EPTThat is literally why they lost the game. If the Lakers shooting had even improved to 40% it could have easily been a victory despite going down by 18 for half the game.
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
That is literally why they lost the game. If the Lakers shooting had even improved to 40% it could have easily been a victory despite going down by 18 for half the game. | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
On May 16 2009 05:08 il0seonpurpose wrote: Btw, did anyone see Kobe abuse Gasol during the bench? I'm not sure if it was to hype him up or if he was really mad, but Gasol did nothing. Gasol is too Zen to respond. | ||
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On May 16 2009 04:09 Xeris wrote: Cyric, it's not even about the big lead in the first... LA cut it down to 2 in the 3rd despite getting anally raped for the first ~28 minutes of the game or so. The problem was pick and roll tore them apart, and they could NOT shoot the ball to save their lives (they were ~35% as opposed to 50+% from Houston). That is literally why they lost the game. If the Lakers shooting had even improved to 40% it could have easily been a victory despite going down by 18 for half the game. Well, in my opinion, if they hadn't let the Rockets take over in the first quarter the way they did, then that huge run in the second half would've given them a double-digit lead as opposed to pulling them within 2. The Rockets have won every game they have played in the postseason where they led after the first quarter, and lost every game they have played where they were down after the first quarter. That's pretty good motivation for the Lakers to come out strong and dominate early, but they didn't and they lost. This is not the only factor, but I think it's a big one and particularly inexcusable because of how Game 4 went. | ||
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On May 16 2009 05:08 il0seonpurpose wrote: Btw, did anyone see Kobe abuse Gasol during the bench? I'm not sure if it was to hype him up or if he was really mad, but Gasol did nothing. If you're referring to the clip they showed during the game where Kobe put his hand on top of Gasol's head and shook it during a timeout, I think that looked more like he was trying to wake him up and get him to focus rather than "abuse" him. Teammates regularly hit each other on the chest, lightly slap each other on the face, hit their heads, etc. to get each other motivated and fired up. I didn't see that as something that Gasol would or should take offense to. It was only a slightly more aggressive version of the way some people will ruffle someone's hair. | ||
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BalliSLife
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
0.464 for the playoffs 3's 0.356 playoffs 0.351 season Statistically he's not really stepping his game up like Lebron is for the playoffs. His stats are fairly similar to his regular season maybe a bit better overall. | ||
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Ace
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unknown.sam
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
Also, while Landry's first dunk was a very nice, aggressive attack on the basket, you could see pretty clearly that he used his offhand to deflect Odom's arm away. Is that a foul? I see people do it all the time. If you remember Wade's controversial drive in the finals, he hand checks like 2-3 people. Somehow it's ok on offense as long as you don't push off but it's a foul on defense. And posting up bynum on scola might work if bynum's post game was up and running. | ||
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Monoxide
Canada1190 Posts
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HonestTea
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On May 16 2009 06:29 XaI)CyRiC wrote: If you're referring to the clip they showed during the game where Kobe put his hand on top of Gasol's head and shook it during a timeout, I think that looked more like he was trying to wake him up and get him to focus rather than "abuse" him. Teammates regularly hit each other on the chest, lightly slap each other on the face, hit their heads, etc. to get each other motivated and fired up. I didn't see that as something that Gasol would or should take offense to. It was only a slightly more aggressive version of the way some people will ruffle someone's hair. ![[image loading]](http://i41.tinypic.com/11sz2qd.gif) That's not what I would call "putting his hand on top of Gasol's head and shaking it" It's things like this that form (or don't form) camraderie and chemistry You think Billups would ever do anything like that? And yes, sometimes I drunk dial Chauncey, but that's not the point. | ||
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HonestTea
5007 Posts
On May 16 2009 07:12 BalliSLife wrote: Don't forget that you can't really use nuggets regular season stats since chauncey came way later into the season. I'm still surprised at kobe's fg percentage though does anyone know what it is? My ex-boyfriend joined the Nuggets in their fifth game of the regular season. So yeah, Nuggets regular season stats are pretty legitimate. | ||
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eStoniaNBoY
Switzerland439 Posts
Look at other guys instantly looking away after this. Seems like he is still a psycho faggot who is feared inside his team. The guy was laughing at press conference, no wonder. Look at Ariza's interview after that game. He sounded like he had been crying and it seemed hard for him to get his stare off the locker room's ground. Probably Kobe punked him also. Andrew also sounded weird, but I guess he said Kobe to literally fuck off or get wiped the floor with *rofl* | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On May 16 2009 14:15 eStoniaNBoY wrote: Kobe has always been a punk. Look at other guys instantly looking away after this. Seems like he is still a psycho faggot who is feared inside his team. The guy was laughing at press conference, no wonder. Look at Ariza's interview after that game. He sounded like he had been crying and it seemed hard for him to get his stare off the locker room's ground. Probably Kobe punked him also. Andrew also sounded weird, but I guess he said Kobe to literally fuck off or get wiped the floor with *rofl* so many assumptions in this idk where to begin you are a laker fan though right | ||
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