Thus 4/22 - Lakers @ Thunder - Game 3 - Predictions/Comments

statement game.

My heart says Lakers, but my head says Thunder. I hope my heart is right this time.

Kobe hits the game winner we go up 3-0.

we take game 3, but will lose game 4.

Win by 3 or lose by 15.

I see we tie it up or take a small lead after Q1, and grind it out the rest of the game.

I don't see us winning this one. Game 3's are almost guaranteed losses for the road team.

Thunder are a young team that is already demoralized by trailing 0-2...

I think we will now take their heart out, especially since the Lakers feel the pressure to play well.

Three scenarios :

- We do not match their energy to start the game , OKC quickly opens a double digit lead which results in a blowout

- OKC wins a closed game , getting all the calls down the stretch .... got to keep the series interesting

- Kobe comes through in the clutch and we go up 3-0

I don't expect OKC to back down from 2 tight losses and considering the home team usually wins Game 3 being down 0-2 in playoffs B-Ball, Thunder will probably take this one

Still GO LAKERS

KB24@CL wrote:Thunder are a young team that is already demoralized by trailing 0-2...

I think we will now take their heart out, especially since the Lakers feel the pressure to play well.

This Thunder team is not like your typical young team , sure they lack experience but they have a very good D , a decent road record ,they seem to mature very quickly , I expect them to be pumped by the crowd and to begin the game very strong..

On the other hand , I expect us to come out very lazy with little energy , few players showin up ... that's just how this team is ... I hope I'm wrong but anyways we'll take the series so no worries at all .

I do not give this game too much importance , sure will be great to win but a loss won't be the end of the world

KB24@CL wrote:Thunder are a young team that is already demoralized by trailing 0-2...

I think we will now take their heart out, especially since the Lakers feel the pressure to play well.

This Thunder team is not like your typical young team , sure they lack experience but they have a very good D , a decent road record ,they seem to mature very quickly , I expect them to be pumped by the crowd and to begin the game very strong..

On the other hand , I expect us to come out very lazy with little energy , few players showin up ... that's just how this team is ... I hope I'm wrong but anyways we'll take the series so no worries at all .

I do not give this game too much importance , sure will be great to win but a loss won't be the end of the world

i've been searching for a reason to believe the lakers will win this one. can't find it.

though i don't think it will be for lack of energy, as someone suggested. i just think the thunder will play over their heads tonight. my guess is that the lakers keep pace early and then get blown out in the third.

I see it this way. Should we win tonight, the chances of us winning it all is greater.

Cause i feel like if we win tonight, this is a sweep or a 5 game series. if we lose, this could be a long 7 game series. Should we sweep or win in 5 games, we will get PLENTY of rest because i honestly see the Portland/Phx series going to 6 or 7. This rest will be MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCHHHH needed for our team since we all know our guys are banged up. If we're fresh by the 2nd round i don't see anyone giving us a hard time at all.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^what does phx/port have to do with anything? We play the winner of utah/den.

sodunited wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^^^what does phx/port have to do with anything? We play the winner of utah/den.

i meant Utah and Denver, whoops

going to bed .. see you in 4 hours ... if we loose i'll curse them for lack of sleep :D

If we are to lose a single game in this series, I predict it will be tonight. I kind of wish I could see that arena going nuts for their first ever playoff game. But, I don't think we lose tonight, so many of our problems last game were mental/execution related, those are the types of problems that are easily corrected over a days worth of practice and watching film.

this is the biggest game so far this season!

We win we put a chokehold on them and get good rest for our players. if not then it'll turn into a long series..

lets GUT this 1 of out!!!

This isn't the usual anti-jinx. I don't think they come close to winning this game

RenePerezz wrote:this is the biggest game so far this season!

We win we put a chokehold on them and get good rest for our players. if not then it'll turn into a long series..

lets GUT this 1 of out!!!

*chants* LETS GO LAKERS, LETS GO!

We have to route them tonight.

With Cleveland on the verge of a loss, we need to make a BOLD statement to the league that we're still number 1. I want to crush them tonight.

if the cavs lose that means lakers will lose too.

LETS CRUSH THESE FOOLS!!

cheetodust562 wrote:if the cavs lose that means lakers will lose too.

Airtight logic.

gametime !!!!!!