Credits 5/24/09

by wondahbap on May 24, 2009 12:30 PM PDT in Credits

Kobe. Trevor. Pau.

Today's Credits belong to them for the win.

Oh, and credit goes to Chauncey Billups and J.R. Smith for wild shots that helped us win. Thanks for ~~trying~~ failing to break the game open with dumb shots. Allowing us to remain within range, stay focused and come back to win in crunch time.

Here are you Lakers Links:

Boxscore: Lakers 103 - Nuggets 97

Post Game Interviews

Recaps:

Click on through for more Lakers Links...

(including a New Kobe/LeBron puppet commerical)

Forum Blue & Gold: Game 3 - Where Kobe and Gasol Stepped Up

(My haiku got some love on the Game 3 Chat.)

The Los Angeles Times:

Mark Heisler: Lakers appear stuck in a game of guess who

Bill Plaschke: Derek Fisher finds the words and Lakers find way to win

T.J. Simers: Nuggets and their fans don't come through when it counts

Broderick Turner: Emotions get the best of Denver Nuggets

Mike Bresnahan: Carmelo Anthony is held in check

ESPN Daily Dime:

J.A. Adande: If Inbound Issue Sticks, Nuggets Could Be Outbound

John Hollinger: Melo's Presence Not Felt In Second half

The LA Daily News:

Elliot Teaford: Lakers' Coach Jackson: Bynum can't play in long stretches

Ramona Shelburne: Lakers' star Bryant enjoys the silence

The OC Register's Jim Miller: Kobe checks in at closing time

John Ireland's Plog: I Know I Said Seven Games, but Now I Want Five

SI.com's Chris Mannix: Nuggets blow golden opportunity

The Sporting News' Bethlehem Shoals: Kobe proves he's in the same pantheon as LeBron

dEdge: Post Scriptum

NBA Fanhouse:

Nate Jones: Live Blog

Matt Steinmetz: Nuggets down but feel like favorites

New Kobe/LeBron Puppet commercial

(Thanks to intuitive)

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The crazy thing is Lebrons buzzer beater put them up 96-95 to win the game. Kobes shot with 1 minute left in the game put us up 96-95….

by intuitive on May 24, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

Just reminding everyone who the best player in the league is still.

by chrisbeomsuh on May 24, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions

So who are we rooting for today???

I think Cleveland for me. I just really want to see the Kobe vs. Lebron matchup.

Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!.......Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. – Will Munny

by pslakerfan on May 24, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions

I guess, I’ll be rooting for Cleveland too

by intuitive on May 24, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Me too.

Providing we take care of our half. I want to take down LeBron. As a Laker fan, and for Kobe’s legacy.

We already had Michael make his bones on Magic. We need this.

The Lakers are 12-2 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 24, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s not enough that Los Angeles has been stealing water from Colorado since the 1940s. Now the City of Angelina Jolies is stealing inbounds passes, stealing games in the Western Conference finals, stealing the yearnings of every Nuggets stalwart inColorado.

Blame William Mulholland and Kobe Bryant. Engineer Mulholland went for the water, guard Bryant the parched throats. Mulholland drives; Bryant shoots.

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_12440313

by intuitive on May 24, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions

Ah the old we're stealing their water jab

As if we don’t get enough of that from the Bay Area and SacTown crazies.

Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.

by swiss mcgee on May 24, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

“If they want to see that matchup, they can go play (the video
game) NBA Live,” Denver’s Kenyon Martin barked after his Nuggets’ 106-103 win Thursday night here, tying the Western Conference finals at 1-1. “Everybody has anointed Los Angeles as the Western champions and Cleveland as the Eastern champions. We’re not going to lay down, by any means. If it’s meant to be, then they’re going to have to beat us. We’re not going to give it away.”

by intuitive on May 24, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions

It seems to me that the credit should go to Kenyon Martin...

for making a terrible in-bound pass at a crucial moment.

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

by GonzoFan on May 24, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions

Can't agree.

That play was important, but secondary to the real reasons why this game was one. Without the play of Kobe, Pau, and Trevor, the inbounding play never happens. The steal helped seal the deal, but what mattered more was the events leading to being in that position.

The Lakers are 12-2 against the Nuggets in the past 2 years.

by wondahbap on May 24, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions