Suns-Lakers Preview and Open Thread
by Kevin Sawyer on May 17, 2010 6:07 PM EDT
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Print1. Lakers (57-25) vs. 3. Suns (54-28)
Game 1 Tips at 9 EST on TNT
Billed as David vs. Goliath, both in terms of size and talent, I think this series is going to surprise a lot of people. First of all, with the return of Robin Lopez, the Suns have plenty of size with which to matchup to the Lakers' twin towers. Second, they win the point guard match-up rather handily.
The Suns have amped up an already lights-out performance in the playoffs, and have done so against the Spurs and Trailblazers, which ranked 9th and 13th in the league in defensive efficiency. Jason Richardson has been the difference maker, hitting a lights out 52% from beyond the arc. He is averaging 22 points and six rebounds per game.
Will he repeat that performance against the Lakers? No. It would be nearly mathematically impossible for him to do so, and he'll face the toughest defense yet. The Lakers were, at one point, the league's best defensive team. They waned at the end of the season, and haven't really picked it up in the playoffs, but remain the toughest team the Suns have faced at that end.
And it isn't as though the Lakers have waltzed through the playoffs. They destroyed a Utah team that had been playing some of their best basketball up until injuries to key role players. Still, there are a lot of question marks in this series, which may wind up being the most interesting of the playoffs.
Player to watch: Kobe Bryant. Not that everyone won't be watching him, but he recently had fluid drained from his knee. We saw in the Cavs-Celtics series what a nagging injury to a team's best player can do to a team's chances. If Kobe is at 85%, the Lakers are dogs in this series.
Prediction: Suns in 7. This is about a coin flip, but I have an inkling that Utah was dead in the water, and that Kobe's injury is going to be enough of a factor. Or, maybe, it's just wishful thinking. I mean, is anyone asking for a Lakers-Celtics or Lakers-Magic rematch, other than David Stern?
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Rooting for the Lakers
Living in LA, I have a love/hate relationship with the Lakers. I love watching a lot of the players on their team (Kobe, Gasol and Odom), but their fans annoy me.
But, the main reason I’m rooting for them, is that I need insurance in case the Magic lose to Celtics.
My favorite NBA teams are the Pistons and whoever’s playing the Celtics/Cavs.
lol @ ur prediction of suns in 7
definitely wishful thinking
I consider her more along the lines of wishful thinking
young and upcoming actress Ariana Grande:
She’s got a perfect face, and I personally like the hair color
by bearded thundar on May 17, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate red hair but she makes it work. It’s not like she’s a ginger.
Sauce sucks cocks on 7 mile for crack and/or hamburgers.
I see you Karen Elson and raise you the fine Canadian songstress Neko Case.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Do I really need to break out pre-coke Lindsay Lohan?
Also, I really want to find Anna Paquin hot, but her teeth always look fucked up to me.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, pre coke lohan was a sight to behold. i cant believe shes only 22 or 23 now. she looks like dinah lohans older sister now.
Are we talking about Christian Hendricks?
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta be
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
Oh indeed.
Quick anecdote involving Mad Men. I actually was on the Mad Men train before it got really popular, but what happened was is I looked at it and said, “There’s no way a show about 1960s ad execs is going to survive more than one season. I’m not getting emotionally involved with a show that is going to be canceled.”
Yeah, I screwed up there.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this redheaded broad from "The Office"
She’s funny, good looking, and maybe even nice. And makes goofy ass faces
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
i just read an article about creed from the office
apparently he was in a band in the 60s in real life and lived some crazy homeless vagabond existence for the better part of 20 yrs, like its implied on the show.
what about Odom
He’s dominating, leads all teams right now
by bearded thundar on May 17, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
who wears the most fucked up sportjackets
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
Reggie Miller might seriously be the worst announcer in history.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Grant Hill is getting killed by the refs.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
"grant hill" and "technical foul"
just don’t belong together
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
You know, I can at least appreciate hard core Yankees fans, assuming they're from New York.
But I bet you Jack Nicholson didn’t show up to any games in the Tyron Lue era. And I actually like a lot of the Lakers, but I can’t wait until Kevin Durant is the man in the western conference.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
Jack's a New York guy though.
That’s a given, unless he wants to live with the pain of being a Mets fan.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Larry David is courtside at the game tonight.
