2:34 into this clip, a player finally doesn’t do something that we’ve seen him do all series. We see him not do something that he really has no excuse to do every time he touches the ball.
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, Farmar did not pick up his dribble at the 3-point line. All series long, he would stop his dribble at the 3-point line and look to pass. This, more than anything else in the series, really pissed me off. This was Derek Fisher’s backup. This was the guy that we needed to be productive so that Fisher didn’t have to play 3 out of every four quarters.
So kudos to Farmar becauses, as Marc Jackson says “you’re better than that.”
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More great news from Ariza…
DailyNews: I definitely feel like I can play, but it’s not really my decision,” Ariza said. “It’s a good feeling. I just want to come in and play if I get a chance and see what happens.” Ariza proclaimed himself healthy but said he wasn’t sure where his conditioning was and wouldn’t really know until he played in a game.
My foot feels fine,” Ariza said. “I don’t feel any pain.” Asked if Ariza would play today in Game 6 in Salt Lake, Jackson said, “probably not.” But Ariza could be back soon enough.
Lamar Odom has showed us what passion leads too. His passionate and consistency has helped carry this team deep into the playoffs. Lamar recently said some very emotional stuff that pumped me up:
LakersBlog: “When I was about six or seven years old, I always thought it would be my destiny to win a championship or at least play for one,” said Odom. “It’s something I always dreamed about and continue to dream about.”
“It’s something that I guess the city of L.A. feels,” said Lamar. “When I walk out for a warm-up on the layup line to see the stands completely full even before the ball even goes up is incredible. As a team, we just have that special feeling right now that we can win any basketball game that we play in.”
Wow this is just amazing. Check out how many categories the Lakers lead the post-season in. Not only are they playing some of the best defense and offense (statistically), they are also playing some of the best team ball. Our Lakers are looking DAMN GOOD!
#1 in Points Per Game…
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Published by LD2k on May 15, 2008
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This is according to several Phoenix fans who saw it on ESPN’s 1st & 10 this morning. Here is the thread from LG.net, posted by Exick…
A couple people saw this (along the bottom crawl) during ESPN’s First and 10 this morning.
What do you think? Does Kurt want that job and would the Lakers want to let him go?
People who saw it:
FB&G reader Goo (comment #21)
ASFN Suns board
Thanks to those JazzFanz for this one…
It’s close, but Ainge becomes the first member of Celtics to win the award.
L.A. Times: Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak finished second in the vote for NBA executive of the year, a near-turnaround from an off-season in which he presided over a franchise that teetered on the edge.
Boston General Manager Danny Ainge won the award, announced by the Sporting News, which polled general managers and other executives from all 30 NBA teams. Ainge received 18 of the 47 votes, Kupchak had 14 votes, and New Orleans General Manager Jeff Bower was third with 12 votes.
Kupchak received voters’ attention in part because of the February trade that landed Pau Gasol and revived the Lakers’ season. He also stood pat when Kobe Bryant wanted to be traded during the off-season and resisted numerous offers for Andrew Bynum.
The Lakers finished with the best regular-season record in the Western Conference.
“I don’t see why he shouldn’t finish first,” forward Lamar Odom said. “Thinking of some of the guys that he picked, people kind of wondered about that. To understand what Bynum was going to do and what he was going to bring, he’s definitely deserving of it. And then, to be able to pull off that Gasol trade was amazing, especially in the middle of the year like that.”
And, Odom added, “He did a great job by keeping this team together.”
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Wow!
First off, that was a great game. I really envy basketball fans who are more or less neutral towards the Lakers and Jazz because they can really absorb what is easily the most exciting series of the post season so far.
Throughout the game, the commentators were continually mentioning how the winning team in all of the five games thus far has not given up the lead in the last 35 minutes of each game. Add that to the fact that all five games went down to the wire really goes to show you how much both The Jazz and The Lakers want this.
It’s a shame all this exciting postseason action will more than likely end in the Finals. I mean have you seen any of the Cavaliers‘, Celtics‘, or Pistons’ games? I’m not saying they’re bad teams, but dear Lord do they play some ugly, unwatchable basketball. I bet David Stern is really kicking himself for booting the New Orleans Hornets to the Western Conference.
Anyway, this is a post game report so I should probably start talking about the actually game at some point right? Right.
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Bleacher Report: Philadelphia fans are known to be brutal. Throwing snow balls at Santa Claus, booing their franchise players, and cheering when opposing players get injured are just several infamous occasions in which the City of Brotherly Love didn’t live up to its name.
But that’s nothing compared to some of the disgusting fans in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Last season, Derek Fisher was a hero in Utah. His eleventh month old daughter, Tatum, had just been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare type of eye cancer. She had needed an emergency three hour surgery and chemotherapy at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Choosing to be with her during surgery, Fisher wasn’t sure he would be able to attend Game Two of the team’s second round series against the Golden State Warriors. Upon landing back in Salt Lake City following the surgery, Fisher got the news that Jazz starting point guard Deron Williams was in foul trouble and his backup, Dee Brown, was seriously injured during the early stages of the game. Fisher knew he had to be there for his team.
He arrived at the stadium during the third quarter and was given a standing ovation. Fans and players alike were showing him a lot of respect and it was a feel good moment as a sports fan. Fisher would later hit a game tying shot that would send the game into overtime where the Jazz defeated the Warriors.
Continue reading ‘Utah Jazz: The Most Disgusting Fans In The NBA’
This gave me a laugh. AK47 talked about guarding the best player in the game…
DeseretNews: “I think he’s way more dangerous when he goes in, create those fouls and trying to finish-and-one rather than just shooting.”
Kirilenko also guarded Houston’s Tracy McGrady, but staying with Bryant is harder. “It’s whole different story. It’s different type of guarding, and it’s … it’s … hell,” said Kirilenko. “Whole time you’re playing against him, you’re expecting something. You can’t really get close. You can’t really give him a space, so it’s a game.”
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