It’s a classic matchup. Ticktock6 says go Celtics. mW says remember the Garden; go Lakers. So here we go. Check back. We’ll be commenting through the game and re-posting to this thread!
Q1 – 10:13: Kobe’s already shooting free-throws and the crowd is shouting “MVP, MVP.” Followed by a off-ball foul by Perkins and a quick Odom-Gasol easy basket. Celtics look confused. [mW]
Q1 – 9:30: Kobe just got two steals and Doc “Cry Me A” Rivers is such a bitch about it he just got a technical. Awesome. [mW]
Q1 – 7:16: Radmanovich’s 3 builds the lead to 8; C’s still can’t make a shot, and there is the Gasol-Odom connection again. Celtics call a timeout. 16-6 Lakers. [mw]
Q1 – 5:53: Garnett is sitting with 2 fouls and PP just turned the ball over. Followed by another Radman 3. Lakers by 14. This is what everyone expected from the Lakers in Game 3. [mW]
Q1 – 3:26: Fisher jumper perfect. Perkins bricks. Odom from 17 feet. House bricks a 3 and Gasol grabs the rebound, followed by a PP foul. Celtics in the penalty, Lakers to shoot two. This is insane. [mW]
Q1- TV timeout: this is a classic case where one team will just not make all their shots all game and the other team won’t miss them all game. [TT6]
Q1 – 1:58: PP robbed of an and-1, but Ray Allen got a three, so I’ll take a 5-0 run by the Celtics. [TT6]
Q1 – 0:51: Posey adds to the Boston brickhouse, while Kobe dishes to Gasol. Take two more free ones. Followed by a dumb loose ball foul by the C’s bald guy. I approve of this message. [mW]
Q1 – 0:00: C’s make an odd shot. Lakers shooting 14-15th free throws THIS QUARTER. The Lakers take a 20 point lead into the break, the largest lead after one quarter. I’m going to get dinner. This sucks. [TT6]
Q2 – 10:32: Lakers by 22 and Kobe had no FG??!?! (And Vujacicicic just came in for the first time.) Who’s scoring? [TT6]
Q2 -9:44 : another C’s turnover; Lakers return kind. WHOA, sick block by Ariza! [mW]
Q2 – 8:13: Luke Walton makes a 3 after having a minute and a half to think about it. Damn. Well there’s Will Smith, I love him. Best thing in this game so far. [TT6]
Q2 – 6:20: Odom’s 7-7, KG finds rim, but Farmar can’t capitalize on the other end. ANOTHER Kobe steal, but a quick Cassell foul. Vujacic unconscious for 3. The C’s might be thinking of calling in Brian Scalabrine. [mW]
Q2 -4:50 : The Machine with a steal; Lakers run the ball. Coming back the for the C’s Cassell continues his post-retirement bricklaying practice. Then the creepy Magic-Birdsplit-face ad. Coming back, JVG highlights two plays where FOUR Celtics collapse on Kobe. Thereafter, C’s drop another brick [mW]
Q2 – 2:47: the shot disparity is swinging. What did you expect? C’s within 12 now! [TT6]
Q2 – 0:00: Fish gets the 2+1. Ray Allen doesn’t even get the brick near the house, and then a monster by Gasol dunk with authority! Damn, did Radman just play D? Hmmm…looked like a KG goaltended on Radman at the other end, but the C’s miss at the other end–as ‘Sheed would say, “ball don’t lie.” Ooof…Kobe picks up his 3rd foul (and only has 3 points!). OOOOOOOOhhhh, Farmar with a running 3 at the buzzer!! Lakers up big at half , 58-40. [mW]
Q3 – 9:35: KG and Kobe exchange daggers to start the second half. Then Gasol and KG exchange misses, before KG backs into the basket and Odom drives and draws a foul on an injured Perkins. Rough break for the latter, but it’s obvious the Celtics are trying to get KG involved. Probably a good move. [mW]
Q3 – 8:59: when’s the last time you’ve seen this many players injured in one series, for one team? [TT6]
Q3 – 7:03: wow. Kobe from deep with a hand in his face. Then the Celtics throw it away for the 10th time. Doc is at a loss. He tried to go to P.J., didn’t like what he was getting, so goes small with Posey. I never believe in going small for an extended time. Let’s see what happens. [mW]
Q3 – 6:59: every time they cut it to 10, the Lakers push it back to 20. What are you going to do? [TT6]
Q3 – 6:03: did Radmanovich cut his hair? I swear it was longer the other week… [mW]
Q3 – 6:03: are you sure you’re not confusing him with Vujacic? [TT6]
Q3 – 2:58: C’s 5-18 from three-point range, including the ugly three Posey just rimmed. Odom draws another foul in the paint and Doc can only smile in disbelief. Yet, the C’s force a few turnovers and come within 11. [mW]
Q3 – 2:43: mW is just PARAPHRASING ME. What I really said was, “Ray Allen mothaf@ckas! Paul Pierce mothaf@ckas!” Word. Love, Me. [TT6]
Q3 – 2:18: and KG subsequently gets an offensive foul and Posey fouls at the other end. In desperation, Doc turns to Tony Allen for the first time in forever. [mW]
Q3 – 2:01: AND ONE, BITCHES! [TT6]
Q3 – 1:33: nice block by KG on Gasol, followed by a smart foul by Gasol at the other end to prevent an easy basket. C’s then drop a 3. They’re within 6. Damn.
