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2011 NBA Playoffs |OT2| Love Jesus or I'll cut you
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Barack Lesnar
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Is it just me or is Dirk approaching GOAT status
his point is that Dirk creates mismatches that mess up the Lakers. Neither bynum or gasol can cover dirk. Nobody has to guard chandler or haywood. He's saying that playing odom will let him cover dirk, rotate those 2 at center, and the mismatch problem goes away.Black Mamba said:
RT @Hoopdata Kobe attempted 29 FGA and not a single one at rim. He only had one FGA inside 11 feet on play-by-play.
KidA Seven
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I'm surprised Phil didn't play Kobe that much. He treated his time like a regular season game.
Black Mamba
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The Bynum benched thing makes 0 sense. The idea that both Bynum and Pau can't play together is also fucking stupid. Bynum gives Chandler more problems than Pau does. And Bynum helps defensively.
Dirk cannot beat the Lakers alone. The Lakers don't care what he does the entire game 1 on 1 because it really doesn't matter. What matters is what Peja, Kidd, Terry, Marion, and barea provide. Tonight was a bit too much.
Who cares!? Kobe is a mismatch and score 36 tonight. did it matter? it's what the other guys do that matters.
Odom can't play 40 minutes a night, btw. So Pau HAS to guard him at some point.
The Lakers aren't concerned about Dirk's scoring on Pau. There's no reason to be concerned.
edit: It's a mismatch for every team in the NBA, btw. Why would it make a difference for LA. Why hasn't Dallas won it all the last 4 years? Because the other players get shut down.
Dirk cannot beat the Lakers alone. The Lakers don't care what he does the entire game 1 on 1 because it really doesn't matter. What matters is what Peja, Kidd, Terry, Marion, and barea provide. Tonight was a bit too much.
Who cares!? Kobe is a mismatch and score 36 tonight. did it matter? it's what the other guys do that matters.
Odom can't play 40 minutes a night, btw. So Pau HAS to guard him at some point.
The Lakers aren't concerned about Dirk's scoring on Pau. There's no reason to be concerned.
edit: It's a mismatch for every team in the NBA, btw. Why would it make a difference for LA. Why hasn't Dallas won it all the last 4 years? Because the other players get shut down.
Bumblebeetuna
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Basileus777 said:
29 PPG & 29 FTA PG
Sho_Nuff82
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Heavy said:
A little premature for this. But again, this is why I wanted the Mavs over the Blazers. Great player vs. great team = great moments.
StickSoldier
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You would be surprised at how many people have said this shit.. It makes me smh everytime I read/hear it.exarkun said:
Black Mamba
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punkypine said:
Bynum will score on Chandler and perhaps get him in foul trouble. Bynum dominated the regular season matchup and did okay the few times he was given the ball tonight, but barely got any chances because the offense was STUPID.
Also, Bynum played with the bench more than Pau did, so Odom was in then too.
lazybones18
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Kobe picked the wrong day to show his game face >_>
FrenchMovieTheme
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Black Mamba said:
lol you can't just let dirk have whatever he wants. people always say this and its a stupid argument. "well kobe is going to get his so it doesn't matter!" uh, yeah it does. if kobe or dirk or whoever is torching you that matters. why do you think these teams start rotating doubles and traps over when a guy is torching you? no coach in his right mind is going to leave a guy on kobe or dirk 1 on 1 all game and "let him get his". that's ridiculous and if that happens you will lose the game.
ryutaro's mama
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It seemed like the bench was just trying to hold out till Kobe came back in.
Not really running the offense but instead running clock and trying not to fuck up.
And once Kobe came back, they just got out the way and let him run isos for the rest of the quarter.
Not really running the offense but instead running clock and trying not to fuck up.
And once Kobe came back, they just got out the way and let him run isos for the rest of the quarter.
StickSoldier
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ryutaro's mama said:
Barnes didn't do a good enough job of punking them.
Black Mamba
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FrenchMovieTheme said:
You misunderstand my argument. if Dirk is going to go apeshit on them, then sure they will need to adjust.
But Dirk scoring 28 points on 22 shots, which is well below his season average (edit: I mean points per shot attempt), is not going to beat the Lakers. it's the points by the other guys.
That and Ron shooting 1/8, Bynum getting no touches, and Shannon being a dolt.
But the Lakers are perfectly content with Dirk getting near his averages during the series so long as they slow down everyone else. It's the same way as with CP3. They are content with him scoring 22 as long as he doesn't have 13 assists to go along with it. Let him score, stop others from scoring.
