ROUND 1: GAME 7 - LA v DEN - TNT - 5/12/12 - 7:30

kblo247 · Post #1 » by **kblo247** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:37 am

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Q: After Game 5 you said that you tried to bail your teammates out in the 4th Quarter. Did you feel burdened tonight?
KB: Yeah, I mean particularly the start of the ballgame, you know, to generally come out to see how everybody else is flowing, see what kind of rythym guys are going to be in...they blitzkrieg'd us at the start of the game and jumped out to an 11-0 run and I couldn't really wait. I had to try and do what I could to keep us in the game at that point.

Q: Metta World Peace will be available for Game 7 -- I know he's been practicing but couldn't play. Realistically, what do you expect from him in this huge game?
KB: Well, I expect him to come out and play with the tenacity that he's known for. He's the one guy that I can rely on night in and night out to compete and play hard, play with a sense of urgency and to play with no fear, so I'm looking forward to having that by my side again.

Q: 37 minutes when you're feeling like this was obviously a pretty big effort. Do you think your teammates matched your heart tonight?
KB: No, of course they didn't.

Q: Mike (Brown) was pretty pointed in his remarks about Andrew and Pau ...saying that they didn't bring what the team needed them to do. Do you agree with that and where do you see that they can improve?
KB: Of course I agree with that. I talked with Pau a little bit after the game and I'll speak with Andrew as well. It's one of those things psychologically, you have to put yourself in a position where you have no other option but to perform. You have to emotionally put yourself with your back against the wall and kind of trick yourself, so to speak, to feel there's no other option but to perform and to battle. And when you have that and put yourself into that mindset your performance and talent shines through. It doesn't matter what the defense does or it doesn't matter if you get fouled...it doesn't matter because you're emotionally at a level that's above that and that is the mindstate that they have to put themselves in.

Q: Kobe, did your teammates let you down?
KB: Yeah, we let each other down for sure. We didn't step up and meet the energy and I expect them to come out in Game 7 and play with a sense of urgency and a sense of desperation that wasn't there the last two games.

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No honey, all business boys

Sofa King · Post #2 » by **Sofa King** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:44 am

It's showtime!

crazy8ights · Post #3 » by **crazy8ights** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:46 am

welcome back MWP you were sorely missed.

LAFan24 · Post #4 » by **LAFan24** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:46 am

kblo247 · Post #5 » by **kblo247** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:23 am

We are going to learn if Sessions has a pair of onions or cashews in the biggest game of his life

Wavy Q · Post #6 » by **Wavy Q** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:04 am

Go Los Angeles David Sterns!

Anklebreaker702 · Post #7 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:38 am

If we lose, heads will roll. Book that

kblo247 · Post #8 » by **kblo247** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:46 am

Anklebreaker702 wrote:If we lose, heads will roll. Book that

Dr Aki · Post #9 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:55 am

someone needs to sacrifice themselves to take out ty lawson

Jetset · Post #10 » by **Jetset** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:47 pm

Stephano wrote:Go Los Angeles David Sterns!

carlquincy · Post #11 » by **carlquincy** » Fri May 11, 2012 1:47 pm

We cant beat the Nuggets...

But the refs can!

Come on Refs! Put on a MVP-esque game 7!!!!!

crazy8ights · Post #12 » by **crazy8ights** » Fri May 11, 2012 2:37 pm

damn I hope we win this game, enough said. I personally think we won't same old story.

Post #13 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:35 pm

ever since we quit the eye candy it all went down hill.

desertlakerfan · Post #14 » by **desertlakerfan** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:52 pm

Time to actually play with a full roster for the first time this postseason.

No more Sessions + Blake on the court together getting abused by Lawson + Miller, no more Kobe at the SF, no more Ebanks scared to brick open shots.

Will the rest of the team show up or will they fold? Gonna be one exciting Saturday night in LA.

Post #15 » by **semi-sentient** » Fri May 11, 2012 4:23 pm

Q: Metta World Peace will be available for Game 7 -- I know he's been practicing but couldn't play. Realistically, what do you expect from him in this huge game?

KB: Well, I expect him to come out and play with the tenacity that he's known for. He's the one guy that I can rely on night in and night out to compete and play hard, play with a sense of urgency and to play with no fear, so I'm looking forward to having that by my side again.

+1

I only hope it isn't too late. If the Nuggets have a great shooting night we could be looking at an embarrassing 1st Round exit, which would suck. I'd at least like to see this team advance to the WCSF and get taken out by a superior team.

Pablo Escobar · Post #16 » by **Pablo Escobar** » Fri May 11, 2012 4:29 pm

I'm waiting for Bynum to say game 7s are easy

youngthegiant · Post #17 » by **youngthegiant** » Fri May 11, 2012 4:57 pm

Aki wrote:someone needs to sacrifice themselves to take out ty lawson

that comment pretty much sums up why i feel the way i do about laker fans. Sorry to troll but that is just low.

crazy8ights · Post #18 » by **crazy8ights** » Fri May 11, 2012 5:12 pm

youngthegiant wrote:
Aki wrote:someone needs to sacrifice themselves to take out ty lawson
that comment pretty much sums up why i feel the way i do about laker fans. Sorry to troll but that is just low.

We're at war here, go away if you can't take the heat. You don't know our posters :roll:

Anklebreaker702 · Post #19 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:12 pm

kblo247 wrote:
Anklebreaker702 wrote:If we lose, heads will roll. Book that

Anklebreaker702 · Post #20 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:14 pm

Aki wrote:someone needs to sacrifice themselves to take out ty lawson

Nah they just need to play D