Comments on: Game 5 Thoughts

By: magiclover

magiclover — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:38:15 +0000

Celtics do the same thing Utah does only better,foul every time and dare the refs to call it.Grab wrists,hip checks,moving screens,hold players away from the ball so others get open.As long as the league lets this happen the games will resemble train wrecks.No fun to watch.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:35:20 +0000

Game 6 chat post up.

By: MannyP

MannyP — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:13:20 +0000

One of the positive things to take from this series thus far is the absence of Bynum and how the series would theoretically be different if he were around. I don’t think that Kobe has not noticed the irony of the thought that the guy who was called out at the beggining of the season is the guy we really could have used the most. It is adversity such as this that will help Kobe continue to mature as a leader and can only lead us to a better place.

Having said that, I hope my Lakers come out and play with tremendous energy, strenght and aggressiveness tonight!

GO LAKERS! I BELIEVE!

By: wondahbap

wondahbap — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:53:14 +0000

I just in from LA on Saturday nigh from Game 4. I live in Providence, which is 45 minutes away from Boston. My flight was delayed Friday night, so we had to stay another night (in a crappy hotel, after spending a few nights at the Westin Bonaventura), then catch a flight Saturday afternoon, we got in at 12 am Sunday. I was beat all day, and I didn’t just play a 48 minute NBA Finals game, and didn’t have to play one that day. THIS WILL AFFECT BOSTON big time.
They had to wait around for 12 hours which is worse then me staying at a crap hotel. No comfortable thing. Then I would like to assume that they probably didn’t even get to go to bed for at least 2 hours after they landed. At least. So make that 1 am this morning. Factor in the time difference from LA to Boston, and you have the perfect setting for them to really be spent. Meanwhile, the Lakers had a full nights rest, and are healthy to boot.
I thin the Lakers could win regardless of the physical toll the celtics may have had to endure, but I like the way it’s shaping up. They NEED to jump out quick again, and keep the pressure on. PLEASE Phil, if they do, DO NOT let the momentum swing again.

By: Gatinho

Gatinho — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:42:32 +0000

“We’re young enough, and dumb enough, to be able to do this.”

Phil Jackson

By: Travis Y.

Travis Y. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:24:56 +0000

To help defend the PNR I would put Odom on KG and Kobe on Pierce. Pau obviously can’t move laterally quick enough to stop Pierce from getting in the lane. This would allow Pau to just concentrate on helping to clog the lane, even though he has been late to rotate it would be easier for him to get the weakside blocks he has been known to collect.

And would someone please knock Pierce or Ray Allen to the ground when they drive. This is the NBA Finals, Lebron was getting this treatment in the first round I can’t believe the Lakers haven’t at least tried to send the message that if you go to the paint, you’re going to miss or get HACKED. Clean fouls of course but still you need to send a message. Let’s go Lakers today, and could someone please get Warren to comment first. We need all the help we can get.

Go Blue and Gold.

By: heh8me&1

heh8me&1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:52 +0000

HATE2LOVE KOBE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGccjdhWxho

By: Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:56:40 +0000

I’m extremely disappointed in the Lakers pick-and-roll defense. For years, I gave Coach Jackson and his staff a free pass because opposing teams attacked Shaquille on the pick-and-roll. Shaq didn’t have the mobility to defend the play. But the Lakers bigs are more than capable of defeding the play correctly. They just aren’t hedging on the ball handler and recovering to their man with the same type of urgency as Boston’s bigs. That’s a reflection of the coaching staff. Either they aren’t being instructed correctly (which is hard to believe) or they didn’t make it as large an emphasis as it should have been during the regular season.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:47:56 +0000

Tonight’s officials are Joey Crawford, Bennet Salvatore and Eddie F. Rush. We hate Salvatore, you hate Rush, and hopefully Crawford toes the line?

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:52:26 +0000

Sorry for the double post, I wanted to add one more thing. I like the Idea of having Farmar, or Sasha pressure House whenever he is bringing up the ball (maybe Kobe or Ariza a bit too). Those two seem to be our best pressure defenders and should be able to create some turnovers and (more often) slow their offense down so that they have less shot clock to work with. I would expect though (like in game 5) Doc will have Pierce or Allen start to bring up the ball.