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Official Hornets and Lakers: 1st Round Playoffs

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Gotdamn. Fisher got abused by CP.

Shit was so bad I actually felt bad for that flopping fucker.
 
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I have no idea who's gonna win the NBA title... and that's a good thing.

Playoffs are gonna be crazy! :dance:
 
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btw Lakers always do this shit in those gay ass Sunday whites its not Easter 2001 anymore please retire white jerseys in LA
 
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cranrab said:
:lol:

i only read a few of the last posts, but i'm gonna bet the idiots and stans blamed pau gasol. even money on idiots and stans making up some shit about derek fisher not being able to stay in front of chris paul too.
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shut tha fuk up ya mealy mouth mutha fuka :cool:

u saw the only game the lakeshow gonna lose to the hornets. so just sit back, sip ya hateraide and choke on it. and ya already know what lakeshow fans think of ya 'beatchrab'

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No David West and the Lakers lose....

This was one series I didn't even plan to watch.

The Lakers will win this series.....

However...this is a wake up call.

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ya'll are nuts:lol::lol::lol:
 
Re: Official Hornets and Lakers: 1st Round- Game 1

Yeah this was the wake up call LA needed, If Pau plays like that though then they will be in real trouble. I heard CP3 saying that in the playoffs its a different energy, but my gripe with that is why didn't you play even close to that all season. I'll say Lakers in 6 because just like Memphis/San Antonio it took too much effort to beat them.
 
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The Dallas/Portland thread has 302 views right now...
 
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dirtyd said:
Yeah this was the wake up call LA needed, If Pau plays like that though then they will be in real trouble. I heard CP3 saying that in the playoffs its a different energy, but my gripe with that is why didn't you play even close to that all season. I'll say Lakers in 6 because just like Memphis/San Antonio it took too much effort to beat them.
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I watched all 82 games and if CP3 had played like this all season the Hornets could've won atleast 55 games and gotten a higher seed.
 
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Duece said:
I watched all 82 games and if CP3 had played like this all season the Hornets could've won atleast 55 games and gotten a higher seed.
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maybe so, but chris paul wasn't physically able to perform at this level for the entire season.

doesn't matter now anyway. new orleans is in the post season and have broken home court advantage.

the best thing the hornets did for themselves today was ball economy: the low TOs were outstanding.
 
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Duece said:
I watched all 82 games and if CP3 had played like this all season the Hornets could've won atleast 55 games and gotten a higher seed.
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I dont think he could have man. Paul was pacing himself.
 
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cranrab said:
maybe so, but chris paul wasn't physically able to perform at this level for the entire season.

doesn't matter now anyway. new orleans is in the post season and have broken home court advantage.

the best thing the hornets did for themselves today was ball economy: the low TOs were outstanding.
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That's what I look at.

A masterful performance by Paul that was efficient and effective.

Most people look at points scored to determine what got done. 30 points on 40% shooting hurts the team...(al la Kobe and Rose).
 
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If true, then yesterday's win should'nt have been a shocker to you.
The lakers swept the season series 4-0, but did people really think things would stay the same during the playoffs, with things settled and guys locked in?

Coach Williams tweaked the plan a little from the season and CP was a lot more assertive in initiating the O, looking for scoring opportunities for himself. A lot of it had to do with the lakers screen- roll D. He's a high efficiency player and took advantage of what the D gave him.

Not to mention, the lakers made it easier by not exploiting the paint, which is something they were able to do in their 4 wins during the regular season. The NBA record low 3 TOs helped as well... Along with the guys that played extremely well in their first playoff game :cool:

Duece said:
I watched all 82 games and if CP3 had played like this all season the Hornets could've won atleast 55 games and gotten a higher seed.
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cranrab said:
Lakers coach Phil Jackson on Paul Gasol’s performance:

“There wasn’t a lot of direction going towards [Pau Gasol]. There wasn’t a lot of balls in the post. We didn’t get the ball inside which is one of our strengths.”

:lol:

but BGOL experts say it was his fault.

hmmmm... wonder who/what andrew bynum was referring to:

Lakers' Andrew Bynum on if he felt the Lakers had their normal focus today:

"I didn't feel that , but I do think that we need to start going hard in practice. That's one thing that's kind of lacking. I don't know if it's due to health or a myriad of different reasons, but I think that's a big part of it."

:lol:
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Kobe fans would get a lot more respect if they told the Truth.....

With the game hanging in the balance, Kobe gets switched to CP3, and promptly gets lost on a simple screen not once, not twice, three consecutive plays. Kobe didn't even recover and come back to help on the switch. Pau was begging for help that he should have gotten.

The Bigs kill on the inside yet got very few opportunities. Kobe went 0-6 down the stretch as well.

It's not Kobe's fault per se, however Kobe fans continually overlook obvious inconsistencies to protect him.

That said. we all know the Lakers will win the series.
 
