LIVE - Lakers @ Rockets: Game 6 - 4th Quarter
by DexterFishmore on May 14, 2009 8:52 PM PDT
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Victory is within reach. There need not be a Game Seven.
The Triangle is working, the ball is getting to the rim, and for six or seven minutes the Rockets' turnover disease came out of remission. The attack stalled a bit in the last couple of minutes, but the Lakers' push was enough to take a seven-point bite out of the lead.
The interior D needs to get more stout, and Phil needs to optimize the lineup for the last 12 minutes, but hope is in the air.
One more strong run, and it's on to the conference finals. Keep on rocking, commenters. This is the fourth-quarter thread.
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Whoa Vucko
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
Imagine if the Lakers hadn't been 6 minutes late to the game...
"Chuck Hayes, this is your team now. Good luck."
Okay... a couple things going our way... need to capitalize on this.
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Crazy Ron is back...
"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
Scola RB12
"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
Brown plays really good on-ball 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
Fewer points than minutes left – very doable
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He'll still be in the game in crunch time
and the announcers will start talking about how Kobe trusts him so much
The Kobe Bryant Jukes Scotty Pippen out of his shoes commercial runs again...
"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 was a year in which I was not watching basketball and I am completely indifferent to it -- like it's a croquet game...
"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 were about as meaty as any you'll get from a sideline reporter.
And her name is Doris Burke.
"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
Seriously?? What about the forearm shiver on the perimeter??
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That was an offensive foul. Off-hand clear out.
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Landry is eating them up.
"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
How did they get him?
"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
1st pick of the 2nd round by Seattle.
I forgot who the Rockets traded to get him though.
This isn't how you come back from down 10...
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Lots of time, but they do need a couple stops.
"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
Keep chuckin' Ron!
"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 should have been a kick ball. Two or three kicks, in fact.
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Agreed this is not our night, we needed that basket at least
what are the refs watching is that going to be another so called call the refs should of made but missed
You know, I'm usually not one to complain about the calls...
But it’s really hard to do anything when the refs keep calling phantom calls for the Rockets whenever they need it.
The bogus technical on Kobe.
The non-existent foul on Farmar, running down the court.
Missing the forearm and calling a foul on that recent dunk.
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Consistent Houston shoves in the back on rebounds.
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Sigh. The officiating has been inconsistent this game. They’ve been calling fouls to shift the momentum back and forth which is never good for the road team
I think you guys are gonna be good Blazer fans eventually. There is hope for you...
"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
Like I said, I practically never talk about the reffing
But when it’s this egregious…
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You gonna tell me there wasn't contact on that Bryant 3?
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Landry with his 14. Lead is 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
Well
At least there’s this fabulous Kobe-Bron commercial.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 9:12 PM PDT reply actions
Hustle is easy when the refs reward shoving, kicking, and over the back with no-calls
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give Landry his due - he outhustled every Laker on that last one
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
And it's also easy when every time the Lakers go for a block, steal, or just try and stay close to the guy, it's a foul
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Fouls: 18-18
Lakers 6 more FTs
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Rockets are about 5 points from dagger.
"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
Make that 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
Make that 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
I dont like Game 7 because they are too unpredictable. Even more unpredictable with this Lakers team becuase you never know which one is going to show up
That's what they're counting on.
"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 not a foul if it's on the hand.
The hand is considered part of the ball. That was clean defense.
This is absurd. This is just unbelievable. Lakers can't buy a call with Kobe's entire salary.
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See? Landry goes to the line on a touch foul. Where were the fouls on the Kobe 3 and the subsequent Kobe drive?
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How much do the usually pay for calls?
the calls have been pretty evenly poor
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
first part was
second part wasn’t. The game has been called pretty evenly. How many FTs has Lowry shot?
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
even the T on Kobe was a net benefit in Lakers favor
T on Kobe but foul on Artest, even though Kobe created all the contact
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
There were weak calls both directions. This is really about an average officiated game, to my eyes. Not that bad.
