Lakers Playoff Watch

[konex]

they Aren't Making The Playoffs

[Salazaar]

Good lord, yet another curse? :lol

[maybeshewill13]

Playoff watch? Guess you've all jumped off the championship cruise/flight then huh?

[MMM]

Damn Laker fans are just as annoying when their team sucks as when their teams is a contender

[konex]

Sunday is a must win but Cavs look pretty strong

[Hank]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif

[TylerOO]

Sunday is a must win but Cavs look pretty strong

If they dont beat Cleveland, they should just cancel the rest of their games and go play golf.

[Rose]

I think the watch broke, maybe you can get a new one next year.:cheers:

[MMM]

http://i.imgur.com/VTKFG.jpg


Is Dwight really going to be a Laker for the longterm???
he is going to destroy the franchise

[R.I.P.]

Somebody make a GIF of Dwight laughing at Kobe missing both free throws in the first quarter and send it to Kobe via Twitter. :roll: :roll:

[Magic 32]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif

Lebron teaming up with a superstar even when he's just a spectator.

[TylerOO]

Lebron teaming up with a superstar even when he's just a spectator.

Holy shit yo good one!

[ispin69]

Didn't you guarantee a win tonight?
Konex curse is alive and well.

:pimp:

[Myth]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif

LeBron coming in is what makes that gif lulz :lol

[strifed169]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif

:roll: :roll:

where do these come from

[Reverend Hoops]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[KG215]

Just to get to 50 wins, the Lakers have to go 35-11 the rest of the season. And given how the West is going, that might only be enough to sneak in as the 8-seed.

Good luck.

[Jyap9675]

35-11 is 0.76...

[konex]

Rockets gonna lose. Lakers must win the next 2

[RRR3]

Sunday is a must win but Cavs look pretty strong
How on earth do the 9-29 Cavs look "pretty strong"? :biggums:

[konex]

How on earth do the 9-29 Cavs look "pretty strong"? :biggums:

They have a scoring PG and active bigs. That is danger for the Lakers right now

[NumberSix]

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh600/Rodman2124/kobeclutch.gif
:roll:

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[Ne 1]

....

http://oi46.tinypic.com/2cg0q5z.jpg

[tpols]

How on earth do the 9-29 Cavs look "pretty strong"? :biggums:
They have a few guys that can dribble the basketball between their legs.

[longtime lurker]

How on earth do the 9-29 Cavs look "pretty strong"? :biggums:

You obviously have not seen the Lakers play defense.

[NumberSix]

Sunday is a must win but Cavs look pretty strong
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/215/820/1323642424001.jpg

[DMV2]

Kyrie's gonna have a field day with that defense.

Also, Tristan Thompson might have a 20-20 night with Dwight, Gasol, Hill out of the lineup.

[Deuce Bigalow]

They need to go 33-13 to win 48 games. If they can have a great stretch of winning 10 out of 12 or something like that, then it's doable. They cannot lose to one bad team at home, no more messing up. But like I said in one of my threads, there is only one thing this team can do to make the playoffs, and that is to trade a package of your useless players that can't play defense and can't make open shots like Gasol, Jamison, and Meeks for young perimeter defenders. Maybe fire D'Antoni too to create a more defense focused team, but it's not the coach in this case, it's the lack of great defenders on this team so just firing D'Antoni won't cut it.

[longtime lurker]

Give up guys it's over. What have you seen about the Lakers this year that makes you think they'll put it together? Mike D'Antoni isn't all of a sudden going to grow a brain, the team isn't going to give consistent effort for 48 minutes and worst of all they're dealing with tons of injuries.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Give up guys it's over. What have you seen about the Lakers this year that makes you think they'll put it together? Mike D'Antoni isn't all of a sudden going to grow a brain, the team isn't going to give consistent effort for 48 minutes and worst of all they're dealing with tons of injuries.
Yeah I agree. Game after game after being torched this team comes back the next game and plays the exact same way. No adjustments are made, no improvements are made. Opponents are getting layups, great looks in the paint, and wide open perimeter jump shots every game.

