It's playoffs and one of the matches include Spurs vs Grizzlies. I say 4-0 San Antonio. Their key player is Tony Parker for his lay ups. Lakers vs. Hornets. I am taking the lakers 4-1 lakers have been more dominate in the paint. there key player is Andrew Bynum for him dominating in the paint. The winner of Dallas mavericks vs the Portland trail blazers is the winner of that series is the Dallas mavericks 4-2. top dog is dirk nowvizki he does well on the paint and the screen only forward that shoots 27.0 points per game. On Oklahoma thunder vs Denver nuggets the winner of that series is the young team Oklahoma city Thunder 4-2 huge man is the most athletic man is Kevin Durant for his ability to drive straight down the middle. In the eastern Miami Heat vs new york knicks It's gonna be a good series 4-2 Miami Heat trust me not a big fan of Miami but it is reality. only problem you have so much talent but no one in clutch now they give it to Mario Chalmers in clutch if you give it to wade he is gonna do something stupid. leBron James is gonna air ball it crise bosh looks to much like a alien to even shoot so now it's Mario Chalmers as thier clutch man. Am I getting punk'd or something you have 4 men and you go with a role player. You know what I'am tired of people saying what the arn't I know they are not going to the Finals not goingpast the second round tey are not going to even get close. If they do they are not gone win cause the LALAKERS will stop them. Plus they will get there three-peat no one will stop them.
Alright then for some reason playoffs make a guy crazy like indianoplis colts coach always said playoffs don't talk to me about playoffs playoffs.
Next, playoff game is Atlanta vs Magic wow tough disscion Iam gone take Atlanta hawks wait should go for Atlanta Magic seems so solid. Stop yealing at me It's hard disscion no Iwill not pick randomly.
Yes I'll hurry up bye mom wait what do I have for lunch. My agent said go for the ORLANDO MAGIC key player is the red hot D'WRIGHT HOWARD for his outstanding rebouns let's make some noise superman (all so for his amazing dunks) .
Lately, a buddy and I have been going back and forth on the Spurs -- who are arguably the best team in the league -- and the Lakers -- arguably one of the sloppiest.
I stand on the side of the Lakers, here, where they have been playing pretty not awesome. And here's my argument: I'm not worried. I'm not worried that the Lakers are losing by large margins to bad teams -- you cannot honestly believe that the Grizzlies and Bucks are better than the Lakers.
And then we talk about their losses to the aforementioned Spurs and the hated Heat. Both games involved the Lakers essentially getting bent over.
Yet, if you watched the game, the Lakers looked bad. They looked like a team that had no motivation, no reason to play, no heart. Rotations were slow, defense was horrible, shots were hasty and not well-thought out and there wasn't a lot of movement on offense, or at least as much as there should be.
But to say the Lakers are lesser of a team? No. Hell no.
This is a team undergoing complacency. A team that has won back to back titles and feels invincible. This thinking is wrong. But understandable. When you beat the one team that you've been wanting to play in the Finals for three years and finally beat them, the chip on your shoulder gets eaten. You don't play with the tenacity that you are supposed to. Even against new blood (the Miami Heat), the Lakers couldn't find their motivation, their reason to play.
This same buddy, recently mentioned, says that if a team doesn't care to play their best in the regular season shouldn't go on to win an NBA title.
Yikes. Someone needs to watch some more regular season basketball during NFL season.
Defending champions are more prone to doing what the Lakers are doing. They grow comfortable, and have a high sense of false security. Yet, these are also the teams that can turn it on with no problem. Even within a playoff series. Let's take a look at the 2009 Houston Rockets-LA Lakers series, yes?
Game 1: Lakers lose to Rockets on their home floor. This looked ugly. Check some highlights:
Yep. The Lakers were outworked. However, the Rockets just looked ... better. There's no doubt about that. Rotations were actually pretty decent for the Lakers, but offensively, they made quite a bit of mistakes.
Game 2: Lakers win, get back on track.
Game 3: The Lakers won in a tough game. All shots were contested by both teams
Game 4: This is where it gets funny. The Rockets lose Yao Ming. Yet the Rockets blow out the Lakers. Watch the highlights, but pay special attention to defensive sets, rotations and shot contesting on the part of the Lakers -- you can't find them? Because there are none. This team was lazy.
The rest of the series went like this. It went to seven games, where the Lakers won by a bajillion in the final game.
In 2009 regular season, the Lakers finished with their worst record since the acquisition of Pau Gasol yet still made the playoffs. And still won the Finals.
I'll elaborate on the Spurs' situation, too. Just sayin'.
Basketball ball on Christmas day Lakers vs Heat thunder vs nuggets celtics vs magic warriors vs trailblazers. alright my picks are lakers over heat because Lebron, Chris, and wade is not a good team. Now Gasol, Kobe, and artest are a good team. plus lakers have to many little guys. nuggets over thunder billups and Carmelo one good team thunder is OK but not good defense. magic over The Celtics is not a crazy team but magic is on a role . warriors over thunder people is hurt plus Brandon Roy and warriors have a shot at the game.
