Its a Lakers game...Thats all they show, I wouldn't be surprised if ALL free to air TV channels show the game as well
He got bumped into taking his rightful two steps off the dribble. Thats not travel and going by how the game was called its no call. Any other day its a block.
Tough loss. Roger Mason is clutch. What a huge pickup for the Spurs this year.
Did anyone wach the game? What a crap game the Lakers played. Not having Farmar is really hurting as we saw Nelson take over in the fourth when fish was out of legs. Dwight had a great game but against Bynum is it any wonder. Bynum is looking to much at scoring which is the least of the Lakers worries. Kobes stats looked great and he did play a great game in the first 3 qrts but i noticed in the last week or 2 his assists have been up, but i have also noticed that as soon as he hits about 10 assists then he doesnt pass anymore. Is Kobe trying to stack his stats??? He was killing the Spurs and the Magic with his passing but then he stops in the fourth. I also want to know whats going on with Pau, i mean 1 night he puts up 20 and 15 and the next he puts up 8 and 5. He needs to be way more consistant than he is atm.
Not sure about that man. Michael Jordan was clutch, Larry Bird was clutch, Kobe Bryant is clutch, LeBron James is clutch, Paul Pierce is Clutch. Hitting a clutch shot doesn't make you clutch, as flawed as that statement sounds, it's not like he's the go to guy when the game is on the line and correct me if I'm wrong, does he have a history of hitting shots like that? I will admit he's a great shooter. Only other game winner I've seen him hit was the one against the Suns, and that was wide open and because Parker couldn't get to the hole, a last second decision to hit him open on the baseline but a high percentage option.
He only got that inbounds pass (and was lucky to get it if you were watching) because everyone else was pretty heavily gaurded, he was the last option on the inbounds and the pass that got by Fish was very lucky to, could have gone either way there. Definitely wasn't the play pop drew up.
Have to admit, tough shot contested like that. Couldn't believe it dropped and I'm not trying to take nothing away from the Spurs here, great win at home. I'd rather lose by 20 than lose like that, especially against San Antonio, but I'm sure Fish's shot with 4 tenths left in the 04 playoffs is still haunting them more than that will us.
The problem with Fisher I've been stressing for awhile now. He's not old in the Mutumbo sense of the word, but I don't think he's got enough in the tank to play efficiently when asked to play 40 plus minutes a night. Laker fans know how good Farmar is, everyone knows I'm a big wrap for the kid, can't wait to have him back. Having Walton as an option would make life a little easier but even then you gotta choose between Ariza and Luke, because if you leave one in longer than the other, the second tier can tend to go cold or choke at times. At the moment I'd stick with Ariza, he can create his shot, move the ball, has great court vision and is a predator on defense. On a side note, put that dude in a dunk comp, it's been too long since the purple and gold represented and he'd turn some heads with his abilities.
Anyone else pissed about the Gasol tech? Come on Ref, I love Dwight Howard but he's shoving elbows right under your nose. Double tech that play and don't let it effect the outcome, that was some major bs. The foul shot was missed by Nelson but it shouldn't have even been taken.
Credit to Jameer Nelson though, hit a couple clutch shots down the stretch that sealed another Magic win on the road. Their road win/loss ratio is very impressive, I think they get overlooked at times and might just make some noise in the playoffs.
It doesn't really matter if he's the go-to-guy down the stretch or not.
The fact of the matter is he's hit two HUGE shots to decide HUGE games this season and I think that warrants enough that I can call him clutch.
Derek Fisher and Robert Horry, Steve Kerr etc were never Go-To-Guys down the stretch but they all hit clutch shots.
Mason is a big-time 4th quarter scorer and I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit a few more game-winners this season. He's one of those players that just has a knack for hitting a big shot.
As for the Gasol technical, he definately deserved it. The replay was played twice and Dwight wasn't throwing ANY elbows. Even if he was, it was Gasol who had tangled him up in the first place so that would be valid.
It wasn't the tangling that got the tech anyway, it was Gasol pushing Dwight away when Dwight was in the motion of walking away anyway. That was unnecessary and careless and the refs targetted in on it. Great call in my opinion.
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