"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 let them play a little more than usual
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Kobe's 5th technical is a benefit to the Lakers, when 7 gets you suspended a game?
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Its poor calls but the Lakers put there selves in this position I can't believe it
Lakers are not making the short Houston Team pay unbelievable.
I think Sunday is right.
"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 should do it.
"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 repeat: Landry was a steal. Was Presti already GM in Seattle? Guess Morey > Presti
Rights to Landry from Seattle for 2008 second round pick (#56 Sasha Kaun – who now plays for CSKA Moscow), cash.
When his contract was up, made him the QO and matched a half-assed offer sheet by the Bobcats for 3 years a $3 million.
"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle
I really love that style of player.
"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
how bout that FT shooting...
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep
the Refs not the Lakers poor play is the reason you are losing. When teams are losing when they should be winning people always blame the ones that are easy targets.
Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist
by E5 on May 14, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Read through our whole threads, you will see that 99% of our complaints are all about the Lakers' play.
No one is saying we didn’t get ourselves into this. But a team should have the opportunity to get back in. And this is just BS.
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You get back in by
playing ball not complaining about calls. Lets see what happens in game 7.
Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist
by E5 on May 14, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Again
It’s hard to play defense when every time you try to play good, clean, aggressive defense, it’s a foul.
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Gasol
doesn’t know how to do that because he doesn’t play defense at all. Bynum is to slow and just slaps at the ball instead of moving his feet. Thus the fouls.
Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist
by E5 on May 14, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Said by someone who didn't watch Game 5, apparently
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Consistency
counts. If you can’t play good defense to close it out then you don’t play good defense.
Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist
by E5 on May 14, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad calls or not
Lakers didn’t bring it on
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 14, 2009 9:19 PM PDT reply actions
forget the bad calls, this game was poor coaching and offense from the beginning, officiating wasnt the whole game. if fish starts gm7 im going to literally scream
He gets to start because of seniority
He’s been with Kobe since the day they returned to showtime! And now they’re back together after he left! They must play together! It’s so touching that way! Isn’t it?
Lakers came out flat -- AGAIN. That's the bottom line.
"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 was it, like 17-1 or something???
"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 win if don't fall behind 20-3 obviously
refs preventing ANY complete comeback, but we deserve the loss
NBA better rescind Kobe’s T
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
Should Farmar start Game 7?
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
yes
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
You should start Game 7
If it meant Fish were on the bench
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 14, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Sweet, put me in Phil!!!!
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Phil
doesn’t like Farmar he was the best Laker on the floor tonight by far and he sat way to much.
Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist
by E5 on May 14, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny how he developed from non-factor in the last series to #3 or #4 in this series
"Officiating has to be a science, not an art" - Rick Carlisle
Lakers came out way too flat in the first quarter. Now in the fourth we cant buy a shot or a trip to the free throw line to save our lives.
In Game 7 Gasol better show up.
I'm not hoping any such thing. But if the Lakers lose, we will all know why.
"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're not
Go pop in a tape of game 5 and see what the Lakers are like when the series is at stake.
Yo, guys. I missed most of the game… Game 7 already?
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What happened? Scola caught on fire?
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That was definitely the first chapter...
"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
Scola = 24 & 12 with 2 assists.
"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
cold, slow start by Lakers
a lot early from Scola, and then plenty later from Landry
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on May 14, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
In the first 6 minutes Scola couldn’t miss and we couldnt make anything. The score was 1-18.. We were down by 16 points at the end of the first half.. We cut the lead to 2 and then we crumbled from there with Phil’s horrible substitutions like leaving Fisher in for so long. Fisher shades off Brooks and he makes a 3 to get the lead back to 9….. (THEN he finally inserts Farmar when its too late _ go figure) The rest is history.
I don’t understand why Phil is so stubborn with Fisher. Pop’s the same – they love to play the veterans, against all logic.
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Gasol hasn’t given us much this game at all. All he’s done is take up space on the court, I mean he’s 7-15 for 14 points while the guy defending him is 6’6 NO reason for that.
Give Chuck Hayes some credit
He plays great post defense.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Or do you mean Landry?
