Bran talks about Dwight being special and outplaying him in a massive upset in ECF

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

https://twitter.com/TheLakersReview/status/1207176451675447296

with Dwight missing his allstar guard and they had to trot out an and 1 PG to take his place

Bran got outplayed so bad he exaggerated Dwights numbers b/c he still has PTSD from the series

thoughts?

[ImKobe]

"he's just being nice to Dwight, he didn't really mean that"

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

"he's just being nice to Dwight, he didn't really mean that"

:roll:

Dwight averaged 25/13 with 1 block that series but Bran thought he averaged 35/17 with 5 blocks:roll:

PTSD is real. Thats what happens when u play defense in a series. Ur impact seems much greater which is not something we can say for ol Bran:oldlol:

[keep-itreal]

Dwight Howard had a much better supporting cast than Lebron did in the that season.

If Lebron had Hedo Turkulo and Rashard Lewis then he would've easily win a title.

Lebron's 2nd option was mo ****ing williams for christ sake :oldlol:

[ImKobe]

Dwight Howard had a much better supporting cast than Lebron did in the that season.

If Lebron had Hedo Turkulo and Rashard Lewis then he would've easily win a title.

Lebron's 2nd option was mo ****ing williams for christ sake :oldlol:

Dwight's 2nd option was injured :roll:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Dwight's 2nd option was injured

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU:lol

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later:roll: Rafer Alson:roll: Courtney Lee:roll: Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:

[LoneyROY7]

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU:lol

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later:roll: Rafer Alson:roll: Courtney Lee:roll: Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:

Rashard Lewis was 18/6 w/ 40 percent from 3 and Hedo was 17/5/5 that year.

[3ball]

Rashard Lewis was 18/6 w/ 40 percent from 3 and Hedo was 17/5/5 that year.
Mo's numbers were the same as Rashard's

and Hedo was never an all-star, while Zydrunas was twice and was the better player

and varejao was alll defense

[ImKobe]

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU:lol

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later:roll: Rafer Alson:roll: Courtney Lee:roll: Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:

Game 6

Mo - 17/3/5, 6/12 FG
Delonte - 22/4/3/2/1, 9/19 FG
Varejao - 14/7, 7/12 FG

Rashard - 18/8/2/2/1, 6/13 FG
Turkeyglue - 10/7/5, 3/12 FG
Alston - 13/4/2/2, 5/15 FG

The supporting casts were a wash or even slightly in favor of the Cavs but Dwight outplayed Lebron by a wide margin in that game... series was over with Cavs down 16 with 43 seconds left but Bran of course has to keep attacking the rim to stat pad 3 points... in reality he had 22 pts on 7/19 shooting with only 1 point coming off a FT in the 4th quarter...

[SouBeachTalents]

Game 6

Mo - 17/3/5, 6/12 FG
Delonte - 22/4/3/2/1, 9/19 FG
Varejao - 14/7, 7/12 FG

Rashard - 18/8/2/2/1, 6/13 FG
Turkeyglue - 10/7/5, 3/12 FG
Alston - 13/4/2/2, 5/15 FG

The supporting casts were a wash but Dwight outplayed Lebron by a wide margin in that game... series was over with Cavs down 16 with 43 seconds left but Bran of course has to keep attacking the rim to stat pad 3 points... in reality he had 22 pts on 7/19 shooting with only 1 point coming off a FT in the 4th quarter
That's literally Kobe's career average in elimination games :oldlol:

[Shogon]

I actually watched that series unlike the people in this thread.

Dwight did not outplay LeBron, lol.

The Magic had arguably the best team defense in the entire league that year. A huge part of that was indeed Dwight obviously but SVG was a terrific coach... the best one the Magic have ever had... and the Magic were one of the first teams to start truly running 4 shooters out beyond the three point line two of which were 6’10” tall.

That had a bunch of good defenders and an elite one that made something great playing together.

