Lakers fans have no class

If you are looking for “classy” you are at the wrong blog.

Classy is overrated and is a quality most typically found in losers. ;-)

he didnt even think about or mention the rockets when he was talking about the lakers, here is the link:

http://multimedia.790thezone.com/m/22114408/tracy-mcgrady.htm

I understand that he said what he said on Rome but it was clear that the Rockets were going to play the Lakers if they they did get past the first round or if he had some belief in his team…

As for giving up late runs, it has a lot to do with the youth of their bench and Phil Jackson’s willingness to let the bench “work things out” for themselves. They (the Laker bench) simply don’t focus well when they have a big lead. However when things get too close, Kobe and Pau come back in and stop the run almost every time. I am not saying this is a good strategy, but it probably helps get the bench valuable experience, and gains rest for Kobe and Pau. Either way I think PJ will tighten those rotations as the playoffs go on (assuming we get past the mighty Rockets) =)

You’re right, Bynum will not run all over Yao, but he does do better against traditional centers than he does against teams like Utah.

I do hope it is a long series as I have season tickets and I would like to see some basketball, but I don’t expect it to. We will see.

1. I’m arguing that they’re about to change that and start playing solid basketball for 48 minutes. They haven’t done that so far but against better teams tehy will star to.
2. Sure of course Ron is going to say he wants a championship. Every team in the playoff says that. The rockets will play hard no doubt, but definitely not with the same chip on their shoulder hunger they played with against the Blazers.
3. Whether or not Bynum does well remains to be seen. We have only a few games to look at to determine how he matches against Yao. But Andrew plays better when the stakes are higher and he’s challenged by his teammates. Against Yao this season he scored 13 and 10 points which is all you really need out of him b/c Pau Gasol will probably be scoring more of the points. But I ultimately Bynum will do better against the Rockets in the postseason than he has in the regular season – but I’ll concede this point as something we aren’t sure what will happen.
4. You’re wrong about this statistic. In 1994, Houston faced Portland, Phoenix and Utah en route to the Championship. In 1995 they faced San Antonio in the second round, but they had beaten the Spurs in the 1994-1995 regular season (on Jan 13 1995, 103-100). I tried to find the actual last time this occurrence happened, but could not (there’s no quick way to do it on the internet or anything). But even if you were right about it, which you’re not, that’s 14 years ago, which still makes it a rare occurrence.
5. Portland had lost the last 9 of 10 games at Houston (now 12 of 13 after this past series). The Lakers on the other hand have won 3 of the past 4 games at Houston. Though you guys did well in beating the Blazers in game 1 of that series, you also benefited when the series shifted to Houston and Portland simply cannot win in Houston for some reason. So my argument is that even if the lakers lose one of the first two games, they still have a good shot of taking one at Houston, unlike, the Portland Trailblazers who have a history of losing there. Finally, home court does mean a lot to you guys, which is why winning game 1 stole HC was a huge boost for you guys. a 20-21 road record for the regular season speaks for itself.

While I believe the Lakers will take it, its going to be ALOT closer then most people think. Especially the media.

How much closer can it get han most of the media predicting a Lakers win in 6?

For you Rockets scientists that means most think the Lakers will lose two games. That’s not a cakewalk. There’s not much difference between winning in 6 and winning in 7.

Some of the Utah fans tried to play this disrespect angle too, saying the media thought it would be really easy, that the Jazz were being underestimated, but most of the media said the Lakers would win in 5. Which means they thought the Lakers would lose one game to the Jazz. They couldn’t have though that lowly of the Jazz if they predicted they would beat the Lakers in a game!

I really think it sometimes comes down to how you matchup, not necessarily who is the better team. I don’t think any Laker fans thought that the Blazers were better than the Rockets, but most Laker fans wanted to face the Rockets anyway. Simply because they are a tougher matchup for us. We simply don’t do very well against young athletic teams such as Blazers, Hawks, Bobcats, 76ers, etc. As this relates to the Dallas/Denver series, I think the Lakers would rather play Dallas, but you may rather play Denver.

Every NBA team outside of the Hornets could beat Denver. The fact that they’re the 2nd seed is an anomaly to begin with. They should be the 5th seed.

That said, I hope they crush Dallas. That Southern Oklahoma team deserves to be swept for giving Houston the 5th seed.

but, yeah, they can beat Denver. They’re evenly matched offensively, and while Denver has been significantly better on defense throughout the reg. season, I think Dallas can step up their defense.