Quote Originally Posted by Addict101:

Phil Jackson is not as dumb as he apparently coaches.

 

He clearly threw this game to make the red hot Nuggets wait a aggravating 5 more days.

Now when the Lakers dispose of this last team from Texas, Denver will have cooled down considerably.

 

The Zen Master at work again

So it wasn't a David Stern ratings ploy for double-header game 7's (cause he threw that game to ORL earlier too), or as you mentioned 11 minutes earlier a present from Wunderlich?  What really happened was that Phil wanted to give DEN some time to rest up, and figure out a gameplan for the WCF's.  That is some mighty smart coaching.  I guess he IS as dumb as he coaches.  Some of you Laker fans are grasping at anything to avoid the realization that your team really isn't that great.

I agree....i'm starting to realize that they really aren't as great as everyone thinks...now that bynum is invisible they might be worse then last years team, because radmonovich is gone, sasha and walton have their heads up their asses, and they will not have the luxery of homecourt IF they make it again to the finals....kobe is playing well as usual and so is gasol, and odom seems to be playing better this playoffs versus last year....the kid from mich state is a decent spark off the bench now for LA, but not a big deal really at all as far as a difference maker....but they really aren't any better at all IMO then last years laker team, and if they win game 7 they not only are going to be playing a red hot denver team who is playing excellent basketball right now, if they get thru that series they'll be playing a cleveland team who at worst will have only played 5 games tops in their series and well rested.

LBJ, well rested,  and homecourt....I think i'm going to toss in a little extra coin on cleveland at +100 to bring home the title....lakers aren't going to do shit and its clearly evident now seeing as they now sport a 1-2 record against a houston rockets team missing their best player.

Quote Originally Posted by cashin:

Way too much & early talk about the Nuggets. Lakers more than have their hands full on Sunday. And this vs a team missing their 2 biggest stars & with noone over 6'9". Been lovin all the patronizing & dismissive thoughts/statements about my Rockets & how the only reason they've even won a gm is due to the Lakers being flat, uninspired, etc, etc, adnauseum. Did it ever occur to anyone that given the match-ups, LA may just not be that much better?  They looked like they wanted this 1 tonite & got their butts beat solidly & the best players on the floor were Scola in the 1stH & Brooks in the 2nd -

 

Can someone explain to me how a front line of 7ft Gasol & Bynum & 6'11 Odom can't dominate the Rocks bigs of 6'9 Scola, 6'6'' Hayes & back-up Landry 

 

Regardless of what happens in gm 7, given what Hou has to work with, it's a helluva testament to what toughness & consistent hard work & good teamwork/chemistry on O & D can do just to force a gm 7. The beauty of basketball - it's a team game. How many other teams in the league could do this w/o their 2 biggest studs? None. Still expect LA to win on Sun, but the Rocks won't shoot 32% or 17% from 3 again & I give 'em an outside shot. Will be puttin at least a unit or 2 on Hou ML - GO ROCKETS

 

 

great post....this series is making it so painfully obvious that Rick Adelman is coaching circles around Phil Jackson.

Quote Originally Posted by cubsin08:

I don't know what happened to my Cubs in 08...and 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09... 

So how many aliases do you have?

Quote Originally Posted by L8kersFan74:

Well, what Stern wants, Stern gets... GAME 7 DOUBLE-HEADER ON SUNDAY! Check your local listings!

Exactly  and he will get what he wants with the Lakers advancing. All the pressure is on the Lakers and this is when Kobe is at his best.

I'm sure it didn't, but, Stern got his Game 7 in the Boston/Orlando series and having this series go 7 games sets up an "NBA SUPER SUNDAY" that I'm sure he was craving...ratings, ratings, ratings!

Look, the Lakers played like dogshit in the 1st Quarter, but, you can look at so many calls primarily in that 2nd Quarter and beyond...calls against the Lakers that easily could have just played on with no whistle (prime example: the foul just before the half on Farmar when they were at midcourt??? = 2 pts Rockets), no-calls inside where the Lakers were CLEARLY being fouled...not ALL of them were fouls, BUT, there were definitely plenty of fouls that were happening and we heard no whistle, these were the same type of plays that were being whistled at fouls at the opposite end and resulting in Rocket FT's. So, Game 7 it is...no problem.

And like I've said...Celtics looked like garbage throughout the Eastern Conference last season: 7 with ATL, 7 with CLE, and 6 with DET. It worked out just fine for them, this is no time to panic. All the haters go ahead and get back with me IF and WHEN the Lakers are eliminated.

Nice of you to join us brotha!

I think we know how this will play out Sunday bro...