The only reason that Orlando squad didn’t win it all is because of inexperience and immaturity. They were better than LA. They choked away two games in the closing moments that most teams wouldn’t have. That’s the difference between being down 3 to 1 versus being up 3 to 1. Then again, the only reason they even made the Finals is because Garnett was hurt in Boston.

I do fault SVG for bringing Jameer Nelson back from injury for that series. I was losing my mind before it happened and sure enough I was right.

Anyways... LeBron was the best player in the world by that time. He was historically great in that series and even hit a game winning 3 at the buzzer.

[ImKobe]

[QUOTE=Shogon]I actually watched that series unlike the people in this thread.

Dwight did not outplay LeBron, lol.

The Magic had arguably the best team defense in the entire league that year. A huge part of that was indeed Dwight obviously but SVG was a terrific coach... the best one the Magic have ever had... and the Magic were one of the first teams to start truly running 4 shooters out beyond the three point line two of which were 6

[Bosnian Sajo]

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU:lol

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later:roll: Rafer Alson:roll: Courtney Lee:roll: Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:


I hate ISH.


Yall are trashing that Orlando team legitimately ONLY to win an argument against Lebron stans.



Both teams WERE good. Hedo was AMAZING that year, Rashard Lewis was a bonafide shooter...Mo Williams was an all star for a reason, he was very good next to Bron. 47% shooting from the field and 44% from three, in an era where that was completely uncommon. Delonte West was playing more minutes per game than Lebron in the playoffs ffs, at 42 mins per. Ben Wallace was there to guard Dwight, Big Z was still putting up solid numbers next to Bron (better than Javale and Dwight this year, both of whom have been considered to be big parts of this Lakers team).


Yall argue and go back and forth like children. "everyone was trash, it was basically a one on one game between Dwight and LeBron!!".


Shut the **** up. Both side of this argument are RETARDED.


Overall? Lebron >> Dwight. That year? Dwight was the better player and better fit for his team. It is what it is.

[stalkerforlife]

[QUOTE=Shogon]I actually watched that series unlike the people in this thread.

Dwight did not outplay LeBron, lol.

The Magic had arguably the best team defense in the entire league that year. A huge part of that was indeed Dwight obviously but SVG was a terrific coach... the best one the Magic have ever had... and the Magic were one of the first teams to start truly running 4 shooters out beyond the three point line two of which were 6

[FKAri]

Battle of two titans to their exhaustive death! Kobe came in and grave robbed a ring. What a ****ing loser.

[superduper]

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later Rafer Alson Courtney Lee Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:

If Bran had this team they would be crying every single day how Bran is carrying trash.

Bran stans are straight up shameless :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Manny98]

Game 6

Mo - 17/3/5, 6/12 FG
Delonte - 22/4/3/2/1, 9/19 FG
Varejao - 14/7, 7/12 FG

Rashard - 18/8/2/2/1, 6/13 FG
Turkeyglue - 10/7/5, 3/12 FG
Alston - 13/4/2/2, 5/15 FG

The supporting casts were a wash or even slightly in favor of the Cavs but Dwight outplayed Lebron by a wide margin in that game... series was over with Cavs down 16 with 43 seconds left but Bran of course has to keep attacking the rim to stat pad 3 points... in reality he had 22 pts on 7/19 shooting with only 1 point coming off a FT in the 4th quarter...
That's just 1 game

What about game 1 where LeBron dropped 49/6/8 and they still lost because the Orlando bench outscored the Cavs bench 25 - 5

Or game 3 when LeBron hangs 41/7/9 and they still somehow lose because Mo Williams can't hit a shot to save his family and Mikeul Pieutrus outscores the entire Cavs bench

Are you going to tell me those games were LeBrons fault as well?

[superduper]

That's just 1 game

What about game 1 where LeBron dropped 49/6/8 and they still lost because the Orlando bench outscored the Cavs bench 25 - 5

Or game 3 when LeBron hangs 41/7/9 and they still somehow lose because Mo Williams can't hit a shot to save his family and Mikeul Pieutrus outscores the entire Cavs bench

Are you going to tell me those games were LeBrons fault as well?

