Sun. 1/24 - Lakers @ Raptors - Predictions & Comments

lulz

so many games down the stretch where Shannon makes a mistake with the ball early in the clock.

refs decide the game.

so mad right now I can't even eat dinner. fing Toronto -- like all other scrub teams and their fans, even Cleveland, act like they just won a playoff game.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:When has Luke EVER given Kobe a good inbounds pass? It always results in a Kobe 35 footer.

Exactly the same thing I was thinking.

Kobe, Pau and Bynum all having great games and scored 20+ for the game, and we still lost ?

nice pass luke.... -_-

BadCoaching wrote:

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:When has Luke EVER given Kobe a good inbounds pass? It always results in a Kobe 35 footer.

Exactly the same thing I was thinking.

+1 more

Crispy wrote:Umm I hope that wasn't the designed play.

Is this the first time you've seen stack? I was surprised, usually he has to go out to halfcourt to catch it.

revgen wrote:I would have kept the Bynum-Farmar-Shannon lineup out there. Ron and LO were on the bench too long.

You don't let the scrubs finish the game. I feel Shannon lost the game in two consecutive plays with less than two minutes left.

Great pass by luke walton, the best passer on the lakers.

spitty wrote:Great pass by luke walton, the best passer on the lakers.

understand my avatar. at least he didn't turn it over like he did against the jazz in the playoffs. baby steps

hell is gonna break loose in LD tonite

karacha wrote:I don't know why, but even if we lose -- it feels more funny then sad. Weird. It's like this is not happening.

i feel the same way...lol

borri wrote:TOR 26 FT's....Lakers 9......wow are you kidding me?

and we were pounding it inside all game

noobiew wrote:Kobe, Pau and Bynum all having great games and scored 20+ for the game, and we still lost ?

Too many free throws for the raptors.

[quote="LakeShow09"]nice knowing ya drew[/quote]
I thought he played a good game. It's Puke that screwed up. We lost because of bad defense tho.

tigerjeterkobe wrote:so many games down the stretch where Shannon makes a mistake with the ball early in the clock.

refs decide the game.

so mad right now I can't even eat dinner. fing Toronto -- like all other scrub teams and their fans, even Cleveland, act like they just won a playoff game.

its more understandable for toronto...they fighting just to make the playoffs, so beating the champs is HUGE for them

I don't mind when fans overreact to us losing. It just shows that we are perceived to be the best, and that we have earned it. When you consider the bigger picture... that their team might not even MAKE the playoffs, beating the defending Champs is about as good of a game as they are likely to have this entire season. So... it's really not that big of a deal, let them enjoy it.

As for the loss. Very disappointing. We botched it down the stretch, but you can't deny that T came to play a basketball game.

All in all though, I thought that we exhibited a lot of really good play for much of the game. We made too many mistakes, and we underestimated the Raptors, but there were also some stretches where we saw glimpses of how good we can be. Pau being aggressive, Drew being aggressive, Kobe doing everything, Farmar leading the bench, Even fisher made a couple of surprisingly strong shots. So, I can't complain about that really.

tough loss tonight, too many FT's for the raps though, time to move on to the next one

I'm looking at a replay of that last shot, and it was actually VERY close. Another 2 inches forward and it would've gone right in.

Oh well.

^ yeah, i thought that was going in when it was in the air.... seemed too good to be true