Was this a "Ugly Win" for the Lakers or a "Good Lost" for the Spurs?

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You can't tell me the Spurs don't look like the better team after watching tonight's game. And that's why Greg Popovich was probably laughing at the Press Conference and Phil Jackson was not. Think About it.[/QUOTE]


You're an idiot!!

Pop was laughing cause he's embarrassed. Any coach would be embarrassed blowing a 20 pt lead. Pop tried to play it cool by laughing and joking about it. What a tool! His team is a laughing stock.

also...

Consider Kobe Bryant toyed with your team, scoring only 2 pts in the 1st half. Fish and Odom was non-existant. And your Spurms had a 20pt lead..

Take all that into account and your team still lost...

When the Lakers come to play..They are the better team...

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SA will win[/QUOTE]


Do you think saying that a million times will help your team cause??

[B]Fact: Phil Jackson's team is 40-0 when winning game 1 in a playoff series..[/B]

[QUOTE=NewYorkUSCtrojan]Do you think saying that a million times will help your team cause??

[B]Fact: Phil Jackson's team is 40-0 when winning game 1 in a playoff series..[/B][/QUOTE]


I wish people would stop repeating this. These sorts of records fall all the time.

[quote=SportsAnalyzer]I think if you are the Spurs you are not feeing that bad about tonight's game. [SIZE=3][B]They showed that in Game 1 they are clearly the better team when they led all night long [/B][/SIZE]and just had too many turnovers that allowed the Lakers to get back in the game. The Lakers look like they need Kobe to SHINE in every game to have a chance in each game and I don't see the Spurs losing on Friday Night. Yes a loss when you had a 20 point lead on the road is a tough loss but isn't actually a good loss for San Antonio??

You can't tell me the Spurs don't look like the better team after watching tonight's game. And that's why Greg Popovich was probably laughing at the Press Conference and Phil Jackson was not. Think About it.[/quote]

Really??? I thought that the score at the END of the game is what matters. Did the Spurs have the lead at the end?

The haterism here at ISH makes people turn into complete idiots. You do know that's what your post makes you look like right?

WHAT IN THE F*CK is a "GOOD LOSS"? I always thought that people play to WIN, not LOSE GOOD.

Pure stupidity. :banghead:

I don't think you should ever be happy about a loss where you had a 20 point lead in the 3rd quarter and just lost it. That is nothing to be happy about. Lakers should be a very happy with this win, they showed that they can come from behind and win and are feeling confident right now.

good win for the Lakers, bad loss for the Spurs

The Lakers were playing absolutely awful, and then Kobe said HEY ILL jUST KICK THEIR ASS NOW and he did. There were some layup misses, etc. for the Lakers or they would have won more. The other thing is, the Spurs got a lot of calls early on, and once that flipped in the 3rd, they just melted down. You cant melt down every time you dont get calls.

Im at a loss as to how blowing a 20 point lead in a chance to steal a road game when you havent been winning on the road against a team that you are are best a 50/50 propisition at best is a good thing. That's jsut wishful thinking.

if you still think the spurs will win, fine but hell, its not a good loss.

[QUOTE=bagelred]I believe that was collusion too.


So let's see, the Grizzlies get rid of Gasol to free up cap space to sign......um.......somebody NOT AS GOOD AS GASOL. They give up a legitimate young franchise player for NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! ZERO!!!!!!!!!! for worthless cap space. To build around Rudy Gay who will never be as good as Pau Gasol.

And gee, what a coincidence that Jerry West worked for Grizzlies and he's Mr. Laker. Nothing to see here folks......[/QUOTE]

Free up cap space, few draft picks, Marc Gasol, and Javaris Crittenton. Did you say Rudy Gay will never be as good as Pau Gasol? Have you watched even ONE Grizzlies game all season?
Gasol was also tanking in Memphis for the past few seasons, why keep a player when he's going to end up leaving after his contract?

[QUOTE=niko]The other thing is, the Spurs got a lot of calls early on, and once that flipped in the 3rd, they just melted down. You cant melt down every time you dont get calls.
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Bad loss. And ^^ is the reason why. You don't lose that game when you're up 20 in the second half -- especially when you're defending champions against a team that was just put together 2 weeks ago.

If the Spurs would stop falling down looking for a call after every touch foul and man up and play like champions they may still win this thing. I HATE all that flopping. On both sides, really...but the Spurs are supposed to be the champs.

