Hoops

Lakers v Spurs G5 *spoiler*

LA Boy,

As long as someone steps up to equal Kobe for when he retires or steps down then they'll be dominating for a long time.

If kobe goes, the lakers will drop down a level and will have to rely on Gasol and Odom getting 30+ppg to fill the void.

LA is one of those teams which is good but is lead by a flagship player; who tend to die in the arse on most occasions when that player is gone. Thank christ they have Gasol now. They actually have depth if Kobe can't play (or GTFO)

If the Lakers can get over the east champs...that'll give Phil 10 rings won't it? only one away from Red Auerbach if I'm not mistaken...

Lakers win...


....DANCE BREAK!



...and now I knock back a FUIC for Pau and Kobe.

Kobe played great, but because i hate him, you really have to give a ton of credit to Phil Jax, the coaching staff and Gasol. Gasol made some huge defensive plays down the stretch and the coaching staff have continued to take apart the opposition.

Offense is like fire, you need all the elements to make it work, you take away one element- no fire.

Lakers identified Parker getting into the lane as an element and decided to challenge him to make jump shots.

They did the same thing to Utah when they removed the Boozer element, no jazz fire.

You would have to think they will have no problem removing the KG element if they play them in the finals, with the length of Gasol and Odom (lol)

Piston would be the tougher match-up for the lakers.

Defense wins championships. Look at tony parkers shot chart, he is not a good jump shooter, but that is what the lakers made him do. His talent was scoring on the drive and the lakers appear to have taken that away from him. Well done lakers, champ favourites for sure.

hmmmm looks like Kobe ain't gonna let the spurs get this one...

Back from the pub too, SA sucks, no ESPN in a sports bar!!!! FFS!!!!

How did Kobe not get foul shots on that drive when Duncan hit him

Then Duncan pushes Gasol in the back for the rebound

Nothing

Refs trying to even it up for the Game 4 blunder perhaps??

Okafor has sprained his ankle and Duncan missed part of training with a fever.

ESPN has suggested that Okafor is the US team's only true centre, but Duncan is expected to play long stretches at the 5.

They're playing exhibition games against Puerto Rico, Italy, Germany and Serbia and Montenegro over the next fortnight.

Australia suffered narrow losses to Italy, so it will be interesting to see how the US does against them.

Just noticed...and this is bad for the Spurs

Duncan leads his team in Pts, Reb and Assists at the end of the 3rd..with 13/12/7

Screw this, its friday, i'm heading to the pub for the last quarter! Go Spurs!!!!

Lakers up by 1 and the end of the 3rd

Quagmire.......what shit are u on mate?...lol

Odom is a top player when he isn't stoned...

Lakers coming at the end of the 3rd

Lamar Odom has finally worked it out....no one on that Spurs roster can stop him

Cmon Lakers

Well that didn't take long, lakers back to 6 down at the half. Kobe looks to be getting hot again...
Parker really struggling to finish...
Poo on track for a big game, gonna need someone else to help out...Finley?