Faker Practice Report

[illmatic99]

All eyes on Portland:

Jackson (and yes, there is a "rain" comment): [video=youtube;CM_Z89LUy_8]

Fisher: [video=youtube;W34tUVkoZVA]

 

[julius]

The secret for the Lakers to beat Portland in Portland again?

Have half the Blazers injured or sick.

 

[illmatic99]

Fans: http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=102351 and http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=102195

 

[julius]

silly Laker fans and their reverse woofing...We're talking about the Blazers potentially having this lineup tomorrow;

At SG:
Roy and nobody
At PG:
Bayless and an unproven Mills
At SF:
thankfully more consistent but overall still inconsistent Webster and a rookie in Cunningham.
At PF:
Hopefully a healthy Lamarcus and Juwan (if he doesn't start. if he does start, Pendergraph)
At C:
Pendergraph and Juwan.

Barring Roy going off for like 70, and LaMarcus going off for 30, and Webster scoring 25, I just don't see how this won't be a Harlem Globetrotters vs the Washington Generals type game.

We're just too underhanded, and even though they bust their ass (mostly), that's asking a whole lot.

 

[maxiep]

I assume this game is on ESPN, since it's on a Friday night. I think Phil Jackson is going to try to send a message to us, the way he sent a message to you, Rudy, with Ariza.

He's going to try to blow us out.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

Who cares... Its one out of 82.

 

[alex42083]

That cheesy grin Phil Jackson has is so annoying.

 

[Eastoff]

man some of those reporters are assholes.

 

[KingSpeed]

silly Laker fans and their reverse woofing...We're talking about the Blazers potentially having this lineup tomorrow;

At SG:
Roy and nobody
At PG:
Bayless and an unproven Mills
At SF:
thankfully more consistent but overall still inconsistent Webster and a rookie in Cunningham.
At PF:
Hopefully a healthy Lamarcus and Juwan (if he doesn't start. if he does start, Pendergraph)
At C:
Pendergraph and Juwan.

Barring Roy going off for like 70, and LaMarcus going off for 30, and Webster scoring 25, I just don't see how this won't be a Harlem Globetrotters vs the Washington Generals type game.

We're just too underhanded, and even though they bust their ass (mostly), that's asking a whole lot.

Why do we have to scorer 125+ to beat the Lakers? Whatever happened to defense?

Remember, they only get to have 5 players on the court at once. Same as us.

 

[Nate Dogg]

If Phil Jackson followed the same game plan that the Clippers did to Roy (double teaming) in LA we are skrewed and we will lose this game.

 

[KingSpeed]

I assume this game is on ESPN, since it's on a Friday night..

It's not. ESPN is Cavs-Nuggets. Go Cavs!

 

[KingSpeed]

The game that started our 8 game home winning streak against them:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200504200POR.html

What a fun box score. Sasha 0 for 8 (Kobe had zero help on that roster). Telfair with promising numbers. A breakout game for a young Outlaw. Ha with 13 points on 6 of 7 shooting. It always kills me that I missed this game. What kind of shots was Ha getting? Was Telfair creating easy dunks for him? Was he hitting hook shots?

 

[Haakzilla]

The game that started our 8 game home winning streak against them:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200504200POR.html

What a fun box score. Sasha 0 for 8 (Kobe had zero help on that roster). Telfair with promising numbers. A breakout game for a young Outlaw. Ha with 13 points on 6 of 7 shooting. It always kills me that I missed this game. What kind of shots was Ha getting? Was Telfair creating easy dunks for him? Was he hitting hook shots?

...does anyone know these answers?!?!?!

 

[Haakzilla]

silly Laker fans and their reverse woofing...We're talking about the Blazers potentially having this lineup tomorrow;

At SG:
Roy and nobody
At PG:
Bayless and an unproven Mills
At SF:
thankfully more consistent but overall still inconsistent Webster and a rookie in Cunningham.
At PF:
Hopefully a healthy Lamarcus and Juwan (if he doesn't start. if he does start, Pendergraph)
At C:
Pendergraph and Juwan.

Barring Roy going off for like 70, and LaMarcus going off for 30, and Webster scoring 25, I just don't see how this won't be a Harlem Globetrotters vs the Washington Generals type game.

We're just too underhanded, and even though they bust their ass (mostly), that's asking a whole lot.

