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Silly bailout foul. Fisher had no chance at that shot, he was just trying to draw contact as they said on the broadcast.
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#1602 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Smart play by Fisher
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#1603 |
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Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Come on Lakers, we need a dagger.
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#1604 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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GASOL!
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#1605 |
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That all but sews this one up for LA
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#1606 |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Bad call there- should have been Lakers ball
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#1607 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Dwight with the shove.
Acting on Gasol's part?
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#1608 |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hey, ABC- want to show us the angle of replay with the foul, not some ugly thing where we barely get the shot by Lewis and nothing of the foul underneath
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#1609 |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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That's a three-pointer let's get on with it.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Just one.
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#1611 |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Game
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#1612 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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Bah.
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#1613 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Parañaque, Philippines
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Done.
Lakers have done what they needed to do, keeping homecourt. Time to withstand the two (possibly three) straight games in Orlando.
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#1614 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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bah. they had their chance at the end of regulation
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#1615 |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Big missed opportunity tonight.
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#1616 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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He still should have probably made it anyway, but that pass was just a touch too low. Still, the degree of difficulty on that lob is amazingly high.
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#1617 |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: South Florida
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My only question is, will Kobe be rapping "How my ass taste now?" to Shaq if the Lakers win?
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hometown of Canada
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Just read the Simmons article about last night's game...
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#1619 |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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0:01: Fascinating last play -- Orlando defends Kobe with its slowest defender (Turkoglu), gambling that his length will bother Kobe's jumpshot, and if Kobe drives, Hedo's teammates will jump in to help and Kobe will shoot, anyway. So what happens? Kobe beats Hedo off the dribble, Redick, Lewis and Howard all collapse on Kobe, Kobe ignores Odom (wide-open, left corner), Ariza (wide-open, top of key) and Fisher (wide-open, right corner) and shoots with two seconds left, anyway ... and Hedo blocks him from behind. Sorry, that's just a terrible offensive play. I would hope even the Lakers fans would admit that.
Important note: Kobe's reputation as a "killer" at the end of games remains overblown. The site In depth coverage of the NBA from 82games.com just posted a study of game-winning shots from the last five-plus seasons (regular seasons and playoffs since the 2003-04 season) that revealed Kobe was shooting 14-for-56 (25 percent) with one assist and five turnovers, and made 12 of 15 free throws. So let's say that was 70 possessions total, including Sunday night. ... He only had one assist in nearly six years??? That's why Orlando quadruple-teamed him in that spot. Kobe is a phenomenal streak shooter, and he has a real talent for catching fire with a lead and closing games out ... but you can stop him in one-shot situations simply because he's his own worst enemy. He wants to be a hero, he's shooting it, and that's that. 0:00.6: Funniest moment of the game: Kobe storms back to the bench, whacks the chair in disgust and sits down as Phil Jackson (already sitting) looks at him with a bemused, "Should I point out to him that MJ absolutely would have passed there?" smile on his face. Classic. My biggest issue with this Lakers team: Normally when teams get over the hump and win the title, everyone pitches in and there's a selflessness that manifests itself as the playoffs go along. For instance, Jordan's Bulls never totally came together until Jackson screamed at MJ to start finding a wide-open John Paxson in Game 5 of the 1991 Finals; from that point on, MJ dropped the Hero Complex and started trusting his teammates. What's weird is that Kobe isn't 100 percent there yet, but the Lakers are going to win the title, anyway. It has never happened in NBA Finals history before. At least as far as I can tell.
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Location: Massachusetts
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of course it did. the shit is so effed-up it's crazy. league wants kobe to get his title.
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#1621 |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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The officials were atrocious in the game but I'd still pin the loss on Howard who disappeared at the end of the game.
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#1622 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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I'd pin it on Howard's inability to keep possession of the ball. Seriously, I was nervous every time they threw it to him in the post. Either Fisher would swipe it away or he'd lose control of the pass.
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#1623 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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#1624 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Lee should have made that play. Even if the degree of difficulty was roughly an 8.
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#1625 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Aye. To be fair to him, it looks a lot easier in slow-mo than it was in game speed. He also could have done better with the layup not long before that too. He finished that far too weakly with a little push shot that made it harder than it needed to be.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Been a Laker fan since the days of West and Wilt suffering many finals with no wins. I don't know how anyone Laker fan or not would think it was a good play on Kobes part. Hell I was screaming "pass the goddamn ball!" ![]() I do watch a lot of Laker games and I can't say I've really thought of Kobe as a "killer". I think his skill is getting on a roll to the point where a game doesn't come down to the last shot. Am I'm the only Laker fan that thinks that? I hope not. If the game is on the line though I would hope he would read the defense and trust a wide open player if he's being ganged up on. I do agree though that he thinks he should take the shot no matter what. |
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Just like how the league wanted the Celtics to finally win again last year? ![]()
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lol - i guess one could say that. or one could just say "the league wanted a celtics vs. lakers final series" and the celtics made sure to put the final game so far out of reach that the refs couldn't do anything to effect the series.
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#1630 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Pretty good game tonight. Magic are shooting 75% and are only up five!
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#1631 |
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The Magic have been near-flawless tonight, and that's what it should take to beat the Lakers in this series. No room for errors, no room for mediocrity.
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#1632 |
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#1633 |
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First miss of the Lakers in the fourth... with 3 min left.
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#1634 |
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Gasol ties it up, 99-99.
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#1635 |
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Clutch shot from Rashard
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#1636 |
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Boy, I dunno why anyone would say the NBA is fixed, Joey Crawford...
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#1637 |
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And Kobe misses his 5th FT of the game!
* Kobe hasn't missed 5 FTs in a game all season long.
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#1638 |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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That was a bad call as it looked like a clean block to me.
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#1640 |
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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That said, I am SURE the NBA would prefer a long series and not a 4-0 sweep by the Lakers. It's not fixed, it's just a star getting a call they shouldn't
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#1641 |
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Good block by Gasol and Odom.
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#1642 |
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Well that could do it.
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#1643 |
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Great defensive play by the Magic!
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#1644 |
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Good, hard-fought game by both teams. This is done.
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#1645 |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Meh, so much for the sweep
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Orlando finally gets their first finals win after six losses. Nick Anderson will sleep well tonight.
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#1647 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Really enjoyable game. Almost makes me glad that I was off work with the flu (not THE flu however
![]() Kobe getting hot in the 1st Q was probably the worst thing that could have happened for the Lakers in hindsight. They are such a better team when everyone is playing together, rather than watching Kobe run iso plays.
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#1648 |
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Good first half from Orlando. Howard was a beast.
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#1649 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Howard has really matured this series IMO. Each game he is better understanding how effective he can be without even scoring, just by using himself as a decoy. This is also a prime example of why, during the regular season, there should not have been so many Magic games where Howard rarely touched the ball. If they'd played like this all season they'd have been the #1 seed in the East.
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#1650 |
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The Lakers just erased that 12 point lead. Wow.
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