Nice win Lakers! long series?

[suicide_squeeze]

I hate the Lakers. God, I hate them.........

Bill??

WHADDUP??? You hate the Lakers??

HOW can you hate the LAKERS??

That's like being a baseball fan and hating the Yankees....

Even though you may have them wayyyy down on your "favorite" list, you can't be a baseball fan and totally "hate" the Yankees......the team Babe and Lou and Joe and Mickey played for??

So if you like basketball.....you CAN'T be a LAKER HATER???

Lakers and Celtics, BABY.....that's basketball ROYALTY!!

[B1SON]

I have one word for you......FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[suicide_squeeze]

Howard has been terribly disappointing in this series. He's had one good game out of the four. Superman? Of course, Shaq's Magic were swept in his first Finals by the Rockets ... so maybe this is the NBA's version of Superman hazing. Still, Shaq had to deal with the Dream, one of the best 1s in NBA history (many would still rank him above Shaqopotamus). I know Dwight has his hands full ... but I was still expecting more from him.

sportscentury......let's speak frankly here....

Orlando is a "substitute" this year. They don't belong in the finals.

As soon as we all heard one of the three amigos was down for the year and it looked like the Laker/Celtics rematch was going down the tubes, the only other team that would have made this more interesting of a finals would have been Cleveland.

That didn't happen either.

So we're left with this series, which has actually been better than I thought it would be. Nail-biter games......two overtimes (first time in 25 years in a finals).

But it's over. It's highly unlikely this series comes back to L.A.

But we WILL be laying out the banners for the PARADE!!!!!!!!!!

[sportscentury]

HOW can you hate the LAKERS??

That's like being a baseball fan and hating the Yankees....

Even though you may have them wayyyy down on your "favorite" list, you can't be a baseball fan and totally "hate" the Yankees

Haven't heard this one before.

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[sportscentury]

I have one word for you......FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ice in his veins. Reminded me of Robert Horry.

[suicide_squeeze]

I have one word for you......FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!!

Now.....game 5? The deciding game? LAMAR ODOM will be the hero....that's my prediction. The second most deserving guy on the team, with special mention to Pao.....check that.....they ALL deserve cudos!!

Ariza was on FIRE tonight......he LIT UP his old team that traded him away......the way it should be. Sticking the knife in the team that DUMPS you is always a career definer....

[sportscentury]

sportscentury......let's speak frankly here....

Orlando is a "substitute" this year. They don't belong in the finals.

As soon as we all heard one of the three amigos was down for the year and it looked like the Laker/Celtics rematch was going down the tubes, the only other team that would have made this more interesting of a finals would have been Cleveland.

That didn't happen either.

So we're left with this series, which has actually been better than I thought it would be. Nail-biter games......two overtimes (first time in 25 years in a finals).

But it's over. It's highly unlikely this series comes back to L.A.

But we WILL be laying out the banners for the PARADE!!!!!!!!!!

Could not disagree more. Not sure what Playoffs you're watching. The Magic is a very strong team. They could just as easily be up 3-1 over the Lakers. They let games 2 and 4 slip away. Except for game 1, these games could not be more competitive or more closely fought. They are not as good as the Lakers, but the difference between the two teams is not that great. There are a lot of Laker fans who would agree with this in a heartbeat ... they know that the Lakers are fighting hard for these wins. Game 1 was a joke, but Kobe and company are fighting for and earning the others. There's some real talk for you, Suicide.

[mr.miracle]

sportscentury......let's speak frankly here....

Orlando is a "substitute" this year. They don't belong in the finals.

As soon as we all heard one of the three amigos was down for the year and it looked like the Laker/Celtics rematch was going down the tubes, the only other team that would have made this more interesting of a finals would have been Cleveland.

That didn't happen either.

So we're left with this series, which has actually been better than I thought it would be. Nail-biter games......two overtimes (first time in 25 years in a finals).

But it's over. It's highly unlikely this series comes back to L.A.

But we WILL be laying out the banners for the PARADE!!!!!!!!!!

Suicide, I would have loved to see a rematch from last year with a completely healthy Boston and completely healthy LA. Granted, Garnett would pose the exact same problems as last year but having a completely healthy Ariza and Bynum might have turned the tides, in fact, I think it would have been a completely different series this year. That being said, I don't honestly know that Boston even healthy gets out of the East as they barely got through Cleveland last year and even though Cleveland was a horrible matchup with Orlando, I don't necessarily think they are a horrible matchup against Boston. Nobody on Boston can slow down LeBron including the Truth Paul Pierce. Ray Allan is ready for the retirement home Cleveland would not have been so horribly exposed with all that crazy outside shooting even though Allan, Garnett and Pierce can all hit the 3.

Anyway, we will never know. I am not too sure that the Celtics window has not closed as well as they are aging quickly at several key positions and they have absolutely no depth off the bench. Oh, I forgot, they do have Starbury.

Good win by the Lakers but the Magic fans are already screaming about fouls and non calls etc. Why does that no surprise me.

[mr.miracle]

Ice in his veins. Reminded me of Robert Horry.

I miss Big Shot Rob

[mr.miracle]

Please for god sake, do not suspend Pietrus. I want everyone to be at full strength when they play in game 5. They are already debating that final play of the game.