Game 39: Battle of Los Angeles Part II

[DubaLakers]

Acting like a child? Nah, that was nothing, Baron was the one that escalated it. Like Joel said it's always that third guy in that stirs the pot. They were gonna break and the Clips were gonna get the win if Baron doesn't bull rush in there and push everyone around with his boiler and act like he cares all the sudden after coasting for how many years and stealing money from the Clips.

Just stop. We don't need you coming in here telling us how Baron should've acted in that situation.

"Acting like a child" I was referring to Lamar in Kalidoggs post.

The situation was fine Blake & Lamar were sorting it out Blake was cool, Lamar overreacted to the push in the back (a common practice amongst rebounders to get boards, Love does the same thing) Lamar was cooling off, then chubby comes over with a wrecking ball and starts huffing and puffing and swinging his dinosaur arms. It will be interesting to see what kind of fines/suspensions come down. It should just be Baron, but it won't.

Blake's quickness and athletic ability make him a tough guard, but it's the threes that won that game, Gordon was on fire.

[Kalidogg24]

Dub don't trip bro. Its all good.

Clippers played well today and earned this Win fair and Square.

LA vs LA Series Tied 1-1. Next Game next month!

[illastrate]

Acting like a child? Nah, that was nothing, Baron was the one that escalated it. Like Joel said it's always that third guy in that stirs the pot. They were gonna break and the Clips were gonna get the win if Baron doesn't bull rush in there and push everyone around with his boiler and act like he cares all the sudden after coasting for how many years and stealing money from the Clips.

Just stop. We don't need you coming in here telling us how Baron should've acted in that situation.

"Acting like a child" I was referring to Lamar in Kalidoggs post.

The situation was fine Blake & Lamar were sorting it out Blake was cool, Lamar overreacted to the push in the back (a common practice amongst rebounders to get boards, Love does the same thing) Lamar was cooling off, then chubby comes over with a wrecking ball and starts huffing and puffing and swinging his dinosaur arms. It will be interesting to see what kind of fines/suspensions come down. It should just be Baron, but it won't.

Blake's quickness and athletic ability make him a tough guard, but it's the threes that won that game, Gordon was on fire.

No suspensions will be given or should they, in fact they may rescind the ejections to just a technical for everybody involved.

[Kalidogg24]

Oh Yeah and for those who don't know.

Lamar and Baron are long time friends. LMAO

Heres a pic of Baron attending L.O's wedding.

[Kalidogg24]

No suspensions will be given or should they, in fact they may rescind the ejections to just a technical for everybody involved.

If Stern suspends anybody he'll be the worst Commissioner of All Time .
Especially for that weak ****.

These four players are critical to both teams' success.

[mj_shoefanatic]

Solid win. Mr. kardashian didn't really want it with beast griffin. props to boom on having his back!

[biggd]

Suprised Bdiddy ran in there... i thought he and LO were tight (wasn't he at the wedding??)


awesome win either way!

[inquisitive]

Lakers are a much slower team this year. They can't keep up with the younger athletic teams. Also, if you have half a decent center or PF, you can negate/cancel out Gasol and Bynum. Something i noticed.

[DubaLakers]

Inquisitive really dude ? You got all that off your first Clippers win in who knows how long.

Blake makes the Clippers legit, but what really makes them legit is they have a knock down outside shooter. Gordon won that game, not Griffin.

Smaller PF's like Griffin & Amare have problems with the Lakers. Both are listed at 6-10, but Lamar is a real 6'10". Griffins legit because of his hops not his height.

[illastrate]

No suspensions will be given or should they, in fact they may rescind the ejections to just a technical for everybody involved.

If Stern suspends anybody he'll be the worst Commissioner of All Time .
Especially for that weak ****.

These four players are critical to both teams' success.

Players have thrown punches before and have only received a 1 game suspension, so there is no way anybody should be suspended. It would be beyond ridiculous.

[inquisitive]

Inquisitive really dude ? You got all that off your first Clippers win in who knows how long.

Blake makes the Clippers legit, but what really makes them legit is they have a knock down outside shooter. Gordon won that game, not Griffin.

Smaller PF's like Griffin & Amare have problems with the Lakers. Both are listed at 6-10, but Lamar is a real 6'10". Griffins legit because of his hops not his height.

What i said is true about the Lakers this year thus far...look at when the Lakers played the Pacers, Bucks, Heat,Spurs, Clips(even in their loss) games this season. The opposing teams just need a minimum half decent center or PF with some size that can play some D to somewhat negate the size of Gasol and Bynum since that is where the Lakers have the distinct advantage against most teams. As long as they can keep it close with those 2 in matchups, their teams do well.