He needs to trim that goofy old man skullet
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
if i was larry david
i’d grow enough to wrap it around my head like a hair turban
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
Excellent. Lol'd, then went to find this for you:
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
hahah yeah that's what sparked the thought
thanks for the visual aid, rockin’
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
Jason Richardson is nasty when he can get it going.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Plus, he's from Michigan
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
Talk about a weird team
That Michigan State is straight bizarre: Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson, Mateen Cleaves, and Mo Pete.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
His dunk contest dunks are some of the greatest dunks ever, IME. Nobody has done those dunks before, and nobody has really done them since.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
THIS is the Channing Frye everyone thought the Suns picked up. Turrible.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
If you can shoot 53%
And still be down by 15, you’ve accomplished something.
This one isn’t over.
What channel is the Draft Lottery gonna be on?
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
So, that game on TNT, and the lottery on ESPN?
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
eastern conf finals are all on espn
game starts at 8:30 with lottery starting at 7:30
by don'tworryaboutit on May 17, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Tomorrow night's gonna be awesome
Get home at seven fifteen, watch the lottery, then, at eleven, Justified time.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
So did that joint drop yet?
I need to get that shit quickly
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
Dayum.
Shannon Brown just got some air.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:08 PM EDT reply actions
tried to cannibalize a fellow Spartan
almost clearned J-Rich, too.
J-Rich was pretty nice about it, there’s guys who woulda hung up his legs and let gravity carry his skull to the wood.
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
Bruce Bowen would have turned his leg into a cheese grater.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
He would Liu Kang that ass.
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
It blows my mind that Bowen has ninja kicked two separate players on two separate occasions.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Me too.
Doesn’t make it not awesome, though.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
flagrant on the shooter, for trying.
flawless victory!
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
by sauce1977 on May 17, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nothing is better than the high angle roundhouse in-game though.
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
the high point of ira newble's career
the basketball gods willed him to the nba for that singular purpose
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
Dunleavy reminds me of Glass Joe from Mike Tyson’s Punch Out in that shot.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Something about white guys getting kicked in the face in this league.
My two favorite teams are the Tigers and Brewers. Drunk tigers. That sounds about right.
Me in 140 characters
If he would have done that to Joakim Noah
Bowen’s house would have been burnt down and the land would have been sown with salt, so that nobody could grow anything there.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Noah's garrison would then proceed to pillage and destroy the entire suburb.
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
man im still laughing at the prediction that suns would lose in 7 after how kobe played in the second round and the fact that he won a championship last year with a broken pinky...
i mean really? the suns? i say lakers in 5 or 6
The Suns do not look good right now.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah stat is really showing them no mercy tonight. i thought this game would be competitive. these playoffs have been pretty non-amazing this year.
The utter failiure of Lebron vs. Boston was amazing as a motherfucker though
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
This is getting ugly. The Laker scrubs are looking like all-stars.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
I looked away and then I saw some dude flying through a hallway
What’s the deal with this movie? Looks pretty sweet.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of it looks too Matrix-y, but I have faith in Christopher Nolan so I might check it out.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I wikipediad it
I have a feeling it’s gonna kick ass.
by Biz Markie Moon on May 17, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it just me or does Jared Dudley look kind of out-of-shape? That always boggles my mind how an NBA player can look soft and doughy.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:27 PM EDT reply actions
Charlie Villanueva resents your comment.
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
It really makes no sense. Your job is to work out, eat right, and play basketball all the time. And don’t these guys have personal chefs and stuff?
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
apparently they all love cheesecake factory. i dont know how any athlete can be out of shape, unless you play baseball.
lard sandwiches and washes them down with butter milk.
by dandresden on May 17, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fried PB&Js
Made Elvis muy gordo
"Someday pray that he will grow a farm barn full, Recent research shows its not so darn harmful"
He sure as hell don’t eat babies like mad max. Maybe he eats dicks like sauce.
Sauce sucks cocks on 7 mile for crack and/or hamburgers.
Well, maybe he does.
You definitely have issues with your sexuality, among many other things.
What DetBalla said is true. I suck dicks on 7 mile ... and McNichols, and Base Line. He found me on 7 and Woodward. DetBalla's got angry then, as well ... because I refused him service. I have standards.
Phoenix needs to play at least a little bit of defense if they hope to win a few games. That was brutal.
by garrettelliott on May 17, 2010 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
wow checking out fear the sword for the fallout. people over there are saying to fire mike brown and hire vinny del negro. the desperation is palpable. i feel bad for cleveland, brons got those poor basterds held hostage. it makes me hate him more.
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