Lakers 89- Spurs 85 - Page 2

Burning Giraffe · 05-23-2008, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by justoneman

The Spurs in the past few years have had a deeper bench than they do now. Because of this the starters while totally awesome are beat down, they are tired. They cannot maintain a lead. They were up on the Lakers by twenty points. they had a commanding lead most of the game. Then like clockwork, they pettered out. they did this all year and they did it against New Orleans too. That said, the lakers barely ekked out a victory against the tired Spurs who had a 9 hour plane delay leaving New Orleans. The Lakers will lose to the Spurs. Duncan, Parker and Genobolli are just too good even tired.

I agree with everything you said, but I think you are forgetting about Kobe Bryant. He's as good as Parker and Genoboli combined. You'll always have him there to score the extra ten or fifteen points to put his team over the top in the forth quarter.

Vitiate · 05-23-2008, 04:17 AM

I think it comes down to who's the better coach.

Popovich or Jackson?

Jackson's quick insight wreaks of basketball wisdom while Popovich has been crucial in masterminding excellent defense and offense for SA.

I predict SA to into the finals.

Burning Giraffe · 05-23-2008, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Vitiate

I think it comes down to who's the better coach.

Popovich or Jackson?

Jackson's quick insight wreaks of basketball wisdom while Popovich has been crucial in masterminding excellent defense and offense for SA.

I predict SA to into the finals.

I think its always a bad idea to bet against the Spurs, but let's look at the numbers. Kobe is 1st in avg pts and 5th in assists. (the assist numbers are HUGE!). Fisher is first in steals. Gasol is 4th in Field Goal percentage and blocks. Certainly the Lakers have struggled at times on defense, but in basketball, a good fourth quarter offensive beats a good fourth quarter defense. If the Spurts can't stop Kobe in the 4th quarter, they won't be able to win a best of 7 series. Kobe scored 25 points in the second half against the Spurts and that doesn't bode well for them.

justoneman · 05-24-2008, 09:01 PM

The
Spurs took a spanking!! Genobolli has gimping big time yesterday. He is really hurt bad you can tell. The Spurs just do not have the depth. Anyway now onto San Antonio. Lets see how the Lakers like being on the road now.