[QUOTE=LBJoftheYMCA]a) Sure, Pau to LA is the first steal in the history of the NBA(sarcasm). I love how people don't acknowledge the fact that Memphis wants some cap relief and Kwame was a big expiring contract. If they traded for Kwame and intended to keep him that's when you say you traded for nothing. Duh!

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People consider it a steal because Memphis could've actually gotten some good players for Gasol. I know they're "rebuilding" but, when you got a player of his caliber (that you want to trade), you should use him to actually make your team better.

Also, there's the Jerry West association to the Lakers and the fact that Memphis never put Gasol on the open market to get offers from other teams.

First games are notorius trap games, and the Lakers lived through it, while the Spurs gave one away. Good win for the Lakers, bad loss for the Spurs.

a win can never be called ugly.. in this league winning is important.. Its really a bad loss for the Spurs because they had the chance to steal one on the road. I dont think that game 2 will be the same.. Odom and fisher will bounce back.

[QUOTE=kps]good win for the Lakers, bad loss for the Spurs[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

I still think the Spurs be encouraged though because they just came off of a hard fought series, Ginobili played like a** and they still almost won the game on the road.

haha spurs fans trying to take a moral victory for blowing a 20 point lead...

this is the finals, there is no margin for error, no time to reflect and try and pull something good from the bad...

spurs are a good team, don't cheapen them by trying to turn cloudy skies blue

[QUOTE=BballFan422]Agreed.

I still think the Spurs be encouraged though because they just came off of a hard fought series, Ginobili played like a** and they still almost won the game on the road.[/QUOTE]

Comical!!!! If Ginobili plays his best game and Odom and Fisher play a "good" game the Lakers still win......not to mention if Kobe actually scores in the first half.........throw that in and the Lakers blow out the Spurs start to finish.

the only ugly wins are wins that are off cheating are by counting on the refs

everything else?

GREAT WIN

Bad loss for the Spurs, Ugly win for the Lakers.

The fact that we were down 20 at home is not a good sign and makes me more concerned than ever about the series.

It was a great feeling watching that comeback but it certainly doesn't make me think we're just going to roll over them all of the sudden.

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer][B]I think if you are the Spurs you are not feeing that bad about tonight's game.[/B] They showed that in Game 1 they are clearly the better team when they led all night long and just had too many turnovers that allowed the Lakers to get back in the game. The Lakers look like they need Kobe to SHINE in every game to have a chance in each game and I don't see the Spurs losing on Friday Night. Yes a loss when you had a 20 point lead on the road is a tough loss but isn't actually a good loss for San Antonio??

You can't tell me the Spurs don't look like the better team after watching tonight's game. And that's why Greg Popovich was probably laughing at the Press Conference and Phil Jackson was not. Think About it.[/QUOTE]

Total BS! The Lakers have homecourt advantage, so the Spurs have to win at least 1 game on the road. If you can't win a game when you're up by 20 with 18 minutes to go, it's a very BAD thing.

the spurs were on an episode of Lost? nobody told me! sounds like it was a good one.

There's no such thing as a good loss in the playoffs. Especially when you don't even have HC. SA lost their best shot at winning the series last night. Hard to imagine LA playing worse than that at home.

[QUOTE=bagelred]I want the Lakers to lose so badly. [B]They don't deserve it. Get Pau Gasol from Grizzlies for nothing. Collusion!!!![/B]

Kobe wants to leave but doesn't. Phil Jackson gets most talent AGAIN.

Anyway, Spurs are in trouble. Lakers just have too many weapons and of course, Kobe. It's over.[/QUOTE]


I can't buy that statement. Nobody complained when the Suns got Barkley for even less and they went to the finals. Don't blame teams for great management decisions. If your team can get quality for dirt cheap, wouldn't you take it?

[QUOTE=Indian guy]There's no such thing as a good loss in the playoffs. Especially when you don't even have HC. SA lost their best shot at winning the series last night. Hard to imagine LA playing worse than that at home.[/QUOTE]

bingo. good win for the lakers, bad loss for the spurs

Spurs are a laughing stock.It was a choke job and it hurts.Come on,this is disgusting.Ginobili,Parker looked like Derek Anderson or Antonio Daniels and it feels like 2001&2002 all over again.I remeber those scoring droughts.While Duncan used to put up monster numbers,his teammates used to throw up brick after brick.Let Duncan get his...

