8 out of 8 ESPN experts pick the Lakers

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agaxxan <agaxxan DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
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>Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
>and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
>getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic schoolgirl
>as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?

I am deeply, fundamentally certain that no Lakers fans would have crowed
at ALL if the Lakers had won that game.

No. Wait. I'm exactly the /opposite/.

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On Jun 6, 10:47 am, durr....DeleteThis@innocence.com (Bryant Durrell) wrote:
> In article <3f1445c7-561d-4621-b1f7-ef450ad49....DeleteThis@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
>
> agaxxan <agax....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
> >and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
> >getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic schoolgirl
> >as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?
>
> I am deeply, fundamentally certain that no Lakers fans would have crowed
> at ALL if the Lakers had won that game.
>
> No. Wait. I'm exactly the /opposite/.

If you come out before the series starts and declare that the Lakers
"really won't have much of a chance" then a close, hard-fought win in
game one on your home court is just a minimal accomplishment. IIRC,
your first game home wins against the Hawks, Cavs and Pistons were all
big blowouts. On the other hand, the Lakers first away losses at Utah
and SA were also blowouts, with the Lakers dominated much more
convincingly than last night. Put those two facts together and Skepy's
woofing in a post from over a week ago does seem strangely silly.
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bozak <________bozak1.DeleteThis@gmail.com________> wrote:
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>"Bryant Durrell" <durrell.DeleteThis@innocence.com> wrote in message
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>> Duncan was pretty cruel to Gasol as well. Duncan only had one game over
>> 20 points against New Orleans, but he came back to go 30, 12, 22, 29, 19
>> against LA.
>
>and won one game...

Yeah, individual heroics don't generally do it in the playoffs, do they?

I just don't think Gasol's gonna learn to box out against aggressive
players overnight.

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agaxxan wrote:
> On Jun 6, 10:47 am, durr....TakeThisOut@innocence.com (Bryant Durrell) wrote:
>> In article
>> <3f1445c7-561d-4621-b1f7-ef450ad49....TakeThisOut@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>> agaxxan <agax....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
>>> and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
>>> getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic
>>> schoolgirl as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?
>>
>> I am deeply, fundamentally certain that no Lakers fans would have
>> crowed
>> at ALL if the Lakers had won that game.
>>
>> No. Wait. I'm exactly the /opposite/.
>
> If you come out before the series starts and declare that the Lakers
> "really won't have much of a chance" then a close, hard-fought win in
> game one on your home court is just a minimal accomplishment. IIRC,
> your first game home wins against the Hawks, Cavs and Pistons were all
> big blowouts. On the other hand, the Lakers first away losses at Utah
> and SA were also blowouts, with the Lakers dominated much more
> convincingly than last night. Put those two facts together and Skepy's
> woofing in a post from over a week ago does seem strangely silly.

The Celtics win through defense. The Lakers through offense. The Celts won
by playing their game. If your team can't even score 90 points, they have
NO chance. Period. Margin of victory has little if anything to do with
anything.
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"Skeptic" <bcs002b.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6B22k.141863$TT4.26452@attbi_s22...
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> " bozak" <________bozak1.TakeThisOut@gmail.com________> wrote in message news:jag0k.147$jN1.145@trnddc08...
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>> "Don Tiberone" <s_knight8.TakeThisOut@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:38417e66-9536-4ba5-a7b3-4c620ada421b@b5g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>>> I'm not sure if that's a good or bad sign.
>>>
>>> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/series?series=lalbos
>>
>> its tenth ring time for phil...
>>
>> unless gasol or odom goes down with a major injury the lakers got this thing
>> on lock...
>
> did they lose the key?

