Rockets @ Lakers Game 5 Thread - 5/12 - 7:30 PST

[jsindaa]

Originally Posted by franchise3

All I'm saying is I heard the same thing after game 1.

The Rockets tapped out offensively, and the Lakers won't play as bad as they did.

Then game 4 rolls around, the Rockets come out firing, it's halftime, and it's, the Rockets can't play this well the whole game, the Lakers can't play this bad.

3rd quarter the Rockets poured it on.

Bottomline, if it takes wake up calls in May for a team to get going, then well, good luck to you.

It's not about facing adversity early on, like say the Celtics last year. It's about consistency. In this series, they haven't been. They went to surprised after game 1, bucked down and took the next two, and then got mollywhopped game 4.

We'll see what team decides to show up game 5

So...the celtics were consistent last year?

NO it'sthe same exact thing....the Lakers aren't gonna come out flat again. Period. And based on their track record by the time they would come out flatagain...the series would be over.

 

[pretty toney]

Whether he's hitting or not...anyone wanna doubt that Kobe is going to come out FIRING?

 

[franchise3]

Were the Celtics getting blown out by 29? I really don't remember, honestly. Giving up 4th quarter leads on the regular like how the Lakers did against theJazz? Celtics playing full 7 game series' IMO isn't the same thing what the Lakers are doing now.

Bottomline, when Kobe is on, Lakers win. He's mediocre, they lose. That can't sit well going forward, considering the talent and depth the Lakers have.

Like I said, as we know, we'll see what Lakers team decides to show up tonight.

 

[ph3n0m3n0n]

This game is gonna be fast paced.

Game 1 was y'all wake-up call. Too bad you hit the snooze button.

30% chance we take this one. I'm being realistic.

Kobe with 70+ points and we win by 10.

BTW I'm curious, how was Bynum the missing piece to y'all championship last year?

 

[jville819]

Rockets by 5

 

[henz0]

Don't worry . Stern got this.

 

[CP1708]

What is goin on again in these threads?

Is it really too hard to see that game one was after a one week layoff, we sleptwalked, and got it handed to us?

We came out, and got 2 and 3 right back, the way we were supposed too, no worries.

Game 4, 15 hours before tip we find out no Yao. Yao was our ENTIRE gameplan. How to stop him, how to attack him, pick and roll, etc. We basically showed upagainst a completely different team. Game 1-3 slow drag it out half court sets with Yao, game 4 was fast break neck pace with Brooks. We came out like crapand got it handed to us.

Now all of a sudden people wonder how we'll respond again? How did we respond in games 2 and 3?

And all this Aaron Brooks love...........um, what did he do in game 3 again? Isn't he the same guy all the Rox fans wanted gone after game 3? We couldcheck the tapes if we need to.

See, everyone in here isn't lookin big picture, they just goin off what they saw last.

Huge game obviously, both teams should play very well. I don't see a blowout either way, should be tight and come down to the 4th as usual withLakers/Rockets games.

All that said, let's get it Lakeshow.

 

[mjsaver]

Originally Posted by PH3N0M3N0N

This game is gonna be fast paced.

Game 1 was y'all wake-up call. Too bad you hit the snooze button.

30% chance we take this one. I'm being realistic.

Kobe with 70+ points and we win by 10.

BTW I'm curious, how was Bynum the missing piece to y'all championship last year?

lol well...

when he IS playing well he provides that inside toughness, rebounding, and shotblocking we REALLY LACK.

Hes just not playing well right now.

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by franchise3

Were the Celtics getting blown out by 29? I really don't remember, honestly. Giving up 4th quarter leads on the regular like how the Lakers did against the Jazz? Celtics playing full 7 game series' IMO isn't the same thing what the Lakers are doing now.

im pretty sure the celtics have been blown out by 20 plus points in the postseason last year...its unacceptable i knowbut i mean sometimes the other team are just hot that day...it happens