Dallas has 1 true offensive weapon. That's it. Stop the others. Pau/odom are good enough to make Dirk work harder than normal to score 1 on 1 anyway. Dirk scored 22 points on 43% shooting against LAL this season without doubling. Add in tonight it's like 45% at 24ppg.
Lakers should have never lost this game. They lost with stupid offensive decisions mostly and a few stupid doubles on Kidd.
ryutaro's mama
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StickSoldier said:
And the Thunder didn't get enough FTs on Sunday.
It all evens out.
FrenchMovieTheme said:
The best way to beat a team where one guy carries them, is to D up everyone except that person. Kobe can't score 100 points every single game. He can't single handily win games.
So if you lock down every other player on the Lakers, you win.
This is the exact strategy teams used to knock the Cav's out of the playoffs. Let Lebron get his, and let nobody else do shit.
The rest of the Lakers are going to have to remember how to play with defenders looking at them. If not, they are completely fucked. Dallas isn't even as good defensively as the team they will be facing next round if they do end up winning.
Black Mamba
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ryutaro's mama said:
I called it in the 3rd. I said Kobe being ASKED to bail them out is a bad sign. And it was. Lamar seemed to be the only player willing to do anything until Kobe came back in.
The play that symbolized it was when Pau had great post position in the post against Marion and was demanding the ball and LO ignored him to throw a bad pass to Kobe who wasn't really even ready for it. At that moment it was obvious the team was going to hope Kobe made enough baskets to win the game.
ryutaro's mama
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Black Mamba said:
I think this one goes the full 7 now.
Black Mamba
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ryutaro's mama said:
I felt it was a 6 gamer with an LA split and Dallas split coming into game 5, but I thought it would be game 2 they'd have lost.
But I can see it going 7, no doubt.
Man, Mavs shot 9/20 from 3. Lakers 3rd best defensive 3pt team and held Dallas below average all season. They were bad at it tonight. So many open looks. If you ignore Stevenson's 2 since he sucks, thy shot over 50%.
50% overall for the game.
Dallas had 30 assists, too! Just awful defensive rotations. It's a bit confusing, because Kidd cannot penetrate, so I don't get why they hedge hard like it's against CP3.
edit: Lakers scored 16 points in the 4th quarter. Wow. Fucking terrible. bench never going into Bynum in the 4th. sigh.
ryutaro's mama
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Black Mamba said:
Here's the thing:
One of those games in Dallas, either Peja or Terry are gonna light the Lakers up.
Book it.
Corran Horn
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<3 C Webb
ryutaro's mama
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thekad said:
Who the fuck are you?
Black Mamba
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ryutaro's mama said:
Agree. Which is why I called for a split on each floor.
Kobe just called out the bench for not throwing the ball into Bynum in the 4th. Wow. Didn't think he'd do that.
Black Mamba
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rc213 said:
that he thought the bench unit should have thrown it into Bynum in the post in the 4th when he and Pau were on the bench.
CherryWoodFuton
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Lebron gets 12 hrs of sleep???? What time does he go to bed??? 8pm???
StickSoldier
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ryutaro's mama said:
Woh what's with all the hostility?! Barnes is the one who said that the secret to beating the mavs was by punk'n them. What's this got to do with the FThunder?
ryutaro's mama
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thekad said:
Seriously, who the fuck are you?
Herpes Reasons
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kobe vouching for bynum. now i've heard everything.Black Mamba said:
but the man has a point. pound the ball inside and you win.
The Chosen One
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FML - The Heat being the only top seed to win.
I have a soft spot for the Lakers and Kobe, so I don't mind seeing them three-peat. But much more importantly, the Heat CAN'T WIN the championship. That's just not acceptable.
But it seems the stars are lining up for that apocalyptic scenario to occur. The Bulls are being exposed as the frauds I always knew they were. So the Heat could play the Hawks in the ECF (major lol) and possibly the eight seed Grizzlies or the perennial choke-artists, Mavs.
Like I said, FML.
I have a soft spot for the Lakers and Kobe, so I don't mind seeing them three-peat. But much more importantly, the Heat CAN'T WIN the championship. That's just not acceptable.
But it seems the stars are lining up for that apocalyptic scenario to occur. The Bulls are being exposed as the frauds I always knew they were. So the Heat could play the Hawks in the ECF (major lol) and possibly the eight seed Grizzlies or the perennial choke-artists, Mavs.
Like I said, FML.
ryutaro's mama
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StickSoldier said:
There's no hostility.
Just mentioned that if the Thunder got more FTs, they prolly don't lose on Sunday.
I'm sure they'll win Game 2 though.
ryutaro's mama
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thekad said:
Rockets played tonight or tomorrow?
I don't wanna miss their game.
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