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i still think lakers will win the series. that 4th quarter was just brutal. it seemed like every shot went in and out.
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I believe LA will win the series but they will have to rebound better and hit the open shots...
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That loss isn't even one that hurts, we played poorly and still stayed close enough to have a chance to win it. The only quarter we played our basketball was the second and we looked very comfortable, Phil will show them the problems going into game 2 and Kobe will undoutedly improve.
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Neither team played great, but I surely don't expect Kobe to shoot 9/26 every game. it seemed like the Lakers had A LOT of shots that went in and out. If the Lakers want to win, they have to rebound better and get better play from Kobe. Fisher had a pretty good night. Should be a good series.
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Smith22;2108252 said:
I heard same talk about Lebron. What facts lead you to believe Kobe is all of a sudden going to figure out the tenacious Boston defense? In person last night Boston was pushing him to sports where he was launching a lot of low % shots. A few go in but 9-26 is 9-26.
2007/08 Kobe versus Boston
Loss 94-107 Kobe 9-21
Loss 91-110 Kobe 6-25
Loss 88-98 Kibe 9-26
Thats wow - 24-72 shooting for Kobe against Boston.
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Pierce's return draws comparisons to Reed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 6, 2008
BOSTON — Paul Pierce's dramatic return was compelling theater in the round(ball), one of those defining, Willis Reed-type moments.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who had front-row seats at both events, wasn't so impressed.
"If I'm not mistaken,'' a cynic and sarcastic Jackson said Friday, "I think Willis Reed missed a whole half and three quarters almost of a game and literally had to have a shot, a horse shot, three or four of them in his thigh to come back out and play. Paul got carried off and was back on his feet in a minute.''
Pierce, who had to be hoisted in his teammates' arms and taken from the floor in excruciating pain, summoned his strength and returned to Game 1 of the NBA finals despite a sprained right knee and led the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 win in Game 1 of the NBA finals over Los Angeles.
Pierce's gutty comeback … to some … drew immediate comparisons to a more famous one made by Reed, the Knicks center who dragged himself onto Madison Square Garden's court for Game 7 of the 1970 finals against the Lakers despite a severe knee injury.
Jackson was there that night 38 years ago in New York. He was Reed's teammate. And as far as Jackson is concerned, Pierce is no Willis Reed.
"I don't know if the angels visited him in that timeout period that he had or not, but he didn't even limp when he came back out on the floor,'' Jackson said. "I don't know what was going on there. Was (well-known faith healer) Oral Roberts back there in their locker room?''
The NBA's well-spaced schedule turned the talk before Game 2 on Sunday to miracle cures, conspiracy theories and MRIs. It also brought out some skepticism about the severity of Pierce's injury, which initially looked as if it might trim Boston's Big Three by a third.
Jackson's doubts about Pierce's injury … he was out of the game for less than two minutes … were relayed to Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who dismissed them with a smile.
"Oh, I don't care,'' Rivers said. "Aren't we skeptics anyway now about everything? So what the heck; let it begin. Let it begin. Lee Harvey Oswald did it.''
Boston center Kevin Garnett wasn't so amused by Jackson's take on the injury to his good friend, the Celtics' captain.
"It's not up to them to approve or disapprove or to judge,'' he said. "The man got carried off the court, that's pretty significant. He looked pretty hurt, came in and finished the game off. I know it don't look easy and he made it probably look a little easy, but at the same time, they wasn't over there seeing him grimacing, the massaging and on the bike and ice and that stuff.
"When you don't know what's going on the other side, you just make up stuff.''
Pierce, who scored 22 points and made consecutive 3-pointers in the third quarter from the same spot to give Boston the lead for good, reported his knee was stiff and swollen and that he would spend the next two days getting treatment.
If not for the off day, Pierce said he would not have been able to play on Friday,
"I can walk on it, I can bend it, but there's a little sharp pain on the inside of my knee,'' he said.
Pierce said there was a "great chance'' he'll be able to play on Sunday when the Celtics attempt to take a 2-0 lead before the best-of-seven series shifts to Los Angeles. He has no plans to have further testing done on the knee, which he injured when he was bumped hard from behind by teammate Kendrick Perkins, who later was forced out with a sprained left ankle.
Rivers often deflects questions about player's injuries by saying, "Doc is just a nickname.'' But he made a point of saying that Pierce had no structural damage.
The Celtics insist Pierce does not need an MRI, and the 10-year veteran said that even if he got one, it wouldn't matter.
"At this point, what is it really going to tell us? The extent of the injury, but at this point with two weeks left, six games to go, we can figure this out after the season,'' he said. "Either I can play or I can't, regardless of what the MRI says.''
When he crumpled to the floor, Pierce said he immediately thought the worst: that his first visit to the NBA finals was over. He has been fortunate and never had a knee problem, but as the pain darted through his leg, the 30-year-old became frightened.
"Man, I was scared,'' he said. "I see it all the time in football, baseball, basketball, guys hurt their knees … it's not good. And it still could be worse than I'm really putting off.''
Pierce felt slightly embarrassed once he saw the video of him being hauled off and transported down a narrow hallway to the locker room in a wheelchair with a phalanx of doctors, trainers and TV reporters in tow.
"It was crazy,'' he said. "I've never been carried off the court. I should have just laid there for five more minutes and then got up. Hopefully, it won't happen again. If I get carried off the next time, there's no way I'm going to come back.''
While Pierce nurses his sore knee, Kobe Bryant's shooting touch could use a little tender loving care.
