Please. Spare Me....

[ABM]

Already setting up the excuses.

From: National Bull Crap In Los Angeles

Now is the time of year when fans of seven teams in the Western Conference — the teams ranked two through eight — are coming up with reasons they could maybe upset the Lakers. Journalists are looking for storylines to make the playoffs interesting in the Western Conference....

...The problem is, every time one of those teams gets on the court with the Lakers, the Lakers win. Handily. The latest victim was Denver, who fell to the Lakers 116-102, on the night that the Lakers got Andrew Bynum back in the paint. He looked rusty, and he still scored 16 points and had seven boards. Meanwhile Paul Gasol had 27 and 19 rebounds, and Kobe dropped a nice 33. The Lakers have now won 22 of 24 at home against the Nuggets....

......(The) Blazers take on the Lakers tonight, in Portland. Where the Lakers have not won since roughly the Nixon administration. Portland will likely win this meeting, too, because it is a schedule-makers loss for he Lakers — a late night national television game followed by a later night plane ride and getting to bed so late there will be no practice or walk through before a game 21 hours later. Portland is too good to beat under those circumstances. They are hard to beat at home under any circumstances.

But that is different than being able to beat the Lakers in a seven game series — one where the Lakers don't even have to win a game in Portland to win the series. There is a reason everyone in the West is jockeying to get out of the Lakers side of the bracket. Because deep down they know the stats do not tell the whole story of just how much better the Lakers are than everyone in the West right now.

 

[Shooter]

Lakers, Baby!!

 

[tlongII]

I just want to beat the shit out of these guys!

 

[ABM]

I just want to beat the shit out of these guys!

How do you really feel, t?

 

[LittleAlex]

I think the hate in the Rose Garden will be at a frightening intensity tonight. The building is going to shake when that worthless bitch Ariza steps on the floor.


It will be awesome.

 

[ABM]

I think the hate in the Rose Garden will be at a frightening intensity tonight. The building is going to shake when that worthless bitch Ariza steps on the floor.


It will be awesome.

I was listening to The Game last evening and Canzano was chatting with the Lakers' beat writer. Not surprisingly, Boston's Fleet Center and the Rose Garden show the most hate towards the Lakers.

Heh, heh, heh.............

 

[maxiep]

Life in the NBA is tough. I don't want to hear anything from a team that essentially plays 43 home games because they share an arena with the Clippers. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team that has national support from every front-running, K*be-loving bitch around. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team given 40% of their lineup by their former GM (West with Pau) and an act of human decency from a late owner (Miller with Fisher). Finally, I REALLY don't want to hear anything from a team who Stern actively promotes to win and who often gets to play the opposition 8 on 5.

Fuck LA.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Kill them Portland, show no mercy!

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Life in the NBA is tough. I don't want to hear anything from a team that essentially plays 43 home games because they share an arena with the Clippers. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team that has national support from every front-running, K*be-loving bitch around. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team given 40% of their lineup by their former GM (West with Pau) and an act of human decency from a late owner (Miller with Fisher). Finally, I REALLY don't want to hear anything from a team who Stern actively promotes to win and who often gets to play the opposition 8 on 5.

Fuck LA.

Repped for DA TROOF!!!!

Whoops, I guess I gave you my last rep, too. Damn you and your quality posts!

 

[Mediocre Man]

My one real hope is that one of Oden, Joel or Aldridge sends Ariza sprawling to the floor at some point. The earlier the better to get the crowd going too.

 

[Freshtown]

Life in the NBA is tough. I don't want to hear anything from a team that essentially plays 43 home games because they share an arena with the Clippers. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team that has national support from every front-running, K*be-loving bitch around. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team given 40% of their lineup by their former GM (West with Pau) and an act of human decency from a late owner (Miller with Fisher). Finally, I REALLY don't want to hear anything from a team who Stern actively promotes to win and who often gets to play the opposition 8 on 5.

Fuck LA.

repped.

 

[ABM]

Crap, tonight, Kobe will pass Charles Barkley for third on the all-time scoring list. He's two points shy.

 

[maxiep]

Crap, tonight, Kobe will pass Charles Barkley for third on the all-time scoring list. He's two points shy.

May I just say I agree with Charles Barkley when he exhorted last night, "Shut him down, Roy!"

 

[Ed O]

My one real hope is that one of Oden, Joel or Aldridge sends Ariza sprawling to the floor at some point. The earlier the better to get the crowd going too.

Really?

You'd be willing to risk a suspension and--at minimum--lose one of our best players for the rest of the game to "get the crowd going"?

I hope that the team just beats them on the floor.

Ed O.

 

[Natebishop3]

Really?

You'd be willing to risk a suspension and--at minimum--lose one of our best players for the rest of the game to "get the crowd going"?

I hope that the team just beats them on the floor.

Ed O.

You're right. Frye would be a much better candidate

 

[Shooter]

Life in the NBA is tough. I don't want to hear anything from a team that essentially plays 43 home games because they share an arena with the Clippers. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team that has national support from every front-running, K*be-loving bitch around. Nor do I want to hear anything from a team given 40% of their lineup by their former GM (West with Pau) and an act of human decency from a late owner (Miller with Fisher). Finally, I REALLY don't want to hear anything from a team who Stern actively promotes to win and who often gets to play the opposition 8 on 5.

Fuck LA.

I'll second that.

I hate the way the national media justifies ignoring Portland by saying, "They're way up there in the Pacific Northwest." Last time I checked, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers played in exactly the same time zone. If you can show Laker home games on the East Coast, you can show Blazer home games.

Scum.