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2010-11 NBA Thread

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"Let's start the morning with a sobering fact for Los Angeles Lakers fans: In NBA history, 361 teams have lost three straight games by 15 or more points.

Want to know how many of them won the title?"

last night's game should officially make the Spurs the favorites to win it all. they looked unstoppable despite manu and timmy providing little offensively.

they have six legitimate scorers! too much depth. too much size.
 
holy fuck KG was injured tonight against the pistons, will not return for the game. hopefully its nothing long term but who knows.

the reprocussions of this could change the face of this years finals, and possibly the result of them
 
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Wow, what a fucking overpaid pussy.



Q: You say you're past it all now. Everyone has moved on. Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson and Brendan Haywood ended up in Dallas. Antawn Jamison is in Cleveland. You're now in Orlando. Do you guys still keep in touch?

A (Gilbert Arenas): I still catch up with some of those guys after every game. Especially [Wizards guard] Nick Young. Because I loved his talents from when he was little. I talk to him after games. He makes jokes about stuff. He was telling me about Rashard Lewis (traded to Washington in deal for Arenas). Nick was like, 'I don't know if he's going to make it two weeks here. He feels like the world just ended.' And I'm like, 'Man, I feel like the world just started for me over here. I can see why he's mad.'

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The 3rd title of every 3peat was by far the hardest for a Phil Jackson coached team, and all of those required winning at least 1 series w/o home court. Case in point:

Bolded = Without home court
Italics = Required 7 games




1991
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. New York Knicks, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 4–1
Won Eastern Conference Finals vs. Detroit Pistons, 4–0
Won NBA Finals vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 4–1
1992
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. Miami Heat, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York Knicks, 4–3
Won Eastern Conference Finals vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 4–2
Won NBA Finals vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 4–2
1993
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. Atlanta Hawks, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 4–0
Won Eastern Conference Finals, vs. New York Knicks, 4–2
Won NBA Finals vs. Phoenix Suns, 4–2

1996
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. Miami Heat, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York Knicks, 4–1
Won Eastern Conference Finals vs. Orlando Magic, 4–0
Won NBA Finals vs. Seattle SuperSonics, 4–2
1997
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. Washington Bullets, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Atlanta Hawks, 4–1
Won Eastern Conference Finals vs. Miami Heat, 4–1
Won NBA Finals vs. Utah Jazz, 4–2
1998
Won Eastern Conference First Round vs. New Jersey, 3–0
Won Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Charlotte Hornets, 4–1
Won Eastern Conference Finals vs. Indiana Pacers, 4–3
Won NBA Finals vs Utah Jazz, 4–2

2000
Won Western Conference First Round vs. Sacramento Kings, 3–2
Won Western Conference Semifinals vs. Phoenix Suns, 4–1
Won Western Conference Finals vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 4–3
Won NBA Finals vs. Indiana Pacers, 4–2
2001
Won Western Conference First Round vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 3–0
Won Western Conference Semifinals vs. Sacramento Kings, 4–0
Won Western Conference Finals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–0
Won NBA Finals vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 4–1
2002
Won Western Conference First Round vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 3–0
Won Western Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–1
Won Western Conference Finals vs. Sacramento Kings, 4–3
Won NBA Finals vs. New Jersey Nets, 4–0

2009
Won Western Conference First Round vs. Utah Jazz, 4–1
Won Western Conference Semifinals vs. Houston Rockets, 4–3
Won Western Conference Finals vs. Denver Nuggets, 4–2
Won NBA Finals vs. Orlando Magic, 4–1
2010
Won Western Conference First Round vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 4–2
Won Western Conference Semifinals vs. Utah Jazz, 4–0
Won Western Conference Finals vs. Phoenix Suns, 4–2
Won NBA Finals vs. Boston Celtics, 4–3
2011
???
 
axl blaze said:
so looks like KG got the injury bug... yet again?
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glad to see its not the knee again. media saying he should be back in 2 weeks time.

and serious the lakers definetily have a motivation problem, its shown its face on other occasions in other seasons and it seems like winning back to back titles has worsened their motivational issues

the notion that the lakers have crumbled and are done is a huge over reation though. they do need to get it together, but lets not forget they are armslength from the 2/1 seed despite playing like complete shit/health issues and there is plenty of the season left to play. Their last game was the first "real game" with bynum back instead of this fragmented 17 minutes of the bench crappy play theyve had to use with him lately, and that game was a cruise control easy victory with the stars only playing 30/27 minutes.
i mean lets be real here, pau is one the best power forwards in the game but hes an average center, having bynum in the starting line up is a huge difference not just for his size influencing the teams defence, but it permits the teams natural rotations.

