Official Game Thread - Playoffs Rnd1 Gm1 - Nuggets @ Lakers

magic#32 · Post #301 » by **magic#32** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:17 pm

Great ball by LO and Gasol, they are both playing near perfect, we are wining by 2 at the half without Kobe, or even worse, with a crappy Kobe, so turning him on 2nd half should be enough to win this game, lets hope so.

Bob Saget · Post #302 » by **Bob Saget** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:18 pm

SashAlex wrote:How can the main MVP candidate shoot 2 of 10 ?

um bad half, happens to everyone so chill

Post #303 » by **milesfides** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:18 pm

SashAlex wrote:How can the main MVP candidate shoot 2 of 10 ?

Lot of basketball left, let's not bury him yet! We might need him, you know. :wink:

Laker at Heart · Post #304 » by **Laker at Heart** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:18 pm

18/7/5, cool first half by Gasol. Hopefully Kobe will shake that cold off in the second quarter.

SashAlex · Post #305 » by **SashAlex** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

GOD, please, make Kobe play better !

iamworthy · Post #306 » by **iamworthy** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

Im not surprised by LO's good first half. Stat wise he has been the best laker in the playoffs for the last 2 yrs. In saying that I dont care if Kobe goes 1-15 from the field him being on the floor is imparitive. The Defense is locked in on him....not Gasol, not LO but on Kobe. His presents opens the game up. This really shows that our best player can have a bad first half and we can still lead the game. This is now a TEAM effort, not the Kobe show.

Sedale Threatt · Post #307 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

Just miserable defense in the second quarter. Same 'ol, same 'ol. Can't keep anybody in front of us and everything crumbles.

Gerald3Wallace · Post #308 » by **Gerald3Wallace** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

KobeIsKing24 wrote:How the heck are we up? Kobe 2-10, we don't get back on D, Iverson flopping to perfection.

sasha, odom, gasol, luke

tagsu · Post #309 » by **tagsu** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

i bet kobe is practicing his shot now during half

Minhee · Post #310 » by **Minhee** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:19 pm

Not a bad offensive first half with the exception of the end of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter when our offense when stagnant. Kobe is not playing like an MVP, luckily Odom and Gasol is taking his slack. Having 3 fouls isn't helping him either, but Kenyon is defending Kobe very well. Seems like guys with length gives Kobe a hard time such as tayshuan Prince.

AI missing five FT's in that first half is also helping us otherwise we would be trailing at the half.

Hope we pick up the defense in the 2nd half. I am pretty sure AI will make all his FT for the duration of the series and their offense is too explosive so our guys cannot go stagnant anymore.

nermindee · Post #311 » by **nermindee** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:20 pm

ugh kobe needs to get goin!!! he needs to be a threat also errrrrrrrrrr!

SashAlex · Post #312 » by **SashAlex** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:20 pm

milesfides wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Lot of basketball left, let's not bury him yet! We might need him, you know.

I know, miles ! But you know, I'm getting mad at everyone who plays poor, be it Kobe or someone else...

I got mad after his first miss ! So with everyone else...

Go Lakers !

Crooked-I · Post #313 » by **Crooked-I** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:20 pm

SashAlex wrote:Man, this person with no. 24 on his shirt doesn't deserve to be MVP at all !

Can you calm down for a sec? He's having a bad game and the defense is focused on him. Other than a couple of defensive lapses, he hasn't been playing that bad. His shot just isn't falling at the moment.

We are up and that's all that matters for now.

Rox_Nix_Nox · Post #314 » by **Rox_Nix_Nox** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:20 pm

Luke playing well, I give him credit.

Sedale Threatt · Post #315 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:21 pm

KobeIsKing24 wrote:How the heck are we up? Kobe 2-10, we don't get back on D, Iverson flopping to perfection.

That's a good way to look at it. A lot of things went their way, and we're still up.

Gerald3Wallace · Post #316 » by **Gerald3Wallace** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:21 pm

iamworthy wrote:Im not surprised by LO's good first half. Stat wise he has been the best laker in the playoffs for the last 2 yrs. In saying that I dont care if Kobe goes 1-15 from the field him being on the floor is imparitive. The Defense is locked in on him....not Gasol, not LO but on Kobe. His presents opens the game up. This really shows that our best player can have a bad first half and we can still lead the game. This is now a TEAM effort, not the Kobe show.

acutually...most of gasol and odoms points are not coming from kobe...its acutally coming from putbacks and the feeds gasol is getting from odom and walton

Gerald3Wallace · Post #317 » by **Gerald3Wallace** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:22 pm

great way to end the half!

Tommy Trojan · Post #318 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:22 pm

Gerald3Wallace wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

sasha, odom, gasol, luke

Tommy Trojan · Post #319 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:23 pm

Gerald3Wallace wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

sasha, odom, gasol, luke

SashAlex · Post #320 » by **SashAlex** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:23 pm

KobeIsKing24 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Can you calm down for a sec? He's having a bad game and the defense is focused on him. Other than a couple of defensive lapses, he hasn't been playing that bad. His shot just isn't falling at the moment.

We are up and that's all that matters for now.

Man, I can't ! It will last until the game ends.