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Do the Lakers have a chance?
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
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--- Quote from: -VZA- on June 13, 2004, 11:32:20 PM ---I wouldn't say that I'm a Laker fan. I'm more of a Kobe fan. Before the Lakers acquired Kobe, I never watched their games. It sure would be nice to see Kobe win especially with all of the stuff he's facing right now.
I think in order for the Lakers to win, they need a new coach. Phil Jackson is highly overrated and right now it's really showing. He wastes timeouts, he puts players in at times that don't make sense. Same thing goes for his match ups. Why wear Kobe out running around chasing Rip when you need his energy on the offensive side? Why call a timeout between Ben Wallace free throws? What is that gonna do... throw off his rhythm? The boy can't make them anyway. Those are just some of the mistakes by the so called zen master.
The other thing is the refs. I know I'm not the only one who notices how the Pistons get to hack the Lakers but the Lakers get whistled for simply bumping into somebody. If you ask me, I think these games are rigged. Maybe the refs were told to give Detroit these games to prolong the series. More games=more money for the NBA. I don't know... I'm just upset at the outcome of these games. I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world if Detroit wins... at least it's not the Kings.
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I agree about the refs...Lakers get to the line more than any other team in the NBA...But this series, Lakers have gotten to the line half as many times as Detroit has...I hope Phil Jackson says something about this...PeACe
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^ Another tactic employed by people that haven't grown up; complain about the Ref's. Lack of skill can't be to blame, it can't be the Laker's own fault; it has to be some outside force. Face it: They just fucked up. It's not the ref's, it's not even Detroit. the Lakers fucked themselves.
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Why don't you compare Detroit's freethrow attempts to the Lakers attempts? That's proof...I admit, the Lakers ARE playing shitty, and Detroit IS playing better, but the refs aren't helping.
Citizen-Y:
hey what's going on in this thread?
-VZA-:
--- Quote ---^ Another tactic employed by people that haven't grown up; complain about the Ref's. Lack of skill can't be to blame, it can't be the Laker's own fault; it has to be some outside force. Face it: They just fucked up. It's not the ref's, it's not even Detroit. the Lakers fucked themselves.
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Good point... the story of the Lakers this season has been about self destruction... followed by complete domination. It's happened all season. The latest happened with San Antonio. The great Charles Barkley has been saying all along that the Lakers coast through their games and then all of a sudden they turn it on when they need to. He also said that they'd be in a situation where they will find themselves unable to turn it on. I think it's pretty safe to say that at this point, he's right.
If they do somehow turn it on these next three games then it will epitomize the whole season... unfortunately, as much as I want them to win, I don't think they can do it.
The Watcher:
Destination: Title?
No team has ever failed to win the title after grabbing a 3-1 lead in The Finals.
nba.com givin the info. seems like lakers will break that if they can beat detroit
JTSimon:
lol@NIK bitching about fouls ;D I knew something was up...fucking refs.
You need to actually play to get fouled and lakers only have 2 players on the team and
one of them didn't show up tonight...he was too busy practicing Jordan fade away shots ;D Kobe Bryant 8 for 25 and your talking about fouls ;D
ahahahhahahah Lakers lose.
The lost made up for the Yankee/Padre game today :D
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