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"Westbrook fell asleep on D on the inbound no excuse to leave anybody that open in that situation"

5/17/2012 12:21:23 AM

5/17/2012 12:27:47 AM

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"Kobe Bryant lived up to the Face prophecy this game. Holy shit what a choke in the final 2 minutes. He did about everything wrong possible including dribbling out too much time before the Blake shot."

That had to be his worst close ever. Face's ass tastes awful.

5/17/2012 12:31:19 AM

seriously though, Blake's 3 didn't lose the game for the Lakers, it was the defensive meltdown over the last couple minutes

these guys agree

5/17/2012 12:59:41 AM

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" Face's ass tastes awful."

LOL

5/17/2012 2:08:19 AM

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"You think OKC will beat Spurs? I don't think so. Or it will be very hard for them."

Yes. In 6, possibly 5 games.

Anybody remember first round series game 7 against Nuggets where Blake was like 5 of 5 from 3 point land??? He's had a rough couple first games in this series, but he's shooting well overall this postseason and not bad for the year from 3pt land. And Kobe hasn't hit a game winner in a long time, was having a pretty shitty game, and was blanketed.

Not a bad call. Blake needs to hit that.

5/17/2012 7:22:50 AM

Miami going into Indiana with two players capable of scoring more than 5 points (last game). Lebron and Wade will need to drop 60 to win. Neutron bomb on Indiana -1?

5/17/2012 4:40:36 PM

Pittman is LOLtastic.

5/17/2012 7:15:26 PM

How did Miami end up with Bosh and a roster full of deshawn painters?

5/17/2012 7:26:04 PM

Hope Lebron didn't give himself whiplash flopping.

5/17/2012 7:34:12 PM

Geez of all the games to miss. I looked at the box score and saw Kobe was terrible, but i had no idea until i read an article just how bad he truly goated the game.

Oh well, there will be more games like this ahead over the next few years.

Guy is making about double what Lebron makes. The Lakers should use their amnesty clause on Kobe this offseason if they want any hopes of contending in the next few years.

5/17/2012 7:38:49 PM

Wade is having one of the worst playoff games in basketball history. 0-6, 0 assists, 2 turnovers. Solid.

5/17/2012 8:31:39 PM

^ Now 1-10, 0 ast, 3 to


If the Heat lose this series Lebron will never hear the end of it even though his teammates are having a total meltdown.

When are they going to learn they need a big man. Hibbert is just destroying them. They had plenty of options like Dalembert this past offseason.

[Edited on May 17, 2012 at 8:50 PM. Reason : a]

5/17/2012 8:47:10 PM

Lebron flops on every loose ball. He flings both arms in the air, and literally gives himself whiplash. It's ridiculous.

5/17/2012 8:51:06 PM

so face, who is a better player, Kobe or Wade? neither of them are top-50 NBA players

5/17/2012 8:52:08 PM

Wade is the biggest punk in the NBA. Even Kobe knows how to take a subpar coach getting in his face and handle it professionally. Wade sat on the end of the bench and didn't even make eye contact with the coach during a timeout. (THIS IS WHILE HES IN THE GAME DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS SECOND HALF OF A PLAYOFF GAME).

5/17/2012 8:55:49 PM

Grainger definitely didn't need to do that. Lebron may have raised an elbow but certainly didn't throw one.

5/17/2012 8:57:03 PM

Hadn't watched granger very closely before this series but I've learned he is quite the dumbass. Yes his elbow went up but what do you expect when you are on the verge of causing a wardrobe malfunction. Maybe he is just trying to get in his head.

5/17/2012 8:59:51 PM

Wade is far superior to Kobe at this point in their careers. Were you being serious?

5/17/2012 9:02:24 PM

One thing is for sure. Battier's game has completely fallen off the proverbial cliff.

5/17/2012 9:06:14 PM

I know he can't, but Spoelstra needs to take Wade out. He's KILLING them tonight.

5/17/2012 9:09:23 PM

Chalmers is the 2nd best player on the two man team tonight.

Can't blame lebron for this but you certainly can't crown his ass either.

5/17/2012 9:14:30 PM

Heat are wasting a monster game from Chalmers. I don't know if Lebron is just tired but his jumper looks off and he's settling instead of going to the basket.

5/17/2012 9:20:57 PM

This two day rest is HUGE for the heat. They are dead in the water and Indiana is wising game four was tomorrow. Its a shame staples center armagedeon has had an affect on the whole playoffs. Old tired lakers have to play fresh young thunder back to back to potentially get swept while young pacers have to wait an extra day to play tired lebron and wade on life support.

