Will you please STFU about Lebron. It's the NBA Championship between the LAKERS & MAGIC!! Lebron doesn't have sh*t to do with it. Stop being a dumb*ss troll!!!
Kobe did not shoot well this game... but he made some great plays and he played grimey. Like he wanted it! When he ripped that ball out of Howard's hand on the rebound I literally felt like it symbolized how the Lakers would win this game: by ripping it from them even though the game was theirs to have.
Will you please STFU about Lebron. It's the NBA Championship between the LAKERS & MAGIC!! Lebron doesn't have sh*t to do with it. Stop being a dumb*ss troll!!!
Just ignore it. He is trying to get you to respond. Don't give him the satisfaction. Just ignore it... and hope we close this tough Magic team out and then rub it in his face every single day. If you want me to PM him every day with you just let me know...
Just ignore it. He is trying to get you to respond. Don't give him the satisfaction. Just ignore it... and hope we close this tough Magic team out and then rub it in his face every single day. If you want me to PM him every day with you just let me know...
Warning anti-kobe rant/essay:
Is it me or is Kobe
a) an idiot?
b) just not gonna deliver in the finals when it counts?
He's had his one good offensive game in the finals (game 1) so far; he had one good offensive game in each of the previous two finals, and based on that it scares me that he won't have anymore the way he's playing. Let me clarify...yes he's putting up the numbers, but he's doing it horribly inefficiently and mostly because he's playing incredibly forced offense, especially in the 4th.
Ariza and Fisher saved the Laker's butt today (in game 3 Odom and Gasol almost did). When it mattered most Kobe was nowhere to be seen except chucking up bad shots. To his credit he gave the ball up near the end which lead to big shots (two fisher plays and the Gasol dunk). But the fact remains...the guy nearly gave the game away again thanks to his incessant chucking. Is it too much to ask a guy not to shoot four straight possessions in a row and move the ball a bit to keep his team mates in the game and also to make his own life easier?
Don't get me wrong. I'm not a hater. I want Kobe to do well. I love watching his game when he plays smart, team ball. But in the finals we're not getting that guy. If his shot's on you get game 1. But if its off, you get most of his games this year (same as '04 & '08). And don't anyone tell me about the assists. AI averaged about a ton too, so did LeBron. And both those guys dominate(d) the ball too much on their teams.
So I have just one wish besides LA winning it all. In the remaining games can we please run our God damned offense.
This game was a travesty. Howard sucks, and I knew he would blow both of them at the line at the end of regulation. I also knew LA would tie it and win in OT. It was just fated to be that way. Ridiculous.
Kobe had a very poor shooting night, but more than that, I felt he made several VERY bad decisions. Like, taking long, contested shots with 18+ seconds left on the shotclock and no rebounders underneath. One play in particular, in semi-transition when LA was making a run, was just perplexing for that reason. Felt he was trying to prove too much in the 4th and got carried away.
Magic choked this game away, even though Fisher and Ariza were HUGE in the second half (Ariza had like 13 points in the first 7 minutes of the 3rd to cut the lead, and of course Fish's shots at the end of regulation and OT.
Kobe's elbow to Nelson's face wasn't intentional, but I have no idea how that isn't called. You can't just elbow somebody in the face and get away with it. Oh, wait, that's right -- you can if your name is Kobe (see: Mike Bibby). That's the only reason Fish was uncontested for that 3. Nelson would have been running at him, but at least it would've been challenged. Terrible.
Re: June 11: Lakers @ Magic, Game 4 (NBA Finals)
