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What: Close Out Game 7
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles
When: Sunday, May 17- 2:30pm CT (12:30pm Pacific)
TV: ABC

Series to date:
Game 1: Rockets 100- Lakers 92 L
Game 2: Lakers 111- Rockets 98 W
Game 3: Lakers 108- Rockets 94 W
Game 4: Rockets 99- Lakers 87 L
Game 5: Lakers 118- Rockets 78 W
Game 6: Rockets 95- Lakers 80

WHO WILL REACH THE TOP



For the Visiting
The Starters

Aaron Brooks/Shane Battier/Ron Artest/Luis Scola/Chuck Hayes

Bench

Carl Landry/Von Wafer/Kyle Lowry

For the Home Team, Your
Good Stuff Here
The Starters

Derek Fisher/Kobe Bryant/Trevor Ariza/Pau Gasol/Andrew Bynum

Bench

Lamar Odom/Luke Walton/Jordan Farmar/Shannon Brown/Sasha Vujacic

The Game Plan:
- Run, Run, Run and Run some more- play our tempo, high scoring, be explosive
- Take advantage of our size- quit letting Hayes and Scola have their way down low
- Make shots- especially the three, opens things up down low
- Play some defense- force some turnovers, get some fast breaks going
- Get some intensity- play with heart, this is the playoffs, game 7, go out there and take it

Motivation:
This is it, last game of the series. There isn't going to be another. It's win or go home. We need to play with our backs against the wall. There is no favorite anymore, no one is entitled to win this game. If you want it, you have to go out and take it. But it won't be easy, success never is. Everyone is after the same thing. So, you have to want it more than them, you have to work harder than them, you have to fight harder than them to get it. It won't be easy, the good things never are. But you have to continue on, persevere through are the tough times, fight through it and we'll come out the other side stronger. Our entire season has come down to this game. It isn't going to be given to us, we're not going to get any help. If we want this we are going to have to take it ourselves. We need intensity, we need focus, we need toughness. We need to stick together, we need to battle together, we need to support each other. We need to trust in each other, have faith that the man next to you has got your back. Believe that he will do anything for you, for the team. Trust each other, play as a team, work hard and no one will beat us.

The last and most important thing: Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up

GO LAKERS

great game thread hermes!!! this is it,the whole enchilada,this is for all of the marbles. i just want great energy and focus. i still have faith in my purple and gold,no matter how much time they have shaved off my life. ...let's go lakers and remember purple and gold never folds...

Can our real team show up for this one please?

...why don't the Lakers care?

They're the one team left I can actually stand to watch... Honestly the only way I'll be fine with a Lakers game 7 loss is if the Nets get the #1 pick =D

rockets fan here, just wanted to say how great this series has been. each team has pushed the other to the edge. whoever wins sunday will definitely deserve to move on. aside from the bulls/celtics and rockets/blazers, this has been a classic.

Joe Kleazy wrote:Can our real team show up for this one please?

According to a homer Spurs fan this is the real Lakers. Wish these trolls would go away on the general board. Ever game we lose more and more of them show up like cancer to enjoy our downfall. The only way to shut up hater is to win, and thats what we need to do sunday.

I posted this on the general boards, ill post it here. Not that it matters but,

Cavs - Denver series had a lower rating compared to Lakers - Celtics series.

Funny Cavs - Danver are done. Low Ratings gone.

Funny Lakers - Celtics both going to game 7s with higher tv ratings. Both of whom meet in the finals last year.

Just found that intersting.

if the lakers didn't win on thier home court with Kobe and phill jackson, ia m filling devorce from bascketball, you can bank on this

I don't know what to expect any more with this team. I'm hopeful that we can win this game and move on to bigger and better things.. but I don't know what to expect with this team.

If they cant win a Game 7 on our own court. Thats what the media is hoping for. So when summer rolls around they can start all the drama of what the LAkers are going to do. Where is Kobe going, Where is Phil going, When Kobe said he didnt want to play for the Lakers that one nasty summer. The media Jizzed and Jizzed and Jizzed and Jizzed in their pants lol.

