Game 6

[R13]

Never worked for us raider fans lol

[MikeJones]

Hows is it so possible to hate the pats so much and like the Celtics so much? Aybody else have that problem?

[R13]

right here....i hate the red sox just as much too...its crazy

[R0cketer]

I'm there, in I hate the Pats, but love the Sox. I'm stuck in some hybrid of Boston and Red I think
(Red Sox, Redskins, Red Wings, Celtics (wait, Red Auerbuach...it all makes sense now!)

[1inStripes]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R0cketer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I really wouldn't have had a problem if Kobe had gotten a title on his own, or whatever the way of saying that is, since he obviously doesn't think the ones with Shaq count? I don't see Garnett, Pierce or Allen having an issue with getting them with who gets you there. Maybe the deeper look is why Kobe felt he had to do something on his own when you see others coming together to win. Only after failure did Kobe say he needed help </div></div>

Your post itself shows that Kobe didn't have as good of a nucleus around him. Without Bynum the Lakers were soft in the low post. Kobe was the only defender they had. I hope next year Farmar gets more PT at the point, and I wouldn't mind if they get rid of Odom to clear way for Ariza. That would be a big defensive upgrade I believe.

[steer]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R0cketer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm there, in I hate the Pats, but love the Sox. I'm stuck in some hybrid of Boston and Red I think
(Red Sox, Redskins, Red Wings, Celtics (wait, Red Auerbuach...it all makes sense now!)

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I myself HATE the Pats, and cannot stand the BoSox, but dang I just love those Boston Celtics..

[CoeburnCane]

The Lakers need to keep these pieces together, and add Bynum back. Celtics fans & Anti-Lakers fans--enjoy this title. But we ALL know that with Bynum in there the Lakers don't drop but maybe 1 or 2 games this series. Lie to yourself and the rest of us, but deep down--if Bynum had been in there at 100%, or even 90%...the Lakers roll, and it's a known fact.

I_D...Agreed that getting this far wasn't expected by the critics...but as a Lakers fan, you always have to expect a playoff run and face time in the Finals ending in eventually holding up the trophy. The franchise is past the point of moral victories...nowadays, it's championship or bust, and they fell short.

BTW--I still find it HILARIOUS that a Suns fan with a Spurs avatar, and some other dude with a wrasslin' avatar is trying to brag on the Celtics and tell us about basketball. Keep guessing and eventually you might get it right...that's the spirit that's been embodied in both of them. Kudos for having no basketball knowledge but getting lucky picking a champ...that is, after being wrong on several other occasions--but let's not let facts get in the way of idiocy.

[burton2019]

im just glad this is over so we dont have to talk about the nba anymore

[R0cketer]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1inStripes</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R0cketer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Only after failure did Kobe say he needed help </div></div>

Your post itself shows that Kobe didn't have as good of a nucleus around him. </div></div>

And my post was made when? I dont think Kobe made any comments about his nucleus post-game, I'm referring to the last couple years, when he was whining about the Lakers roster. I don't see how when everybody was picking the Lakers before hand, it can turn into poor Lakers don't have anything but Kobe. Most of the same people saying that were the ones talking how the Celtics couldn't stop Kobe and about how great the Lakers were playing in the playoffs (in the better western conference) and how horrible the Celtics were (in the lousy eastern conference)

[R0cketer]

While I think that having Bynum in there would have helped, it may have changed the matchups and allowed Perkins to have actually play over 10 minutes.He could bang with Rasheed Wallace the whole Pistons series and never get into foul trouble, but against the Lakers, he was carrying 3 fouls about as soon as the tip-off. And I don't think you can say anything is a fact when that team, with Bynum and Gasol, never played together. We've seen teams bring in parts and the pieces never fit together. Maybe it would have all magically fell into place, maybe it would have been about like Cassell, the veteran point guard the Celtics so badly needed come playoff time, and some reason the part just didn't fit the puzzle. Shoot for that matter, Bynum and Gasol may have been great together and little lord Kobe might have gotten pouty that he wasn't getting his proper amount of shots and decided to pout (he's never done that before has he...). It's funny, everybody tries to say that the Celtics were expected, yeah there was talk about the big-three coming together to win, but we've also seen that not work (Barkley, Drexler, Akeem), the Celtics bench was considered weak, they had a horrible point guard, Ray Allen was the suckiest player ever the first couple rounds of the playoffs, they had a starting center who was a mediocre forward, they were pulling people like PJ Brown out of retirement, etc

The simple reason, at least to me, that the Celtics won was they played defense and they played as a team. It can be as simple as Rondo stinks up the joint, the Celtics leaders tell him to keep attacking. Someone on the Lakers stinks, Kobe gives them the death look and they became all but dead to him.