EPTNBA Playoffs 2012 - Page 75
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
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RowdierBob
Australia13418 Posts
I'll stake a million e-dollars on it. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
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Bonzinator
Slovenia862 Posts
 Can't belive it's happening. I kinda hope that Denver will get over the hump and win the game 7. So that Lakers can start fixing up the roster becouse this is just...I'll give credit to Denver and coach Karl. Outstanding job.But something stinks in LA and it ain't Clippers... Edit: OH yeah and Bulls...hahahaha sorry i just canot belive how they wreck up W's without Rose in regular season games and then can't win Philly in playoffs. And all those Heat haters saying Boozer is way better then Bosh...Geez. I just dont get it. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13418 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:44 igotmyown wrote: What was your prediction last year game 4 Lakers Mavs? Haha, I honestly don't know, but here's what I can remember from last year: Portland > Dallas Lakers > Dallas OKC > Dallas Miami > Dallas That worked out well for me  | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13418 Posts
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Man with a Plan
United States401 Posts
Lakers in slight danger, but I think they will still win the championships. | ||
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iKill[ShocK]
Vietnam3530 Posts
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
On May 11 2012 14:00 Vindicare605 wrote: Gasol just went to the bench is likely done for the evening. His final box score is 1-10 FG 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 stl 1 blk, 2 fouls and 3 points in 27 minutes. Yea... Just got home and didn't see the game but I can't blame you for getting pissed seeing a line like that. My god... | ||
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Davis23
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
Anyone who says LA will definitely win is clueless or hasn't watched the series. Denver has a chance for sure, and Lakers are at risk. In the last 3 games Denver has been the better team, whether this will translate in a tough win in LA isn't certain but there's a possibility. | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
On May 11 2012 15:39 RowdierBob wrote: Lakers will take game 7 easy (15+). I'll stake a million e-dollars on it. I'm sure there's a joke to be made with this post and Ebanks but I'll let someone clever figure it out :p | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
On May 11 2012 17:35 Ace wrote: Just got home and didn't see the game but I can't blame you for getting pissed seeing a line like that. My god... To be honest the real culprit isn't Kobe, Bynum or even Gasol. The rest of the team was awful. They just refused to take any shot, letting Denver get away with double teaming on every iso (and Kobe still managed to score despite that...). I don't know if they have instructions to never ever shoot or if they lack confidence but even "competent" shooters like Sessions, Barnes, or Blake never punished Denver. It's easy to play basketball 3v5. | ||
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SEA KarMa
Australia452 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
On May 11 2012 20:00 MilesTeg wrote: To be honest the real culprit isn't Kobe, Bynum or even Gasol. The rest of the team was awful. They just refused to take any shot, letting Denver get away with double teaming on every iso (and Kobe still managed to score despite that...). I don't know if they have instructions to never ever shoot or if they lack confidence but even "competent" shooters like Sessions, Barnes, or Blake never punished Denver. It's easy to play basketball 3v5. No. The Lakers bench has ALWAYS been bad even in the regular season, but they still managed to finish with the three seed and looked like the definite superior team in the first two games of the series even with lackluster bench play. Gasol and Bynum are two of the most important keys to the Lakers. Neither of them showed up in game 6 and the Lakers got absolutely crushed as a result. You cannot take any blame away from them. They are too important to this team to have a game like they did especially when the third of the big three was sick and we needed them the most. | ||
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VENDIZ
1575 Posts
On May 11 2012 16:00 Bonzinator wrote: Holy crap game seven Can't belive it's happening. I kinda hope that Denver will get over the hump and win the game 7. So that Lakers can start fixing up the roster becouse this is just...I'll give credit to Denver and coach Karl. Outstanding job.But something stinks in LA and it ain't Clippers... Edit: OH yeah and Bulls...hahahaha sorry i just canot belive how they wreck up W's without Rose in regular season games and then can't win Philly in playoffs. And all those Heat haters saying Boozer is way better then Bosh...Geez. I just dont get it. LOL, who on earth ever said that (I'm guessing no one here, so I you find a link, please share), the one thing I'll give credit to Boozer for this season is not getting injured, but that doesn't warrant his paycheck :< | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
On May 11 2012 21:49 Vindicare605 wrote: No. The Lakers bench has ALWAYS been bad even in the regular season, but they still managed to finish with the three seed and looked like the definite superior team in the first two games of the series even with lackluster bench play. Gasol and Bynum are two of the most important keys to the Lakers. Neither of them showed up in game 6 and the Lakers got absolutely crushed as a result. You cannot take any blame away from them. They are too important to this team to have a game like they did especially when the third of the big three was sick and we needed them the most. It's easy to look at the stat sheet and say that the big guys didn't play well but it's just not that simple, and frankly not completely true. Just look at Pau this game. There were quite a few plays where you had him in the low post, and Sessions/Barnes at the wing. Sessions was left with an insane amount of space every time, but wasn't doing anything. If this keeps going on what is Pau supposed to do? All that's left for him is a bad fadeaway, which he took a few times and didn't make. Granted, he didn't shoot well this game but he pretty much did what he was supposed to. Same thing for Bynum and Kobe, except he's a guard with more range so he's harder to double effectively (and he's Kobe... not to mention he actually had a great game despite the sickness). Denver wasn't playing as well in the first 2 games, and wasn't abusing the lack of confidence of the role players. The Lakers badly need them to shoot if they want to win the next game. It's the first time in these playoffs that I see point guards and wing players with that much space and not even trying to do anything. Sessions and Barnes were especially bad. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
Even if the Lakers won this game by some miraculous performance by Kobe a la Flu Game 2.0, Kobe would still be pissed. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On May 12 2012 00:50 MilesTeg wrote: It's easy to look at the stat sheet and say that the big guys didn't play well but it's just not that simple, and frankly not completely true. Just look at Pau this game. There were quite a few plays where you had him in the low post, and Sessions/Barnes at the wing. Sessions was left with an insane amount of space every time, but wasn't doing anything. If this keeps going on what is Pau supposed to do? All that's left for him is a bad fadeaway, which he took a few times and didn't make. Granted, he didn't shoot well this game but he pretty much did what he was supposed to. Same thing for Bynum and Kobe, except he's a guard with more range so he's harder to double effectively (and he's Kobe... not to mention he actually had a great game despite the sickness). Denver wasn't playing as well in the first 2 games, and wasn't abusing the lack of confidence of the role players. The Lakers badly need them to shoot if they want to win the next game. It's the first time in these playoffs that I see point guards and wing players with that much space and not even trying to do anything. Sessions and Barnes were especially bad. And while thats true to some extent offensively their energy levels were nowhere near they needed to be. They sucked at protecting the pain, they just didnt show up to play really. You can have a poort night offensively but atleast do what you can control and Defense is one of them. Yea Bynum got 15 boards and all but that isnt really a good picture. You could see the way the Denver bigs were giving a win or go home effort. Someone pointed out that Faried play last night where he managed to miss and lose the ball like 3 times in a play with Gasol standig not 3 feet away just looking. I mean get in there. They were frustrated and it got to them and they became somewhat petulant aswell. Kobe probably got frustrated to, his reaction and theirs were miles apart. Just look at the way Asik played last night. Hes not even remotely in the same league as Gasol as Bynum. The lakers couldve used more of that then what they got from Gasol or Bynum. | ||
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