[KG215]

35-11 is 0.76...
Or, roughly the same win% the Thunder and Clippers have right now.

Good luck Lakers! :cheers:

[Just2McFly]

You obviously have not seen the Lakers play defense.
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[bdreason]

plaaaaayoffs? we're talking about playoffs? plaaaaayoffs?

[D-Rose]

Just to get to 50 wins, the Lakers have to go 35-11 the rest of the season. And given how the West is going, that might only be enough to sneak in as the 8-seed.

Good luck.
Why are people saying they need to win x number of games to make the playoffs? That's freaking stupid. They're 5 games back of the 8th spot. They have to win a lot but only more than the 3-4 other teams in that race.

Tall order but not impossible by any standard.

[KG215]

Why are people saying they need to win x number of games to make the playoffs? That's freaking stupid. They're 5 games back of the 8th spot. They have to win a lot but only more than the 3-4 other teams in that race.

Tall order but not impossible by any standard.
Because we're fans and we can speculate about things like that. The Lakers players and coaches, though, should absolutely approach it like you said. They're five games back of the 8-seed with 46 games to go. In the grand scheme of things, that's nothing. But, as fans, who cares if we say they need 46 or 48 or 50 wins to get in?

[Pointguard]

A different way to look at it.

Ok Denver, Portland, Houston are 4 or 5 games in the loss column.

Why is Portland winning so much? It doesn't make sense and I love Lillard's game. And I think they have the best record in very close games or something like that. It is possible their gig is up? Lillard hits a rookie wall and bye bye close games? To me they are the most likely to fall off. Unfortunately Aldridge is likely to get snubbed for the allstar game and have something to prove.

Denver doesn't have a reliable leader. Carl is losing touch with his players. But they win too many home games to really fall off hard. They are definitely in.

Houston, they impose their will on teams moreso than even GS, but Harden is everything and he might get tired too. They have less talent than the other teams here and are the most fragile.

Longshot
GS has a brutal next two months and this weird excellent play is just too plain weird. 9 games in the lose column is huge but you see it in the next two months. Problem is the last two months are a lot easier.

One of these guys are going to fall off. But Utah is a killer at home add more drama to the mix.

Verdict is totally based on how long the big guys stay out. Their goal is 50 wins but with good health they are at 46 if they figure it out. The games are too close together now and its harder to make solid adjustments.

[The-Legend-24]

If Howard or Gasol play against the Cavs, then maybe we could win, but since I doubt they're gonna play. I expect a loss and Kyrie to score a career high on us.

I'm also expecting the Cavs to score 60+ in the first half...

I've pretty much given up on the season, I'll probably keep watching just for laughing and smh purposes though.

[Mrofir]

I believe it's jig, or if you prefer, Gigue

[Clutch]

How on earth do the 9-29 Cavs look "pretty strong"? :biggums:
Everyone looks strong compared to the Lakers :oldlol:

[konex]

Finally, a win!

[PP34Deuce]

Dwight Howard needs to cut out turnovers, other than that he will get his touches.

Im curious to see what they do with Gasol. Him and Dwight cant work together. Clark is stepping up and is more talented than Hill so im not suprised hes playing well

[konex]

Thanks for nothing, Heat!

[Magic bird]

They have a few guys that can dribble the basketball between their legs.
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[YAWN]

Tuesday is a big night.

Portland is @ Denver, & Houston has the Clippers. Hopefully they both continue their slide backwards.

http://oi46.tinypic.com/332oz7d.jpg

[konex]

Tonight it a must win with a pissed off Miami team next

[D-Rose]

Indeed, this playoff chase will be intriguing...lakers can't miss a step!

[konex]

Blazers and Rockets lost. Lakers can't drop a home game to the Bucks

[TheBigVeto]

They have 1.000 winning percentage, 1st in West.
1st seed is guaranteed.

[Screamingdoom]

I feel like this was Kobe's best game of the season. He made great passes, played within the flow of the offense, shot a great percentage and played fantastic D on Jennings, holding him to 4/14.

[rhythmic]

Damn Laker fans are just as annoying when their team sucks as when their teams is a contender

:roll: I laughed out loud.