There, my sig is now changed to the playoff one. Let's go.. can we please put forward a FULL EFFORT and win this game?

The King has returned.

**

Well men, we have reached what some say is the very end of our venture to the championship. After the last few weeks, many analysts have questioned our right to be considered as Championship Contenders.

Disgusting. Are we to let something like this discourage us? Surely our testicles exist in this world of Rocket Madness! As Laker Warriors, are we the ones to hand the championship to those wretched beasts from the East (LeBron and the like) and the West (Ron Ron & Carmelo)? I for one will be damned! Revenge Part II is tonight, and we will NOT allow them to emerge victorious! Time and energy is on our side!

After dominating our way through the Regular Season, we have become rather lackluster. It has reached the point where our current enemies (the Rockets) have grown expectant of victory! Do not let the splendid play of Aaron Brooks fool you men! We may be outnumbered, outhustled and outhearted, but our fighting spirits are stronger then theirs are! Only a champion forces a force greater then theirs to struggle to match our power!

Game 4 tortured us yes, but did we retreat into the obscurity of a shocked team? NO! We fought hard in the days in between, and came back strong! Led by the excellence of Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom, we all lined up for what many thought would have been our final battle, and WON!!
BY 40!

Men of Los Angeles....

WE MUST ATTACK XERXES (Houston) AS THOUGH WE WERE SPARTANS!



http://youtube.com/watch?v=TeNGVS2T_Rk

"Give them nothing, but take from them...EVERYTHING!!!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uHxIssSROjk

Do we allow foreigners to come into our land and desecrate what we hold dear to us? Some say that a comeback is madness. I say to he that utter this blasphemy......NEVER! THIS IS LOS ANGELES!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QkWS9PiXekE

Artest: Choose your next words carefully, Kobe. They may be your last as MVP.
Kobe Bryant: [to himself: thinking] "Failure and loss"?
[Kobe unsheathes and points his sword at the Rocket’s throat]
Artest: Madman! You're a madman!
Kobe Bryant: Failure and loss? You'll find plenty of both at home.
Artest: No man, Laker or Spur, no man threatens a Rocket!
Kobe Bryant: You bring the banners and rings of retired champions to my city steps. You insult my Center. You threaten my people with shame and failure! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Rocket. Perhaps you should have done the same!
Artest: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
Kobe Bryant: Madness...?
[shouting]
Kobe Bryant: This is LOS ANGELES!
[Kicks the messenger down the well]

THE LAND OF MAGIC AND KAREEM!! THE LAND OF WILT CHAMBERLAIN AND JERRY WEST!! THE LAND OF THE IMMORTAL GEORGE MIKAN THAT STARTED IT ALL!

DID THEY BACK DOWN!?!? NEVER!

Battier A thousand odds of the Celtic Destiny descend upon you. Our three pointers will blot out the sun!
Fisher: Then we will bang in the post!

WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US!! WE HAVE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW!!!

Kobe, the entire Laker Nation cries out to you. It is upon your shoulders to guide us to the promised land. Listen to those calling out for the heads of you and your men. It cannot end on Sunday! You must wake up and flood Staples Center with your greatness if we are to rise again among the Champions! Sasha has his many excuses (a vagina), but you have none! The entire team is on your back! You are our champion Kobe! You must reawaken! Now is the time!!











http://youtube.com/watch?v=7uzY4SOJ3Qs

Kobe Bryant: Lakers! Prepare for glory!
Lebron: Glory? Have you gone mad? There is no glory to be had now! Only retreat, or surrender or death!
Kobe Bryant: Well, that's an easy choice for us, Cavalier! We Lakers never retreat! We Lakers never surrender! Go spread the word. Let every Warrior assembled know the truth of this. Let each among them search his own soul. And while you're at it, search your own!

Even as we look deep into the eyes of defeat, we must hold our ground! We no longer have the protection of our homeland on our backs, for we are in enemy territory now! This is easily the most hostile territory for a Laker Warrior to be in, as the war between the feuding tribes has stretched back to the days of our forefathers. We cannot allow these brutes to taste victory from our hands! Don't give them any breathing room!

Do we really want to lose to this?!?!



I'll be damned!

