San Antonio at Los Angeles (05/21/2008)

HELL YES. All tied up. Damm i'm good called this one the entire way

 the deeper the playoffs get ,the more the lines tighten up....which means the weaker the handicapper the longer they will be on the bandwagon.....or ride the bench becuz they dont have what it takes to be a starter......LEECHES......get ya game up!!!!

i see a lot of new orleans backers ,now backing the lakers,which i dont blame u becuz its hard going against kobe,but at some point u  will have to give S.A. the credit they deserve......shit LA does and they the ones playing......yal just spectators on the outside looking in.....

this series starts from 2 of the best coaches in the game and trickles down thru the players....i call them two chess masters ....what trickles down is the intelligence as well as experience on both sides.....but going into game 1,LA will be more battle-tested becuz they have not played anybody in the playoffs with the defense and intelligence that SA posses.....DENVER AND UTAH cant even begin to compare or prepare LA for SA's polished yet simple game plan.....its an old saying i heard from a chess master inna movie,"the only way to become smarter  is to play a smarter opponent"....thats why kobe said he wanted SA to beat NO,so they could go against the best....but dont think it will be easy....for one ,GASOL is no SHAQ....and looking back at the series 4 years ago, in LA ,the lakers were only favorite to win by no more than -5 with SHAQ...this was when SA had no center.....4 years later SA is basically the same team....just a lil more seasoned and a lil more older,but still no real center.THOMAS will do alright against GASOL...he's way better on "D" than OKUR.....Here is a list of home games LA played against at home this year against TOP DEFENSIVE TEAMS.......

HOU-LOSS 93-95 ...LA was +3.5 196.5

DET-WON 103-91  FAV.-3.5 199

SA-WON 102-97  FAV.-6  201  (NO PARKER,NO DUNCAN)

BOS-LOSS 91-110 FAV. -3 198.5(LA WAS OUT OF SYNC FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY WORE THOSE FUCKING DAISY-DUKE SHORTS)

CLE- LOSS 95-98 FAV.-4 203

POR -WON 96-83 FAV. BY 15.5 202

POR -WON 104-91 FAV. -13.5 205

SA-WON 106-85 FAV.-8 187 (NO GINOBLI,ALSO WAS SECOND TO LAST GAME OF SEASON WHEN TEAMS TEND TO REST STARTERS MORE)

......SO AFTER LOOKING AT THIS ,ILL TAKE MY CHANCES ON SA WITH A HALF POINT BUY....PLUS THEY STILL IN RHYTM AFTER PLAYING MONDAY....SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.....

UNDER-FIRST QTR

UNDER-HALF

UNDER GAME

SA+7.5

                      NOTES

LA WAS PICKED TO BEAT UTAH BY -8 IN THE FIRST GAME LAST SERIES....TO HAVE LA FAVORED TO -7 AGAINST THE SPURS IS KINDA WIERD.....SA IS A MUCH BETTER TEAM......  

 the deeper the playoffs get ,the more the lines tighten up....which means the weaker the handicapper the longer they will be on the bandwagon.....or ride the bench becuz they dont have what it takes to be a starter......LEECHES......get ya game up!!!!

i see a lot of new orleans backers ,now backing the lakers,which i dont blame u becuz its hard going against kobe,but at some point u  will have to give S.A. the credit they deserve......shit LA does and they the ones playing......yal just spectators on the outside looking in.....

this series starts from 2 of the best coaches in the game and trickles down thru the players....i call them two chess masters ....what trickles down is the intelligence as well as experience on both sides.....but going into game 1,LA will be more battle-tested becuz they have not played anybody in the playoffs with the defense and intelligence that SA posses.....DENVER AND UTAH cant even begin to compare or prepare LA for SA's polished yet simple game plan.....its an old saying i heard from a chess master inna movie,"the only way to become smarter  is to play a smarter opponent"....thats why kobe said he wanted SA to beat NO,so they could go against the best....but dont think it will be easy....for one ,GASOL is no SHAQ....and looking back at the series 4 years ago, in LA ,the lakers were only favorite to win by no more than -5 with SHAQ...this was when SA had no center.....4 years later SA is basically the same team....just a lil more seasoned and a lil more older,but still no real center.THOMAS will do alright against GASOL...he's way better on "D" than OKUR.....Here is a list of home games LA played against at home this year against TOP DEFENSIVE TEAMS.......

HOU-LOSS 93-95 ...LA was +3.5 196.5

DET-WON 103-91  FAV.-3.5 199

SA-WON 102-97  FAV.-6  201  (NO PARKER,NO DUNCAN)

BOS-LOSS 91-110 FAV. -3 198.5(LA WAS OUT OF SYNC FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY WORE THOSE FUCKING DAISY-DUKE SHORTS)

CLE- LOSS 95-98 FAV.-4 203

POR -WON 96-83 FAV. BY 15.5 202

POR -WON 104-91 FAV. -13.5 205

SA-WON 106-85 FAV.-8 187 (NO GINOBLI,ALSO WAS SECOND TO LAST GAME OF SEASON WHEN TEAMS TEND TO REST STARTERS MORE)

......SO AFTER LOOKING AT THIS ,ILL TAKE MY CHANCES ON SA WITH A HALF POINT BUY....PLUS THEY STILL IN RHYTM AFTER PLAYING MONDAY....SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.....

UNDER-FIRST QTR

UNDER-HALF

UNDER GAME

SA+7.5

                      NOTES

LA WAS PICKED TO BEAT UTAH BY -8 IN THE FIRST GAME LAST SERIES....TO HAVE LA FAVORED TO -7 AGAINST THE SPURS IS KINDA WIERD.....SA IS A MUCH BETTER TEAM......  

going to share something here that is almost too easy to spot on your own...

these are the regulation scores from 5 playoff games between the Spurs-Suns in the first round...

game 1: 93-93   (186)

game 2: 102-96 (198)

game 3: 115-99 (214)

game 4: 105-86 (193)

game 5: 92-87   (179)

only 1 of the 5 games topped 198, and the average total was 194... THAT happened in a series involving these same Spurs and a Suns team that plays NO defense at all...

hammer the under in this series...