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[Black Mamba]

Funny way of saying everyone is being realistic now that even the Lakers, themselves know they're frauds.

I know it sounds odd but i still think Lakers will somehow pull this off. they've gotten better shots all series long, just missed more wide open shots and blew FTs.

But, taking 4 of 5 will be a very tough thing to do and it might be too late to right the ship.

 

[snack]

what's the point?
khloe already has him by the balls.

These gifs are hilarious. Just like the Lakers.

 

[giri]

I can see it. Pau starts playing like a woman, Kobe goes into KoMe mode, the bench suddenly becomes useless...I can see them getting snippy with each other.

I hope Phil doesn't let them bring cards on the plane to Dallas.

Deserves more credit.

Not homophobic if there's truth to it.
Are you listening pau?

Pau, all over your... back?

 

[SamuraiX-]

I know it sounds odd but i still think Lakers will somehow pull this off. they've gotten better shots all series long, just missed more wide open shots and blew FTs.

But, taking 4 of 5 will be a very tough thing to do and it might be too late to right the ship.

Can you find what the record is for a team that left their home court down 0-2 in a 7-game series?

The last time it happened to the Lakers, in 1977, they were swept by Portland.

 

[giri]

I know it sounds odd but i still think Lakers will somehow pull this off. they've gotten better shots all series long, just missed more wide open shots and blew FTs.

But, taking 4 of 5 will be a very tough thing to do and it might be too late to right the ship.

I said that about the suns lakers series last year.... yeah.

 

[Adam Blade]

haha Fakers

 

[SamuraiX-]

http://i.imgur.com/c7049.png[IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4C0PC.gif[IMG]



haha Fakers[/QUOTE]

Wow.

[I]Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow![/I]

 

[Gigglepoo]

I've been hating on Steve Blake before it was cool.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

I've been hating on Steve Blake before it was cool.

well get ready to un-hate because he's headed back to the niners soon!

 

[weekend_warrior]

Odom deserved to get kicked in the nuts, 3-12 with 6 points.

 

[Black Mamba]

Can you find what the record is for a team that left their home court down 0-2 in a 7-game series?

The last time it happened to the Lakers, in 1977, they were swept by Portland.

Like I said, it sounds odd. It has only happen 3 times ever. But I still feel like it will happen. but I'm not sitting here saying it's definitely happening. Odds are very poor. It's just my gut, nothing more.

I said that about the suns lakers series last year.... yeah.

Difference was LAL dominated the Suns in the 1st two games. Amar'e got styled on by Pau and Odom.

This series Lakers just gave game 1 away and missed wide open looks at FTs in game 2.

But yes, they probably lost the series tonight. But I still think they'll pull it out, somehow.

 

[Red Blaster]

I've been hating on Steve Blake before it was cool.

He's almost as good as Matt Bernes

 

[THRILLH0]

but calling him a pussy all season long is ok?

Ehh, I see your point. Lakers probably would have been better off with John Amaechi playing PF this series.

 

[giri]

Like I said, it sounds odd. It has only happen 3 times ever. But I still feel like it will happen. but I'm not sitting here saying it's definitely happening. Odds are very poor. It's just my gut, nothing more.



Difference was LAL dominated the Suns in the 1st two games. Amar'e got styled on by Pau and Odom.
This series Lakers just gave game 1 away and missed wide open looks at FTs in game 2.

But yes, they probably lost the series tonight. But I still think they'll pull it out, somehow.

Thats not all that different to this series actually....

 

[perfectchaos007]

Thats not all that different to this series actually....

The Mavs stole game 1, but the Mavs outplayed the Lakers in game 2

 

[SamuraiX-]

The Mavs stole game 1, but the Mavs outplayed the Lakers in game 2

That game was already lost when KoME showed he was in full effect from tipoff.

 

[Blackface]

Can't even imagine how shit the Lakers will be in a couple years, when they still have over 60 million on the books, bird right trades no longer exist, and the cap is 50 million.

lawlalwalwlalw

Spoiler

Raptors bad, so slightly better than the Knicks

 

[etiolate]

He's almost as good as Matt Bernes

Traitors get what they deserve

 

[Gigglepoo]

He's almost as good as Matt Bernes

Matt Barnes was great in '07 for the Warriors. Steve Blake has always been a train wreck:

From 2009!

Fucking Blake. :lol

WHAT WAS THAT SHOT?!?!?

