Comments on: Lakers/Celtics Game 5 Chat

By: Don W.

Don W. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:02:04 +0000

Just Win baby, Just Win!

By: the other Stephen

the other Stephen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:47:07 +0000

high time to make history.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:05:06 +0000

Da Raider,
Turiaf, in 10 minutes per game, is averaging .6 rebounds, 2 fouls, and about 1 point. He is not doing very well; I think PJ gambled (with a big lead) to see if Mihm would be able to do any better.

Turiaf has played pretty poorly all playoffs.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:56:24 +0000

new game 5 thoughts post up

By: R.J.

R.J. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:54:20 +0000

Just a few quick hitters:
1. Why have the Lakers abandoned the point guard trap after made free throws? This has been surprisingly effective, Rondo or no Rondo.

2. Why are the Lakers not doing the things for Kobe that the Celtics are doing for Pierce (i.e. higher screen rolls and guard on guard screen roll)?

3. Why are slow guys (Walton, Radmonovic) and Sasha picking guys up 40 feet from the bucket? This either leaves help defenders with too much ground to cover when the ball handler (usually Pierce) blows by or results in a foul.

By: Da Raider

Da Raider — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:53:12 +0000

Putting in Mihm was a head scratcher. You can laugh all you want but Ronny is not doing a bad job on KG. He needs to play more (but shoot less). Ariza needs to guard Truth and PJ needs to resist putting Walton on Truth. Even if that means leaving Luke on the bench the entire time. PS – if PJ really is the Zen Master, don’t you think the Lakers would have at least a little success guarding the P&R? With Shaq we had the built in excuse that Shaq didn’t do pick and roll defense, but what’s the excuse this time? Lakers in 7! (This prediction is laden with sarcasm and venom from the blown game 4)

By: DTC

DTC — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:47:57 +0000

I’m still holding out the irrational hope that come Wednesday morning, my subway ride to work in Cambridge will be full of people in stunned and nervous silence. The hope is pretty fraqile, because the Lakers have not played intelligently enough the whole series. But there is hope because

- Silly mistakes always have a chance of being eliminated quickly. For instance, I do not want to see Vlad leading a fastbreak again. EVER. For that matter, I don’t want to see him be the playmaker in the half court either. And please… no more unnecessary fouls! If they clean these little things up (IF!), their chances improve enormously

- They showed enough fire to make me think they will play scrappy in Boston. Honestly, as a Laker fan who is already happy with this season, at the end of the day all I want is to say: “This team played their hearts out and pulled no punches”, win or lose.

- The refs know how people talked about the last game in Boston. I expect a fairly officiated game, perhaps with a SLIGHT favoring of the Celtics.

Just remember, the Celtics EXPECT to win game 6, just like they expected to win game 5. Everyone I know in Boston believes it’s already over. The Lakers are the ones with their backs against the wall. Play like it!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:41:27 +0000

Celtics = 1-2 in Game 6′s this postseason.

(Any stat will help).

By: kat

kat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:26:53 +0000

weaker fans: check (boston’s fans seem to be up all the time throughout the game! we need to bring the house down!

poor defense: check (when you hear phil saying that the offense will come instead of pick up the defense, something’s amiss!)

is it just me, or have i seen Radmanovich let Pierce and other players just run by him?! pls. watch him next game and see how he defends boston. it looks like he does, but he ends up just standing around.

kobe can’t keep winding down the clock to 5 sec. and not pass the ball. it’s a team for a reason.

i feel that the team has played half-heartedly. it doesn’t show that they want it badly enough. kobe seems like he does, but his rage only shows when they’re losing or the game’s super close. but the other guys need to step it up.

phil needs to match doc rivers’ aggression. i know he’s very zen and all, but it’s the PLAYOFFS!!! i think we’re more angry than him. and the experimenting with the bench who’s never played a sec. in playoffs need to end. maybe next season, but not yet!

if KG seems to do a good job of explaining the laker plays, then that is saying something about our predictability.

we need more aggression & an incredible up in heart and defense to win game 6.

By: chris h

chris h — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:24:02 +0000

you know, haven’t we all noticed, and I mean ALL YEAR??!! that the Lakers are a team that plays better when they are in close games, or behind. they do not hold on to big leads, it’s a mental curse they have, and…I think they play even better when behind.
I would much rather see us behind by 2 points the whole game than see us build a 30 point lead and try to hold on.
so, this leads me to believe we are in a great position. being behind right now, facing elimination, knowing we gotta fight to a bitter end.
(remember, we were up 3 to 1 once, and didn’t prevail, I would hate to be up 3 to 1 in these finals and feel them coming up on us, that would be too brutal)
so, consider this, wouldn’t you want us to be exactly where we are?
game 6 is THE WAR GAME OF THE SERIES, we win it, the whole “pressure” thing has turned in our favor.
go LAKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!