Lakers-Nuggets Game 5: Pre-Game & 1st Quarter Thread
by Sideout11 on May 27, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintHere we go. After a very exciting first four three games, it is now a best of three series and the Lakers once again have home court advantage. With the heavily favored Cavs on the brink of elimination, can the Lakers avoid the same fate? Here is your LIVE GameThread – comments update automatically, so share your thoughts with us as they happen.
Josh already did a wonderful job previewing tonight's game, so I really don't have much to add. Anybody that watched Game 4 could tell you where the Lakers went wrong, and if it's obvious to us, then it's probably obvious to the the Lakers as well. My only question is this: Do the Lakers finally play like the better team with a dominating performance start to finish, do they ride Kobe in the fourth to squeak out another close victory, or do they fall flat again and lose? I think much of the answer can be found in how many points Kobe has to score, so I ask you:
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About the poll - Kobe's scoring tonight
I think we all can agree that the lesser the number of points Kobe scores is actually more indicative of how well we are playing.
This might be the biggest Laker game since last year’s NBA Finals.
Nick Adenhart - 1986 - 2009 R.I.P.
That's what I was getting at
If at the end of the game I see that he scored in the 20s, then the rest of the team did their job
20s is too low for playoff competition.
I’d like to see him in the low 30s
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 27, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I have been sitting at home for every game in my same old chair, watching the same old TV.
And we haven’t played well. I am going to suck it up and take one for the team. I am going to the local sports bar, drink a few beers, have some nachos, drink a few more beers, and hopefully this will break the Lakers curse. None of this is for my own enjoyment mind you, but I love my team and this is no time to be selfish.
No need to thank me, you are welcome.
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
Sounds horrible
I’m putting this sacrifice right up there with giving a kidney. You will be missed form the thread
A toast
To continual home court domination
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 27, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Testing testing...Have Lionel Lick Lilly's Lusty Leathers... Have Lionel Lick Lilly's Lusty Leathers...
"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
Karl: "This is going to be an intense game. It's been a very intense series and this is going to be even more intense."
Coach Obvious.
"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
My joke was gonna be: Coach Obvious v. Coach Oblivious.
"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'm tired of the commentators saying that this is the most important game in Nuggets history
duh. they have never gotten this far before, so every game from here on out is the most important
This is it
I want to see heart and passion but most of all i want to see the Mamba icing down his knees with over 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter because the team has blown the Thuggets out of the building.
I want to see Denver demolished.
Graphic of Lamar & Fish's stats.
Oh, my…
"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
Criminal negligence.
"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 do hope
Derek Fisher rekindles some of the shooting touch he had during the 3-peat days.
Lamar Odom had better step up and play like he did on the East coast trip where we went 6-0 with big wins over boston and cleveland.
Just curious
what’s up with Kenyon Martin having cherry lips tattooed on his neck!!! how weird can a guy get.
Come on Lakers time to crush this team
Bynum first foul: 50 seconds elapsed.
"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
Bynum with a hard foul
Over-eager, or part of the game plan?
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JVG: calls for suspension for Duh-ntay...
"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
Ariza getting going is a Good Thing™
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we cant
let billups have a field day driving to the hoop
i hate this guy from his detroit days so much.
Bad shot by Bynum
He drew a crowd. If he could have just passed out of it, we’d have had a great shot.
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Lakers playing some stinky 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
Yes, that was impressive.
"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
JVG: "Let's face it [the Nuggets'] bench has totally dominated the Lakers' bench..."
"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 honestly don't understand how the Lakers could be half-assing this game... WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, DUH-BRAINS...
"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
Does the league test for Qualudes?
"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
Because he knows he's gonna be in the game in about 2 minutes the way these guys are starting...
"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
Out of the frying pan and into the outhouse pit...
"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
Breen: "Phil Jackson sees something he wants to talk to his team about and calls time out..."
Hmmmmmm. Do they let you call 5 minute time outs?
"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
Awesome hard (but legal) screen by Gasol
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Lakers cut it to 1, which is somewhat surprising given the grisly start...
"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
Surprising? Really? Seems entirely precedented to me...
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Oh, the crap start is no surprise. That it is 1 point instead of 10 is the surprise.
"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, but that's what I was referring to
The super-early start didn’t bother me at all. It’s not the first 3-5 minutes that matter so much. It’s the first quarter. So far, nothing about this surprises me.
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Very nice move to the rack by Drew...
"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
Some great interior D by the Lakers — keep on forcing them back out to the perimeter
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Lakers up 3 on an 8-0 run. Yaay.
"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
Melo triple-teamed, shoots the jumper anyway...
"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
Was that meant to be an alley oop?
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Carmelo is a superstar, Bynum is not. QED.
"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
Melo jumps into a stationary Bynum, gets call.
"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
Fish ball hogging, creating for himself. Hits the shot, so we'll live with it.
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Ariza really getting to the hoop. That's a good sign.
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Nice two man game between Trevor and Pau...
"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
Quiet pretty...
"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
Breen: "Nobody expected Denver to make it to the NBA Finals this year."
Ummmm, they were the 2-seed in the West.
"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
Welcome to superstar treatment...
The rest of the league has lived with that with Kobe for 10 years…
"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
Nobody beats Lebron on this treatment
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 27, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
You've got that right, mate.
"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
Ariza loving the give and go tonight
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Good call. Billups went in feet first.
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Lamar makee shotee...
"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
Disagree with JVG. Definitely an offensive foul.
It wasn’t intentional, so it’s not a flagrant, but it WAS a foul.
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I'd go no call with that one.
"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 was Kenyon Martin in prison for 10 years or does he just like to get drunk a lot and visit tattoo parlors on a whim???
"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
Birdbrain caps LO.
"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
Farmar, nice rebound and drive to the rack.
"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
Jeeeeez... great defensive possession, still ends in a Nuggets bucket...
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END OF THE FIRST QUARTER: Lakers 25, Nuggets 25...
"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
Uhhhh.... no.
That was just an excellent block. Really great block. The dude knows how to get blocks.
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I agree with The Boss here, bearing in mind that Birdbrain is a dunce.
"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
Too easy though
went straight at him
by Jello Is Jiggling on May 27, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a beautiful block by Birdbrain 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
He WAS stuffing that. Birdman just blocked it, straight up.
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I WANT
someone to fuck that bird brain up big time.
Dunk it in his face let him feel embarrassed to block a shot again
Alright... let's keep the @#$^*& words to a minimum, please...
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