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JSM
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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: Phil's Movie of Choice for Round 1: Best in Show |
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LA Times: The one-liners are nowhere to be found, the smiles few and far between.
A year ago, Lakers Coach Phil Jackson stood in front of reporters and proclaimed, "It's hard out here for a pimp," but the Lakers are running out of time for laugh-out-loud moments before Sunday's first-round tipoff against the Denver Nuggets.
It appears they're taking this top-seeded thing seriously.
It probably starts with concerns about their defense, and the fact that the Nuggets are extremely dangerous if their outside shots start falling.
There's also a hint of an us-against-the-world mantra, a reminder that nobody picked the Lakers to be the top team in the West when the season began.
As such, Jackson started interspersing clips of the movie "Best in Show" into team video sessions, part of his annual tradition of adding humor and a theme to a particular playoff series. The comedy was based on a prestigious dog show, and Jackson presumably doesn't want the Lakers to look like dogs against the Nuggets.
Along those lines, the contest in the movie was won by "Winky," a mangy-looking member of the Norwich Terrier breed, perhaps a subtle suggestion from Jackson that the Lakers weren't exactly the most prize-worthy team back in October.
Jackson also inserted some grainy clips of New York Knicks footage from back in his era as a player, an attempt to hammer home the importance of teamwork. |
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fanboyslim
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| With luck, AI will show up for game 1 with a poodle-fro and our players will be extra motivated. |
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Kobe's Empire
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| With luck, AI will show up for game 1 with a poodle-fro and our players will be extra motivated. |
we must have game 1
as phil jackson stated, game 1 is the most important game of the series.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efsJwJxYEk
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chilake24
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| don't underrate the nuggets. last year they were 2-1against spurs. not for robbert horry's big three, it would be 3-1. then the momentum changed for good. |
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DrakeFZX3
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Denver never led the series against the Spurs last year.
They stunned the Spurs in Game 1, but then lost 4 straight to the Spurs.
Spurs won in 5 games.
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