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[Los Angeles]

Why didnt Earl Clark play?

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Have to give major props to Steve Blake.

 

[nermindee]

I must reiterate what James Worthy said, you dont know anything about basketball if you dont realize what steve blake contributes to this team.

his name is dobby...

 

[pmatic]

Why didnt Earl Clark play?

Didn't provide much when he was out there. No energy.

 

[ag 47]

Finally something went our way. Great way to end the season. We still have work to do.

 

[pmatic]

2011 DWIGHT HAS RETURNED. MAX HIM OUT.

 

[mr j 858]

And in other Laker NEWS:

Mitch Kupchak says Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni will be back

Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni will be back next season, General Manager Mitch Kupchak said Wednesday.

"Yeah, he's back. I think he's done a great job," Kupchak told The Times. "There's been no discussions otherwise.

"He's made adjustments. He's been flexible. He's evaluated how he coaches as the season's progressed. He's listened to the players. He's very easy to work with and we think in particular since the meeting the day of the Memphis game, yeah."

D'Antoni is 39-32 since taking over as the Lakers' coach, though the Lakers are 27-12 since the day after a team meeting called by D'Antoni in Memphis in January.

D'Antoni, 61, has two more guaranteed years for a total of $8 million. The Lakers also owe former coach Mike Brown about $6 million over the next two years. Brown was fired five games into this season.

The Lakers have remained patient with D'Antoni.

"Much has been made of the injuries, and the coaching change [in November] and no training camp, which is certainly a part of it," Kupchak said of their up-and-down season.

"It takes a while. You're in New York coaching and you see the Lakers once or twice a year, you don't know the personnel. And the injury situation when he got here, Steve Nash had the broken leg. There's just too much going on to really look at it any other way."

D'Antoni resigned from the New York Knicks toward the end of last season.

Kobe odds

Gambling website Bovada doesn't think Kobe Bryant will return in time for the Lakers' season opener in the fall.

The site was offering 3-to-1 odds he would be back in time and 1-to-5 odds he would not return for the season opener, which usually occurs near Oct. 31.

Bryant is out at least six to nine months because of a torn left Achilles' tendon.

Bovada also established two interesting over-unders for Bryant next season — games played (54.5) and scoring average (22.5). He played 78 games this season and averaged 27.3 points.

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers-fyi-20130418,0,5620091.story

I'm not a fan of Pringles myself.

But lets be real here.

There is simply no way Jim Buss & Mitch were going through another coaching fiasco 2 straight years when they didn't give Mike Brown a true full year to prove himself because of the strike shortened season last year.

Pringles taking over after 5 games in this season. Also the money part of it it where they still are paying Mike Brown's contract and have Pringles on the books for another 3 seasons.

No chance of Phil ever coaching the Lakers anytime soon.

So NT Laker fans:

 

[darthdeezy]

Lakers got lucky tonight.
Lin's shot wasnt falling.
Questionable calls here and there.

Spurs eh?
Game 1- Spurs by 12
Game 2- Spurs by 5
Game 3- Lakers by 3
Game 4- Spurs by 6
Game 5- Spurs by 20

Spurs 4
Lakers 1
Series Final

 

[drewsone]

Yo. The game was crazy af. Good W! Exciting too.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

I am dying to see a healthy Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, and Pau Gasol combo.

Not that it fixes any of the problems the Lakers have had all season... but it would be fun to see and give us a fighter's chance.

These three have not played healthy together & without Kobe, so they might not know what to do... on the flipside, San Antonio might not either.

 

[mr j 858]

 

[ag 47]

With the way Steve has been playing, I'm starting to think Steve should come off the bench.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

I just say start them both... Blake would be a better shooting 2 guard than Meeks anyway.

Meeks is probably better as the potentially-explosive bench gunner

Someone tell me the downside

 

[tay1]

Good **** LA. We can get the Spurs in 6.

 

[nycknicks105]

This series with San Antonio should be interesting.

I doubt Blake keeps this up and Howard will choke. He's due for one any minute now. Pop is a great coach.

Only possible way to beat SA is to use Gasol and Howard. They can't handle the bigs.

With all this being said. I think SA wins the series in 6.

 

[Coupé It]

Where the Pau haters at tho? Still trying to find y'all since so many were running rampant in here.

Pau has been unreal lately, pulling triple-doubles out of hats

 

[kobeoverbron]

ppreciate the trip dubs Pau... Could almost make up for not getting CP3.

 

[superfly925]

Where the Pau haters at tho? Still trying to find y'all since so many were running rampant in here.

Pau has been unreal lately, pulling triple-doubles out of hats

I agree Pau is still one of the most skillful big men in the game right now...

 

[thachosen123]

Double

 

[thachosen123]

Where the Pau haters at tho? Still trying to find y'all since so many were running rampant in here.

Pau has been unreal lately, pulling triple-doubles out of hats

I mean WTF do you wanna hear? Pau has been a rollercoaster these past few years, he deserves the criticism he gets, and at times like these he deserves the praise, simple as that. But let's not act like he plays like this on a consistent basis like he used to.

Pau is STILL a damn good PF in the league, but even with that said, I STILL think we should see what we can get for him while we can :\

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Coupe enjoys tooting his own horn, just let him be.

 

[ween h4ed]

ESPN must have muffled the Staples Center crowd, cause the TWC broadcast looked so much more lively.

 

[knightngale]

Where the Pau haters at tho? Still trying to find y'all since so many were running rampant in here.

Pau has been unreal lately, pulling triple-doubles out of hats

I'm supposed to praise Pau for a week or 2 games worth of good basketball? GOOD not GREAT basketball.

What about the previous 3 season when he did not show up?

 

[Coupé It]

Coupe enjoys tooting his own horn, just let him be.

On please, when you get flamed at for saying "Pau still has plenty game left, give him the ball", "Pau can be the X-Factor, if he's utilized" some recognition should be observed, not just for me, but for the ones in here who still believed in Pau, but knew it wasnt his fault but irather he wasn't being utilized correctly.

Toast to the Pau believers, y'all understand basketball. L'Chaim

For the ones who don't believe in Pau, just check Kobe's twitter.

 

[toru okada]

Where the Pau haters at tho? Still trying to find y'all since so many were running rampant in here.

Pau has been unreal lately, pulling triple-doubles out of hats

I'm supposed to praise Pau for a week or 2 games worth of good basketball? GOOD not GREAT basketball.

What about the previous 3 season when he did not show up?

dude just had two triple doubles and almost back to back 20/20 games and that is not GREAT basketball?