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Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets


Date: May 8, 2009
Time: 9:30 EST
Where: Toyota Center, Houston
Channel: ESPN






Will we stay physical?!?!


Starters


Bench:
G - Von Wafer #11
F - Carl Landry #14
G - Kyle Lowry #7
G - Brent Barry #17
F - Chuck Hayes #44
G - James White - #8


PG - Shannon Brown
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - Trevor Ariza
PF - Lamar Odom
C - Pau Gasol

If we lose this game, lakers will win the series for sure. No doubt about it.

Must win game. Our players need to make sure they don't do anything stupid. Don't stoop to their level just come out focused on the game and don't try to retaliate.

Any word on Von Maxwell's status for game 3?

The trend of these playoffs has been that the home team will get the calls. We have to play our game and stay physical, and things should fall into place for us.

Nice GT HTown !

We cant lose intensity just cause fisher went down.

KEEP THAT INTENSITY UP

Go Rockets

Rape The Lakers ! ! !

How will Kobe's flagrant 1 be served during the course of game 3? I have a feeling they just call it and fine him but nothing will be done such as a free-throw for Ron and possesion for us? The NBA really is rigged when Ron gets ejected but should have shot the ball and with one possession for the Rockets. L

the Odom/Ariza Artest/Scola cross match needs a look at. Wouldn't mind seeing if Scola on Odom works as badly as all that. Guarding Ariza seemed to take him out of his game a bit.

And the front. You'd think after the Portland series we'd be just a little more confident in executing against it. I think we'll be ok in this one tho', as long as Yao avoids the bull calls ^H^H^H^H^H^H stupid fouls.

Does anyone know if JVG will cover Game 3?

the game is on espn, so it'll likely be reggie miller. reggie will praise the hakers for playing physical and avoid sayin dirty

STUPID YAO, STOP LETTING YOUR FACE GET IN THE WAY OF GASOL'S ARM!

khrno wrote:the game is on espn, so it'll likely be reggie miller. reggie will praise the hakers for playing physical and avoid sayin dirty

Reggie is on TNT, therefore I assume you meant the game will be on TNT, but it is in fact on ESPN, therefore hopefully it will be Gundy.

lmao @ Joey Crawford

Stay physical, play smart, ruin the laykers

Let's hope our hustle comes back this game. The last game was embarrassing in terms of effort. Too many rebounds left on the board b/c guys were too lazy to go get it or block out efficiently. Skill wise these teams are about equal, so we need to get an advantage with the little things like rebounding, corralling loose balls, etc. Let's get this one guys!!!

Definitely looking forward to the game, it should be a good one. Hopefully we can weather the crowd and the emotion early.

To PocketRockets.. I think the Lakers definitely have more talent and skill, but you guys kill us in the effort department. That's why you guys play us so well.. you don't get intimidated by our up-tempo style and "Showtime" stuff. You guys give 110% effort every time down and that's something the Lakers need to do.

Hopefully the refs get control of it early and nothing controversial happens. I definitely love a physical game and some trash talk, but the excessive stuff is a little too much. Kobe's not dirty at all, but in playoff time especially, emotions get the best of him sometimes, and that's what I chalk the trash talk to Battier to. He's usually a lot more quiet on the road, opting instead to just beat you cold-blooded without a word, and hopefully he brings that attitude.

All in all, you guys have as great of a shot as anybody in the West to knock us out, and good luck to you. I think the Lakers will get a split in Houston, but I'm torn if it's Game 3 or 4. However, it's not going to be easy. You guys play us tough, always have been.

Let's smoke those fakers!
Go Rockets!

If the refs stay out of the way, the laykers will be destroyed.

Stein ,you are blind ?