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Hornets, up 1-0, need to learn to live with a lead ... again


LOS ANGELES -- In the visitor's locker room inside Staples Center, a place that would have been Party Central for a less-grounded group splashing about in a similar moment of triumph, Monty Williams told his Hornets' coaching staff that upsetting the Lakers on the road in the playoff opener was tantamount to getting a first down in football. It was not a touchdown and it certainly was not the game.


Williams had long ago seized on New Orleans as an underdog, the way it has been discounted at so many turns, and forged it into a motivational tool. Sunday, when the Hornets won to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series that resumes Wednesday night, the rookie coach surely wasn't going to miss the chance to continue the season-long mantra.


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The team's other issue is in there somewhere, too: The Hornets cannot stand success.
They weren't having any of that talk after practice Tuesday, despite the proof of two lengthy winning streaks immediately flipping into terrible stretches during the season. Williams admitted he was concerned during the second half of the season.
Now the Hornets, after their 109-100 win on Sunday, will need to prove they can play with a lead again. They had better hope this lead turns out better than some others they've had.




New Orleans started the season 11-1, an immeasurable boost coming off a summer of reports that Chris Paul wanted out. And then they lost nine of the next 12. Around midseason, they won 10 in a row. And then lost to the Kings, Suns and Thunder within the next four games while beating only the Wizards in New Orleans.
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Williams in late-January: "We've been through this before, we got caught up in it, and we had a very bad stretch afterward. We can't rely on the streaks. We can't rely on the stuff everybody else is talking about. To me, it's fool's gold."
Williams now: "We've had these great events throughout the season with the streaks and all that and beating teams that most people thought we'd get smashed by, so we've been in this situation before. Now, we haven't done it against the Lakers. But we're used to being in situations where people thought we'd get smacked, and we come out fighting and we get a good result.
"I think we've learned from that. I also believe we've won one game. The guys understand that. It's a long series. We don't have enough experience to know what we've done. We've got to continue to do the things that have helped us have success this year."
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Lakers' Odom wins Sixth Man Award



New York, NY (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom has been selected as the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year.

Odom received 513 of a possible 585 points, including 96 of a possible 117 first-place votes, from a panel of 117 sportswriters and broadcasters. Dallas' Jason Terry was the runner-up for the second straight year with 244 points. Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young ended a distant third with 76 points.

In order to be eligible for this award, a player must have come off the bench in more games than he started. Odom appeared in 82 contests, starting 35 this season.

He also registered 28 double-doubles, scored in double figures 63 times, and netted 20 or more points 14 times.

The award was first presented in 1982-83.
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Rockets want Hornets assistant coach Malone?



The New Orleans Hornets haven't received a request from the Houston Rockets to interview lead assistant Michael Malone for their open head-coaching position, but the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that he is a candidate for the job. "I don't know what's going to happen with all of that, but I know he's held in high regard throughout the league and it's only a matter of time,'' Hornets coach Monty Williams said, according to the paper.



Meanwhile, FOXSports.com reportted that former Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson says that he'd like to be considered. "I have big-time interest in it, I mean absolutely," Woodson told the site. "It's a young team that I think has room for growth. I think it's a team that you add a piece or two here or there and you got a chance to compete in the West. The fact that I've had an opportunity to build a young team in Atlanta, I think I fit right in in terms of being able to come right in and coach that team up."
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5 minutes left in the Denver/OKC game
 
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I have a feelin that LA is going to WAX NO tonight....without gray they lost a key big man....NO will fight hard though i like that about them. But LA will let the dogs out tonight:eek::eek::smh::smh: Its gonna be UGLY
 
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Gray is gonna play

LOS ANGELES - As expected, backup center Aaron Gray will be physically able to play tonight in Game 2 of the Western Conference playoffs for the New Orleans Hornets against the Los Angeles Lakers.
kobe_bryant_ap2.jpgMark J. Terrill/The Associated PressNew Orleans Hornets center Aaron Gray, defending Kobe Bryant, will play in Game 2 tonight despite spraining his ankle in Game 1 on Sunday.

Hornets Coach Monty Williams confimred what Gray told reporters earlier Wednesday after the team's shoot-around at Staples Center.

"Aaron Gray had a good practice this morning and it looks like he's going to be able to go," Williams said. "That's very good news. My goal is to have he and Emeka (Okafor, the starter), playing at a high level. And that will serve us well."

Gray badly sprained his right ankle near the end of Sunday's Game 1 victory and had been walking in a protective boot until Wednesday morning. He fully participated in the team's shoot-around, however, and pronounced himself fit to play.

Gray scored 12 points in Sunday's 109-100 win and was 5 of 5 from the field.

Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said he expects the Hornets may attack the Lakers differently tonight.

"No games are alike," Jackson said. "It'll be different."
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Hornets played a perfect game only had 3 turnovers......hard to repeat that performance.....but if the y do much props to them and CP3:yes::yes:
 
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The Hornets trading away Chandler is like the Nuggets trading away Camby. Both teams wish they can have those trades back.
 
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Okafor never play basketball before? This ninja gets two fouls in less than two minutes…
 
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I'm actually happy to see this Kobe on Paul matchup just to see if they'll call Kobe for the same fouls that they would a non-superstar defender.
 

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