Pistons - Lakers thread!!!!!!

[DontBlameMe]

Ok, it's 2-1, Pistons.

Can the Laker's come back? In Auburn Hills? I doesn't look good, what with Malone gimped.

Give us your feedback.

[Champ]

1. Go Both Teams!

I hope LA wins to tie up at 2-2. I'm rooting for a 7 game series, I haven't liked both teams in an NBA Finals since the 76ers vs Lakers one but it was the same 76er team that could barely get past the first round in previous years.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. Lakers will find a way... they're evil like that

They'll win in the most heartbreaking way imaginable, that's what they do. Just ask the Kings.. or the Trailblazers...

[Philosophy]

3. When's tipoff?

I'm too busy on DU to check. ;-)

[TSIAS]

5. Just after 9:00 EDT

[Philosophy]

8. Thanks, gotta run then!

:thumbsup:

[joeybee12]

4. Now that Satan's team--the Timberwolves--are out, I'm for the Lakers, but

if Detroit wins, I won't be too distraught.

Want to know why the Timberwolves are Satan's team????????????

[Liberal_Dog]

9. I'm A Little Curious

Why are the T-Wolves Satan's team?

[joeybee12]

10. Because they have Latrell Sprewell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why isn't this guy in prison instead of collecting a multi-million dollar paycheck?

[justjones]

23. LOL!

There's just something about Sprewell that makes me think of Bone-Thugs- in-Harmony....he's pretty ghetto....

[Liberal_Dog]

35. I Had A Feeling Sprewell Was The Reason

nt

[LisaM]

112. I thought it was because they stole Rick Mahorn from the Pistons

After verbally promising not to do so when the Pistons had to leave someone unprotected. Then they took him anyway.

[TSIAS]

6. This is an interesting game

Game 3 was the pivotal game for Detroit. The Pistons had to win that game to take control of this series.

Game 4 is THE game for Los Angeles. Last time they were against the wall, in Game 2, they came out with a lot of energy. I expect Los Angeles to give it a great effort tonight.

If I were Jackson, I'd pull Payton immediately if he's not effective. Unfortunately, they're not as deep, with Fisher hobbled.

[DontBlameMe]

12. Yep

and that's there problem. Payton can't be effecyive, and their bench isn't deep, at all.

[dwilson]

7. Lakers are history, unfortunately.

This series boiled down to the battle of the coaches IMO.

[swag]

11. Kid Rock, how foul.

[nini]

13. do they have barbers in Detroit?

That fro would have been a joke back in my ol' days. Shape that up Ben!!!!

[frylock]

14. ben wallace gets hammered?!?

SHAQ NEVER FU..IN TOUCHED HIM!!! I can see how this game is gonna go.

[frylock]

15. how the hell do refs as bad as this get the call to do the finals?!

nice GT by Shaq. :eyes:

[nini]

16. for every ref that people say help the Lakers..there are refs

that want to shut them down. but no one will ever admit that.


:hi:

[frylock]

18. hey hey hey!!

I think these calls are only going to get worse. How was Los Juevo$? :hi:

[nini]

21. oh you bet .. the Lakers' will be in foul trouble early

Vegas was ok.. all the money I spent my friend won.. :-(

I set the alarm for 7:30 and was like a drill sargeant to get everyone up and out so we could get home on time.. I'm sure they were wanting to kill me, but too bad! :evilgrin:

[frylock]

17. smell the glove!!

who lit a fire under GPs ayse?!

[nini]

19. Magic Johnson

:-)


put Luke in .....

[swag]

20. Stone cold Kobe

[nini]

yep, I'm happy though that we're up without much from Kobe.

that's a good sign that everyone else is contributing

Kobe will catch on...

[frylock]

22. 22-21 Lakers lead at the end of the first

[kaitykaity]

24. Come on Phil, get that other technical.

Come on, come on.

Gawd, I hate Brent Musburger. Homer Laker Homey. :puke:

[nini]

25. oh the refs made sure Jackson would have to stay quiet

early T like that :eyes:


what a joke

[kaitykaity]

26. That T wasn't because of what Jackson said.

He went someplace on the court he wasn't supposed to.

Go Sheed!!!

[nini]

27. AGAIN.... a stupid ticky tack T at the beginning of the game

puhlease..

even the freaking commentators commented on that

[kaitykaity]

28. Even "special" people like Phil Jackson

have to follow the rules.