Artest: All that God-King Adelman requires is this: a simple offering of earth and water. A token of Los Angeles' submission to the will of Yao.
Kobe Bryant: Submission? Well that's a bit of a problem. See, rumor has it the Blazers have already turned you down, and if those former contenders and, uh, floppers have found that kind of nerve, then...
Gasol: We must be diplomatic.
Kobe Bryant: [ignoring Gasol] ... and, of course, Lakers have their reputation to consider.

There is no peace unless victory is attained. We must fight to win this game, for the odds are truly against us from the outset.

Rocket General: Lakers, lay down your weapons!
[a spear flies out and impales him through the chest, and he falls out of the saddle, dead]
Kobe Bryant: Rockets! Come and get them!

KOBE!!! TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE WRENCH VICTORY FROM THE HANDS OF THE RED SCARE!!!!!! GET MAD!!!!




Bring it on Houston! Tonight, we dine...in HELL!!!!




Let's go settle our business.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Ewhqfeuo4

TONIGHT IS WHEN WE PROVE THE MORTALITY OF XERXES!!!! TONIGHT!!!!

MAN YOUR FORMATIONS!!!! TONIGHT IS WHEN WE FIGHT!!! LOS ANGELES IS WHERE WE FIGHT!!! THIS IS WHEN THEY DIE!!!! LET'S EARN THIS WIN!!!!!!!!!

go lakers!!

LA got this kobe aint gonna let em lose but if they do im not watching the playoffs anymore i live and breathe LA basketball and if there out im out oh yea LETS GO LAKERS!!!

Punctuation can be your friend.

Iceburg Slim wrote:The King has returned.

**

Well men, we have reached what some say is the very end of our venture to the championship. After the last few weeks, many analysts have questioned our right to be considered as Championship Contenders.

Disgusting. Are we to let something like this discourage us? Surely our testicles exist in this world of Rocket Madness! As Laker Warriors, are we the ones to hand the championship to those wretched beasts from the East (LeBron and the like) and the West (Ron Ron & Carmelo)? I for one will be damned! Revenge Part II is tonight, and we will NOT allow them to emerge victorious! Time and energy is on our side!

After dominating our way through the Regular Season, we have become rather lackluster. It has reached the point where our current enemies (the Rockets) have grown expectant of victory! Do not let the splendid play of Aaron Brooks fool you men! We may be outnumbered, outhustled and outhearted, but our fighting spirits are stronger then theirs are! Only a champion forces a force greater then theirs to struggle to match our power!

Game 4 tortured us yes, but did we retreat into the obscurity of a shocked team? NO! We fought hard in the days in between, and came back strong! Led by the excellence of Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom, we all lined up for what many thought would have been our final battle, and WON!!
BY 40!

Men of Los Angeles....

WE MUST ATTACK XERXES (Houston) AS THOUGH WE WERE SPARTANS!



http://youtube.com/watch?v=TeNGVS2T_Rk

"Give them nothing, but take from them...EVERYTHING!!!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uHxIssSROjk

Do we allow foreigners to come into our land and desecrate what we hold dear to us? Some say that a comeback is madness. I say to he that utter this blasphemy......NEVER! THIS IS LOS ANGELES!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QkWS9PiXekE

Artest: Choose your next words carefully, Kobe. They may be your last as MVP.
Kobe Bryant: [to himself: thinking] "Failure and loss"?
[Kobe unsheathes and points his sword at the Rocket’s throat]
Artest: Madman! You're a madman!
Kobe Bryant: Failure and loss? You'll find plenty of both at home.
Artest: No man, Laker or Spur, no man threatens a Rocket!
Kobe Bryant: You bring the banners and rings of retired champions to my city steps. You insult my Center. You threaten my people with shame and failure! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Rocket. Perhaps you should have done the same!
Artest: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
Kobe Bryant: Madness...?
[shouting]
Kobe Bryant: This is LOS ANGELES!
[Kicks the messenger down the well]

THE LAND OF MAGIC AND KAREEM!! THE LAND OF WILT CHAMBERLAIN AND JERRY WEST!! THE LAND OF THE IMMORTAL GEORGE MIKAN THAT STARTED IT ALL!

