L.A. Lakers @ Houston Rockets

Rox_Nix_Nox · Post #1 » by **Rox_Nix_Nox** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:27 am

there I did it. hah! I dunno what it is but I did it.

*I'm guessing powell will get the start

TylersLakers · Post #2 » by **TylersLakers** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:42 am

Fish, Gasol and Powell will have to have big games for us. Battier and Artest will limit Kobe.

Nice game thread. Simple, but effective. I laughed out loud when the main attraction was Mbenga vs Yao. :rofl:

Post #3 » by **milesfides** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:40 am

Tough game to not have Odom. Our rebounding will suffer. Powell at PF...or Mbenga at center and move Gasol to the 4?

iamworthy · Post #4 » by **iamworthy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:59 am

Welcome back Miles.

Post #5 » by **milesfides** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:10 am

Good to see you, iamworthy!

DEEP3CL · Post #6 » by **DEEP3CL** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:27 am

Nice work Rox ! and my man miles...................welcome back bro !

So no Odom.................time for Josh to get max burn.

TylersLakers · Post #7 » by **TylersLakers** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:40 am

milesfides wrote:Tough game to not have Odom. Our rebounding will suffer. Powell at PF...or Mbenga at center and move Gasol to the 4?

Miles! Welcome back! It's been a long time.

Did you hear Kobe demanded a trade!??! BYNUM HURT!?!? WE GOT PAU GASOL!!?!? BYNUM HURT!!?!? Now we're in near-shambles again!?!?!?

Oh yes, we still haven't won in Portland.

Welcome back, it actually has been a while.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #8 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:33 am

Welcome back Miles!!!!!

Anklebreaker702 · Post #9 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:35 am

milesfides wrote:Tough game to not have Odom. Our rebounding will suffer. Powell at PF...or Mbenga at center and move Gasol to the 4?

He'll probably put Pau at the 5 & bring Mbenga off the bench. I would start Josh Powell

Plastered · Post #10 » by **Plastered** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:38 am

I wouldn't be surprised if Mbenga started at center on Yao for defensive purposes over Powell....

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #11 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:43 am

Go Lakers!

butter17 · Post #12 » by **butter17** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:12 am

The lakers need 2 come 2 play. This is the wrong time 2 start struggling. The cavs cotinues 2 win so we have 2 go out and play hard every night. If we play houston like we played against portland, we will get blown out.

lakersfanatic · Post #13 » by **lakersfanatic** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:09 am

Going to be a tough game without odoms' defense, his offense is to be desire.. hehe..

But coming off from that horrible lost, i think we'll be more hungry than ever to win this. Plus Phil will put more pressure on the team now that we're tied with the Cavs.

Go Lakers!

Flipdog69xxx · Post #14 » by **Flipdog69xxx** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:21 am

Go Lakers!

ImmortalD24 · Post #15 » by **ImmortalD24** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:25 am

Welcome back Miles!

DSe · Post #16 » by **DSe** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:34 am

TylersLakers wrote:
Did you hear Kobe demanded a trade!??! BYNUM HURT!?!? WE GOT PAU GASOL!!?!? BYNUM HURT!!?!? Now we're in near-shambles again!?!?!?

Oh yes, we still haven't won in Portland.

kobe808lak · Post #17 » by **kobe808lak** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:37 pm

We need to rebound after that terrible loss. Our guys better come ready to play or we will receive another beat down. Kobe needs to be a facilitator and stop chucking. Gasol has to play strong and match Ming and Powell needs to play well since he is starting. I wonder what our bench will give us..Anything??

Anklebreaker702 · Post #18 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:13 pm

kobe808lak wrote:We need to rebound after that terrible loss. Our guys better come ready to play or we will receive another beat down. Kobe needs to be a facilitator and stop chucking. Gasol has to play strong and match Ming and Powell needs to play well since he is starting. I wonder what our bench will give us..Anything??

This 1 will be tough. I would like to see Phil go deep into the bench tonight. Adam Morrison hasn't looked quite comfortable yet but I like what Shannon Brown has been bringing. This is the time to let them really get their feet wet.

Post #19 » by **semi-sentient** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:15 pm

I would be shocked if we actually won this game. Get ready for another garbage shooting performance from Kobe, and expect Yao to completely have his way with Gasol.

See you around Mr. Homeourt Advantage Through the Finals. It was nice knowing you. Maybe next season we can be friends longer?

TylersLakers · Post #20 » by **TylersLakers** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:57 pm

Yeah, I think we should start seeing some good minutes from Shannon Brown. If Sasha is going to continue playing how he is.. maybe Shannon could step up and fill his minutes nicely. Or take Farmar's minutes.. that would be ideal.