back from hiding. back from avoiding the radio, tv, LG, and any sports related sites. Emotions are stable, mindset prepped and ready for battle.
Were going to come out, crowd WILL be louder than normal, well punch these young punks in the mouth and well grind out a win.
Im confident. Were going to win. Kobe will redeem himself; perhaps not by scoring 40, but by setting the tone defensively, fighting for lose balls, getting in his teammates faces...
Hell be ready. The lakers will be ready. The fans should ready up because were about to get our first win!
Not feeling great about our chances today. Last game was a huge must win for us to have a decent shot in the series with a schedule loss coming tomorrow in game four, and we lost it in a bout of spectacular choking. These Lakers have exhibited an inability to handle adversity and come from behind the last couple of years. I'm almost at 50/50 thinking we let ourselves get swept; hopefully that's just me psyching myself out due to the pain of giving away the last game.
I don't know why everybody keeps saying that the back to back is such a huge disadvantage for the Lakers. Obviously the Lakers are an older team than the Thunder, but this is the first back to back in a few weeks and professional athletes should be able to handle that.
Also, if fatigue is a factor, I think that hurts a jump shooting team more and the Lakers seem to have figured out a way to make the Thunder a jump shooting team.
I think the winner of Game 3 will ride that momentum to take G4 also. I'm not sure the Lakers will win G3, but they have a chance if they can defend like in G2.
One thing I think will kill us today is that I doubt Westbrook plays as badly as he did yesterday. I think he goes off today; we're going to need to find some offense to keep up with OKC.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:53 pm Post subject:
lakez34 wrote:
Whats the word on these refs:
Joe Crawford Marc Davis Zach Zarba
Joe Crawford is the only referee in the NBA I have reservations about. Reason, he challenged Tim Duncan to a fist fight. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Obviously the Thunder are going to make adjustments against game 2's defense --- Lakers need to apply the energy on defense at home but turn it up a notch on offense. The Staples Center has been a house of horrors for the Thunder -- Let's crush the Thunder!
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject:
jim93 wrote:
Magic is right Pau shouldnt be on the top of the key but closer to the basket instead.
Agreed. He's proven he can play on the blocks against this team. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Magic is right Pau shouldnt be on the top of the key but closer to the basket instead.
Pau couldn't get his skinny ass past Ibaka or Perkins if his life depended on it. When Pau tries to post them up they move him out to the freethrow line like an empty cardboard box.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject:
LINK Magic said Kobe won't win a ring with Andrew, Pau and MWP, they're to slow. He said the have to get Dwight Howard. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
LINK Magic said Kobe won't win a ring with Andrew, Pau and MWP, they're to slow. He said the have to get Dwight Howard.
Magic is as dense as Sir fat ass. He should just shut up before everyone figures that out. The Lakers need Bynum, but Pau I can see going for someone in the mold of Ibaka, and a better PG, just for starters.
"I don't think we have many pieces to pick up," center Andrew Bynum said after the Lakers' workout Thursday in El Segundo. "We know exactly how to defend them now, and offensively, we (have to) make them pay for being aggressive. ... They protected their home court. It's the playoffs, and obviously we let one slip, but we've got another one coming up."
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