (Ribs) out. Troy Murphy (Gastroenteritis) and Josh McRoberts (Toe) are GTD and are expected to play.

We are catching the Cavs on the 2nd game of a back to back. They have to play at Phoenix Thursday night.

Cavs Preview Podcast: Jeff Phelps
http://blog.lakers.com/lakers/2012/01/12/cavs-preview-podcast-jeff-phelps/
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GasolBynumKobe · Star Player Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 8193

Hope we can enjoy an easy blowout.
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E=MC² · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 11041

Gotta take care of these fools quick so starters can rest for the Clips game.

DonMagicWand · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject:

BOOO DAN GILBERT!!!!!

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chickensandwich · Star Player Joined: 21 Dec 2010 Posts: 2802

hope they win it for mike brown

but more importantly, i hope they build a comfortable enough lead that kobe, pau and bynum can rest and morris, goudlock and ebanks can finally see some legit action without having to worry about blowing the game.

12 · Star Player Joined: 03 Sep 2010 Posts: 8617

GO LAKERS!!!

CandyCanes · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject:

Has Father Time caught up with Kyrie Irving?
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Gatekeeper · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:20 pm Post subject:

Payback game for last season.

SilverBullet · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 16832

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K2 · Franchise Player Joined: 25 Dec 2011 Posts: 23529

Please kindly destroy them by 39 points+

Dan Gilbert must feel the wrath of Kobe.

32 · Retired Number Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 73144

Cleveland just beat Phoenix 101 to 90. The got pretty good production from there bench.

Starters minutes
Verejao: 36 minutes
Jamison: 33 minutes
Parker: 30 minutes
Irving: 28 minutes
Caspi: 21 minutes

Box Score:
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=320112021
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George W Buss · Star Player Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 2816

I have never seen Irving playing before. What is his style? Like Rose? Jennings? Paul? Nash?
Fisher will be guarding him ...

Laker_Town · Retired Number Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 25604

DaMamba · Starting Rotation Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 456

Cleveland's pretty decent this year, some of you who are expecting a blowout are clearly still thinking of last year's Cavs. I really doubt the Lakers blow them out and have a chance to rest the starters, as some of you are hoping. It won't be THAT easy.

With that said, it should be a win though. The Lakers don't have to travel for this back to back, so their legs should be fine for the Clippers game too, regardless of how this Cavs game goes. But one step at a time.

MagicMamba88 · Star Player Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 4644

K2 · Franchise Player Joined: 25 Dec 2011 Posts: 23529

Last year's score: 112-57 (I remember it was a blowout, but on a Phil Jackson Squad not known for defense?)

Hope it will be similar though not expecting that kind of result since Cleveland has improved.

Kobe gets a double nickle.

Comrades · Star Player Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 1216

lets get another W! GO LAKERS!!
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K2 · Franchise Player Joined: 25 Dec 2011 Posts: 23529

limchrc · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 11477

Just win.

ice516tea · Starting Rotation Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 205

game plan should be for drew and pau to get busy with a good inside out game and let kobe close it out - we need for those guys to get going so they can get comfortable within the offense...

we can let kobe takeover cause they have no-one that can guard him but we need our whole team involved with getting us wins...

Roger O. Thornhill · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:51 am Post subject:

Dr. Laker · Franchise Player Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 17171

All the Lakers should come out in CP3 jerseys.
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la4win · Star Player Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 2247

Dan Gilbert sent email to David Stern crying Please don't let us play them. They are big market team and it not fare to play them. David Stern is going to cancel the game for Basketball Reason.