not at all... you dont seem very confident about your team winning the series...
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"Skeptic" <bcs002b DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:QB22k.141865$TT4.107604@attbi_s22...
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> " bozak" <________bozak1 DeleteThis @gmail.com________> wrote in message news:iBh0k.3436$%Z1.1673@trnddc05...
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>> "Ron" <BigELilE05 DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message news:772760bf-c1c1-4dc0-80b5-0036b4c131d7@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>> On May 31, 1:27 pm, Don Tiberone <s_knig... DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure if that's a good or bad sign.
>>>>
>>>> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/series?series=lalbos
>>>
>>> I'm an ESPN expert also, so make that 9 of 9.
>>
>> might as well make that an even ten...
>>
>> so there, no need to even play... just send the trophy on over... :-)
>>
>> wouldnt be any fun in that though, i want to see the boys destroy the
>> smelts...
>
> It's good to want.

next time get a ball or two and try and smack it up before the game...
but hey, at least you put this up before your boys go down...

they had to win one for you to get some confidence... im still confident
we are going to kick your asses...

btw, my predict was 4-1...

cant have a 4-1 series without them losing a game now can we???
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"Skeptic" <bcs002b.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6G22k.196066$yE1.80529@attbi_s21...
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> "agaxxan" <agaxxan.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:17725a3e-e210-4620-99bf-09495f264c5f@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> On May 31, 4:43 pm, "Skeptic" <bcs0....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> "Ken Cheng" <kench....DeleteThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>>
>> The C's are back
>>> and LA really wont' have much of a chance in this one.
>>
>> Are you auditioning to be the Baghdad Bob of usenet?
>
> Yeah, Odom really established himself as an offenseive threat tonight... going 4-9 with 9 points.
>
> I love to see the opposition go 20 points on 20 shots. If Fisher didn't have his best game of the playoffs, it would have been an
> early route.

lol... obvious you havent been watching the lakers... that was no where
close to it being his best game of the playoffs, unless you only care about
offense...
>
> Oh hey, great job LA in closing out the game. Don't bother fouling or anything, why give yourselves a chance to comeback? I
> guess when you know you're the inferior team you just, well, give up.

so after you lose the series we can just say the smelts gave up???

sounds good to me...
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"Bryant Durrell" <durrell.DeleteThis@innocence.com> wrote in message news:O5SdnTNNgN540NTVnZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@supernews.com...
> In article <3f1445c7-561d-4621-b1f7-ef450ad49c74.DeleteThis@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
> agaxxan <agaxxan.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
>>and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
>>getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic schoolgirl
>>as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?
>
> I am deeply, fundamentally certain that no Lakers fans would have crowed
> at ALL if the Lakers had won that game.
>
> No. Wait. I'm exactly the /opposite/.

still crowing... 4-1
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"Bryant Durrell" <durrell DeleteThis @innocence.com> wrote in message news:utOdnQDm0a2S9NTVnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@supernews.com...
> In article <%ud2k.35$kW2.0@trnddc01>,
> bozak <________bozak1 DeleteThis @gmail.com________> wrote:
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>>"Bryant Durrell" <durrell DeleteThis @innocence.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Duncan was pretty cruel to Gasol as well. Duncan only had one game over
>>> 20 points against New Orleans, but he came back to go 30, 12, 22, 29, 19
>>> against LA.
>>
>>and won one game...
>
> Yeah, individual heroics don't generally do it in the playoffs, do they?
>
> I just don't think Gasol's gonna learn to box out against aggressive
> players overnight.

he had 15 points and 8 boards which is almost his average for the playoffs...
he has played better and will play better... the lakers have lost the first game
on the road in 3 out of the 4 series in the playoffs...

that is the reason i picked the lakers 4-1... pau has to get acclimated to the
refs allowing them to push him in the back... it took him two games to get used
to it in the utah series...
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"agaxxan" <agaxxan DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 6, 10:47 am, durr... DeleteThis @innocence.com (Bryant Durrell) wrote:
> > In article
<3f1445c7-561d-4621-b1f7-ef450ad49... DeleteThis @y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > agaxxan <agax... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
> > >and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
> > >getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic schoolgirl
> > >as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?
> >
> > I am deeply, fundamentally certain that no Lakers fans would have crowed
> > at ALL if the Lakers had won that game.
> >
> > No. Wait. I'm exactly the /opposite/.
>
> If you come out before the series starts and declare that the Lakers
> "really won't have much of a chance" then a close, hard-fought win in
> game one on your home court is just a minimal accomplishment. IIRC,
> your first game home wins against the Hawks, Cavs and Pistons were all
> big blowouts. On the other hand, the Lakers first away losses at Utah
> and SA were also blowouts, with the Lakers dominated much more
> convincingly than last night. Put those two facts together and Skepy's
> woofing in a post from over a week ago does seem strangely silly.
>