DID THEY BACK DOWN!?!? NEVER!

Battier A thousand odds of the Celtic Destiny descend upon you. Our three pointers will blot out the sun!
Fisher: Then we will bang in the post!

WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US!! WE HAVE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW!!!

Kobe, the entire Laker Nation cries out to you. It is upon your shoulders to guide us to the promised land. Listen to those calling out for the heads of you and your men. It cannot end on Sunday! You must wake up and flood Staples Center with your greatness if we are to rise again among the Champions! Sasha has his many excuses (a vagina), but you have none! The entire team is on your back! You are our champion Kobe! You must reawaken! Now is the time!!











http://youtube.com/watch?v=7uzY4SOJ3Qs

Kobe Bryant: Lakers! Prepare for glory!
Lebron: Glory? Have you gone mad? There is no glory to be had now! Only retreat, or surrender or death!
Kobe Bryant: Well, that's an easy choice for us, Cavalier! We Lakers never retreat! We Lakers never surrender! Go spread the word. Let every Warrior assembled know the truth of this. Let each among them search his own soul. And while you're at it, search your own!

Even as we look deep into the eyes of defeat, we must hold our ground! We no longer have the protection of our homeland on our backs, for we are in enemy territory now! This is easily the most hostile territory for a Laker Warrior to be in, as the war between the feuding tribes has stretched back to the days of our forefathers. We cannot allow these brutes to taste victory from our hands! Don't give them any breathing room!

Do we really want to lose to this?!?!



I'll be damned!

Artest: All that God-King Adelman requires is this: a simple offering of earth and water. A token of Los Angeles' submission to the will of Yao.
Kobe Bryant: Submission? Well that's a bit of a problem. See, rumor has it the Blazers have already turned you down, and if those former contenders and, uh, floppers have found that kind of nerve, then...
Gasol: We must be diplomatic.
Kobe Bryant: [ignoring Gasol] ... and, of course, Lakers have their reputation to consider.

There is no peace unless victory is attained. We must fight to win this game, for the odds are truly against us from the outset.

Rocket General: Lakers, lay down your weapons!
[a spear flies out and impales him through the chest, and he falls out of the saddle, dead]
Kobe Bryant: Rockets! Come and get them!

KOBE!!! TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WE WRENCH VICTORY FROM THE HANDS OF THE RED SCARE!!!!!! GET MAD!!!!




Bring it on Houston! Tonight, we dine...in HELL!!!!




Let's go settle our business.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Ewhqfeuo4

TONIGHT IS WHEN WE PROVE THE MORTALITY OF XERXES!!!! TONIGHT!!!!

MAN YOUR FORMATIONS!!!! TONIGHT IS WHEN WE FIGHT!!! LOS ANGELES IS WHERE WE FIGHT!!! THIS IS WHEN THEY DIE!!!! LET'S EARN THIS WIN!!!!!!!!!

Nice thread.

However, the game is on Sunday afternoon, not tonight!

Kobe's tech has been rescinded. He now has four instead of five.

TylersLakers wrote:Kobe's tech has been rescinded. He now has four instead of five.

it should have never been given. to me that call and that phantom call on farmar took a little of our momemtum...

Why is everyone upset.. obviously the Lakers know how much we love them and just wanted us to see more games. Thanks Guys- I can't wait to watch some more basketball. Never you mind the media- we know you did it all for the fans! Great Showmanship.

We will win sunday.

Dear Rockets,

I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place.
And you're still probably working
At a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell

Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car
Did it ever get you far?
You never seemed so tense, love
Never seen you fall so hard
Do you know where you are?

Truth be told I miss you
Truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell

Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Where did it all go wrong?
But the list goes on and on
Truth be told I miss you
Truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell

Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories
They're no good to me
And here's all your lies
If you look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell (hope it gives you hell)
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell (hope it gives you hell)
When you hear this song and you sing along well you'll never tell
And you're the fool I've just as well I hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you hell
You can sing along I hope it puts you through hell.

Sincerly,

The Lakers.

P.S. NoHomo.