Why didn't LeElevate

[warriorfan]

nikkas really hypin up RASHARD LEWIS and HEDO TURKOLU:lol

One of Orlandos players would be Brans coach years later:roll: Rafer Alson:roll: Courtney Lee:roll: Mikael Pietrus:roll: Anthony Johnson??:biggums:

Lmaooo Bron getting his ass spanked by skip to my lou

[Wally450]

Rashard Lewis was 18/6 w/ 40 percent from 3 and Hedo was 17/5/5 that year.

Hedo and Rashard were ballin that year. But continue to downplay their impact. Also, Peitrus was wet from 3 that season. I swear everytime he shot a 3, I swear it was going in.

[Doranku]

Bran stans should be worshiping the ground Dwight walks on. He saved their hero from losing to Kobe in the finals. Ya'll still wouldn't have recovered if that happened. :oldlol:

[PP34Deuce]

Why are you guys discussing old news? their teammates now. Dumb conversation.

[SavageMode]

I hate ISH.


Yall are trashing that Orlando team legitimately ONLY to win an argument against Lebron stans.



Both teams WERE good. Hedo was AMAZING that year, Rashard Lewis was a bonafide shooter...Mo Williams was an all star for a reason, he was very good next to Bron. 47% shooting from the field and 44% from three, in an era where that was completely uncommon. Delonte West was playing more minutes per game than Lebron in the playoffs ffs, at 42 mins per. Ben Wallace was there to guard Dwight, Big Z was still putting up solid numbers next to Bron (better than Javale and Dwight this year, both of whom have been considered to be big parts of this Lakers team).


Yall argue and go back and forth like children. "everyone was trash, it was basically a one on one game between Dwight and LeBron!!".


Shut the **** up. Both side of this argument are RETARDED.


Overall? Lebron >> Dwight. That year? Dwight was the better player and better fit for his team. It is what it is.
This. Just shows Kobrick stans donMt understand basketball. That ORL team was fire

[sammichoffate]

Bran stans should be worshiping the ground Dwight walks on. He saved their hero from losing to Kobe in the finals. Ya'll still wouldn't have recovered if that happened. :oldlol:https://i.postimg.cc/mkPyWrzC/Untitled.png

:roll:

[PickernRoller]

He should thank Dwight.

A loss to Kobe in 4 or 5 would of haunted him and his legacy even more.

[Jasper]

https://twitter.com/TheLakersReview/status/1207176451675447296

with Dwight missing his allstar guard and they had to trot out an and 1 PG to take his place

Bran got outplayed so bad he exaggerated Dwights numbers b/c he still has PTSD from the series

thoughts?
nope - thats called honorable mention

[RRR3]

Same can be said about the ECF. Lebron missed a FT late in Game 1, he makes that and Rashard's game-winner would have just been a game-tying shot to go OT.

Same thing happened in Game 4, he misses a late FT which means the Cavs are down 1 and forced to foul, they did get to OT thanks to his FTs after that but those could have won them the game had he made both before as well. To Dwight's credit, he made both FTs in OT to push the lead to 3 or otherwise the Cavs would have been in position to win or tie the game.


Now as far as the Finals go, the Magic won 1 out of 3 close games so it's not like everything went our way, Game 2 shouldn't have gone to OT but Kobe missed two FTs in the last few minutes which usually never happens, though he did make clutch plays to get it to OT.

They did choke Game 4, but Game 5 showed you how much better the Lakers actually were as a team, especially on the defensive end. Jameer got some minutes off the bench because of how awful Alston was in the Finals, our perimeter defense was off the charts.
Dwight better than peak LeBron?


Good god.

[warriorfan]

Dwight better than peak LeBron?


Good god.

Well he did eliminate LeBron at his peak as the underdog and with LeBron having home court advantage. He was missing his all star point guard Jameer Nelson as well.

