Sun. 2/13 - Lakers @ Magic - Predictions & Comments

That last play was bs. How the [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.] do you not call a foul. And I love how fisher thinks he valuable to this team, he basically was the reason for the meltdown at the end. I can't wait to next year when we have a new coach and fisher will never see the court

Kobe got bear hugged, no foul.

The sad thing is Fishhead is to be here for the next 2.5 years...

Shannon and Fisher are two culprits for this team on killing momentum with chucking dumb shots. 36 year old and dumb like a rock.

Legendary wrote:That's ridiculous.

I'm still pissed at the no-call...

I'm surprised Kobe didn't go off on the ref after that. WTF....

He doesn't want to get a T.

mamatheregoesthatman wrote:

Lakerjones wrote:

KB24 wrote:I f'n hate Fisher....

Fish and Brown have just been horrendous.

Not surprising. I hope Fish proves us wrong and hits some clutch shots in the second half.

if we had a real starting PG, there probably won't be "clutch shots" available anymore since we would lead by 10-15.

Just because Fisher saved our [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.] countless times in the playoffs doesn't mean he can start. Bench this guys [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.] already! Let Blake start instead of him. My god this [Swearing is not permitted at Clublakers. You must edit this post prior to submitting.] pisses me off.

They might be not as strong as before, but the Magic are loaded with able three point shooters....and if we keep leaving them wide open, they will beat us.

Fisher is killing us with horrible D on one end and taking idiotic shots that should be going to the bigs inside.

This has GOT to be Fisher's last year as a starter. It's way too much drain on a team having a PG that contributes absolutely nothing, zero on the offensive end. If we win another title with Derek at the 1, it'll be quite a feat. I know he gives it his all, but he's the worst point guard in the league. Too much of a zero factor to be a starting PG in the NBA let alone on a team vying for a championship.

And Blake? Honestly, I'm surprised. I was high on the signing, but he certainly doesn't bring much to the game. Really, no comparison between what he's done here versus what Farmar did as a Laker. Jordan has ten times the game that Blake has. Fooled me.

KB24 wrote:if we had a real starting PG, there probably won't be "clutch shots" available anymore since we would lead by 10-15.

Good point, and we still have Kobe in the clutch.

Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

TT24 wrote:Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

More often than you might think.

KB24 wrote:if we had a real starting PG, there probably won't be "clutch shots" available anymore since we would lead by 10-15.

So true!

We're 1-13 from the perimeter. Atrocious. Get someone who can hit a shot.

Phil handicapping us with Fish out there. Plays Fish 10 minutes (more than any other starter) in the first quarter, then gives him another 7+ minutes in the second. How is he exactly an asset out there to warrant such heavy burn? I thought the second unit with Lamar did a pretty good job playing up and down ball. Yes, Brown made some mistakes, but I'd still rather have him out there instead of Fish.

mamatheregoesthatman wrote:

TT24 wrote:Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

More often than you might think.

Let me re-phrase that: How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game when the players involved are OUT IN THE OPEN, with no foul call?!?!?!?!

Lakerjones wrote:We're 1-13 from the perimeter. Atrocious. Get someone who can hit a shot.

I think Kobe has the one.

In this game, we should be getting as many minutes for Blake as possible. The ball just moves better with him, and even with his inconsistent shooting, he has to be a better perimeter threat than Fish.

TT24 wrote:

mamatheregoesthatman wrote:

TT24 wrote:Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

More often than you might think.

Let me re-phrase that: How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game when the players involved are OUT IN THE OPEN, with no foul call?!?!?!?!

I'm with you. It was a travesty nothing was called.

TT24 wrote:

mamatheregoesthatman wrote:

TT24 wrote:Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

More often than you might think.

Let me re-phrase that: How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game when the players involved are OUT IN THE OPEN, with no foul call?!?!?!?!

It wasn't a huge loss for us. The Magic had a foul to give, and I'm pretty sure those refs would have just called that one on the floor and not in the act. We would have then inbounded the ball with less than second left on the clock.

kray28 wrote:In this game, we should be getting as many minutes for Blake as possible. The ball just moves better with him, and even with his inconsistent shooting, he has to be a better perimeter threat than Fish.

And he doesn't take many shots anyway.

Rooscooter wrote:

TT24 wrote:Still hot after that no call. How often does a BEAR HUG happen in a BASKETBALL game?!?!?!?!

Even if they called the foul, Kobe wasn't in shooting motion when the contact occurred and they had a foul to give. It would have been side out with .8 seconds or less.

Either way, it's a call against Nelson and still gives us an oppurtunity to score. Who knows if we make a basket or not?

Are the Heat really only 1-6 against 'elite' teams? that doesn't seem right, they beat us and they beat the Magic one time. I guess the MAgic aren't 'elite' this year? I only saw the graphic for a split second, who are they counting as 'elite'?