NBA Playoffs 2012 - Page 40

On May 04 2012 13:43 holy_war wrote:
OKC is a very tough matchup for the Lakers period. I don't know how much having MWP will help.

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On May 04 2012 15:27 RowdierBob wrote:
Sometimes it's just not fair:

On May 04 2012 16:57 Vindicare605 wrote:


Obviously Denver still has fight left, but I was just jumping ahead and asking the big what if question.

Denver has historically been much better at home although this team seems to play better on the road. I don't know.

I think the Lakers can beat OKC. If they could do it with that odd line up they won with back at Staples they could do it with their primary line up.

OKC has had the luxury of catching the Lakers repeatedly (at least twice) on the second of back to backs. Which works a lot better for them because they're a younger team. They also benefit greatly from foul calls that probably won't be called in the playoffs.

It's a tough match up to call either way. Both sides have their advantages and both have their disadvantages. When the two teams meet it'll be a great match up.

On May 04 2012 16:57 Vindicare605 wrote:


Obviously Denver still has fight left, but I was just jumping ahead and asking the big what if question.

Denver has historically been much better at home although this team seems to play better on the road. I don't know.

I think the Lakers can beat OKC. If they could do it with that odd line up they won with back at Staples they could do it with their primary line up.

OKC has had the luxury of catching the Lakers repeatedly (at least twice) on the second of back to backs. Which works a lot better for them because they're a younger team. They also benefit greatly from foul calls that probably won't be called in the playoffs.

It's a tough match up to call either way. Both sides have their advantages and both have their disadvantages. When the two teams meet it'll be a great match up.

On May 05 2012 03:03 holy_war wrote:


I'm a Lakers fan and I certainly think the Lakers are capable of knocking out the Thunder, it's going to be very hard. You can't really judge the last Lakers/Thunder game because of MWP's KO on James Harden. The Thunder would've won pretty easily if Harden was still in the game. Kobe can guard Westbrook, but KD and Harden are match up nightmares. And Perkins somehow manages to do pretty decently vs Bynum down in the paint.

Can't wait for the series though, I love being heckled by the Thunder fans in OKC.

On May 05 2012 08:16 ranshaked wrote:
Isn't Anderson also in the top ten for offensive rebounds? Who else had a comeback year like he did?

On May 05 2012 08:13 Holcan wrote:
he played more minutes in a shortened season without dropping in shooting percentages, while dwight was being a prima donna, that's improving....essentially he went from a pretty good stretch four to one of the best pure shooters in the league.

On May 05 2012 09:16 Holcan wrote:
you don't think adding minutes while not dropped percentages, while playing more back to backs isn't improving? not many people outside of lebron james, steve nash and ray allen did it on the level anderson did this year, i doubt you would place him on this echelon of players after last, but he has placed himself there this year.


maybe I'm vastly over estimating what 10 extra minutes would do to someone over the course of a shortened season, but it really doesn't feel like it. plus ersan, munroe, peko, lin and bradley all have the opportunity to prove themselves next year to withstand the rigors of playing consistent 30 minutes in the nba.