Game #1 Jazz (0-0) @ Lakers (0-0) Sunday 4-19-09 12PM, ABC

Anklebreaker702 · Post #1 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:25 am

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STAPLES CENTER

TV, ABC 12 NOON

STARTERS

SERIES FACTS
Although the Lakers lead the all time series 91-52, The Playoff series is tied 2-2. The Lakers took care of Utah in the 2008 Playoffs in 6 games and look to get the job done sooner this time.

KEYS TO VICTORY
Come out aggressive from the start! No let up Lakers! We are the deepest team out there & hungriest after letting the title slip away last year! We're only 16 wins away from redemption. Go get it done!

KEY MATCH UP

VS

The Jazz can only go as far as D. Will takes them. You can't shut him down but you can contain him. D. Fish & Shannon Brown are the guys that can get it done!!!!!

WITHOUT FURTHER A DUE, TONIGHT'S SPECIAL GUEST STAR IS...............

She has eluded us for 7 years now boys, bring her back where she belongs. In title town

Be Ready For War, Do What It Takes To Bring It All Home!!!!!!!!

DEEP3CL · Post #2 » by **DEEP3CL** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:28 am

Alright peeps lets get it started....................nice GT AB702

Post #3 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:29 am

and so it begins...

feels so great to have drew playing, but also the forgotten man trevor ariza who was hurt too.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #4 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:33 am

dcash4 wrote:and so it begins...

feels so great to have drew playing, but also the forgotten man trevor ariza who was hurt too.

We're primed for the stretch run this time dcash!

DEEP3CL · Post #5 » by **DEEP3CL** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:33 am

Yeah Trev was never at full strength when he came back. Really this is totally different team.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #6 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:34 am

DEEP3CL wrote:Alright peeps let get it started....................nice GT AB702

Thx Deep

Post #7 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:38 am

Road to 16 wins starts now. Lets go Lakers!

Post #8 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:42 am

the key to making this a short series or a drawn out series is keeping okur from getting good looks. deron is going to tear up the lakers, thats a foregone conclusion. boozer isn't going to do anything on bynum, gasol, or odom. kobe and gasol are going to be relatively unstoppable. if okur doesn't go off, jazz shouldn't be in it near the end of the game.

DEEP3CL · Post #9 » by **DEEP3CL** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:01 am

Also the Lakers have to contain Brewer..........this dude has had some explosive games against the Lakers especially in Salt Lake. Like dcash said D-Will is going to get his, so be it. The key will be holding their bench down for long stretches.

Coach Sloan is trying to Jedi the Lakers and the media into thinking his squad has no chance. But this trick ain't gonna fly with Phil, he'll have the team ready. Sloan is hoping that by trashing his in the media he'll lite a fire for them to play inspired ball, which they probably will but it'll be up to the Lakers to bring them back to reality that they can't beat them.

Tommy Trojan · Post #10 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:01 am

Let's get it on

Anklebreaker702 · Post #11 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:11 am

I dont think D. Will tears us up this time. D. Fish always does a good job on him & now we have a trump card with Shannon Brown. Last year as soon as he saw Farmar his eyes lit up. It wont be none of that this year.

DoctaJ · Post #12 » by **DoctaJ** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:25 am

Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. I can't wait. Sunday just can't come soon enough. I missed most of the first round and second round last year because I was in Cuba. So happy I'm here for this.

Great GT, anklebreaker!

Let's get this going and bring the 'ship home!

Let's Go Lakers!!

Post #13 » by **Slava** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:35 am

Finally I hope the crowd at Staples can bring their A game on and make it a hostile arena for the opponent. It helps a lot and that's part of what homecourt is all about.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #14 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:39 am

DoctaJ wrote:Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. I can't wait. Sunday just can't come soon enough. I missed most of the first round and second round last year because I was in Cuba. So happy I'm here for this.

Great GT, anklebreaker!

Let's get this going and bring the 'ship home!

Let's Go Lakers!!

Thx DoctaJ I'm pumped! Trying to hold it in until Sunday

Anklebreaker702 · Post #15 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:41 am

j-far wrote:Finally I hope the crowd at Staples can bring their A game on and make it a hostile arena for the opponent. It helps a lot and that's part of what homecourt is all about.

You're right. I hope everyone has that feeling like were coming to get what we left on the table last year & just yell like crazy & be loud!!!!!!!!

Post #16 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:45 am

i hope drew gets double digit rebounds instead of these weak totals he's been getting. during the season, he turned into an absolute monster once he started grabbing all the boards around him. once he gets it, it'll mean his reaction time is finally up to par and its bynum domination time.

magic1fan · Post #17 » by **magic1fan** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:51 am

great game thread. i think we are going ti surprise alot of people this year as far as getting rid of teams quick. i always felt that kobe and pau were on cruise control in the regular season. now with a healthy bynum and ariza,man o man we are ready...

go lakers..................... 8-)

Sedale Threatt · Post #18 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:14 am

Get the first two and crush their spirit from the start. Just stomp on those balls, baby! After that they'll be playing merely for pride.

Throwback24 · Post #19 » by **Throwback24** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:15 am

Lakers can wrap it up in 5 if they come out aggressive.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #20 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:15 am

magic1fan wrote:great game thread. i think we are going ti surprise alot of people this year as far as getting rid of teams quick. i always felt that kobe and pau were on cruise control in the regular season. now with a healthy bynum and ariza,man o man we are ready...

go lakers.....................

Thx Magic1fan. we have to take it 1 at a time & start knocking them down!!!!!!!!!!