#80. New Orleans Hornets @ LA Lakers. 7:30pm. FSN.

Post #1 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:23 am

Friday 7:30pm
FSN, AM 570
Los Angeles, CA

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season series 1-2
3/14 Lakers 98 @ Hornets 108
1/9 Lakers 109 @ Hornets 80
11/6 Hornets 118 @ Lakers 104

season standings
1. New Orleans 55-23
2. Los Angeles Lakers 54-25
3. San Antonio Spurs 53-25

New Orleans Hornets
55-23 (Road: 26-12)

chris paul / morris peterson / peja stojakovic / david west / tyson chandler

key bench players: jannero pargo, bonzi wells, julian wright, hilton armstrong

LAST THREE GAMES: @ MIN W, vs. UTH L, vs. GSW W

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Los Angeles Lakers
54-25 (Home: 27-11)

derek fisher / kobe bryant / vlad radmanovic / lamar odom / pau gasol

key bench players: jordan farmar, sasha vujacic, ronny turiaf

LAST THREE GAMES: @ LAC W, @ POR L, @ SAC W

things to watch for:

- mvp watch

- pf matchup

- injured minutes into the game last time.

Post #2 » by **milesfides** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:27 am

What's wrong with you? :lol:

Sofa King · Post #3 » by **Sofa King** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:29 am

milesfides wrote:What's wrong with you?

I don't see anything wrong. He looks like a fine obsessed Lakers fan to me. :lol:

Post #4 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:35 am

it takes me about 10 minutes to edit the info from my last thread. i've tried waiting til a few hours before the game but no one else ever does one anymore. i figured i deserved to create the hornets thread early. it makes me feel like a better fan than every single one of you, except dexter guy.

Tommy Trojan · Post #5 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:10 am

Lets go LAKERS!!!

Post #6 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:12 am

MVP game!

Post #7 » by **milesfides** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:31 am

dcash4 wrote:it takes me about 10 minutes to edit the info from my last thread. i've tried waiting til a few hours before the game but no one else ever does one anymore. i figured i deserved to create the hornets thread early. it makes me feel like a better fan than every single one of you, except dexter guy.

fair enough, looney tunes.

MAMBAEMD · Post #8 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:09 am

Huge game. Biggest of the season so far IMO.
A loss for us at home would not be good for our confidence going into the Spurs game and into the playoffs.
We have to have a solid defensive game plan.
We cannot let West and Peja kill us like they have in the past.
We should consider playing a lot of zone defense. We should also do what we can to get the ball out of Paul's hands.
He kills us with penetration and dishes to Peja and West.

Let's go Lakers
:clap:

Post #9 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:58 am

We match up well against this team and the key is how LO plays on David West and Sasha/Fish/Farmar need to bother CP3 enough to keep him off the paint.

I'd love to go Gasol/Ronny/LO/Kobe/Fish on them. Just gives us more comfort to match size and leaving Space Cadet on Stojakovic is a recipe for disaster early in the game.

Go Lakers, I have a feeling we'll win this one comfortably and Kobe will get additional points in his MVP campaign.

That Nicka · Post #10 » by **That Nicka** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:59 am

Huge game... Must win

SashAlex · Post #11 » by **SashAlex** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:07 am

I don't know what they're gonna do, but they have to win this one !
C. Paul is gonna kill us, as usual !

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:29 pm

GO LAKERS

this is a huge game, playoff atmosphere

TommyTheCat · Post #13 » by **TommyTheCat** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:48 pm

go lakers!!

diturral · Post #14 » by **diturral** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:52 pm

im going to this game tonight so excited hope we win :nod:

Post #15 » by **semi-sentient** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:25 pm

These next 2 games are must win. If we lose one or the other, we likely won't have homecourt against either team in the playoffs, and that could be huge. That, and winning consecutive against the best of the west on our home floor will do wonders for our confidence going into the playoffs. We need to get that swagger back that we had during the 10 game win streak.

bobobolas1 · Post #16 » by **bobobolas1** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:07 pm

semi-sentient wrote:These next 2 games are must win. If we lose one or the other, we likely won't have homecourt against either team in the playoffs, and that could be huge. That, and winning consecutive against the best of the west on our home floor will do wonders for our confidence going into the playoffs. We need to get that swagger back that we had during the 10 game win streak.

We will see what this lakers are made of. Not a game "win or die" but.....so close.

Andrew Bynasty · Post #17 » by **Andrew Bynasty** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:17 pm

Biggest game of the year.

We win, and we still have a shot at #1 and a matchup agaisnt the Nuggets.

We lose, and we may not even win our division.

Plus this game pretty much decides the MVP.

Erik Eleven · Post #18 » by **Erik Eleven** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:26 pm

The battle for the West and the battle for the MVP, possibly packed together in one game.

Erik Eleven · Post #19 » by **Erik Eleven** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:32 pm

We need to bring back Ariza today, or we lose this game.

Good perimeter players and slashers

Erik Eleven · Post #20 » by **Erik Eleven** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:33 pm

While post padding,

GO LAKERS!!!