Game #1 NBA FINALS!! Magic @ Lakers 6-4-09 6pm on ABC

[Anklebreaker702]

With the Western Conference Trophy firmly in hand, our Los Angeles Lakers move on to.........



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ARENA

Beautiful Staples Center

TV, ABC; TIME 6:00PM PST

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The Bench Mob






Key Bench Players


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Andrew Bynum has to give us big productive minutes in this series in order for us to bring home this title. Even tough he played very well both times in the regular season, this is the real deal! No stupid fouls & don't use your fouls bailing out the guards. Dwight can't push Drew around like he does most of the other Center's & with limited post moves Andrew is the perfect defender for him. Also Bynum will make Howard play defense & get fouls as well. Go get him Drew!!!!!

Pau Gasol has to make Rashard Lewis play defense as well & on our defensive end don't let Lewis roam outside that 3 point line & get uncontested 3's! Gasol is definitely 1 of the best players in the world when he shows up. Keep demanding the ball Pau & keep the offense running through you & the offense will continue to flow smooth.

Coaching. Phil made great adjustments the last 2 games of the series after acting as if adjustments were a thing of the past in his coaching style in the 1st 4 games. If he keeps making necessary adjustments this is a series that we could win handily. Phil don't be scared to play DJ Mbenga. He could end up being an unsung hero in this series. He could give us quality minutes & 6 fouls that would come out of nowhere. The same goes for Josh Powell. Dwight Howard will push Pau all over the court & ruin his confidence. Lamar is 1st off the bench but DJ needs to play. Also that front court of Bynum, Gasol, & Odom needs to be seen for stretches in this series.They have no answer for Kobe. So let the Black Mamba make it do what it do!!!!!!

Honor, Glory, Legends, & History are in your storied past



The legendary Dynasty is waiting for you guys to become..................

[dockingsched]

go lakers!

[lakerlove1989]

lets do this!@!@ I can't wait til thursday, this wait is killing me!

[DEEP3CL]

Hell'va GT anklebreaker ! Niceeeeeeeeee ! It's time for battle Laker family, Once the ride starts we runnin over anybody that gets in the way.

No stoppin until we get to the final destination............CHAMPS OF THE NBA !

[Erik Eleven]

Four more wins is all we ask.

[Kweli]

Nice game thread

I'm excited and confident about the Lakers going in. I worry more about Orlando knocking down ridiculous amounts of 3's more than I do about Howard Vs. Bynum/Gasol.

The Lakers over help on defense WAYYY too much, especially fisher, which leads to poor defense against the 3, I hope they can correct that. Also, I don't want to see Kobe roaming a lot this series since pretty much everyone except Dwight and Gortat are a threat from 3.

[Anklebreaker702]

The Lakers turned off the Jazz
Blew up the Rockets
Ate some Nuggets
NOW IT'S TIME 2 MAKE SOME MAGIC DISAPPEAR!!!!!!


LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!

[Verbal]

Nice touch w/ the game thread, anklebreaker702.


I'm going to kick back and relax now.

I think the boys have learned their lesson and they're ready to bring back the gold standard of years past.

[MAMBAEMD]

Great GT.
I get real hyped seeing those old Laker pictures (Magic, Kareem, Cooper, Big Game James)
I grew up idolizing those guys.
Now we've been blessed with another awesome team, one that has brought us so much excitement, and one that WILL bring us another title.
Redemption Time.


Let's go Lakers.
Let's get this done.

[KObe Bryant]

If Bynum can defend Howard as Boston's Perkins did and We'll be fine against him. Howard is the main problem. I can't watch the game live but I'm still be watching it after. I just wanted the Lakers to win four. Let's go and get this party started.

[Hunter103]

This is what the season has been all about.

4 more wins. Play with purpose for 48 minutes every night.

Go Lakers.

[kenspiracy]

We need Kobe to attract doubles and dish it to Ariza for three and a cutting Odom like game 6 verse Denver.

