Friday 04/04/2008 - Game Thread

Griever24 · Post #181 » by **Griever24** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:10 am

Realgm last time we faced the Mavericks: "Gosh Avery is so stupid ! When is he gonna realize you have to double the one guy that always kills your team !"

Realgm when they double him down the stretch: " Not smart double teams down the stretch"

Kobay · Post #182 » by **Kobay** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:11 am

^Kobe is double edged sword.

tha_rock220 · Post #183 » by **tha_rock220** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:11 am

Tonight's game makes a great case for why Dirk is never going to win a title as the best player. 2 misses and a turnover down the stretch cost his team the game. The Mavs aren't even a contender anymore.

DynastySS · Post #184 » by **DynastySS** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:12 am

Odom was LEGIT

Iggyemu · Post #185 » by **Iggyemu** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:12 am

Griever24 wrote:Realgm last time we faced the Mavericks: "Gosh Avery is so stupid ! When is he gonna realize you have to double the one guy that always kills your team !"

Realgm when they double him down the stretch: " Not smart double teams down the stretch"

To be fair...its two extremes really. They don't double Kobe at all...he kills em. They double him beyond the 3 point line..Odom kills you. Thats really two extremes. Good coaches know when to double and how.

Lakers have to keep on winning though. As a Rocket fan I don't want to play them or SA. Hopefully we can see NO or Utah..but that really depends on NO actually hitting a slide as we finish up which it looks like they will not do.

RobertGlory · Post #186 » by **RobertGlory** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:13 am

lakers join san antonio in the tie for second

Kobay · Post #187 » by **Kobay** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:13 am

Lakers clinch!!!!!! Its been too long since we've heard that

RobertGlory · Post #188 » by **RobertGlory** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:14 am

dallas seems alright, but something has been missing, and it's a real subtle something. they haven't had it since they lost game 3 to miami

lamar odom has impressed me as of late

MT1983 · Post #189 » by **MT1983** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:15 am

tha_rock220 wrote:Tonight's game makes a great case for why Dirk is never going to win a title as the best player. 2 misses and a turnover down the stretch cost his team the game. The Mavs aren't even a contender anymore.

How about that pointless technical by Howard when the team was already struggling to make stops? The Mavs are weak-minded. It starts with Avery and Dirk. They so remind me of those early 90's Portland teams.

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #190 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:15 am

is Lamar Odom the least appreciated player by his own team fans?
Only other guy i can think of is Amare....

Benedict_Boozer · Post #191 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:16 am

tha_rock220 wrote:Tonight's game makes a great case for why Dirk is never going to win a title as the best player. 2 misses and a turnover down the stretch cost his team the game. The Mavs aren't even a contender anymore.

Mavs always seem to choke down the stretch.

Dirk is struggling with an injury and overall played very well. Josh Howard was the one missing a ton of wide open shots

Iggyemu · Post #192 » by **Iggyemu** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:16 am

CB4MiamiHeat wrote:is Lamar Odom the least appreciated player by his own team fans?
Only other guy i can think of is Amare....

cosign. Odom gets way too much hate. I would take him on the Rockets any day.

Sportfan · Post #193 » by **Sportfan** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:16 am

CB4MiamiHeat wrote:is Lamar Odom the least appreciated player by his own team fans?
Only other guy i can think of is Amare....

Suns fans honestly think Amare is the MVP. I wouldn't call that under appreciated. And since Lamar has been on his tear laker fans have cooled down on the hate. He still misses some free throws down the stretch and makes some dumb plays ever now and again though.

osiyal · Post #194 » by **osiyal** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:18 am

The Mavericks are missing some sense of defense down the stretch. You don't double Kobe so far away from the basket. And you have to rotate quickly once the ball leaves the hands of Kobe. It's in times like these I trust the Celtics and Pistons. Sometimes you have to scramble defensively down the stretch. Layups killed the Mavs tonight.

Benedict_Boozer · Post #195 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:18 am

Iggyemu wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

cosign. Odom gets way too much hate. I would take him on the Rockets any day.

Agree with that. Too bad the Cavs insisted on trading for Darius Miles instead of Odom in the Andre Miller deal... :noway:

NetsForce · Post #196 » by **NetsForce** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:18 am

Dirk isn't really weak-minded or chokerific, Josh Howard on the other hand... He's the definition of a soft finesse player.

HarlemHeat37 · Post #197 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:18 am

is Josh Howard the biggest choker in the NBA?..

Odom's hate on the GB seems mostly from fans that want to elevate Kobe even higher when it comes to value to his team and MVP talk..of course it probably goes deeper on the Lakers board, and they obviously must have their reasons..

Iggyemu · Post #198 » by **Iggyemu** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:19 am

osiyal wrote:The Mavericks are missing some sense of defense down the stretch. You don't double Kobe so far away from the basket. And you have to rotate quickly once the ball leaves the hands of Kobe. It's in times like these I trust the Celtics and Pistons. Sometimes you have to scramble defensively down the stretch. Layups killed the Mavs tonight.

Yea its defense. Game wasn't won down the stretch. It was won when the Lakers threw their second unit in there and they closed the lead from 9 to 2. I don't care how good your second unit is...that should never happen and it should never happen with Dirk, Howard and Kidd on the floor.

hisairness · Post #199 » by **hisairness** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:21 am

does Dallas have any offensive "team" plays? While Lakers were killing at the end with ball movement all MAvs did were predictable isos, this seems to be happening in all their close games since the trade. It would be nice to have PG that can actually penetrate in halfcourt offense and create open looks.

osiyal · Post #200 » by **osiyal** » Sat Apr 5, 2008 5:22 am

Lamar Odom is shooting 51% from the field with 14 pts and 10 rebs. It seems the Lakers fans want him to average 25 pts and 20 rebs.