The Lakers' superstar made just 9-of-26 shots from the field in Game 1, his third straight "off'' game against the Celtics, who have held him to 33 percent (24-of-72) shooting this season. Bryant missed fadeaways, short jumpers and drives that usually go down.
After the game, Mr. MVP lamented misfiring on "bunnies,'' but failed to mention that most of his attempts came with two, and sometimes three Celtics rushing at him or waving a hand in his face.
Bryant didn't make excuses. Now, he just needs to make shots.
"I've just got to put the ball in the damn hole,'' he said. "That sucker didn't want to stay down.''
He meant his shot, not Pierce.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • June 6, 2008
BOSTON — Paul Pierce's dramatic return was compelling theater in the round(ball), one of those defining, Willis Reed-type moments.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who had front-row seats at both events, wasn't so impressed.
"If I'm not mistaken,'' a cynic and sarcastic Jackson said Friday, "I think Willis Reed missed a whole half and three quarters almost of a game and literally had to have a shot, a horse shot, three or four of them in his thigh to come back out and play. Paul got carried off and was back on his feet in a minute.''
Pierce, who had to be hoisted in his teammates' arms and taken from the floor in excruciating pain, summoned his strength and returned to Game 1 of the NBA finals despite a sprained right knee and led the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 win in Game 1 of the NBA finals over Los Angeles.
Pierce's gutty comeback … to some … drew immediate comparisons to a more famous one made by Reed, the Knicks center who dragged himself onto Madison Square Garden's court for Game 7 of the 1970 finals against the Lakers despite a severe knee injury.
Jackson was there that night 38 years ago in New York. He was Reed's teammate. And as far as Jackson is concerned, Pierce is no Willis Reed.
"I don't know if the angels visited him in that timeout period that he had or not, but he didn't even limp when he came back out on the floor,'' Jackson said. "I don't know what was going on there. Was (well-known faith healer) Oral Roberts back there in their locker room?''
The NBA's well-spaced schedule turned the talk before Game 2 on Sunday to miracle cures, conspiracy theories and MRIs. It also brought out some skepticism about the severity of Pierce's injury, which initially looked as if it might trim Boston's Big Three by a third.
Jackson's doubts about Pierce's injury … he was out of the game for less than two minutes … were relayed to Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who dismissed them with a smile.
"Oh, I don't care,'' Rivers said. "Aren't we skeptics anyway now about everything? So what the heck; let it begin. Let it begin. Lee Harvey Oswald did it.''
Boston center Kevin Garnett wasn't so amused by Jackson's take on the injury to his good friend, the Celtics' captain.
"It's not up to them to approve or disapprove or to judge,'' he said. "The man got carried off the court, that's pretty significant. He looked pretty hurt, came in and finished the game off. I know it don't look easy and he made it probably look a little easy, but at the same time, they wasn't over there seeing him grimacing, the massaging and on the bike and ice and that stuff.
"When you don't know what's going on the other side, you just make up stuff.''
Pierce, who scored 22 points and made consecutive 3-pointers in the third quarter from the same spot to give Boston the lead for good, reported his knee was stiff and swollen and that he would spend the next two days getting treatment.
If not for the off day, Pierce said he would not have been able to play on Friday,
"I can walk on it, I can bend it, but there's a little sharp pain on the inside of my knee,'' he said.
Pierce said there was a "great chance'' he'll be able to play on Sunday when the Celtics attempt to take a 2-0 lead before the best-of-seven series shifts to Los Angeles. He has no plans to have further testing done on the knee, which he injured when he was bumped hard from behind by teammate Kendrick Perkins, who later was forced out with a sprained left ankle.
Rivers often deflects questions about player's injuries by saying, "Doc is just a nickname.'' But he made a point of saying that Pierce had no structural damage.
The Celtics insist Pierce does not need an MRI, and the 10-year veteran said that even if he got one, it wouldn't matter.
"At this point, what is it really going to tell us? The extent of the injury, but at this point with two weeks left, six games to go, we can figure this out after the season,'' he said. "Either I can play or I can't, regardless of what the MRI says.''
When he crumpled to the floor, Pierce said he immediately thought the worst: that his first visit to the NBA finals was over. He has been fortunate and never had a knee problem, but as the pain darted through his leg, the 30-year-old became frightened.
"Man, I was scared,'' he said. "I see it all the time in football, baseball, basketball, guys hurt their knees … it's not good. And it still could be worse than I'm really putting off.''
Pierce felt slightly embarrassed once he saw the video of him being hauled off and transported down a narrow hallway to the locker room in a wheelchair with a phalanx of doctors, trainers and TV reporters in tow.
"It was crazy,'' he said. "I've never been carried off the court. I should have just laid there for five more minutes and then got up. Hopefully, it won't happen again. If I get carried off the next time, there's no way I'm going to come back.''
While Pierce nurses his sore knee, Kobe Bryant's shooting touch could use a little tender loving care.
The Lakers' superstar made just 9-of-26 shots from the field in Game 1, his third straight "off'' game against the Celtics, who have held him to 33 percent (24-of-72) shooting this season. Bryant missed fadeaways, short jumpers and drives that usually go down.
After the game, Mr. MVP lamented misfiring on "bunnies,'' but failed to mention that most of his attempts came with two, and sometimes three Celtics rushing at him or waving a hand in his face.
Bryant didn't make excuses. Now, he just needs to make shots.
"I've just got to put the ball in the damn hole,'' he said. "That sucker didn't want to stay down.''
He meant his shot, not Pierce.