im not saying this is a cure all, that game was against the hornets and, theres a lot more things that need to happen but phil jackson is a great coach capable of pulling his team out of a slump, and Kobe is the hardest working player in the nba along with being possibly the best leader. The talent is there and it has a proven pedigree, the pieces will fall into place, its just a matter of patience.

EDIT: just wanted say that oralando has been extremely impressive as of late. such an offensively balanced attack in the knicks game last night. actually kind of like the spurs in that aspect.
 
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The Heat broke an NBA record for road wins in a month. Pretty fucking awesome if you ask me.

I can't wait for the next Heat-Celtics matchup. The Heat finally have it together, and I want to see if we can stand up to the Eastern Conference champs.

Although we did destroy the Lakers, who have size like the Celtics do. And Shaq is wearing down. He was a major difference maker in his first month with that team, now he doesn't do much more than eat space as everyone expected him to.

And I hope both teams are relatively healthy. I hate to win or lose based on major players being out.
 
^ And you guys don't even have Haslem yet!

I'm still not sold on Miami beating Boston in a 7 game series though...
 
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grimble crumble said:
the notion that the lakers have crumbled and are done is a huge over reation though.
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it's also a strawman

they do need to get it together, but lets not forget they are armslength from the 2/1 seed despite playing like complete shit/health issues and there is plenty of the season left to play.
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1. health is a skill
2. they've had the easiest schedule in the NBA. in other words, no margin for error anymore.
3. they're not really close to SA or DAL for a top 2 seed; they're much closer to OKC/UTA/etc. and since their schedule gets much harder they're farther away than you think.

and 3rd seeds dont win the title very often.
 
its all knee jerk reactions man. just because the lakers arnt marching to the finals on a red carpet people are calling out doomsday.

the road to the 3 peat is still a managable one and this team has proven many times that they can overcome bumps in the road.
 
i know ur just a casual fan so it's like talking to a brick wall, but you couldn't be more off
 
KamMoye said:
i know ur just a casual fan so it's like talking to a brick wall, but you couldn't be more off
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becuase I disagree with you, im a casual fan.

8)

your right you know everything about my history as a laker fan excuse me I must have forgot that you probably read some "objective studies" on that one too.
 
ur history has nothing to do with you being a casual fan or not. there u go making assumptions again ;)

someone can play video games their whole life and be a casual gamer if they dunno wtf they're talking about. just like someone can drive a car their whole life and be a casual driver.

http://dberri.wordpress.com/frequently-asked-questions-and-comments/

try reading that and formulating a rational opinion about it

And that result re-enforces a story that has been told again and again. Scoring totals – by themselves – are not what matters in the NBA. What matters is the ability to put the ball in the hoop. In sum, shooting efficiency is important and players who score inefficiently are not really helping. Furthermore, metrics like Player Efficiency Rating and NBA Efficiency – which do not properly capture the importance of shooting efficiency, do not properly capture a player’s impact on wins.
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i already pointed out ur argument was a strawman; i never claimed the lakers were "over and done with." i said the spurs have to be considered the favorite to come out of the west.
 
KamMoye:

The Lakers, even with their recent skid, are the PROHIBITIVE favorites to win the Western Conference at EVERY major sports book.

And it makes perfect sense - the Lakers are the two time defending world champs, and have lost ZERO of their important players or coaches.

They dominated the Western Conference in last year's play-offs - there's no great reason to think that won't happen again.

Yes, this Spurs team has started the REGULAR SEASON very well - but this Spurs team is NOT much different from the one who has failed to reach the Finals in YEARS.

You think that the entire market is wrong.

Perhaps, Sir - YOU might be wrong.

Just a thought.

Peace,

LL

PS: Kobe's the GOAT & you are delusional
 
it's one thing not to have an original thought. it's another thing entirely to back it up with no objective evidence in ur favor.

also shows how little u know of the spurs.

they didn't dominate anything in the playoffs last year. a flawed thunder team nearly took them to game 7.
 
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