Conference Semifinals
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[h4][edit] (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers[/h4][table][tr][td]May 6[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080506/CLEBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080506/CLEBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>1[/td] [td]Cleveland Cavaliers 72, Boston Celtics 76[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 8[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080508/CLEBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080508/CLEBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>2[/td] [td]Cleveland Cavaliers 73, Boston Celtics 89[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 10[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080510/BOSCLE/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080510/BOSCLE/recap.html" rel=nofollow>3[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 84, Cleveland Cavaliers 108[/td] [td]Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 12[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080512/BOSCLE/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080512/BOSCLE/recap.html" rel=nofollow>4[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 77, Cleveland Cavaliers 88[/td] [td]Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 14[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080514/CLEBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080514/CLEBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>5[/td] [td]Cleveland Cavaliers 89, Boston Celtics 96[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 16[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080516/BOSCLE/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080516/BOSCLE/recap.html" rel=nofollow>6[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 69, Cleveland Cavaliers 74[/td] [td]Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 18[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080518/CLEBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080518/CLEBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>7[/td] [td]Cleveland Cavaliers 92, Boston Celtics 97[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Boston wins series, 4-3[/td] [/tr][/table]
[table][tr][td]May 20[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080520/DETBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080520/DETBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>1[/td] [td]Detroit Pistons 79, Boston Celtics 88[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 22[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080522/DETBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080522/DETBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>2[/td] [td]Detroit Pistons 103, Boston Celtics 97[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 24[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080524/BOSDET/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080524/BOSDET/recap.html" rel=nofollow>3[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 94, Detroit Pistons 80[/td] [td]The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 26[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080526/BOSDET/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080526/BOSDET/recap.html" rel=nofollow>4[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 75, Detroit Pistons 94[/td] [td]The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 28[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080528/DETBOS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080528/DETBOS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>5[/td] [td]Detroit Pistons 102, Boston Celtics 106[/td] [td]TD Banknorth Garden, Boston[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 30[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20080530/BOSDET/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080530/BOSDET/recap.html" rel=nofollow>6[/td] [td]Boston Celtics 89, Detroit Pistons 81[/td] [td]The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Boston wins series, 4-2[/td] [/tr][/table]

Lets go back even 2 years...2007

(2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs[table][tr][td]May 6[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070506/SASPHX/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070506/SASPHX/recap.html" rel=nofollow>1[/td] [td]San Antonio Spurs 111, Phoenix Suns 106[/td] [td]US Airways Center, Phoenix[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 8[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070508/SASPHX/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070508/SASPHX/recap.html" rel=nofollow>2[/td] [td]San Antonio Spurs 81, Phoenix Suns 101[/td] [td]US Airways Center, Phoenix[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 12[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070512/PHXSAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070512/PHXSAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>3[/td] [td]Phoenix Suns 101, San Antonio Spurs 108[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 14[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070514/PHXSAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070514/PHXSAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>4[/td] [td]Phoenix Suns 104, San Antonio Spurs 98[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 16[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070516/SASPHX/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070516/SASPHX/recap.html" rel=nofollow>5[/td] [td]San Antonio Spurs 88, Phoenix Suns 85[/td] [td]US Airways Center, Phoenix[/td] [td]TNT[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 18[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070518/PHXSAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070518/PHXSAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>6[/td] [td]Phoenix Suns 106, San Antonio Spurs 114[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][tr][td]San Antonio wins series, 4-2[/td] [/tr][/table]
Conference Finals: (3) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) UtahJazz[table][tr][td]May 20[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070520/UTASAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070520/UTASAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>1[/td] [td]Utah Jazz 100, San Antonio Spurs 108[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 22[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070522/UTASAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070522/UTASAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>2[/td] [td]Utah Jazz 96, San Antonio Spurs 105[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 26[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070526/SASUTA/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070526/SASUTA/recap.html" rel=nofollow>3[/td] [td]San Antonio Spurs 83, Utah Jazz 109[/td] [td]EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City[/td] [td]ABC[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 28[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070528/SASUTA/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070528/SASUTA/recap.html" rel=nofollow>4[/td] [td]San Antonio Spurs 91, Utah Jazz 79[/td] [td]EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][td]May 30[/td] [td]http://www.nba.com/games/20070530/UTASAS/recap.html href="http://www.nba.com/games/20070530/UTASAS/recap.html" rel=nofollow>5[/td] [td]Utah Jazz 84, San Antonio Spurs 109[/td] [td]AT&T Center, San Antonio[/td] [td]ESPN[/td] [/tr][tr][td]San Antonio wins series, 4-1[/td] [/tr][/table]

it happens...two championship teams were talking about here getting blown out

 

[MVP]

Eh, I don't even know what to think about this team. They just haven't been playing with a sense of urgency this entire playoffs. They seem to just begoing through the motions for some reason, maybe they're just wanting to get to the Finals already, I don't know. But they need to realize that theyactually have to play hard before then to get there. I think they come out and handle business tonight, Kobe will probably come out firing with at least 15 ptsin the 1st quarter, hopefully the other guys will show that they want to win as well.

Lakeshow by 10.

 

[sickwitit]

Originally Posted by bonafide125

Brooks needs to keep up his Allen Iverson like play.
Shane only has to keep doing what he's doing.
Artest and scola need to find their scoring.
And my man Von Wafer has to keep bringing that energy.

Basically summed it up.

