Sun. 4/04 vs. Spurs - Results Inside - Postgame comments

Lakers vs. San Antonio
Sunday, Apr. 4
12:30 pm
TV: ABC
Radio: KLAC-AM 570/KWKW-AM 1330
Recap | Box Score | Photos

Spurs - 95
Lakers - 89

Lakers Fall To Third
Los Angeles cut the gap to four with 1:27 to go, but got no closer in a 95-89 home loss to San Antonio on Sunday. Kobe Bryant packed in 28 points, Gary Payton added 21 and Shaquille O'Neal checked in with 17. The Lakers slipped into third place in the Western Conference standings.



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The Lakers are 22-4 since the All-Star break, and are currently on an 11-game win streak.

Yes, I know that ^^^^this should be a great matchup because the Lakers are actually playing signs of D nowadays...the Lakes haven't been scoring much either...so look for very much a defensive game...Duncan against Malone, can't wait to see who gets the better of this matchup...same goes for Kobe and Ginobili...nationally televised, we need to play well

Spurs better get ready for a loss. No one can or will beat us for the rest of the season.

Malone will contain TD.
They will have no answer for Shaq.
Payton will embarrass Parker.

This is the game I have been waiting for! They actually have a poll going on a Spurs forum to see which team I will be cheering for, since I love Horry and am a Lakers fan. LOL

Did you know that we will sweep the s.o.b's and pay em back for last season?

go lakers. This game is a statement game and a must win for both teams. Lakers will win though.

will you tell us something that we DON'T know?

just playing

Oh don't worry about making a statement, the statement is well made. This will be an exclamation point on the statment. Not only are the Lakers bitter towards San Antonio, they're ready to stomp on them early.

This is going to be a great game to watch. I predict a Lakers victory.

Injury Update

San Antonio Spurs
Matt Carroll SG Mar 10, 2004 Left knee tendinitis
Alex Garcia SG Jan 9, 2004 Right knee contusion
Anthony Carter PG Nov 25, 2003 Left patella tendinosis
Sean Marks FC Nov 18, 2003 Left knee tendinitis

SMUnderground wrote:Injury Update

San Antonio Spurs
Matt Carroll SG Mar 10, 2004 Left knee tendinitis
Alex Garcia SG Jan 9, 2004 Right knee contusion
Anthony Carter PG Nov 25, 2003 Left patella tendinosis
Sean Marks FC Nov 18, 2003 Left knee tendinitis

Anthony Carter...that's kind of old. He's not even on the team any more.

Updated Spurs Injury Report

Charlie Ward- Injury Status: Personal; Questionable for April 4 vs Lakers

Matt Carroll- Injury Status: Knee; I-L

Sean Marks- Injury Status: Knee; I-L

Alex Garcia- Injury Status: Undisclosed; I-L

jsm0331 wrote:Spurs better get ready for a loss. No one can or will beat us for the rest of the season.

Malone will contain TD.
They will have no answer for Shaq.
Payton will embarrass Parker.

Kobe will be Kobe...


~Out, Prime

PrimeTime wrote:

jsm0331 wrote:Spurs better get ready for a loss. No one can or will beat us for the rest of the season.

Malone will contain TD.
They will have no answer for Shaq.
Payton will embarrass Parker.

Kobe will be Kobe...


~Out, Prime

Nuff said.

Not only will this be a win for the Lakers, they might even blow out the Spurs if they play like they did against the Kings and T-Wolves. Remember that home game earlier in the season when Malone had a triple-double and LA won by 16, but were up by as much as 30? I'm not saying that'll happen but who knows. Go Lakers! Kill Timmy's team.

I will say that. The Lakers will BLOW OUT the Spurs on Sunday on National TV. The whole country will see that the Lakers are the best. Kill them Spurs

robert horry...woooooot..

SMUnderground wrote:robert horry...woooooot..

That's right - Robert Horry is coming home!!!!

missmyzte wrote:

SMUnderground wrote:robert horry...woooooot..

That's right - Robert Horry is coming home!!!!

The people will give Horry a well-deserved reception for sure. Welcome home #5!

must win game

we shold look out ginobli

Lakers Dynasty 2000 wrote:The people will give Horry a well-deserved reception for sure.

And then they'll boo him during the game. He's cool, though.

And don't worry about Manu. He's pretty good but he can be contained. As long as the Lakers play solid D and execute on offense they'll win. :man7:

realm_of_shadows wrote:Did you know that we will sweep the s.o.b's and pay em back for last season?

I agree with ya. YO blow these MF"s out.

Big statement game. A must win for the Lakers. As long as we contain Ginobili, we should win pretty easily. We blew them out in the beggining of the season, and we wern't even on the same page yet. So definately, big game=big win.

See, I don't see this as a "statement" game. We made our statement back early in the season. I see this as more of an exclamation point for our success.

We have way to momentum to be derailed. The Lakers are playing very well together as a team. I highly doubt the Spurs will derail them, but if there is a team that will do so, it could/would be the Spurs.

statement game, we need to show them who is the boss and who is in control. we showed those other teams, we need to show the spurs and get out the broom and sweep up. then we will have shown we currently have beaten the top west teams. And we gotta beat the grizzlies too.