Dwight as an underdog with injured team > LeBron at his peak

[Mr.GOAT2408]

Dwight Howard had a much better supporting cast than Lebron did in the that season.

If Lebron had Hedo Turkulo and Rashard Lewis then he would've easily win a title.

Lebron's 2nd option was mo ****ing williams for christ sake :oldlol:
LeBron had PRIME WADE and PRIME BOSH and yet he still lost to Dirk and a bunch of geezers

This belief that late 00s Bron was some instant title with a great squad is nonsense, especially since that was before he developed a consistent enough jumper circa 2012

[PickernRoller]

LeBron had PRIME WADE and PRIME BOSH and yet he still lost to Dirk and a bunch of geezers

This belief that late 00s Bron was some instant title with a great squad is nonsense, especially since that was before he developed a consistent enough jumper circa 2012

Which disappeared in the 2013 Finals all the way till game 7

[Overdrive]

I do fault SVG for bringing Jameer Nelson back from injury for that series. I was losing my mind before it happened and sure enough I was right.


Also thought it was stupid. They gelled really nicely. I also think that Courtney Lee tip would've altered the series and the NBA landscape. That Magic team was the prototype of the recent NBA.

[ArbitraryWater]

Also thought it was stupid. They gelled really nicely. I also think that Courtney Lee tip would've altered the series and the NBA landscape. That Magic team was the prototype of the recent NBA.

That was probably the closest 4-1 series ever

The Lee tip and the Howard FT's/Nelson backing off Fisher/Kobe elbow to Nelson

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Dwight was never better than Lebron.

Quit playing lol.

That Orlando team gets underrated though. Their snipers caught fire in the conference finals, robbing Lebron of a matchup with Kobe.

[FKAri]

Dwight was never better than Lebron.

Quit playing lol.

That Orlando team gets underrated though. Their snipers caught fire in the conference finals, robbing Lebron of a matchup with Kobe.
Real talk though: That Magic team overachieved. They got improbably hot for not 1 but 2 playoff series. As a result everyone on that roster got overrated. Hedo, Pietrus, Rashard, and even Dwight. When Dwight came to LA, sure he was compromised but he was overrated too. If that kind of lightning had struck the Rockets for just 1 series in some of these recent seasons they'd have a ring maybe even two.

[ArbitraryWater]

Real talk though: That Magic team overachieved. They got improbably hot for not 1 but 2 playoff series. As a result everyone on that roster got overrated. Hedo, Pietrus, Rashard, and even Dwight. When Dwight came to LA, sure he was compromised but he was overrated too. If that kind of lightning had struck the Rockets for just 1 series in some of these recent seasons they'd have a ring maybe even two.

Lolwut?

Dwight wasnt overrated. He earned his merit mainly based on the dominant 2011 season, where he dropped a near 50 piece on the Hawks in the playoffs on a helpless squad.

That kind of lighting did struck in 2014, when Dwight was dominating the Blazers, but Harden wasn't good enough yet.

The rest definitely hit a bit of a purple patch though. Crazy how clutch Hedo and Rashard shot it against CLE.

[brooks_thompson]

Disappointed no one mentioned Miguel Pietrus yet

[FKAri]

Lolwut?

Dwight wasnt overrated. He earned his merit mainly based on the dominant 2011 season, where he dropped a near 50 piece on the Hawks in the playoffs on a helpless squad.

That kind of lighting did struck in 2014, when Dwight was dominating the Blazers, but Harden wasn't good enough yet.

The rest definitely hit a bit of a purple patch though. Crazy how clutch Hedo and Rashard shot it against CLE.
Dwight was never going to replicate his Orlando success anywhere else unless he had 4 red hot shooters. Not offensively, at least.

[warriorfan]

Dwight was never going to replicate his Orlando success anywhere else unless he had 4 red hot shooters. Not offensively, at least.

His head got too big and he started demanding for more touches in the post. He didn