Christmas Day Games- Take your pick

garcia3 · Post #341 » by **garcia3** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:11 am

great win.

Down the stretch, it showed how much the Celts miss James Posey in crunch time action. He wouldn't have allowed Kobe break down their defense so bad, giving Gasol so much opportunities.

jirojan · Post #342 » by **jirojan** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:11 am

bynums d sucked first half...and gasol couldnt get a rebound to save him life.....but the lakers pulled it off....good to see

TheNewEra · Post #343 » by **TheNewEra** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:14 am

Wiz vs Cav would be a lot better to watcch if the had Gil

PPAW4Life · Post #344 » by **PPAW4Life** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:15 am

Lakers def. wanted it more.

The C's didn't play well and the bench was a no show tonight.....makes it extremely hard to win on the road against one of the top teams in the league.

repLicante · Post #345 » by **repLicante** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:16 am

Lakers played not so good and still managed to win.
Good news.

Crossy2008 · Post #346 » by **Crossy2008** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:16 am

I can't help but think that this was the Lakers championship game. Phil gave his key guys heavy minutes and they actually played good D. A little redemption for the championship.

The officials gave LA a distinct advantage in the first half. They allowed LA to play a physical game without giving that same advantage to Boston.

I think the Celtics players did a good job of not getting a technical when they had every right to contest some of the clearly and sometimes obviously repititious calls and non calls favoring the Lakers.

Regardless though, it was a close game down the stretch and the Lakers won the final two minutes fair and square. I thought given everything Boston did a good job of staying in the game despite getting down by 9 or 10 a few times.

NetsForce · Post #347 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:17 am

I must say that the Lakers-Celtics game had some of the best flops of the year, Tony Allen's was by far the best though. Paul Pierce must be teaching the young lad all about how to act on the big stage.

On a side note why was Garnett cheap shotting Vujacic all game? Was Sasha in KG's head?

A.J. · Post #348 » by **A.J.** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:22 am

Mike James starting for the WIz? ROFL

waltthewiz · Post #349 » by **waltthewiz** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:24 am

Wiz are gonna cover this game.

prekazi · Post #350 » by **prekazi** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:24 am

"Hmm we fans are acting too arrogant including me! Hope our players won't treat this game like we do!"

i said this on the cavs board! Well I exactly knew that kind of a start was coming. Karma is punishing our arrogance. LOL!

Rasho Brezec · Post #351 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:25 am

I would love for a Christmas miracle of Wiz beating the Cavs ...

Trifecta7 · Post #352 » by **Trifecta7** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:29 am

The Lakers having more size when they go to their backups help. You have either Bynum or Gasol instead of Turiaf who was an undersized PF at C. Odom at the PF position as well is also a better choice than having Turiaf or Vlad there.

The way Gundy was talking, it sounded like Kobe played nearly the whole game. But he played 43 minutes while Allen played 42 minutes, so not much of a difference there. In comparison to the other main guys for both teams, you have Gasol at 36 minutes (KG at 37), Bynum at 36 (Perkins at 34), Fisher at 35 (Rondo at 34), and Odom at 24 (Pierce at 38).

eatyourchildren · Post #353 » by **eatyourchildren** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:45 am

Trifecta7 wrote:The Lakers having more size when they go to their backups help. You have either Bynum or Gasol instead of Turiaf who was an undersized PF at C. Odom at the PF position as well is also a better choice than having Turiaf or Vlad there.

The way Gundy was talking, it sounded like Kobe played nearly the whole game. But he played 43 minutes while Allen played 42 minutes, so not much of a difference there. In comparison to the other main guys for both teams, you have Gasol at 36 minutes (KG at 37), Bynum at 36 (Perkins at 34), Fisher at 35 (Rondo at 34), and Odom at 24 (Pierce at 38).

Phil has remarked before that nationally televised games have especially long commericals, so he can afford to play Kobe more minutes but have it amount to the same quantity of rest.

blzrfan · Post #354 » by **blzrfan** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:52 am

I can't believe Wiz fans said Nick Young was a good player earlier this season. The guy doesn't know how to play team ball. He's just as bad as Deshawn Stevenson.

prekazi · Post #355 » by **prekazi** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:59 am

I'm the god of jinxing.

Mo Williams is ballin'!

Cavs fans are curious if LeBron will touch the ball.

prekazi · Post #356 » by **prekazi** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:15 am

I like LeBron's attitude. He's criticizing the NBA's Xmas schedule by doing nothing on the court.

Stop ruining athlete's holidays David Stern!

A.J. · Post #357 » by **A.J.** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:23 am

LMFAO

Barkley is going to play the handbells. :rofl:

Kobay · Post #358 » by **Kobay** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:58 am

Mike who?

prekazi · Post #359 » by **prekazi** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:00 am

prekazi · Post #360 » by **prekazi** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:01 am

I just dropped LeBron to 2nd place in the MVP race. I can't imagine a MVP who simply doesn't care about a regular season game. This is beyong embarassing. I hope Cavs lose this one, it's time to take a lesson.