 

[BrianFromWA]

The game that started our 8 game home winning streak against them:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200504200POR.html

What a fun box score. Sasha 0 for 8 (Kobe had zero help on that roster). Telfair with promising numbers. A breakout game for a young Outlaw. Ha with 13 points on 6 of 7 shooting. It always kills me that I missed this game. What kind of shots was Ha getting? Was Telfair creating easy dunks for him? Was he hitting hook shots?

Ha had two offensive rebound putbacks, one dunk assisted by Ruben, one dunk and a hook shot assisted by Richie Frahm, and a dunk assisted by Telfair.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=250420022

 

[alex42083]

The game that started our 8 game home winning streak against them:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200504200POR.html

What a fun box score. Sasha 0 for 8 (Kobe had zero help on that roster). Telfair with promising numbers. A breakout game for a young Outlaw. Ha with 13 points on 6 of 7 shooting. It always kills me that I missed this game. What kind of shots was Ha getting? Was Telfair creating easy dunks for him? Was he hitting hook shots?

[video=youtube;Icx24z58jPU]

If you can ignore the crappy music to this referring to Ha as "the world's greatest" and the crappy quality of the video, there were some highlights of Ha's shots in that Laker game in this video:

1:09 Ha layup
1:41- Jumper, dunk and dunk
2:23 Telfair behind the back to Ha (highlight of that season)
2:43 Ha left-handed hook to clinch the game

 

[MickZagger]

Start Bayless for this game!

Fisher won't be able to stay in front of him.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Why do we have to scorer 125+ to beat the Lakers? Whatever happened to defense?

That's an excellent question. I've been wondering that for a couple games now myself. What did happen to our defense? Dare I suggest that it disappeared when Steve Blake went out?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

If Phil Jackson followed the same game plan that the Clippers did to Roy (double teaming) in LA we are skrewed and we will lose this game.

Pardon my all-caps response, but...

WE DID NOT LOSE TO THE CLIPPERS BECAUSE OF OFFENSIVE IMPOTENCE! WE LOST BECAUSE WE COULD NOT STOP THEM!

I'm sorry--when we score 95 points on 77 shots with 50%+ FG%, then it's not an offensive issue.

 

[LittleAlex]

That's an excellent question. I've been wondering that for a couple games now myself. What did happen to our defense? Dare I suggest that it disappeared when Steve Blake went out?

Other teams have realized Portland is very small now and have started to attack the rim with their size. The Clippers and Grizz both have offensively talented big men Portland simply couldn't handle.

My guess is that Portland sees a whole lot of Bynum in the post.


Unless of course Kobe wants to be the hero. Then who the hell knows what happens.

 

[ABM]

Wow, Jax gives Nate some props? Imagine that.

 

[¹²³]

Ah, Blazers versus Lakers, the biggest rivalry in the NBA that only one city (Portland) is actually aware of.

 

[illmatic99]

Their game thread: http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=102402

 

[hasoos]

Who cares... Its one out of 82.

No, its not just "1 out of 82". It's the Lakers. We hate them. They hate us.

 

[DaRizzle]

No, its not just "1 out of 82". It's the Lakers. We hate them. They hate us.

The Lakers have bigger fish to fry...we are indifferent to your team

 

[hasoos]

The Lakers have bigger fish to fry...we are indifferent to your team

Really? Why don't you go ask Kobe what he thinks about losing here so many times in a row and see how happy he is about it? He sure has looked happy each of the last few times he has lost here.

 

[DaRizzle]

Really? Why don't you go ask Kobe what he thinks about losing here so many times in a row and see how happy he is about it? He sure has looked happy each of the last few times he has lost here.

He will say the stereotypical answer.....blah blah blah

But we all know this matters WAAAAAAY more to you guys than it does to the Lakers....


But the Lakers will win anyways because they arent gonna lose two in a row (again)

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

I'm getting the urge to send Tonya Harding and her friends over to DaRizzle's house...

 

[DaRizzle]

I'm getting the urge to send Tonya Harding and her friends over to DaRizzle's house...

that would be very "un-hippe-ish" of you

 

[hasoos]

He will say the stereotypical answer.....blah blah blah

But we all know this matters WAAAAAAY more to you guys than it does to the Lakers....


But the Lakers will win anyways because they arent gonna lose two in a row (again)

Be dismissive as you want. I have seen how pissed Laker fans are when they come out of the Rose Garden with an L over and over and over again. I have also seen interviews with Kobe where he talks about how dissappointed he is that they have lost here so many times in a row. My actual guess is the Lake show might bust through tonight. We only have like 8 dudes in uniform and half of those dudes are busted up bad, or rookies.