WTF what a terrible shot.

blake. IS. AN. IDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOT. 17 seconds and he's running? fucking idiot.

What the fuck is Steve Blake doing!? WHAT THE FUCK!

WHAT IN THE LIVING FUCK BLAKE WHAT THE FUCK FUCKING FUCK

And just because this made me laugh:

didn't simmons say that barea was the x factor?

lol

 

[masud]

I'd trade toney douglas for Blake (or brown) in second, less than a second.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Can't wait until tomorrow's announcement of an Artest suspension. Come on, NBA...don't let me down!

 

[JoeFu]

lolololol I'm reading that thread from 09 you linked and lololol

some gems from me before I ended up hating the midget

JJB is really Puerto Rican Nash.

Mavs let Kidd walk in offseason maybe??

Barea is turning out amazing.

 

[esquire]

haha Fakers

Lololololo... :\

 

[Pkaz01]

Matt barnes is such a fucking cancer. every team he goes to loses.

 

[Black Mamba]

Can't wait until tomorrow's announcement of an Artest suspension. Come on, NBA...don't let me down!

I'm starting to think this will be better for the Lakers.


And by "think," I mean foolishly convince myself.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

haha Fakers

Wow... I'm dying here.

 

[Duki]

ahahahaha black mamba

of course them suddenly having issues makes sense

its called the disease of more son

happens like clockwork

 

[woodchuck]

NEXT LEVEL: Dirk Nowitzki got off to a good start in Game 2, scoring 15 points in the first half and finishing with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Nowitzki played well in isolation situations again. During the season in isolation plays, Nowitzki ranked first in field goal percentage (56.8), efficient field goal percentage (57.2) and points per play (1.10).

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310504013

anyone know where i can find more situational advanced stats like these

 

[giri]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310504013

anyone know where i can find more situational advanced stats like these

Stats cube on nba.com?

But i guess it depends what they call an iso, Dirk in the post isn't what i'd really call an iso...

 

[Black Mamba]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310504013

anyone know where i can find more situational advanced stats like these

It's off Synergy. But you have to pay a lot for access, unfortunately.

 

[Cooter]

I'm down for Mav's vs Heat part II

 

[The Frankman]

I'd trade toney douglas for Blake (or brown) in second, less than a second.

You're fucking insane.

 

[Duki]

toney can be awful but at least he can get hot in 1/3 games and hit 6 3 pointers or something

what the fuck does shannon give you? his version of getting hot is getting some fast break dunk and then bricking about 10 threes in a row because he suddenly thinks hes hot shit

also fuck that bitch, shannon is a girls name

 

[numble]

also fuck that bitch, shannon is a girls name

http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/landry

 

[giri]

toney can be awful but at least he can get hot in 1/3 games and hit 6 3 pointers or something

what the fuck does shannon give you? his version of getting hot is getting some fast break dunk and then bricking about 10 threes in a row because he suddenly thinks hes hot shit

also fuck that bitch, shannon is a girls name

IIRC, Shanon started the year better than Kobe did. But quickly fell off when he remembered who he was.

 

[Duki]

IIRC, Shanon started the year better than Kobe did.

tbf, not hard these days

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Like I said, it sounds odd. It has only happen 3 times ever. But I still feel like it will happen. but I'm not sitting here saying it's definitely happening. Odds are very poor. It's just my gut, nothing more.


Difference was LAL dominated the Suns in the 1st two games. Amar'e got styled on by Pau and Odom.

This series Lakers just gave game 1 away and missed wide open looks at FTs in game 2.

But yes, they probably lost the series tonight. But I still think they'll pull it out, somehow.

Lakers need to win 1 of the next 2 in Dallas to get it back to LA.

Then win a Game 6 in Dallas where the crowd will be extremely hostile.

Then win a back to back Game 7 @ a 12:30 start.

Lakers will need to play near perfect to pull that off.

I feel like this:

Lakers tried this turn it on, turn it off bullshit all year long, and actually sliding by when Kobe hit that 3 to push the Sacramento Lease Extensions to OT and win it.

They even got away with it last series because the Hornets weren't very good.

In this series, they thought they could get away with it again after dropping Game 1 in another "we'll do just enough to get by" effort that failed.

Dallas came out and outplayed the Lakers tonight, through and through.

Even if they "turn it on" and win both in Dallas, it doesn't matter.

This team doesn't know how to be consistent and it has caught up to them.

