Luke Walton to play in Game 2

slickgreek · Post #1 » by **slickgreek** » Wed May 6, 2009 2:39 am

Our savior Luke Walton. He could definately help the rhythm of the team, in which we didnt have in game 1, so maybe we will see an unlikely hero like Luke?? :-?

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2009/05/luke-walton-to-play-in-wednesdays-game-2.html

magic1fan · Post #2 » by **magic1fan** » Wed May 6, 2009 2:46 am

that's good news. happy luke is feeling better

fareweatherfan · Post #3 » by **fareweatherfan** » Wed May 6, 2009 3:14 am

I know board members and Laker fans everywhere love to rip Luke, but IMO he can be a key to our success against the Rockets.

TylersLakers · Post #4 » by **TylersLakers** » Wed May 6, 2009 3:23 am

The one team he can be successful against is the Rockets. He just needs to focus in on the defensive end against Artest. Artest isn't the quickest player in the world, so he needs to body him as much as possible.

Either way, we need to have Sasha in the game. We need some outside shooting and we're going to need him if we win a Championship.

hermes · Post #5 » by **hermes** » Wed May 6, 2009 3:25 am

hopefully it will help the offense get on track and flowing better and more efficiently

DEEP3CL · Post #6 » by **DEEP3CL** » Wed May 6, 2009 4:12 am

Whew whoo.............yeah yeah.

Post #7 » by **crazyeights** » Wed May 6, 2009 5:32 am

TylersLakers wrote:The one team he can be successful against is the Rockets. He just needs to focus in on the defensive end against Artest. Artest isn't the quickest player in the world, so he needs to body him as much as possible.

Either way, we need to have Sasha in the game. We need some outside shooting and we're going to need him if we win a Championship.

+1 Ty, ... We need Sasha to get going from the three. I have no idea why we didn't have more shooters in at the end of game 1. At some point if you're down 3 possessions with a minute to go, you need to start hitting 3's, or at least shooting them.

As for Luke he might actually bring ball movement back to the Lakers, which will be neat to see.

KObe Bryant · Post #8 » by **KObe Bryant** » Wed May 6, 2009 6:22 am

Good stuff. He'll help our bench.

Post #9 » by **milesfides** » Wed May 6, 2009 7:34 am

I hope Luke Walton can hit a couple shots, because the Rockets are going to leave him more open than Ricky Hatton's jaw.

Post #10 » by **Slava** » Wed May 6, 2009 7:43 am

lol miles, funny but true but I have no doubt he'll be a very efficient player in this series.

kobeaki · Post #11 » by **kobeaki** » Wed May 6, 2009 7:47 am

fareweatherfan wrote:I know board members and Laker fans everywhere love to rip Luke, but IMO he can be a key to our success against the Rockets.

i think i can safely say, i am the only one ever , and always defending luke...

intangibles...man, intangibles...

by that token , does anyone remember what everyone said about fox, horry during the three-peat?

they got that same tag over and over and over..."yeah they are garbage"

....yeah well...they werent...not even close...its just that their stars did not shine as bright as kobe and shaqs...

Dr Aki · Post #12 » by **Dr Aki** » Wed May 6, 2009 9:08 am

boost to the bench

phil usually uses luke to get the message across that they need to play the right way

hermes · Post #13 » by **hermes** » Wed May 6, 2009 1:27 pm

milesfides wrote:I hope Luke Walton can hit a couple shots, because the Rockets are going to leave him more open than Ricky Hatton's jaw.

makes me wish i was out there, i could hit a few shots that wide open

Tommy Trojan · Post #14 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Wed May 6, 2009 4:16 pm

I enjoy Luke's game. Nice to see him back in the mix

DubaLakers · Post #15 » by **DubaLakers** » Wed May 6, 2009 7:35 pm

slickgreek wrote:Our savior Luke Walton. He could definately help the rhythm of the team, in which we didnt have in game 1, so maybe we will see an unlikely hero like Luke??

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2009/05/luke-walton-to-play-in-wednesdays-game-2.html

Slickgreek with something positive to say, and with breaking news, thanks Slick for opening the garage as your car was running and letting the carbon monoxide escape. Tonight we win! LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKE!

Post #16 » by **semi-sentient** » Wed May 6, 2009 11:39 pm

Luke will save us from back to back loses at home like he did in the 04 Finals.

No more Vujacic please.

daddyfivestar · Post #17 » by **daddyfivestar** » Wed May 6, 2009 11:45 pm

More interior passing - Luke should help. Get Yao having to move around more on defense, off balance, and fouling.