That was a close, hard fought 1st half. Lakers were held to @ 20 points
below their average by game's end. I see the Lakers win 81% of series when
they win the 1st game. What's the percentage when they lose the 1st game? I
know the overall Finals percentage vs. the Celtics: Lakers lose 4 to 1.
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"agaxxan" <agaxxan.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 6, 12:03 am, "Skeptic" <bcs0....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "agaxxan" <agax....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:17725a3e-e210-4620-99bf-09495f264c5f@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
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>> > On May 31, 4:43 pm, "Skeptic" <bcs0....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> "Ken Cheng" <kench....DeleteThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>
>> > The C's are back
>> >> and LA really wont' have much of a chance in this one.
>>
>> > Are you auditioning to be the Baghdad Bob of usenet?
>>
>> Yeah, Odom really established himself as an offenseive threat tonight...
>> going 4-9 with 9 points.
>>
>> I love to see the opposition go 20 points on 20 shots. If Fisher didn't
>> have his best game of the playoffs, it would have been an early route.
>>
>> Oh hey, great job LA in closing out the game. Don't bother fouling or
>> anything, why give yourselves a chance to comeback? I guess when you
>> know
>> you're the inferior team you just, well, give up.
>
> Nice win for the smellyticks, they did what they were supposed to do
> and if they do it three more times they will be the better team. But
> getting all giddied up over the first game like a catholic schoolgirl
> as if the series were over is a tad unseemly, no?

What was unseemly was watching the Lakers play like a high school junior
varsity team in the final minute of the game... not understanding the simple
and basic necessity to foul to extend the game to have a chance to win. As
much as I like watching the Lakers lose (and get to do that 3 more times
this series), it was painful to watch that level of incompetence.
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> "Skeptic" <bcs002b.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> " bozak" <________bozak1.TakeThisOut@gmail.com________> wrote in message
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>>> "Don Tiberone" <s_knight8.TakeThisOut@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>>>> I'm not sure if that's a good or bad sign.
>>>>
>>>> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/series?series=lalbos
>>>
>>> its tenth ring time for phil...
>>>
>>> unless gasol or odom goes down with a major injury the lakers got this
>>> thing
>>> on lock...
>>
>> did they lose the key?
>
> not at all... you dont seem very confident about your team winning the
> series...

Oh please. The Celtics were essentially handed the Championship the day LA
beat SA.
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> "Skeptic" <bcs002b.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "agaxxan" <agaxxan.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:17725a3e-e210-4620-99bf-09495f264c5f@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>> On May 31, 4:43 pm, "Skeptic" <bcs0....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> "Ken Cheng" <kench....DeleteThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>>>
>>> The C's are back
>>>> and LA really wont' have much of a chance in this one.
>>>
>>> Are you auditioning to be the Baghdad Bob of usenet?
>>
>> Yeah, Odom really established himself as an offenseive threat tonight...
>> going 4-9 with 9 points.
>>
>> I love to see the opposition go 20 points on 20 shots. If Fisher didn't
>> have his best game of the playoffs, it would have been an early route.
>
> lol... obvious you havent been watching the lakers... that was no where
> close to it being his best game of the playoffs, unless you only care
> about
> offense...
>>
>> Oh hey, great job LA in closing out the game. Don't bother fouling or
>> anything, why give yourselves a chance to comeback? I guess when you
>> know you're the inferior team you just, well, give up.
>
> so after you lose the series we can just say the smelts gave up???
>
> sounds good to me...

Do you think they'll fire Phil if the Fakers get swept? Or will Kobe demand
to be traded [again]?
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