[konex]

Lakers could gain ground tonight without playing

[konex]

Houston has lost 5 straight and we're still 3 games back lol

[konex]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/644/27751394.jpg.

[MMM]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/644/27751394.jpg.

did the Lakers beat the supersonics???

[swag2011]

Good Portland lost tonight as well.

the rest of the schedule for January is

vs Miami
@Toronto
@Chicago
@Memphis
vs Utah
vs OKC
vs New Orleans
@ Phoenix

I think Lakers will lose against Chicago and OKC for sure, but all the other games are up for grabs. so i hope the lakers can at least finish out the month 6-3, assuming losses at Miami, OKC, and Chicago

[konex]

Lets go, Lakers

[konex]

Added GS to the watchlist

[Doranku]

Does it really even matter if the Lakers make the playoffs? We'd be swept in the first round because we will lose every close game with Dwight "Most Unclutch Player in NBA History" Howard airballing 4th quarter FTs.

[konex]

Disgusting loss for Houston tonight. Wow...

[KG215]

Houston and Portland are starting to play closer to their talent and experience level. Neither probably should be playoff teams over the Lakers and probably even the Mavs. I think both Dallas and LA will eventually catch the Rockets and Blazers.

[Graviton]

Houston coming back down to Earth, everyone already figured out Lin and Harden.

[KG215]

Houston coming back down to Earth, everyone already figured out Lin and Harden.
Really, you couldn't really except the Rockets to do more than MAYBE sneak into the playoffs as an 8-seed, and even that's starting to look less and less likely. I absolutely think, going forward, Houston can not only make the playoffs with Harden as their best player, but maybe even finish top 5 in the West. However, they can't do much better than what they're doing this year with Harden as their best player and Chandler Parsons, Omer Asik, and Jeremy Lin as their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best players.

Portland's bench is just god awful and they're a smallish team in desperate need of a legit center...not J.J. Hickson.

[konex]

Nice night for LA. Must win tomorrow to make up ground on Portland and Houston

[tazb]

Superteam struggling to make the playoffs:lol

[konex]

Horrific loss by LA. With Bulls and Grizz coming up, I think Lakers are done without a trade

[tmacattack33]

LA will still easily make the playoffs.

They are 17-22 after this loss to Toronto.

So basically just flip that around and what you end up with is what they will have to do in order to make the playoffs...22-17 or so is the pace they will have to go on from here on out to make the playoffs....and that should be pretty easy to do with Kobe, Dwight, Gasol, and Nash as well as Earl Clark having a breakout year and Metta World Peace shooting like it's 2007 again.

[Lebron23]

LA will still easily make the playoffs.

They are 17-22 after this loss to Toronto.

So basically just flip that around and what you end up with is what they will have to do in order to make the playoffs...22-17 or so is the pace they will have to go on from here on out to make the playoffs....and that should be pretty easy to do with Kobe, Dwight, Gasol, and Nash as well as Earl Clark having a breakout year and Metta World Peace shooting like it's 2007 again.


17-23

[Velocirap31]

17-23

This and I doubt .500 will be enough to make the playoffs in the west.

[Grinder]

The Mavs have now caught up with the Lakers and are playing their best b-ball of the season and have everyone healthy. The Kings are only 1.5 games back and the Hornets (EG back) and last place Suns only 4 and 4.5 games back respectively. It's an understatement to say the Lakers have their work cut out for them especially with some of the teams below them starting to play better.

[Pacers4ever]

NFL needs to hurry the **** up and take the opportunity to make L.A to a football town immediately with these piece of shit lakers.

[konex]

Season over

[Graviton]

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[Hank]

17-23

17-24..


..and counting

[LikeABosh]

Minus well make a Wizards playoff watch too

[rhythmic]

They need to go 30-11 just to win 47 games this season, and that probably won't even guarantee a playoff spot in the west.

Season's pretty much over unless some miracle occurs.

[Lebron23]

Lakers playoffs drought is officially over. For the first time since the 2013 nba season. They are going to advance in the playoffs.