Defensively we need to man up on everyone. Including Kobe. Dwight gets a lot of hustle points and put back type of points. He is no Duncan or Gasol in terms of post up. If we just man up and control the boards while not allowing Dwight to get close to rim to often. Then we will be fine.

[Danny Darko]

Thanks for the GT, looks like a winner.

Where's iceburg with the King?

[chefy]

This is it! GO LAKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! this GT gives me goosebumps hehe

[SashAlex]

GO LAKERS !

[Magicalltheway]

Excited to be the first Magic fan to post in here. This is for sure having your cake and eating it too for us. We have been very happy just by beating the Celts, never the less beating the way over rated Cavs. Now you guys are a different story. Here is how our confidence has been through these series. Against Philly we were confident though they were a handful and we had to work 100 times harder than we every imagined. Boston, Oh boy 7 games says it all. Cavs, believe it or not I was more confident in beating them than I was with philly. And here we are in the FINALS, its like being in the price is right show, things keep on getting better and better and our ultimate prize is showing up against the legendary Lakers. Now here is my thoughts on this series. We can never go against the history of the lakers and we will not beat you guys in a 7 game series. Although, we are 2-0 in the regular season, this is way different. I believe Kobe is 10 times better than Lebron, and that is due to his intelligence and experience. I will also not say that you will stream roll over us because these Magic players are fighters to the last second regardless of the scoreboard. I promise a much more exciting series that what the Cavs would have offered you. 4-0 sweep would be very possible had you played the Cavs, but I do think we will take you to the last second of the 6th or 7th game.

I will occasionally check this game thread and talk about the game, no bashing or talking big, just having fun and enjoying the history we are building together. I am so excited I can hardly wait till thursday.

Good luck to you guys and looking forward to chatting with you guys soon.

Cheers

[butter17]

Great GT Anklebreaker I think if drew becomes 90% of the player he was before he got hurt, Howard's in big trouble. I think drew can play him straight up....no need to double team him. We match up good with this team....Phil needs to go to that lineup with
ODOM
GASOL
BYNUM
ARIZA
KOBE
at some point in this series. My prediction.... LAKERS IN 6. (GO LAKERS)!
P.S Love the showtime laker pictures ankle, nice touch NORM NIXON NATURAL.

[TruSkool]

solid GT 702!

lesh do dish

[Anklebreaker702]

Excited to be the first Magic fan to post in here. This is for sure having your cake and eating it too for us. We have been very happy just by beating the Celts, never the less beating the way over rated Cavs. Now you guys are a different story. Here is how our confidence has been through these series. Against Philly we were confident though they were a handful and we had to work 100 times harder than we every imagined. Boston, Oh boy 7 games says it all. Cavs, believe it or not I was more confident in beating them than I was with philly. And here we are in the FINALS, its like being in the price is right show, things keep on getting better and better and our ultimate prize is showing up against the legendary Lakers. Now here is my thoughts on this series. We can never go against the history of the lakers and we will not beat you guys in a 7 game series. Although, we are 2-0 in the regular season, this is way different. I believe Kobe is 10 times better than Lebron, and that is due to his intelligence and experience. I will also not say that you will stream roll over us because these Magic players are fighters to the last second regardless of the scoreboard. I promise a much more exciting series that what the Cavs would have offered you. 4-0 sweep would be very possible had you played the Cavs, but I do think we will take you to the last second of the 6th or 7th game.

I will occasionally check this game thread and talk about the game, no bashing or talking big, just having fun and enjoying the history we are building together. I am so excited I can hardly wait till thursday.

Good luck to you guys and looking forward to chatting with you guys soon.

Cheers

Good to see a classy poster This should be an excellent series & I agree with everything you said about the Cavs. Honestly though I don't know if I can take a 6th or 7th game. Just for the sake of my health I hope we can finish the job faster!

[Tommy Trojan]

WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR LAKERS!!!!!