 

[blackxme]

When looking at this I've tried to be as un-bias as possible. I understand that the Lakers will def. come out more aggressive and look to take it thehole. They'll try to pressure brooks and create turnovers to fuel their fastbreak. Kobe will look to set the tone early because after a bad game he'sgoing to be focused to do everything he can to have a good game and make sure his team wins. My question is will his team feed off him--likely. And as I'velooked at the Lakers outside of Pau, Kobe, and Odom( at times) their talent isn't all it's cracked up to be. Ariza, Fisher, Brown( he actually playpretty well at times), Farmar, Sasha, Walton, Powell, and Bynum are all at this point playing average to below average basketball. So their talent isn'toverwhelmingly better than what we have, I understand that we're missing our two best players but our team has a lot more talent than it is credited for.So it isn't absurd to think that a team like the Rockets could beat this Lakers team is it a long shot, it was one when we had Yao, nothing has changed.

Keys for the Rockets:

Continue to play defense, it's what's gotten you here

Kobe is going to get his, I doubt he'll have another 15pt game, but continue to make him work.

LIMIT your turnovers, we did a great job in game 4 and we can't afford to have too many turnovers

Keep that up-tempo style, we have to score easy points, without Yao we REALLY don't have enough scoring to match this team.

Ron and Scola need to score, I expected them to pick up the scoring load in game 4 but it was A.B. and Shane that picked up the slack.

When you're open shoot the damn ball, that means you Shane, shoot it every time.

I'm looking for our bench (Von, Landry, and Lowry) to come in and give us a boost.

Last and foremost, play your heart out. I understand that game 4 was really an emotional game and it's hard to replicate that kind of game. They justdon't carry over. But this is something special, they don't have a talent of a champion ( they did) but they sure as hell do have the heart of one wordto Rudy T.

With all that said the Lakers will beat the Rockets tonight in a hard fought game. Kobe will just prove to be too much and he'll refuse to let his teamlose. Obviously I'm rooting for the opposite to happen

LET'S GO ROCKETS!

 

[Burton Guster]

Please give me a win on my birthday Lakers. It is all I ask of you

 

[got shoes]

Pau needs to play like Pow. Fish needs to man up and put Brooks in the basket.

 

[(*Fin)]

Lakers got this, can't wait till I get off of work. Thank God I missed the Mother's Day Massacre.

 

[swyftdahoe]

Originally Posted by got shoes

Pau needs to play like Pow. Fish needs to man up and put Brooks in the basket.

Shut up. You just want Fish to get a quick ejection and suspension because that'd be an addition by subtraction.. Smart bastard!

 

[nyk buc]

Originally Posted by JsindaA

Originally Posted by franchise3

All I'm saying is I heard the same thing after game 1.

The Rockets tapped out offensively, and the Lakers won't play as bad as they did.

Then game 4 rolls around, the Rockets come out firing, it's halftime, and it's, the Rockets can't play this well the whole game, the Lakers can't play this bad.

3rd quarter the Rockets poured it on.

Bottomline, if it takes wake up calls in May for a team to get going, then well, good luck to you.

It's not about facing adversity early on, like say the Celtics last year. It's about consistency. In this series, they haven't been. They went to surprised after game 1, bucked down and took the next two, and then got mollywhopped game 4.

We'll see what team decides to show up game 5

So...the celtics were consistent last year?

NO it's the same exact thing....the Lakers aren't gonna come out flat again. Period. And based on their track record by the time they would come out flat again...the series would be over.

fact of the matter is, lakers are not dominant.

the rockets have to find a way for their stars to get healthy b/c they now have the role players to win the whole thing. if not trade those stars for those whocan stay healthy and they WILL win a ring.

 

[lakersmets49ers]

Originally Posted by blackxme


When looking at this I've tried to be as un-bias as possible. I understand that the Lakers will def. come out more aggressive and look to take it the hole. They'll try to pressure brooks and create turnovers to fuel their fastbreak. Kobe will look to set the tone early because after a bad game he's going to be focused to do everything he can to have a good game and make sure his team wins. My question is will his team feed off him--likely. And as I've looked at the Lakers outside of Pau, Kobe, and Odom( at times) their talent isn't all it's cracked up to be. Ariza, Fisher, Brown( he actually play pretty well at times), Farmar, Sasha, Walton, Powell, and Bynum are all at this point playing average to below average basketball. So their talent isn't overwhelmingly better than what we have, I understand that we're missing our two best players but our team has a lot more talent than it is credited for. So it isn't absurd to think that a team like the Rockets could beat this Lakers team is it a long shot, it was one when we had Yao, nothing has changed.

Keys for the Rockets:

Continue to play defense, it's what's gotten you here

Kobe is going to get his, I doubt he'll have another 15pt game, but continue to make him work.

