Fri. 2/20 vs. 76ers - Results Inside - Postgame comments

Lakers vs. Philadelphia
Friday, Feb. 20
7:30 pm
TV: ESPN, FSN
Radio: KLAC-AM 570/KWKW-AM 1330
Recap | Box Score | Photos | Highlights

Sixers - 88
Lakers - 116

Lakers Stomp On Sixers
Kareem Rush's 13 second-half points helped the Lakers pad their lead, enabling them to take a 116-88 win over Philadelphia at STAPLES Center on Friday night. Shaquille O'Neal posted 29 points and 13 boards and Kobe Bryant tallied 28 points for Los Angeles, which visits Phoenix on Sunday.



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They got this 1 locked down there playing to good to lose to a bad team like philly.

Philly is very banged up right now. With the rumors of A.I. leaving, this team is totally out of sync. We should dominate them. They have no answer for our players, especially Shaq.

The LD2k streak shall build to 3-0!

i think i'll be a really really close one with lakers win..like 2 pts...AI is like unstoppable..

Yes, we can afford to let A.I. get his. There is no surrounding cast around him that can keep up with Shaq and the rest of the Lakers. We are more loaded than the Sixers. This one should be dominated by the Lakers...

Besides, don't rule out the possibility that we may not even see A.I. this game (tommorow is the trade deadline -- hint, hint!)

I say the Lakers will beat Philly, they will be motivated because the Sixers blew them out earlier in the season. AI will get his, but LA will be victorious at home against this sucky East team.

they will be without the following guys because of injury:

Jackson-finger and foot. He's on the IR
Coleman-finger. He will be out a few more weeks.
MacCulloch-genetic disorder. He is out for the season,


And remember, if they make any trades that player they get in a trade won't be able to play Friday.

AI on his coach:

"I don't have to be his friend, I don't have to speak to him. I can play for him, though. I can play hard for him and I can do exactly what he wants me to do, night in and night out. I definitely will do that. But as far as having a relationship with him outside of basketball, that's done from Day One."

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I just don't understand why we can't dominate teams like we did before, which means we have gotten worse. But with the way Kobe and Shaq are playing now, I think we'll win. GP WE NEED YOUR HELP BABY!

Lakermagic wrote:I just don't understand why we can't dominate teams like we did before, which means we have gotten worse. But with the way Kobe and Shaq are playing now, I think we'll win. GP WE NEED YOUR HELP BABY!

No. It's not nessicarly the fact that we've gotten worse, it's that other teams have gotten better. Besides, don't rule out we lost Malone for a while. When we had those four, we were killing. Plus other teams are finding chemistry later on in the season that wasn't nessicarly there in the beggining of the season.

But if you win by 100, or you win by 1. A win's a win.

Should be an easy win, the Sixers are falling apart, piece by piece, Kobe is catching fire, Shaq will be able to dominate and the Sixers will be coming off a game the day before (@ Seattle)

102-82 Lakers win

Kobe drops in 34

It will be an easy win if Kobe has a big game.

The lake show will lose if kobe coms in and goes 4-14 for 13 pts or some crap.

so yeah...expect him to have a big big game if they win.


Lakers win

109 - 98

expect iverson to score at least 27.



of course these predictions have absoulutely no merit, but they sound cool.

Lakermagic wrote:I just don't understand why we can't dominate teams like we did before

There are many games this season that shouldn't have been close, but you can't expect a team to blow out most of its opponents unless it's playing at a peak level. Even before Karl went down, the Lakers let some teams back into the game after dominating them before winning by a slim margin. But I think as soon as Karl comes back, we'll start owning other teams again and play at our full potential. It's only a matter of time and getting that chemistry back on the court.

Lakers will definetly bring it to the "Sickers". They have something to prove and they look like they are coming together right now. Also, note that the "Sickers" are playing tonight, so it will be a back to backer for them. Remember how we got treated on the 2 of two!!! Payback time.

PS Craptamento lost tonight to the Wolves, so we are sneaking up on them.

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:

Lakermagic wrote:I just don't understand why we can't dominate teams like we did before, which means we have gotten worse. But with the way Kobe and Shaq are playing now, I think we'll win. GP WE NEED YOUR HELP BABY!

No. It's not nessicarly the fact that we've gotten worse, it's that other teams have gotten better. Besides, don't rule out we lost Malone for a while. When we had those four, we were killing. Plus other teams are finding chemistry later on in the season that wasn't nessicarly there in the beggining of the season.

But if you win by 100, or you win by 1. A win's a win.

exactly, the sixers have NOT gotten better, which means we're worse. right?

exactly, the sixers have NOT gotten better, which means we're worse. right?

No we were injured.

Tonight will tell you if we've gotten better or we've gotten worse my friend

idk... but anyways like i usually say...

LETS GO LAKESHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kick some A$$$$$$$!

it's laker's home stadium..i think we'll win..fo sho

Ohhhhhhhhh...

I forgot we're wearing the throwbacks tonight

Those throwbacks are cursed!! Haha. But the Lakers are better than that superstition and will beat the Sixers. Kobe and Shaq are playing great both individually and together.

the throwbacks again??!?..youmean that 'old' school styled ones that they wore last game right?..

daymnn..those are ugly..haha

Yeah.. the blue ones right? Like the one Magic wore during All star. (i think)

Nobody doing a play by play tonight???

i don't like these throwbacks, i like the MPLS ones. come on lakers, i loved that kobe block on the ANSEWERERWERE