2006 Playoffs ~Los Angeles Lakers (45-37) vs Phoenix Suns (54-28)~ Round 1.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

kwame didnt elbow diaw wasnt it just a shove?im pretty sure they showed replays and it wasnt an albow shot

well i saw an elbow but whether it was or not doesn't matter, all i'm saying if it wasn't intentional why would kwame stand and walk over him in the manner that he did?

Cuz Diaw was humping the shit out of Kwame's back after Kwame blocked his shot, that's why he got shoved off, he actually initiated the play...I have no idea how anyone in this world can sit there and compare it to Bell's VISCIOUS, BRUTAL, IDIOTIC chokeslam...Was he trying to imitate the Rock Bottom? Cuz I almost started imagining people in the stands shouting "ROCKY! ROCKY!"...

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

both were physically dangerous lol....

I don't think shoving a 6'8" guy off your back is physically dangerous...Diaw is a little punk bitch for laying there with his legs spread out like he's waiting to get raped. I seriously lost any sort of respect I ever had for the Suns (it was very little to begin with) after watching this series...And a replay clearly showed that Bell flopped back on a play that was called a flagrant. Kobe's elbow did not connect with Raja Bell, but Raja still managed to fall back like a little bitch and made it look like Kobe's elbow hit him. What a little piece of shit...

[wcsoldier]

From Yahoo Sports Wetzel

Phil Jackson has nine championship rings. Kobe Bryant has three. Raja Bell has none, although he does have a one-game suspension to serve.

In a beautifully calculated bit of series-long gamesmanship, the Los Angeles Lakers' championship-experienced coach and star have taken Bell, the Phoenix Suns' best defender (not an oxymoron), out of Thursday's critical Game 6 in L.A. It was all so predictable you can hardly believe it worked.

Bell had to be on the Lakers' radar before this series even began. He is a player of great defensive talent (enough to actually slow Bryant) but also of great emotion (enough to react to five games of poking and prodding).

So the Lakers poked. And then prodded. Bryant got some elbows up; Jackson got Bell's ire up with biting comments from the bench.

In Tuesday's Game 5, Bell snapped, idiotically throwing Bryant to the floor in the fourth quarter of an easy Suns victory. He was ejected and then predictably suspended for one game, leaving Phoenix with no obvious answer for the most dangerous scorer in the NBA.
It was a matter of taking the Lakers' bait, hook, line and (team) sinker.

"I have no respect for him," Bell told reporters Wednesday of Bryant, who has played chippy all series. "I think he's a pompous, arrogant individual."

Like congeniality matters.

Then there was Bell, immediately after mauling Bryant, turning toward Jackson and, according to the Associated Press, screaming "That's your foul." Bell explained that he was still upset that, after being fouled earlier, Jackson had told him he "(expletive) deserved it."

"I thought that was kind of bush league from such a good coach," Bell said. "That was enough for me."

If you know anything about Phil Jackson, you know he doesn't waste words, time or energy on anything that doesn't help achieve the end game. Phil Jackson talks to Raja Bell for one reason – to get in his head so he'll do something that benefits the Lakers. In this case, something stupid like getting suspended.

This was Mind Games 101, even if no one on the Lakers is ever going to admit it. But this is why certain coaches and certain players figure out how to advance in the playoffs, even when they don't have the best talent.

This was two playoff veterans – ultra-competitive and proven winners – taking on an inexperienced opponent and getting him to melt down at the worst possible moment.

If you are into this kind of psych-out sports stuff, this was about as good as it gets.

"I got a bruised cheek here and I can barely open my jaw on this side, and that didn't come from nowhere," ranted Bell, citing hard fouls by Bryant that the refs never considered flagrant. "I felt like I'd had enough of that."

"When I get hit in the face multiple times, you've stepped across the line with me," he said. "It's not basketball anymore. It was basketball for four games, then when he hit me in the face, that was the last straw."

This might be the last straw for the Suns, who, while still capable of storming back and taking this series, sure have a tougher road now.

The best reaction on Tuesday night to Bell's idiocy was not Bryant's big grin but the expression of Steve Nash. His face was part disgust and part disbelief that five months of hard work and overcoming adversity might have just gone up in smoke.