LIMIT your turnovers, we did a great job in game 4 and we can't afford to have too many turnovers

Keep that up-tempo style, we have to score easy points, without Yao we REALLY don't have enough scoring to match this team.

Ron and Scola need to score, I expected them to pick up the scoring load in game 4 but it was A.B. and Shane that picked up the slack.

When you're open shoot the damn ball, that means you Shane, shoot it every time.

I'm looking for our bench (Von, Landry, and Lowry) to come in and give us a boost.

Last and foremost, play your heart out. I understand that game 4 was really an emotional game and it's hard to replicate that kind of game. They just don't carry over. But this is something special, they don't have a talent of a champion ( they did) but they sure as hell do have the heart of one word to Rudy T.

With all that said the Lakers will beat the Rockets tonight in a hard fought game. Kobe will just prove to be too much and he'll refuse to let his team lose. Obviously I'm rooting for the opposite to happen

LET'S GO ROCKETS!

you've had a good unbiased point of view this whole series and iappluad that. hopefully tonights a good game and may the better team and the team who wants it more win.

 

[ctdaprince]

Originally Posted by swyftdahoe

Originally Posted by got shoes

Pau needs to play like Pow. Fish needs to man up and put Brooks in the basket.

Shut up. You just want Fish to get a quick ejection and suspension because that'd be an addition by subtraction.. Smart bastard!

thats what i want to happen too

 

[shatterkneesinc]

lol

i think this chick who was feeling me before hates me now because I am a kobe hater and she is a kobe rider

 

[gescobe]

Rocket's will take this, Lakers don't want it bad enough

 

[crank lucas]

Originally Posted by gescobe

Rocket's will take this, Lakers don't want it bad enough

I sure do hope so man

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by Crank Lucas

Originally Posted by gescobe

Rocket's will take this, Lakers don't want it bad enough

I sure do hope so man

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by lakersmets49ers

Originally Posted by blackxme


When looking at this I've tried to be as un-bias as possible. I understand that the Lakers will def. come out more aggressive and look to take it the hole. They'll try to pressure brooks and create turnovers to fuel their fastbreak. Kobe will look to set the tone early because after a bad game he's going to be focused to do everything he can to have a good game and make sure his team wins. My question is will his team feed off him--likely. And as I've looked at the Lakers outside of Pau, Kobe, and Odom( at times) their talent isn't all it's cracked up to be. Ariza, Fisher, Brown( he actually play pretty well at times), Farmar, Sasha, Walton, Powell, and Bynum are all at this point playing average to below average basketball. So their talent isn't overwhelmingly better than what we have, I understand that we're missing our two best players but our team has a lot more talent than it is credited for. So it isn't absurd to think that a team like the Rockets could beat this Lakers team is it a long shot, it was one when we had Yao, nothing has changed.

Keys for the Rockets:

Continue to play defense, it's what's gotten you here

Kobe is going to get his, I doubt he'll have another 15pt game, but continue to make him work.

LIMIT your turnovers, we did a great job in game 4 and we can't afford to have too many turnovers

Keep that up-tempo style, we have to score easy points, without Yao we REALLY don't have enough scoring to match this team.

Ron and Scola need to score, I expected them to pick up the scoring load in game 4 but it was A.B. and Shane that picked up the slack.

When you're open shoot the damn ball, that means you Shane, shoot it every time.

I'm looking for our bench (Von, Landry, and Lowry) to come in and give us a boost.

Last and foremost, play your heart out. I understand that game 4 was really an emotional game and it's hard to replicate that kind of game. They just don't carry over. But this is something special, they don't have a talent of a champion ( they did) but they sure as hell do have the heart of one word to Rudy T.

With all that said the Lakers will beat the Rockets tonight in a hard fought game. Kobe will just prove to be too much and he'll refuse to let his team lose. Obviously I'm rooting for the opposite to happen

LET'S GO ROCKETS!

you've had a good unbiased point of view this whole series and i appluad that. hopefully tonights a good game and may the better team and the team who wants it more win.

yehh co-sign to that brother...you're a cool headed fan and know what you're talking about

...your team has a hell of a heart and they have given us issues...with that saidlets just pray no injuries to both teams

btw any word on odom?...is he out?

lol

i think this chick who was feeling me before hates me now because I am a kobe hater and she is a kobe rider

ive gone through that before

...i was dating this girl who was a huge warrior fan and me being a warrior hater and her being a Laker hater it really wasnt a good mix...she was passionate about her team and so was i...we would go to Laker/warrior games and for 2 and a half hours we couldnt stand each other and the rest is history...were still friends and still keep in contact every now and then talking %@$ about each others teams

 

[franchise3]

LET'S GET IT H-TOWN!