If Jackson didn't want a T, he should stay on his
side of the floor.

[nini]

30. don't make me laugh

coaches do that crap all the time and aren't called on it - ESPECIALLY in the finals and at the BEGINNING of a game. At the very least it should have been a warning

It was a great opportunity to shut him down and that ref knew exactly what he was doing


even special guys like Jackson should get the same consideration as all the other coaches in the finals too.

[kaitykaity]

31. I guess they were pissed off that Jackson

couldn't keep his mouth shut to the media and tried
to make the refs looks bad.

He got what he deserved.

[frylock]

32. the refs don't need phil jackson to make them look bad..

they do a perfectly fine job of that on their own. :eyes:

[kaitykaity]

33. And I'm so sure you'd be blaming the refs

if the Lakers were ahead by 20.

[frylock]

37. i call 'em as i see 'em..

see post . I'd be calling out the refs if the Lakers were up by 20 due to favorable calls. I wouldn't be complaining as vehemently as I would if they were down 20 because of the officiating, but I'd call them out nonetheless. I'm no homer.

[kaitykaity]

38. Bitching about the refs is just an excuse.

Your team has to be good enough and play well enough
to overcome all obstacles, including what you perceive
as bad officiating.

Using bad officiating as an excuse for your team's poor
play is kind of pathetic.

[frylock]

40. well thanks for the lecture, mom.

[kaitykaity]

42. That's okay honey.

I'm here for you whenever you need a bitchslap to set
you straight.

[frylock]

47. i believe that preferred nomenclature amongst progressives..

is pimpslap.

[kaitykaity]

49. I think the rules for that are a little looser

here in le Lounge.

[nini]

44. sounds so simple..

game 3 -- there were a lot of bad calls - but it wouldn't have mattered because the Lakers couldn't hit their shots.

In a tight game the bad calls (on both ends) and ticky tack calls take the game away from the players and that's what's not right regardless of which side is hurt from it.

Let them play the freaking game

[kaitykaity]

45. I'll agree that I like it when the refs step back

and let the players play the game.

I still think it's kind of lame to blame the officials
either way. Bad officiating is something that the really
good teams overcome.

[frylock]

54. as much as i'd like to take the high road on this..

that last call against Fox cements my argument about how terrible this rec league crew of officials truly is. Sheed bodies up on Fox to get his separation, spins ands puts up the shot, Fox gets ALL BALL, and the refs blow the whistle. Fuggin ridiculous. These are the League Finals. Put some competent officials on the floor for fuck's sake!

[kaitykaity]

58. What else did Fox do that you didn't see??

You're a fan, and you have a fan's subjective
vision on what's happening. If the Lakers win,
your complaints will be moot. If they lose, it
won't be because of the officiating.

I'm just glad they seem to have come to play
tonight.

[frylock]

61. i can only assume that since detroit was not in the bonus..

and Sheed went to the line, then the foul was called when Fox blocked the shot. Hand on ball, ref blows the whistle.

[frylock]

48. word

:bounce:

[nini]

52. haha

makes me nuts

go Kobe... he's hitting the crazy shots

[nini]

56. if you had told me Payton was gonna play like this ..

I would've thought you'd lost your mind!

[frylock]

57. too bad he has to waste mad shots like that..

because guys are standing around with the shot clock running out. They may need one of those at the end of the game!!

[nini]

59. I keep expecting Kobe to start to take over.

like he's gonna break out any second.

[drdtroit]

34. Amen to that brother

The "piss 'n moan Meister" is reaping his accumulated Karmic rewards, big time!

[kaitykaity]

36. It's "sister"

but that's okay.

:hi:

[drdtroit]

39. I stand informed:

AMEN to that humankind!

Buddha is having fun with Phil's ass tonight ! ;)

[nini]

41. so, you're saying it's retalation from the refs then???

yep, well we agree then.

[kaitykaity]

43. You can call it retaliation if you want to.

You can stop putting words in my mouth any time now.

You said they were picking on PJ for no reason, and
I submitted a possible one.

That's all.

[nini]

50. we all know what that call was meant to do..

nuff said.

[kaitykaity]

51. Oh please.

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Do you need a towel?