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Mark Jackson: "I am absolutely done for this year picking the Lakers -- I'm picking the Denver Nuggets... There is absolutely no reason for the Lakers to be in a game 7 with this Rockets team."
"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've already picked the Nuggets.
"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
Dunno. It’s all about matchups.
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This is sad
Media will be attacking our defense and rightfully so but Gasol if he blocks shots if he was a feared center, our defense would be better and now everyone is picking Denver and trashing the Lakers.
bynum has been asleep all playoffs. games like this is when we need him. when others struggle; have your 3rd, 4th option step up. he’s like a little girl out there, scared, lost and confused.
Some forget he really is only 21. I think thats why mentally he is pretty weak. He hasn’t really developed the “mental toughness” aspect yet. He has said a lot of his issues aren’t because of his knee its more mental
No excuse for Gasol not making his presence felt… Especially with such smaller guys on him. He didn’t take advantage of his height tonight. He showed no hustle and no heart .. He looked like he was sleeping out there. Never woke up .
He’s that young? I’d forgotten. It’s way too early to give up on him.
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Its easy to forget.. That’s why I give him some leniency for being so mentally out of it. I wish he could start focusing on the game.
A lot of the Laker players have said that they have to choose the right words when talking to him about improving on the court because he is so young. They said with him he’s very sensitive to too much criticism. He’s more of a guy that needs to work his way back to shape…
I sure hope he does get back his mental aspect of the game soon.
Regardless it should be Pau that should shoulder more of the criticism than Bynum. After all, he hasn’t missed many games so he has no excuse for why he’s no where to be found some games….
If this series is so difficult for him, though, how effective can he be in the WCF? Or the Finals?
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Thats why we need Pau to show up every game.. Sadly we aren’t getting that from him. It’s going to be interesting to see if Bynum can regain the mental edge before the playoffs are over.
I’m not expecting for him to gain his mental edge though. If he does I’ll be pleasantly surprised but I just don’t see it happening
If you guys are pissed about playing a depleted team for 7 games
Just imagine how third quarter collapse must feel…they should have won the series by now
To quote Pounding the Rock
“Stoudamire is just incomprehensibly bad at defense. He’s horrible at one-on-one defense. He’s horrible in the pick and roll. He’s horrible at help defense.”
Media doesn't see
Bynum missing from being effective, NOONE is afraid of Gasol, Vujacic can’t hit a shot to save his life, Lamar missing so to sum it up game 7 we go and I’m even dissappointed this Houston team should not make the Lakers work like this, this is nuts, I’m done.
This game was lost in the first quarter
It was too much ground to cover.
Now, do you see, it’s not effort, it’s execution.
By the way, the Rockets are good at home.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
Fish Is A Major
Chokejob. And If you are going to cheap shot some one, back it up with game, don’t get outplayed by Aaron Brooks.
all of that matters, but pg position is key, thats why the brooks/ fisher matchup, or mismatch rather, has been so crucial this series. if farmar started in all the games, we would get mountains more offensive and defensive production against brooks and houston. thats why it doesnt make sense when the lakers have to play a gm7 = b/c of ridiculous lack of adjusting for what is obviously a massive mismatch-disadvantage at the pg position.
scola and landry are going to get their points but can be contained with more effort, but when brooks is speedy gonzales distributing without fear, then where does the blame lie?
exactly, thats what ive been saying, but fisher took a half dozen horrible shots to allow houston to expand their lead. seriously, run the offense, dont just jack up 3s.
game7 = come out with aggression, put ball in paint and make gasol get hayes in foul trouble, start farmar against brooks – that’s it, thats the key to winning the game.
let’s not make excuses for bynum. he was effective this season when he played. 21, okay, but this isn’t his first or second season. this is his fourth. it’s about time he starts handling his business like a man.
bynum
Bynum is starting to sound a lot like Oden.
I actually can look at Oden and see what he is doing wrong and what he is doing right and I have a little hope.
Bynum has been the invisible man in these playoffs. Shockingly so.
"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
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