Tue. 10/28 vs. Mavs - Results Inside - Postgame comments

Lakers vs. Mavs
STAPLES Center
Tue. Oct. 28
7:30 p.m.
Recap - http://www.nba.com/games/20031028/DALLAL/recap.html
Box Score - http://www.nba.com/games/20031028/DALLAL/boxscore.html

Mavericks - 93
Lakers - 109

Malone, Payton Shine in Debut
Karl Malone and Gary Payton both came close to posting triple-doubles as the Lakers rolled to a 109-93 season-opening victory over the Mavericks on Tuesday. Malone had 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and Payton had 21, seven and nine for Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant missed the game because of a knee injury.



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a win would be nice FOR ONCE

im sick of seeing them lose with 4 HOF's on their team

when we all thot we'd have problems on offense in sharing tha ball, the real problem was DEFENSE...

luckily we're playin a team that has no Defense

i cant make a prediction but i say the mavs will win somehow on a GW by walker...111-109

What, you really think the Lakers will lose to a team that has no defense. Who is honestly going to guard Shaq?

G-Slinger wrote:What, you really think the Lakers will lose to a team that has no defense. Who is honestly going to guard Shaq?

its called reverse psychology...if i say tah lakers will lose, they will win

i used this method when they won game 7 against tha kings in tha western finals...dont worry it works most tha time...

FabFourLakers wrote:...dont worry it works most tha time...

so im guessin u dint use it till about midseason last year?

haha

but ya i hope we win...well actually get to see our good players on the court together for more than 20 mins...

Lineups:

Center: Shaquille O'Neal - Danny Fortson
Power Forward: Karl Malone - Antoine Walker
Small Forward: Devean George - Dirk Nowitzki
Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant - Michael Finley
Point Guard: Gary Payton - Steve Nash

Gonna be a hard one. The X factor in this game is Devean George. If he can play like he did vs the Clippers and do a decent job on defense we should be fine.

Lakers 107-100

I disagree... the X factor in this game is Kobe. If he's feeling good, we'll win for sure.

This game may not be down to the wire after all....

1) The Lakers are so pumped up for the season--and after what I call "slacking off" in the preseason by just going 3-5 (surely the Lakers had enough talent, potential, vets, and skills to hone on the court) they should be ready from the start to the end.

2) The Mavs haven't beaten the Lakers in a Staples Center game for eternity. Dirk Nowitzki was not even five years old when the Mavs went on their insidious losing streak. If the Lakers lose, not only will they go 0-1 to start the preseason, but they'll be so embarassed, even if the Mavs are also reloaded.

3) Kobe: The X-factor. He seems ready for the season, though. As Karl Malone put it, "From the start of the season to the end we're gonna steamroll every team that bounds in our way." Prove it to us and beat these Mavs.

My predictions: Lakers 113 Mavs 110

The game of no defense....or is it good offense?

The Mavs haven't beat the Lakers at Staples since 91. That's almost 200 games vs the mavs/lakers at the forum or at staples with the Mavs losing.

We're still in their head and everyone on their team knows it except for Walker and Jamison.

Lakers-115 Mavs-92


Leading scorer: Lakers----------->Shaq 26 pts.
Mavs------->Walker 18pts.

I really hope we win. We should if we play good Defense. How come we are gettig nothing outta BR?

Posto wrote:The Mavs haven't beat the Lakers at Staples since 91. That's almost 200 games vs the mavs/lakers at the forum or at staples with the Mavs losing.

We're still in their head and everyone on their team knows it except for Walker and Jamison.

Knock on wood. Hehe.

I think the Mavs will overshoot themselves out of a victory. But we really need to step up on defense. Both teams will come out hungry and re-energized so I predict a good game down to the last minutes.

lets hope kobe and shaq dont go at it.....stupid egotistical morons.

This is the "feuding" Lexi is talking about -- http://www.clublakers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4688

A lot is going to depend on Kobe. If he can't go over 35 minutes we might be in trouble. The Mavs are just as loaded as they always are, even more so than last year. But they always choke in L.A. They're a lot deeper so we can't go all game trying to outshoot them.

A lot is going to depend on DEFENSE. You know the Mavs don't have any. Asking Kobe to go 35 minutes might be asking too much especially for a team that likes to run and gun with the ball. The Lakers will have to play defense and get physical with Dallas. I honestly don't think this game is going to be a thing of beauty since both teams are just getting acquainted with one another. I hope Shaq and Kobe can shut up long enough for us to win this first game. We have to start off in grand style. We can't slide in the beginning, not in this stacked Western Conference.

Ok... so the only judgement we base our theories so far is just the preseason, right? I dunno about ya'll but I have a feeling we're gonna handle their butts pretty well. This is our season opener, and I think we'll come out in style, and play some decent ball. It's gonna be a tough game, but we need Kobe to play like Kobe.

LakersGyrl2003 wrote:...but we need Kobe to play like Kobe.

Disagree'd, with... or without Kobe Bryant, this Lakers team can win a championship and gain wins. Simply because of Gary Payton. With him attacking like he does, running the court like he does, and just playing like he does, we will gain the wins.

I think out of the choice of him and Malone, Payton will make the drastically bigger impact.

ESPN just reported that Kobe will not play in season opener due to his knee.

No Kobe tomorrow!
I would like for him play to get a better feel w/ the Fab-Four.

Dallas 102 LAL 106
Shaq 37 and 16
Dirk 33 and 11
L Walton 8 and 5

108-99

Mavs will win. We are going through too much right now. The Shaq and Kobe issue, I think that will hamper us some. It sure won't be the way I wanted us to start our season. I guess we won't get ot do what Malone wanted us to do, and dominate everyone starting from game one. We won't be able to make a huge statement by destroying them tomorrow. ANd if for some reason, Shaq picks up his game and we do win, we will barely beat them.

No Kobe? Damn!

Well, we gotta remain optimistic here:

101-98

Lakers edge out the Mavs by last second free-throws. We get a big contribution from Derek Fisher, while Payton and Malone score a lot as well. Expect Shaq to come strong... he better.

dude im tellin u

we're gonna LOSE tommorow

Walker is gonna barry us with late game 3 pointers...he'll have like a 3/20 night, but his late game 3 pointers will drain us out and we'll los 111-109

and we dont have kobe either who's gonna guard jamison and finley?