Ironically, winning this series would only further push that feeling of "ho hum, doesn't matter cause we lost the first 2 games in LA in the Dallas series" and imo, would be a further detriment.

Their year long history of bad habits have gotten the Lakers here, not two games with Dallas in the semis.

 

[overcast]

I love watching Dirk play basketball. So much finesse, his shot is beautiful.

Playoffs rule

 

[Black Mamba]

Lakers need to win 1 of the next 2 in Dallas to get it back to LA.

Then win a Game 6 in Dallas where the crowd will be extremely hostile.

Then win a back to back Game 7 @ a 12:30 start.

Lakers will need to play near perfect to pull that off.

I feel like this:

Lakers tried this turn it on, turn it off bullshit all year long, and actually sliding by when Kobe hit that 3 to push the Sacramento Lease Extensions to OT and win it.

They even got away with it last series because the Hornets weren't very good.

In this series, they thought they could get away with it again after dropping Game 1 in another "we'll do just enough to get by" effort that failed.

Dallas came out and outplayed the Lakers tonight, through and through.

Even if they "turn it on" and win both in Dallas, it doesn't matter.

This team doesn't know how to be consistent and it has caught up to them.

Ironically, winning this series would only further push that feeling of "ho hum, doesn't matter cause we lost the first 2 games in LA in the Dallas series" and imo, would be a further detriment.

Their year long history of bad habits have gotten the Lakers here, not two games with Dallas in the semis.

I agree with everything (minus your use of Ironically

).

I'll repeat here was I told a friend. Even if Lakers pull this series off, I think losing tonight means they won't win the title. Whatever they use to pull it off will leave them spent for the WCF.


I also think the 17-1 streak ended up hurting them. They used a lot of energy to dominate (not just win) those games and are now tired from it. That and 3 years of Finals and some guys at International Ball (Pau in particular). And they convinced themselves they can "turn it on." But now the energy is sapped and they really can't. Only reason I think they can win still is because I don't think Dallas is that good, but OKC definitely is.

Pau really looks tired to me. We joke around about him playing like a pussy right now, but his movements and everything looks slow. There was that one Oreb for Dallas where he just tried to walk to Dirk to challenge his 3. I knew Phil rode him too hard to start the season (40+min for like 15 games).

Welp, I'd rather they lose now and get time to rest than lose to the Heat in the Finals or something. I've been prepared for the loss, but losing to the Heat would infuriate me.

 

[lawlohwhat]

Lakers are still the clearly better team, despite the loss. They got complacent early in the 3rd and played stupid and tried to have Kobe bail em out.

They'll re-adjust and take the next 2 games.

sorry, just had to quote this.

lmao.

 

[ghostofsparta]

I didn't know Rick Fox was smanging the chick from Bring It On. Lucky bastard.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

I've been prepared for the loss, but losing to the Heat would infuriate me.

The Lakers aren't going to beat the heat in a 7 game series. I'd rather them lose now then to the heat.

 

[Duki]

literally no one in the photo is even paying attention to the court

and you know its not half time, cos if it was rick fox would def be watching to perv on the laker girls

laker culture

 

[Black Mamba]

sorry, just had to quote this.

lmao.

yeah, I was wrong. oh well. I gotta root for em, na'h mean.

I still think when the lakers play at their peak, they're a lot better than Dallas.

Oh god, I opened up the Miley Cyrus thread. What a horrible day this has become.

 

[lawlohwhat]

yeah, I was wrong. oh well. I gotta root for em, na'h mean.

I still think when the lakers play at their peak, they're a lot better than Dallas.

Oh god, I opened up the Miley Cyrus thread. What a horrible day this has become.

Yes, I agree that the 2010 lakers were probably better than this dallas team.

 

[Puddles]

WTF is the point of life now?

If the winning had to end, I was hoping we could at least lose to the Spurs or the Thunder. Not the fucking Mavs.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

WTF is the point of life now?

If the winning had to end, I was hoping we could at least lose to the Spurs or the Thunder. Not the fucking Mavs.

The Mavs are up 2 - 0. You have them right where you want them.

 

[ghostofsparta]

Also, I just love this picture.

Dat blue.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

WTF is the point of life now?

If the winning had to end, I was hoping we could at least lose to the Spurs or the Thunder. Not the fucking Mavs.

Not only that, but we got dismantled by a midget point guard that sounds like there's a cock in his mouth.

By the sound of it. It sounds like a reilo size penis

 

[etiolate]

stop hating on your man choda boy