So what do you think? If Kobe gets hurt, chances of Lakers winning are what?
If that happens they get worse no doubt, but it won't be any better than when he's trying to do everything. I've said this since the 06 playoffs where kobe for the first time post-shaq trusted his teamates. That series they were a 7 or 6 seed against Phoenix which in those days was a powerhouse and with kobe trusting his crappy ass teamates they made a 3-1 series for themselves. I mean by playing the distributor role he made Kwame look like Wilt in that series, i remember the Stapls Center chanting Kwame! Kwame! Kwame! during the game lmao. And you wanna know why they lost after that 3-1 lead? He reverted to his "I only shoot mode" for the remaining games and if i recall had a 50 pt game and two 40 pt games. Not saying that scoring is bad, but the way Kobe scores tends to monopolize the ball for him.
While I agree about the Laker comment, Spurs at least are more of a "team" effort instead of relying on that one man...
I think personally, B-ball relies too much on "one or two guys" as oppose to a team effort. Jordan you could do that because, well he was Jordan. Nobody even today is near his level. It's like if you make more of a "team" effort you'd win more, as someone who has coached partially in sports myself and played, I'd tell my team to play a team effort and not rely on one guy to bail us out. It's become a one man game more or less, when in doubt give the ball to the Kobes, Lebrons, Anthony's etc, etc.
Yeah Gasol and Bynum on the whole were hugely dissapointing in this series. Add that to some mental lapses for Bryant and they never really stood a chance in the end. If they got consistent production (which was pretty much the case for OKC's big 3), then they could have easily been 3-1 up or at least 2-2 heading into game 5. Oh well I'm excited for OKC vs SAS. Have a feeling Spurs will win in 6 though.
Yeah OKC vs SAS is going to be a good series. Even though I want to see OKC do well, I agree that the veteran team SAS will win. The entire second round had interesting match-ups. They were all veteran teams vs young teams. Spurs/Clippers, Lakers/Thunder, Heat/Pacers, Celtics/76ers
Yep. Out East we'll probably see MIA-BOS. Miami need Bosh back asap. They might struggle heavily without him. Anyways I think they'll win in 7. I anticipate a great series.
The thunder are a force to be reckoned with. Especially when they share the ball. Durant going to the rim strong ,then mixing in some jumpshot/3 pointers. Harden doing his thing,Westbrook actually passing it,and Perkins getting his shit together. Lets not forget Ibaka was even hitting some shots ,while blocking some too! Sefolosha had one of his best playoff games of his career. I just don't see how they WOULD lose that game.
They played a great game but I don't think they can sustain it against a team of this calibre. I still have the Spurs winning in 6. Miami will win in 5. Heat-Spurs final imo.
The Celtics need to play through that shit. I mean no one even making an effort to chase Lebron on that layup? What kind of BS is that? I know it was bad ,but the Celtics are more than good enough to beat the Heat in this series.
I think they can TBH ,but I have Thunder winning it in game 7 ,and I had Celtics beating Miami in 6. It's not looking like that for Celtics....
Still cannot deny the Celtics were kinda screwed over. I disagree with your saying that they are good enough. Miami are on another level imo if Wade and James keep this going. Plus for the first time in a gazillion years they are actually getting acceptable bench production. Plus all this without their third best player and arguably their glue guy: Chris Bosh.
Thunder can only hope that the Spurs big 3 are not on point and they seem almost flawless at the moment. I think game 3 was just one of those games I guess. The Thunder were more hungry for it. But trust me the Spurs will not want to prolong this series because I agree then it is advantage Thunder potentially. Pops will get them motivated to win game 4 and close it out. It could be 5 or 6 but I just do not see the Spurs losing this. Experience matters at this stage and the Spurs have it in abundance.
I agree ,but everyone knows Thunder will win a championship within the next 5 years easily. Even if its not this one ,but I am bias as they've always been my favorite team <3. The best chance is if that last game was the spark that the Thunder need to win this.
