Lakers vs. Rockets Game 4: 2nd Quarter Thread
by DexterFishmore on May 10, 2009 1:04 PM PDT
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PrintFor Lakers fans, the first quarter today was the hoops-watching equivalent of the guy who found a severed snakehead in his broccoli at TGI Friday's: unexpected, nauseating and grounds for possible legal action.
On offense, the Lakers have responded to the absence of Yao Ming by deciding to go nowhere near the rim. I've never coached or played basketball professionally, but I'm not sure that's really the best strategy. And Trevor Ariza was just a mess: three turnovers in seven minutes played.
On defense, L.A. has struggled to contain explosive scorer Shane Battier. Let's just move on.
Here's your second-quarter thread.
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According to the Blazers' homer announcers in the first round, during their game 6 call: "The next time Wafer passes the ball will be his first time of the series."
That’s the gist of the call anyway — not a direct quote.
He’s a gunner.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Ha!!!
For Lakers fans, the first quarter today was the hoops-watching equivalent of the guy who found a severed snakehead in his broccoli at TGI Friday’s: unexpected, nauseating and grounds for possible legal action.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Odom is playing crappy defense. Flatfooted under the rim.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Rockets have 13 assists on 14 makes
We have 3 assists on 8 makes
We thank you, Ron Artest. UPS converts on the other end.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Luke cuts it to 11...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Artest uses his shoulder when he drives.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Luke Walton with another dunk-smoking pass... Turnover 2.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
And it is back to 16.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Third shit pass turnover by Walton.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
That was a charge.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Luke and Sasha are KILLING me
It’s a good thing Mrs. SS&R is in the kitchen, she would not be enjoying this…
16...15...14...13...12...11...10...
Strength & Honor
Trevor breaks ice.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Lakers getting blown out. Really horrible D.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Lowry penetrates without even trying... ZERO defense...
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Strength & Honor
no energy either
we look sleepy like Game1
Pau with the nice under-move.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
I thought you had 2 superior centers now. No kidding.
"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle
I don't know that Bynum has even taken his sweats off... Has he? (Hiya, Norskie!)
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Post up Gasol against Brian Cook EVERY SINGLE TIME until they take him out
Lakers fans know about Cook’s defense (or lack thereof)
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Strength & Honor
Can't make a stop without playing defense.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
TV time out.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Rockets playing admirable
Lakers shamefully
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 10, 2009 1:15 PM PDT reply actions
They can't stand prosperity. Drinking too much coffee when they should be thinking that coffee is for closers...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Stop settling for jumpshots
get the ball inside, get some easy baskets / get to the FT line
We need to cut the lead to 10 .... or something close
Ariza misses the first FT
The magic number is 15.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
NO SIDELINE REPORTS DURING GAME ACTION, IDIOTS!!!!!!
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
by timbo on May 10, 2009 1:18 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
They treat this like pre-season football...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Von Wafer vs. LA
Wafer could top that this game guys.
Sorry, I posted this in the 1st quarter thread but forgot that you guys separate each quarter into different threads.
Fisher clanks the wide open look at the 3...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Fisher cant even ake 3's...
so what good is he
I'm not quite sure his function: can't run, can't really defend the Rocket guards, can't hit open looks.
ENFORCER. That he does well…
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
He doesn't get to the rack either. I forgot that. Or pass particularly well.
Other than that…
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Kobe going into Kobe mode...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Kobe feeling it
Would prefer this be a team effort, but Kobe is better than nothing
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Strength & Honor
Keep shooting, Ronnie, we love ya!!!
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
I feel another 30 shots night for Kobe
"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle
Battier, uncovered in the corner again. 4th three ball.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Phil takes a time out.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
That's where you put the 3 in kick-out style. Thing is, there's nobody low to draw the double team, so no reason to leave him uncovered, outside of laziness or stupidity...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Someone wanna let them know they need to play defense?
http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34
Kobe chucking.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
That was a long bounce on that one... Not much you can do about that.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Kobe gets into the paint and dishes to Gasol
Gasol uses his quickness to get to the hoop and draw the foul.
This is what we need more of.
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Strength & Honor
Pau bricks a FT badly.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Somebody told me that and I didn't believe it. I do now.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Everytime we get a stop...
we give up the offensive rebound. Then we wonder why we are down by so much.
Playing no defense helps too
Pretty terrible stuff
Better come out strong in the second half.
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Strength & Honor
HALFTIME: ROCKETS 54, LAKERS 36
Did NOT get it to 15 points = uht-oh.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
I like Shane Battier a lot.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Could we get no more Fisher?
He cant even make a shot…. Can we get Brown. This is frustrating
Unacceptable. The fact that NBA players routinely shoot below 90% from the line is an insult to the game
http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34
by Carl Johnson on May 10, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
And when we are down by this much, its imperative we make the freebies.
They dont call them FREE throws for nothing
I am awful at basketball
But I don’t miss free throws. Ever. There’s a backboard there for a reason.
http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34
by Carl Johnson on May 10, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree....they should be shooting 150 a day...
I’ve played games of 21 at my local gym and there are plenty of guys that will not miss a single free throw over the course of 3 or 4 games. And these are pasty white kids too!
Not only is there a snake head in my broccoli, I just found an earthworm in my spaghetti...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Let's see, we were going to have a continuation of the Blazers = Lakers thesis during halftime today, weren't we???
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
So who thinks this doesn't look like Houston v. Portland Game 1?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Of course, Portland had to deal with Yao putting up 24 points, ha ha.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
If he played to his full potential...
he’d be top 5 in the league.
Well thats always been the story on Odom
and you can say that about A LOT of the guys in the NBA.
But this is his contract year!!!
I heard he’s making $14.1M — I did not know that.
I figured he was looking for about $10M. That would be wrong.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Well he makes 14 mill because he was traded.
That was already paid when he first came to the Lakers so he really makes about $10/$11 mill this year
Lakers need to come out like +10 in the third quarter to have a chance. They have to have a complete transformation at the break...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
What the heck is going on?!?!?!?
I figured this series would be a cake walk. The plus side is they’ll be more prepared than the Cavs in the Finals.
Ha! You think this team can beat Denver playing like this?!?!?!?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
They play down to their level of competition...
I agree, they will need to step it up.
I did not think they were playing Santa Monica Community College today... Are they?
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
We're going to lose this game
Lakers in 6
My name isn't really Iggy.
7 more likely, unless you read this game as a total fluke.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
It's hard to say
With Yao out, nobody (and I mean NOBODY) was giving Houston any chance in the series. That’s a motivating factor unlike any other. The Lakers were due to get smacked down because like everybody else, they were already counting Houston out. It became the perfect “trap game”.
I don’t think it’ll happen again this series, but I guess I could be wrong. I still think Lakers in 6
My name isn't really Iggy.
vs. Kings in 2003?
outscore them 43 to 15 in the 4th, or something close to that.
Who has gotten to the rack from the perimeter in this game?
Kobe = 0 times.
Fisher = 0 times.
UPS = 0 times.
Farmar, Sasha = no more than 1 time between them.
Ariza = once.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
That is a loss right there.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Plan in the second half:
Defense, then give the ball to Pau.
http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34
lakeshow is playing like garbage
plenty of time, but same ole bullshit
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