Phoenix has plenty of reasons to complain about the refs in this series, but that doesn't mean you wonder "What would Ronny (Artest) do?"

The Suns did everything right this season to shake off the loss of Amare Stoudemire and wind up the second seed in the West. They absolutely maximized themselves.

But there is a difference between the regular season and the playoffs and Jackson and Bryant know that as well as anyone. A playoff series is, at times, a battle of attrition, emotion and maturity. It isn't just speed and skill. Brains often overwhelm brawn.

Without laughing, Bryant and Jackson even publicly implored the NBA not to suspend Bell.

"I let him play. … Maybe he wasn't hugged enough as a child," Bryant smiled.

Kobe smiles a lot these days. Smiles about the way his team is playing. Smiles about his new daughter. Smiles over his restored relationship with Jackson.

Smiles that his team, which many thought wouldn't even make the playoffs, is on the verge of Round 2, where an historic matchup against the down-the-hallway Los Angeles Clippers await.

He was smiling big on Tuesday after getting hammered, brushing off the foul and playing up to the Phoenix crowd. He had every reason to. Raja Bell fell for the oldest trick in the book and took himself out of the most crucial game of the series.

Just how you can imagine Kobe and Phil dreamed it up.

[Vegasmac25]

On the play where Kobe actually hits Bell with an elbow if you look closely it was unintentional because you can clearly see Bell reaching in for a steal and kobe smacks him with the elbow unintentional.As for Bell he fucking closlined Kobe and slammed him to the ground and that shit was premedetated.Bell never threw his elbow and he clearly had his mind made up that he was going to foul Kobe hard in some way.Bell deserved his 1 game suspension and Kobe will fuck up Phoenix tonight and get this shit over with.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

On the play where Kobe actually hits Bell with an elbow if you look closely it was unintentional because you can clearly see Bell reaching in for a steal and kobe smacks him with the elbow unintentional.As for Bell he fucking closlined Kobe and slammed him to the ground and that shit was premedetated.Bell never threw his elbow and he clearly had his mind made up that he was going to foul Kobe hard in some way.Bell deserved his 1 game suspension and Kobe will fuck up Phoenix tonight and get this shit over with.

Actually, they showed replays on TNT and Kobe didn't even connect with the elbow, Raja just flopped back...LMAO. And Raja made a comment about Kobe shoving his butt into his genitals intentionally. LOLOLOLOL! What a fucking moron, it's called getting position in the post.


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[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Phoenix Suns @ Los Angeles Lakers.
Round 1, Game 6 (Lakers lead series 3-2).
Tonight, May 4th, 2006.
7:30 PM (Pacific) on TNT/Fox Sports West.


Lakers have a chance to advance to the 2nd round once again. With Raja Bell out, it's looking like Lakers chances are as good as they'll get. Phoenix has nothing to lose though, so the Lakers must watch out. The Lakers needs to control the boards, and remind Phoenix of how undersized they are, rather than let Phoenix push them around like they did in Game 5. This is as important a game as they've played ALL season...Let's Go Lakers! ...PeACe

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[Black_Smoke]

haha props

[WestCoasta]

if they don't win tonight.....  

[Black_Smoke]

yea cant wait for the game,lakers just gotta stay focused and play hard,lets finish off pheonix tonight

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Proof that the elbow DIDN'T connect:

[WestCoasta]

haha u'd have to be blind not to see that...

[rik]

Proof that the elbow DIDN'T connect:

Ah man and this muthafucka is saying he cant open his jaw all the way what a bitch. Kobe ethered his ass by saying Maybe he wasn't huged enough as a child.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Proof that the elbow DIDN'T connect:

OMG. I say a bunch of Laker fans do some justice, and show him what a real elbow to the jaw is.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Proof that the elbow DIDN'T connect:

Ah man and this muthafucka is saying he cant open his jaw all the way what a bitch. Kobe ethered his ass by saying Maybe he wasn't huged enough as a child.

LOL...I know...Even this morning on Phoenix talk-radio, the radio-show hosts were talking about how much the Suns whine, and what a bitch Raja Bell is for what he did, and how he lied about getting elbowed etc. etc.