Q3 – 0:59: keep that alien bitch on the bench, House is the man! This is his fucking game! [TT6]
Q3 – 0:42: Vujacic wears a girl’s headband! [TT6]
Q3- 0:00: P.J. ends the quarter posterizing Kobe. Celtics go on a 15-3 run and are only down 73-71 heading into the fourth. I’m not worried, though. [mW]
Q4 – 9:47: Kobe opens the 4th with 7 points…but is continuing with good D on Pierce. Meanwhile, Powe ties it, while Kobe continues to shoot cold… [mW]
Q4 – TV timeout: we’ve just seen the 834th commercial for ABC’s alleged show called “Wipeout.” I’m going to kill myself if I see another commercial for this garbage show. [mW]
Q4 – 6:16: Kobe for for a long two. He’s starting to heat up. House bricks at the other end, despite TT6’s temporary crush, and Farmar gets the rebound. But KG then makes a tough shot and ties it again. But Turiaf rejects P.J., protects the rim, and then Odom puts the Laker back up by 2. [mW]
Q4 – 5:47: Farmar another rebound, and Kobe burns PP for a dunk, but Pierce might be injured again? Lakers by 4. [mW]
Q4 – 5:44: I have no love for House. I only have love for P^2. [TT6. Obvi.]
Q4 – 4:45: there’s 5 minutes left and every basket is contested and the score keeps changing. This is killing me. [mW]
Q4 – 4:45: this is a great game. [TT6]
Q4 – 3:23: there’s no reason Ray Allen got that rebound or just beat seven Lakers to the basket to push the lead to 3. [mW]
Q4 – 2:31: basketball is such a rush. There’s so much scoring and it’s so crazy how it flows. I love it. How did I not watch this before? [TT6]
Q4 – 2:31: shut up. You had nothing to say twenty minutes ago. Fair weather fan. [mW]
Q4 – 1:44: C’s by 5. JVG points out that Phil had put in the unit that made the made the come back run in Game 2. A foul and 2 free throws later and its a 3 point game. PP then goes to the basket and draws contact. Makes 1. [mW]
Q4 – 1:22: PP immediately fouls Kobe at the other end. 1st in the last two minutes. Kobe then drives and makes it a 2 point game. [mW]
Q4 – 1:11: OH SHIT! Posey for three! [TT6]
Q4 – 0:46: Fisher for a long 2. PP draws a cheap foul. Hits 2. [mW]
Q4 – 0:15: Gasol dunk, one possession game. But Ray-Ray puts up a lay-up at the end of the shot clock. Back up to 5.[mW]
Q4 – 0:03: Lakers come up empty. Now we have to watch House scream like he’s a superstar. Fuck the Celtics. [mW]
Q4 – 0:00 I’m going to quote Serenity: “We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.” [TT6]
Sorry had to get on here real quick and say something that has been on my mind…….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA have a goodnight
mW is upset. I love the NBA like no other.
I am never going back to hockey. How can I?
Eddie House *is* a superstar!!!
Crazy game. I’d say it was great, but I’m too devastated. I can’t stand the constant heartbreak. I see Lakers winning Game 5, but that leaves them a massive deficit to overcome still, with 2 games in Boston.
TT6 can’t understand the 2-3-2 format, but look how huge it is now.
oh and the paul pierce foul wasn’t cheap, if you watch his pushed while putting pressure at an angle on his knee, when you have a knee injury and someone pushes down on it like that you’ll make the same face he did, boston has some warriors with all those injuries, if perk and rondo are healthy the game will end sunday, if…… if not it’s over in boston I don’t see more than six games in this series, boston dominates L.A. and they contain bryant 5 out of 6 times(don’t count points but look at his shooting percentage)
sorry, not his, meant he’s…..it’s late I’m allowed a typo
This game is now worth it to me. Even though the Hornets are not in it. How did I miss this for years? No, seriously. I will never watch any other sport again.
I’m in love. I’m a believer.
That is all.
Yessssss… Paul Pierce just said, “That pretty much iced it”… so you CAN say iced it in a game that’s not hockey. Perfect. I’m all over that. (b/c I say hockey things all the time then wonder if it’s entirely appropriate to say them while watching basketball!) Quandary… there is no ice. Yet sometimes you put things on ice to cool them down. So. Yeah.
You know a lot of people have asked me, as a Hornets fan, how I can be a Lakers fan. But let me ask you all this: next year, when you’re going up Bynum, Gasol, Odom, Bryant, and Fisher (with Mihm, Turiaf, Radmonovich/Walton, Vujacic, and Farmar on the bench), do you really want these guys angry that they blew their big chance, and hungry, feeling that with a healthy team they’re unstoppable? Or would you prefer that maybe they feel a little satiated with rings on their fingers, and that maybe then that hunger isn’t so intense? Shit, I’d rather they get it out of their system now.
So now the big question is, can the Lakers rally for Game 5? Because right now, that’s all that matters. Because if they do that, then all they have to do is steal 1 in Boston. And then you’re in Game 7, and it’s anyone’s series. Don’t think it can happen? Really? Did you think the Celtics could beat the Lakers after being down 70-50 in L.A. where the Lakers had been 9-0 in the postseason? Didn’t think so.
I’ll answer that first question like the team would, and say I don’t care about the Lakers. I don’t care about what they do. I won’t be thinking about them at all when next season starts. You worry about yourself.
If you asked me whether the Celtics have trouble with the “smelling blood and going for it” mentality, I’d say yes. Just look at our game against them, and look at the earlier series. Don’t know about now though.
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okay after a response like that I have to say, YOU ARE NOT A HORNETS FAN, THAT IS LAKER FAN TALK, a hornets fan does not say “I hope they are calm so we can win” a hornets fan says we kicked their ass twice and we can only get better next year…..every thing you say is laker fan talk…..not just someone watching the games….wow traitor to the team……I’ll just go ahead and say it, lakers cannot steal, borrow, or buy a win in boston…..they were lucky to win one so don’t expect another one after a 4-1 record vs boston, an injured boston team at that