[nini]

53. you're very confusing..

you say something that proves my point, then you back off by saying you were giving me an example to justify my theory, and now I'm a cry baby.. :eyes:

for the record..NO I don't blame the refs for the position the Laker's are in. I DO want them to call a fair even game.

If that makes me a crybaby then so be it.

[kaitykaity]

55. I'm confusing?

You say I proved your point. That's not true. Your point was
that the refs were unnecessarily hard on Jackson.

The refs have every right to make sure they control these games.
So, no I didn't not prove your point.

But you act like you're right with the "nuff said" bullshit
and all that sounds like is a temper tantrum.

So no, I'm not the confusing one.

[kaitykaity]

29. Sheed doesn't get a call and he doesn't complain???

Who is that guy and what has he done with the Rasheed
Wallace us Trailblazer fans knew and detested?

[Bossy Monkey]

46. Memo to Al Michaels: Detroit has two guys named Wallace

He's gotten better, but in the first quarter he would just say "Wallace" over and over again. Nice to have a Hall of Fame broadcaster around; they never make rookie mistakes. (Doc Rivers didn't have this problem, by the way)

[nini]

60. I can't believe ABC gave Mark Cuban a show

:eyes:

he must think he's the Donald.

[Guaranteed]

62. Refs are trying to fix the game for the Lakers, AGAIN.

They always do this in the fourth quarter if it looks like the Lakers are going to get behind so far in the series that it won't go seven games. You watch...they'll give the ball to Shaq and call a foul every time the Lakers get the ball.

[nini]

63. but Shaq isn't a good free throw shooter..

so that won't help much.

[Guaranteed]

64. But in a low scoring game, even if he only makes half of his free throws,

that will be enough to probably win the game.

[Guaranteed]

66. See, they just called another foul

They did this to the Kings in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals two years ago. The Lakers shot 27 free throws in the fourth quarter, both Kings centers fouled out.

[frylock]

68. always bring up game 6, but forget about game 5..

the calls were equally as bad as in game 6.

[nini]

67. not the way the Pistons are hitting their shots though

they're hot right now and unless they call offensive fouls on the Pistons it won't matter.

now if you say they'll call fouls to put Kobe at the line that would be different.

[frylock]

65. i always wondered what sheed's tatt was about ..

cool commercial. Great artwork.

[nini]

70. this is almost funny

did you see that T on Kobe?

what a joke.

[Paragon]

71. Yes, how dare they call a foul on a "supastah" in the 4th

:eyes:

[nini]

72. yep that's right!

:eyes:


rasheed was flapping his lips and didn't get called just a few minutes earlier. oopps... rasheed not's a superstar I guess.


:evilgrin:

[Paragon]

74. Difference is, Sheed was right

Little bitch fouls to keep Shaq going to the line < Kobe mouthing off to a ref and getting a T.

[nini]

77. I didn't realize Ts were about right and wrong

just talking shit to the refs or similar.

Refs egos are too big to not call a T if someone tells them they're wrong even if they were.

[drdtroit]

78. You don't know the content

of either of their comments.

But it is interesting to see that the only thing the Lakers are exhibiting of the Phil Jackson "great coaching" is an extraordinary amount of PISSING AND MOANING!

Bye Bye :party:

[kaitykaity]

I'll be partying Tuesday if the Pistons

win it in 5.

I can't wait.

Call me a bandwagon jumper if you want to, but I hate
the Lakers and I can definitely root for a Rasheed who
doesn't play for Portland.

:party:

[Paragon]

69. Lob to Shaq, back in until ref calls foul. Repeat.

God, the Fakers are pathetic.

[nini]

73. Detroit definitely plays the best music during time outs

:-)

[gratuitous]

75. Lights dimming, dimming, dimming

About to go out on the Lake Show.

Thanks a heap, LA. Get the Eastern Conference thinkin' they can win again.

[gratuitous]

76. Gee, Lakers getting a taste of their own medicine

Looks like they hate playing five on eight as much as rest of the league does. Quit bitchin' at the refs; they're not urping up those terrible shots.

[nini]

79. yep, the refs aren't losing the game for the Lakers

I agree.. the Lakers didn't play well enough.

I just hate how they don't let them play and some of this stupid stuff gets in the way.

This does NOT take away from the job the Pistons are doing - they are playing awesome ball and I'm not too proud to see that.

