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05-31-2009, 10:46 AM
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NBA Championship: Lakers Vs. Magic
It will be interesting to see who wins the front line battle here. Although Orlando is a tough match up for any team, the lakers won't have nearly as much difficulty as the cavs just did. I pointed out in another thread that Cleveland had serious interior defense issues and that bore out. The lakers have viable big men that are in their respective primes that can actually defend the pick and roll.
If the lakers go small, odom matches up with lewis and ariza matches up with turk and bryant is allowed to rest by covering Lee or Pietrus. Gasol obviously won't be able to handle howard, but he will be a much better defender than Illgauskus was. On the other end, things will be more difficult. Howard will take away a lot of the post offense the lakers used late in the denver series. I would bring Gasol to the high post and send odom to the low block against turk or lewis where he would have an advantage. Unless bynum plays better than he did throughout the rest of the playoffs, he will be completely useless here. Perhaps he will see this as a challenge and try to step up his game against the best post player around. If that happens and we get the bynum that has flashed talent, the lakers will be impossible to beat. If not, he will be merely 6 fouls and 20 minutes and will be a massive liability on the defensive end. I think the Lakers learned a lot from last year. Lakers in a 7 game epic. Last edited by dalakhani : 05-31-2009 at 11:41 AM. 
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05-31-2009, 05:28 PM
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Lakers Vs Magic
Good Points Kansas. It will be interesting to see if Orlando can consistently hit the 3 point shot throughout the series. Bynum was challenged alot last series and played a little better. I wouldn't call him a waste though, he's still long and can be a body pest to "mini" shaq Dwight Howard. Phil is 43-0 when he wins Game 1 in a 7 game series. La needs to get Game 1 and try to break Orlando's back in Game 2. Jeff Van Gundy has been right on with breaking down the Lakers all year. He's so honest and tells the truth. I'm sure he will be sending some hints and tips to his bro on how to defend LA. Gasol really is the key, Howard is obviously the better star with jumping ability and power that is unreal. But can he stay out of of foul trouble? Can he defend the crafty Gasol? Can Dwight make free throws down the stretch? I think the Lakers caught a break with Nelson being out or a least not 100%. He would cut Derek Fisher up. I challenged Bynum 2 weeks ago, and now more than ever they need something from him in this series. If Ariza and Odom play energizied ball and make plays, I think La quest keeps marching. Phil and Kobe get thier 4 together and Kobe & Gasol imprint thier only legacy. Lakers in 5.
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06-01-2009, 08:40 PM
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EPIC
–adjective Also, ep⋅i⋅cal. 1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem. 2. resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country. 3. heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war. 4. of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions. Epic is hardly a word I would use to describe anything pertaining to the NBA.
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06-01-2009, 08:49 PM
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06-04-2009, 05:30 PM
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Lets see.... LA Lakers = Disneyland
The Magic = Disneyworld Tv coverage = ABC ABC = owned by Disney... **the winning player will say .....""" Im going to ________ """ this sounds like a made for Disney Event. !!
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06-08-2009, 11:22 AM
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For every brilliant move that Van Gundy makes, he makes another that is completely foolish. Last night, he comes up with the brilliant scheme of running the offense through turkoglu but follows it up by giving JJ redick big minutes in the stretch. Yes, he hit two 3's but had a couple of critical turnovers and missed one wide open back breaking three from the top of the arc. He shouldnt be in the game with two minutes left in a championship game. He looked scared.
He designs a beautiful side out of bounds play...one of the best i have seen...but can't find a way to isolate jameer nelson against derek fisher in an obvious mismatch. Anthony Johnson hasnt played a single minute in two games although he can hit the open jumper. All that being said, the lakers interior size is giving howard major problems. The bottom line is that Orlando isnt penetrating and are basically relegated to shooting from long distance. There are very few easy shots as opposed to the lakers who are getting a good many shots from the lane. Basketball is not a complex sport. If one team is shooting open shots from 15 ft and in and the other team is shooting contested shots from 20 ft and out...its not difficult to figure who is going to win. Orlando is a gritty team and you have to love the way they play. I have to check cap room, but they are in desperate need of another guard.
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06-08-2009, 11:34 AM
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It is amazing the lack of respect that Howard gets from the officials. He gets pounded on all game and can't get a call and then gets called a couple times for loose ball fouls while going for a rebound. I guess NBA refs have determined he's not at that star level where he gets the respect of getting the calls. Classic Kobe moment at the end of regulation. I said to my friend "so the smart move would be for Kobe to drive and kick but he's Kobe so he'll never do it like Jordan would of". Sure enough Kobe drives and four guys collapse on him. He has three wide open teammates at this point and Pau Gasol covered by Courtney Lee. But of course Kobe still tries to play hero all by himself and Hedo has a perfect block from behind. Then he almost got toasted by Lee for the winning layup on the ensuing possession.
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06-08-2009, 12:38 PM
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