5/17/2012 9:24:06 PM

lol at the Heat giving up with 2:36 to go

priceless

5/17/2012 9:33:33 PM

Still a long way to go in this series, but you have to think the Heat are in a fair bit of trouble with no Bosh. Indiana is a lot more impressive team 1-10 than I realized. They can and should still win the series but Wade absolutely NEEDS to break out. He wasn't good in games one and two and was flat out the worst player on the court tonight. Lots of pressure but I do like seeing Lebron stepping up and being a sort of leader. See how it transpires on Sunday, but I'd be Lebron has a HUGE game.

5/17/2012 9:42:57 PM

two players scoring 30 isn't enough. No matter what Wade and Lebron do they still won't win without a 3rd stepup. Chalmers will have to have a game like tonight with both stars playing well for them to win. Either that or one of the 3pt shooters coming back from the dead.

[Edited on May 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM. Reason : in other words, stick a fork in em]

5/17/2012 9:45:41 PM

I hope the Heat crash and burn in 5.

5/17/2012 9:46:19 PM

5/17/2012 9:47:16 PM

Parker having a monster game

5/17/2012 11:34:14 PM

^^haha, saw that earlier today. That school should be shut down for suspending the kid, at least he got free tickets out of it.

5/17/2012 11:54:53 PM

I'm seeing a celtics/spurs finals. Both teams older then shit. The chief and the admiral may as well suit up.

5/18/2012 12:27:39 AM

^thats what i predicted on page 1 of this thread, glad you're finally coming around

5/18/2012 12:51:36 AM

Blake Griffin 1 rebound, Chris Paul 8 turnovers, and D-Wade 5 points on 2-13 FG. Weird night.

5/18/2012 1:08:20 AM

CP3 had 5 turnovers in game 1, why is 8 really surprising against this San Antonio defense? Did you forget they were the best team in the NBA this regular season?

5/18/2012 1:27:38 AM

^ when did you go into super troll mode?

He averages TWO turnovers per game. So 8 is a lot.

5/18/2012 1:31:03 AM

8 turnovers is a lot for anyone, but if you had watched Game 1 i don't know how its some huge surprise

this series is extremely lopsided, and its not like his matchup Tony Parker is some scrub

His playoff turnover totals before tonight were 4, 5, 3, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5...he was at his regular season average 12.5% of his playoff games, whoopty do

He averaged nearly 4 turnovers per game this playoffs before tonight, so unless you don't think the intensity picks up from the regular season to the playoffs, its not a shock the Spurs have had their way

might as well cite Boris Diaw's regular season stats and say you're completely surprised he's able to thrive as a role player on a championship caliber team, compared to a big-minute guy on the fucking Bobcats

5/18/2012 1:37:42 AM

sixers looking sharp

12 points in first quarter

5/18/2012 8:46:26 PM

can't wait for the pacers-sixers eastern finals



zzzzzzzzzzzz

5/18/2012 10:39:35 PM

Brooks might need to start Harden if he wants to win the series...he's the only player on the Thunder who doesn't settle for jumpshots

5/18/2012 11:05:11 PM

How much will Oden go for? I wonder if the Heat will take the risk and go for him.

5/19/2012 12:27:27 AM

Harden is picking up some bogus off-the-ball fouls.

5/19/2012 1:23:34 AM

what a series

5/19/2012 1:31:27 AM

Kobe is lucky he has an amazing player like Bynum to carry him.

2/14 from point blank range? really?

long live the black mamba.

5/19/2012 1:31:44 AM

I would like to see the free-throw breakdown during the last 5 minutes of that game.



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Found it: 5 Minute mark: 86-83, Thunder


Lakers 41-42 from the line (18 attempts in the 4th -- 8 of those in the last 5:00 min)
Thunder 26-28 from the line (10 attempts in the 4th -- 2 of those in the last 5:00 min)


Harden got two horrible off-the-ball calls on Kobe though late in the game.


[Edited on May 19, 2012 at 1:52 AM. Reason : ]

5/19/2012 1:32:08 AM

Too many freethrows that game. Now I have to watch Kobe making a layup 100 times because that was the only non freethrow score in the entire 4th quarter.

5/19/2012 1:42:58 AM

wonder if Steve Blake will get any "death threat apology" tweets tonight

and i almost think the back-to-back will hurt the Thunder just as much as the Lakers...Thunder are a jump shooting team, wonder if they get their legs back...Lakers have a legit low post offense

5/19/2012 1:47:10 AM

The foul on Harden coming down the floor was total crap. There is no defense for Kobe if he catches in the medium elbow area so the rest of the fouls were just on Harden denying him the position too physically. Everytime they allowed Kobe to catch it there he drained it or got fouled in the act of shooting.

Perkins set moving screens all night btw.

5/19/2012 1:49:54 AM

Bynum was getting tossed around. which espn moron was saying bynum is/will be better than Howard?

5/19/2012 11:38:16 AM

Lakers 42 ft?? Kobe 18 ft??

What a rigged game.

5/19/2012 2:12:00 PM