[frylock]

82. what amazes me the most about such an aggressive defensive team..

is that they commit so few fouls. Truly, truly amazing. I mean truly. </bleedingfuckingsarcasm>

[nini]

84. that was the point Mychal Thompson was making the other day.

fine if you allow that level of agressive play but just make it even on both sides. Simple as that.

do you get the show with Michael Cooper down there?

[frylock]

99. what time is he on?

We get Romey, Loose Cannons, then Smacksaw.

[gratuitous]

86. Yeah

Blazer fans are quite familiar with that phenomenon. Muggings at one end are acceptable; touch fouls of the august personage draw a whistle at the other.

[Paragon]

88. What amazes me about Shaquille O'Neal...

...is that he finished with TWO fouls. TWO.

Kettle, meet pot.

[frylock]

85. you know what irks me..

is that I skipped The Simpsons for this.. FOR THIS!?!

[nini]

87. LOL

you could've taped it ya know!

I've got a post Vegas drive headache.. I need to get some booze in this house!

[gratuitous]

89. Thing of beauty wasn't it?

Besides, the Simpsons was a rerun.

[MikeG]

80. The announcer named Tolbert is wearing his couch.

[nini]

81. maybe he uses the same tailor as Pickles

:-)

[angee_is_mad]

83. Lakers have Superman, but

the Pistons have Krytonite....YEAH BABY!!!!!!!

[DoveTurnedHawk]

90. OK, Lakers Still Would've Lost...BUT

Those Refs SUCKED. You cannot deny it.

DTH

[ugarte]

91. Bavetta has always been a big Lakers homer

You cannot blame the officiating.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

97. Re-Read My Post...I'm Not BLAMING the Officiating

I think the Lakers still would've lost. But have some integrity, at least admit that the officiating blew chunks.

DTH

[gratuitous]

92. Dick Bavetta?

Oh playa please! You're lucky you didn't have Steve "Rabbit Ears" Javie, who once called a T on the Trailblazers' radio commentator! You can't possibly top that. The Lakers got caught up in the officiating, and quit wanting to play there in the fourth quarter.

[frylock]

94. no way could they have that mummy, bavetta and javie on the floor..

at the same time. Those jackoffs would be trying to out-T each other.

[ugarte]

96. Check it out, ask your bookie

Bavetta is the Lakers' faviorite official, so they can't point fingers tonight. They just got whupped.

[TSIAS]

104. Steve Javie's horrible

He's definitely too quick when calling Technical fouls.

As a Heat fan, I don't like him. He once said that the refs were taking great delight in watching Pat Riley's team erode.

[drdtroit]

93. They always suck,

What's your point?:shrug:

[DoveTurnedHawk]

95. My Point Was That as a Lakers Fan, That Was a Frustrating Game to Watch

And it wasn't just because the Lakers played mediocre.

DTH

[newyorican]

98. Lakers lost because...

Detroit kicked their asses, and Lakers looked to the refs to bail them out instead of playing basketball.

[NWHarkness]

100. Oh the irony

Lakers fans whining to Pistons fans about biased officials.:eyes:

[UrbScotty]

109. It's like Jeb accusing Democrats of stealing the election. (nt)

[TSIAS]

101. Phil's really bitching in the press conference

Talking about how his guys aren't competing on a level playing field. :eyes:

[ugarte]

102. Like that explains why they're getting killed on the boards

Since when do refs grab rebounds?

[TSIAS]

103. Yep, Detroit's simply quicker than LA

Prince, Ben, Rasheed, and even Hamilton are killing them on the offensive boards.

[ugarte]

105. Delete

[ugarte]

106. Jackson's a drama queen like the rest of his team

He's bitching about the refs, trying to set up this 'us against the world' b.s. for Tuesday. That's why I'm still not counting the Lakers out. Plus, part of me still feels that karma will punish the Pistons for game #2.

God, I hope not.

[muchacho]

107. Congrats Pistons

from a true Lakers hater.

[UrbScotty]

110. ABL - Anybody but the Lakers! (nt)

[mede8er]

108. Larry Brown.......

is a genius...stick a fork in my Lakers........:-(

[nini]

111. Larry Brown is awesome

I've always liked him and I will be happy for him when the ax comes down for the final blow on my team.

I will always give credit where it's due and he deserves it.