The Spurs lack/lacked killer instinct.They always did.The big man and a strong team defense won four championships,but they have never repeated as champs because they have never had a perimeter player capable of taking over big games on a consistent basis. (Ginobili is too erratic and inconsistent from game-to-game scoring-wise )

New Orleans were the better team,but they decided to double team the big man every time:terrible mistake.Phil Jackson is a wise man.I hope I

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]I think if you are the Spurs you are not feeing that bad about tonight's game. They showed that in Game 1 they are clearly the better team when they led all night long and just had too many turnovers that allowed the Lakers to get back in the game. The Lakers look like they need Kobe to SHINE in every game to have a chance in each game and I don't see the Spurs losing on Friday Night. Yes a loss when you had a 20 point lead on the road is a tough loss but isn't actually a good loss for San Antonio??

You can't tell me the Spurs don't look like the better team after watching tonight's game. And that's why Greg Popovich was probably laughing at the Press Conference and Phil Jackson was not. Think About it.[/QUOTE]

As I said earlier.....if Odom and fisher play a decent game 1 and Kobe scores in both halves the Lakers would've beat the Spurs by 20.

Game 2 proves I was right!!!!

Do you STILL think the Spurts are the better team???

Pop was laughing because he has his vacation already booked for next weekend and won't have to pay a cancellation fee.....SWEET!!!!!!

Phil wasn't laughing bacause he is saving it for winning the Finals.:cheers:

yeah that idiot was laughing after last night's loss too was which a big surprise and on top of that he says-"Barry wasn't fouled???

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]yeah that idiot was laughing after last night's loss too was which a big surprise and on top of that he says-"Barry wasn't fouled???[/QUOTE]

Why would you come back and post in this thread. Why not just let it go and hope it dies off? It's doing harm to your credibility on this forum.

[QUOTE=MaxFly]Why would you come back and post in this thread. Why not just let it go and hope it dies off? It's doing harm to your credibility on this forum.[/QUOTE]


Well it's possible to be wrong isn;t it? Are you going to tell me no one was ever wrong who analyzes sports on TV???

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]Well it's possible to be wrong isn;t it? Are you going to tell me no one was ever wrong who analyzes sports on TV???[/QUOTE]

If it was just that you were wrong, it would be one thing. It's that the analysis was somewhat myopic. I'd just leave it alone.

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]Well it's possible to be wrong isn;t it? Are you going to tell me no one was ever wrong who analyzes sports on TV???[/QUOTE]

I actually respect you for admitting you were wrong and not running away from a bad analysis. Better to be a stand up guy than a chickensh#t punk who runs away, i'll give you that :cheers:

Trust me........Pop already has his mind in the Bahamas on vacation.
He's a great coach but he knows when he's beaten.

[QUOTE=DKLaker]I actually respect you for admitting you were wrong and not running away from a bad analysis. Better to be a stand up guy than a chickensh#t punk who runs away, i'll give you that :cheers:

Trust me........Pop already has his mind in the Bahamas on vacation.
He's a great coach but he knows when he's beaten.[/QUOTE]


I honestly thought the lakers had used up so much energy coming back in game 1 that they wouldn;t have anything left in game 2 and that the spurs would win

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]I honestly thought the lakers had used up so much energy coming back in game 1 that they wouldn;t have anything left in game 2 and that the spurs would win[/QUOTE]




its 1 ****ing game of basketball not a heavy weight title fight

[QUOTE=ukplayer4]its 1 ****ing game of basketball not a heavy weight title fight[/QUOTE]

I know but i remember back in 2002 when the Celtics were down 41-16 in Game 3 of the ECF, they came all the way back to win and had no energy left for Game 4 and lost which what I thought was going to happen wih the lakers and spurs

[QUOTE=SportsAnalyzer]I know but i remember back in 2002 when the Celtics were down 41-16 in Game 3 of the ECF, they came all the way back to win and had no energy left for Game 4 and lost which what I thought was going to happen wih the lakers and spurs[/QUOTE]

The Lakers are a young, deep team with the BLACK MAMBA running the show,
the Spurs are older and exhausted from battling the Hornets in a 7 game series. They haven't had any time to rest with this every other day schedule.....insane isn't it?