Amare has no D and the Knicks really don't have a true center that is playing in their rotation.

[Kalidogg24]

Inquisitive really dude ? You got all that off your first Clippers win in who knows how long.

Blake makes the Clippers legit, but what really makes them legit is they have a knock down outside shooter. Gordon won that game, not Griffin.

Smaller PF's like Griffin & Amare have problems with the Lakers. Both are listed at 6-10, but Lamar is a real 6'10". Griffins legit because of his hops not his height.

What i said is true about the Lakers this year thus far...look at when the Lakers played the Pacers, Bucks, Heat,Spurs, Clips(even in their loss) games this season. The opposing teams just need a minimum half decent center or PF with some size that can play some D to somewhat negate the size of Gasol and Bynum since that is where the Lakers have the distinct advantage against most teams. As long as they can keep it close with those 2 in matchups, their teams do well.

Amare has no D and the Knicks really don't have a true center that is playing in their rotation.

Last year everybody was saying the Lakers bench is too weak to repeat.
The year before they were saying Andrew Bynum and our small forwards can't compete with Lebron James , Paul Pierce and the Celtics.

Now we can't keep up with the quicker more athletic teams?
Yes I will give you that excuse for the Lakers losses against the teams you mentioned .
It was earlier this season an I think we are playing better now with hopes that we will only get better.

But lets not forget the Lakers lost 25 games in last years regular season.
The most losses accumulated in a regular season for a Lakers team coming off a championship.

The End Result in June. Redeemed , Rejoiced, Repeated!

I know this season is a different story but lets not get out of hand this early.
We Still got 40 games left for both teams.

The Lakers and the Clippers are not at their peak yet.

[loflin3hree5ive]

The players wouldn't have been ejected if there was something left to play for, but the game was already over. I'm willing to bet almost anything that there will be no suspensions handed out. Very impressed by the Clippers, can't wait to watch the replay.

[PerkinsFor3]

Suprised Bdiddy ran in there... i thought he and LO were tight (wasn't he at the wedding??)


awesome win either way!

Are you? BD has gotten extremely motivated by Blake and I knew it would be him having Blake's back. Its great to see BD motivated and leading again and Im hoping to see some of that fire in EJ in the future.

[DubaLakers]

Mason & Ireland Show toay, John gave us incite into the fracus...Blake was on a 20/10 a game streak and had 18/15 as Foye was ready to shoot his two throws.

That sounds like that could have been the reason he crawled up Lamar's back to try for a putback.

Fine with me, the only problem I have with it is you guys say BDiddy had his boys back, I think that's garbage he may have had his back, but it was almost cooled completely between Lamar & Blake, and B Diddy made it level 5 hot again, could have got a lot worse upon his entrance.

[mkwest]

I don't really think Blake would have put up a basket in that situation just to get 20. Ireland has been saying that all over the place, but I don't think he is giving Blake enough credit. The stat that BG wants is the W. You can't just assume things and get all pissed off about that.

I think the Odom/Griffin thing was still tense, but Baron did raise the bar another level. The thing is that there are so many teams that try to get under Blake's skin, because he has gotten under theirs. This happens all of the time and our players are tired of it. That's why Baron stands up for his rookie. The vets ought to know better, but ego's are rising up and they're not controlling their emotions.

If a rebound is grabbed, then the time runs out. If the other team gets the ball, they're pushing it back to the other end and it continues regardless of if there is only a few seconds left on the clock or not. Saying someone is playing too hard, taking things too serious or whatever is really kind of weak. This is a competition and you're playing to win the game. Grabbing a rebound to ice it is not the same thing as running up the score or showboating.

[DubaLakers]

How can you be so sure mk he was just going for the win. 9 point lead, with 6 seconds left wasn't it ?

I agree with everything else.

Blake 47 today, just sick. Blake can't even shoot yet, imagine what he'll do when he gets a jumper.

[mkwest]

How can you be so sure mk he was just going for the win. 9 point lead, with 6 seconds left wasn't it ?

He stated after the game he is always going to go after the rebound. You get the rebound and the clock runs out (if you aren't fouled), nobody has to run back down the court on defense. I understand that someone who doesn't watch all the time (e.g. Ireland, Odom or whoever) may think that he's all out for stats. As someone that watches every game and hears or reads what the guy says and how he carries himself, it's all about the win.

If you look back into yesterday's game, he couldn't hit a basket to save his life early on. He then started deferring (to help his teammates get looks at the basket), but Vinny had to get on him to continue looking to score. From my experience, I would give him the benefit of the doubt until he were to prove me wrong. If it was Ricky Davis, Andray Blatche, Zach Randolph, Corey Maggette, etc., then I'd probably think otherwise also.