Game 23: Battle of Los Angeles Part I

[PlinkingPanda]

How in the heck can you hate D Fish, the Lakers I understand, but Fish is the man.

Yo props to the Clipper fans, no idea there were that many of you . I went to the game, great fans, I was impressed.

The Lakers have no fire, that game was yours for the taking. I was really dissapointed seeing tthe Lakers live for the first time in two years.

The Lakers win ultimately with the one thing the other teams do not have; the two most clutch players in the NBA...2 & 24. You saw it on display in the Finals and you saw it on display tonight.

Because Fisher plays like a complete dick at times. I dislike him as much as I disliked Rick Fox.

[Roscoe Sheed]

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I totally agree. The only player is dislike more in the NBA is Varejao and even that would be a close call.

Fisher plays the game with no integrity- flopping all of over the court. That third foul on Griffin was a complete joke. The refs treat Fisher like he is superstar or something. It is ridiculous.

On top of it all, people actually think Fisher is a good player or something because he has been fortunate to play on great teams. He has always been the worst starter on every team he has played for and is the worst starting point guard in the NBA right now besides Arroyo

[Roscoe Sheed]

blake griffin's rookie mistake allowing the lakers to get one technical free throw and shannon brown's half-court shot is what made us lose the game. very heartbreaking.

I have been watching NBA games since 1984 and have seen countless players do the same exact thing Griffin did and I have never seen a delay of game called for it. It was only called because Phil Jackson complained about it.

Also, if Griffin playacted like Fisher does, the foul that led to those FTs would have been a flagrant. But Griffin actually has integrity

[DubaLakers]

Roscoe did you have money on the game? I met another Clipper fan at the game hating on Fish I was pretty offended I stood up for him until I realized the guy was drunk, angry, and he lost money on the game, maybe it was you I was talking to.

Whoa, slamming on Fish, questioning his integrity. Bro, who the @#&* are you? El Presidente is the man. Tough loss, but amazing shot if you watch the replay.

Sure you guys wanted the game, but again you're going up against the two best shot makers in the game. 24 hit an unguarded 15 footer in the final minute as well.

Rewind back to last years Finals the Celtics had that game won. Artest kept them in the game and Fisher and Kobe hit TOUGH shots down the stretch. Same deal, different day.

[Roscoe Sheed]

There are plenty of better shot makers than Fisher in the clutch. Get real- Carmelo, Pierce, Ray Allen, Chauncey Billups, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, etc.

In the game last night, Del Negro made a big mistake by not putting Baron back in the game in the last minute. He would have controlled the ball better and prevented turnovers and guarded Fisher better at the end. No I did not have $ on the game. I never bet.

Those 21 free throws in the 4th quarter of game 7 also helped. The officiating in game 7 and the entire series was a joke

Get off of this board and go gloat like all of the other biased and arrogant Lakers fans on your own board

[Kalidogg24]

There are plenty of better shot makers than Fisher in the clutch. Get real- Carmelo, Pierce, Ray Allen, Chauncey Billups, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, etc.

They are clutch if not more clutch than Fisher to the casual fan.
The difference is none of the players you mentioned never hit any game winners in the playoffs like Fish.
0.4 against the Spurs, 6 threes Game 5 2002 Finals against the 76ers, Game winning three 2009 Finals Game 4 .

In the game last night, Del Negro made a big mistake by not putting Baron back in the game in the last minute. He would have controlled the ball better and prevented turnovers and guarded Fisher better at the end. No I did not have $ on the game. I never bet.

Probably true , but it doesn't matter now

Those 21 free throws in the 4th quarter of game 7 also helped. The officiating in game 7 and the entire series was a joke

Well the Celtics were fouling the Lakers alot in that fourth.
I got the entire series on Blue Ray as I watched Game 7 like over a 100 times.

Yes the officiating was a joke the entire series for both parties
Only difference is that it affected the Lakers much more.
In Game 2 at Staples Center when Kevin Garnett tip the ball out as the replayed showed they call it out on Pau.
Next play Rondo hits a short jumper making the Celtics lead 5 .
An all those phantom fouls on Kobe taking him out of the game.
Hell Yeah I'm still bitter even though we won. The series should of been over in 6.

If your trying to imply that this Lakers 2010 championship is a fluke your sadly mistaken.
We blew out the Celtics twice in the series as they never beat us the same in the 7 games.

Get off of this board and go gloat like all of the other biased and arrogant Lakers fans on your own board

You got to be the most ignorant if you really think all Laker fans are biased and arrogant.
You hate the Lakers , that's cool.
But don't go on making up pathetic excuses for your Clippers loss or for damn sure don't make up pathetic excuses of how we shot 21 free throws and won our 16th title.

[Kalidogg24]

How in the heck can you hate D Fish

Because Fisher plays like a complete dick at times. I dislike him as much as I disliked Rick Fox.

How does Fisher play like a dick? Are you implying he plays too rough? LoL

Also, shoutout to Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina.

My Birth Place.

[DRose4MVP]

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I totally agree. The only player is dislike more in the NBA is Varejao and even that would be a close call.

Fisher plays the game with no integrity- flopping all of over the court. That third foul on Griffin was a complete joke. The refs treat Fisher like he is superstar or something. It is ridiculous.

On top of it all, people actually think Fisher is a good player or something because he has been fortunate to play on great teams. He has always been the worst starter on every team he has played for and is the worst starting point guard in the NBA right now besides Arroyo

I'm with ya 100% man. That was a crucial foul too that took Blake out for the half.

The delay of game on the free throw? I have seen 100's of player do the exact same thing and not get called for it, but if you do it against the Lakers its different. Its a technical. Bull$hit.

[DRose4MVP]

Those 21 free throws in the 4th quarter of game 7 also helped. The officiating in game 7 and the entire series was a joke.

Shhh... Laker fans don't like hearing the truth bro. They think the Celtics just decided to start fouling alot in the 4th quarter. The Lakers shot more free throws in that 4th quarter than the Celtics did in the entire game. What a joke the NBA has become. Everyone knew that the Celtics weren't winning Game 7 on the Lakers court. After the way their fans acted on Christmas day, I wouldn't want to know what their fans would do if they lost that game on their home court.

[Wavy Q]

i mean my god, its been 6 months and you 2 are STILL complaining.

get over it.

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Even though some calls didn't go our way against the Lakers we were still in the position to win the game. The 2 turn overs were a crucial reason as to why we lost. I was questioning Del Negro in my head why he didn't put Baron out there to run the offense. If we had a full possession at least we could have ran clock instead of giving the ball to the Lakers and letting them get quick scores.

We still need to find a way to close out games and this is what I continue to say. The rookies will make mistakes because they are rookies, I can only hope that they learn from their mistakes sooner rather than later. And I have no justification on EJ's turn over.

I also feel that the Lakers get lucky at times, that half court shot at the end of the 3rd, pure luck.

[mattfish]

^ I agree, the reason we lost were because of those turnovers and having a young team out there.

Despite the consistent bias in calls and the attacks against our young players, I think the team is coming together pretty well and is becoming stronger because of those things.

Fisher is like Sam Cassell. One of those players you hate on other teams, but I personally wouldn't complain if he were doing those things for our team.

[Roscoe Sheed]

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Somewhat true, except that Cassell was a much better player than Fisher. Not even close