Lakers (38-9) at Celtics (41-9) 2/5

[Redz]

We can stop reacting to the troll post with the million smileys...User has been booted and post deleted, but the more times it's quoted the longer it will hang around. - Redz

[WBrownTrophy]

on Espn's front page:  The Lakers did what few believed possible Thursday: They beat the Celtics, in Boston, without Andrew Bynum. It took overtime, but Kobe & Co. outlasted the defending champions 110-109

Few believed this was possible? is that why everyone picked the Lakers-without Bynum- last year in the finals???

Does Bynum really change everything about the lakers so much?

[Mogreen17]

What happened here

[Andrew Celtic Nation]

What happened here

Rondo shoved The Kobe which apparently is not allowed and The Kobe is scolding him.

[twinbree]

On the bright side since it seems Lakers are the winning steak kryptonite does this mean Celtics can now go 31-0 

[albas89]

on Espn's front page:  The Lakers did what few believed possible Thursday: They beat the Celtics, in Boston, without Andrew Bynum. It took overtime, but Kobe & Co. outlasted the defending champions 110-109

Few believed this was possible? is that why everyone picked the Lakers-without Bynum- last year in the finals???

Does Bynum really change everything about the lakers so much?

Obviously ESPN wanted to point out how good the Lakers are... OMG, I wanna throw up... It's so bad to know that behind this Lakers team there is a league and a whole media-world supporting them...where's the justice my Lord??

[twinbree]

on Espn's front page:  The Lakers did what few believed possible Thursday: They beat the Celtics, in Boston, without Andrew Bynum. It took overtime, but Kobe & Co. outlasted the defending champions 110-109

Few believed this was possible? is that why everyone picked the Lakers-without Bynum- last year in the finals???

Does Bynum really change everything about the lakers so much?

Obviously ESPN wanted to point out how good the Lakers are... OMG, I wanna throw up... It's so bad to know that behind this Lakers team there is a league and a whole media-world supporting them...where's the justice my Lord??

Take solace in the fact that they had the league and media behind them in the finals too. And look how that turned out 

[yoursweatersux]

Seriously this game just solidified my hatred for the Lakers. Seeing those pompous little Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.s celebrating after the refs handed them a win was infuriating

[yoursweatersux]

and (put this one on the record) I would've preferred to have Scal or Powe in instead of Baby in those last few minutes. As much as the refs really screwed us, Baby was the reason we actually lost the game. Whether you want to say "Baby lost the game" or "The refs cost us the game by fouling out KG on a bogus call" or "This just exposes our lack of a good big guy backup"... well, it's all pretty much leads to the same conclusion: a championship-caliber team needs somebody better than Baby as a backup.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

The winning streaks didnt exactly play to our favor in either games against LA..say that shot rims out in Philli, we taste a loss and get more motivated to get the W against the lakers imo...we just didnt play with anything to prove tonight, and the lakers did

And before you root for cleveland sunday..how exactly is that going to help us? it just wont under any circumstances...cleveland is still our biggest competition as of now, if cleveland wins that game it will just be another sign of them being better than us and will keep them better than us in the loss column...people acting like its a given its gonna come down to LA vs Celtics in the finals are delusional, we have to get through the east first, and I wouldnt count out the living legend duncan in the west

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

and (put this one on the record) I would've preferred to have Scal or Powe in instead of Baby in those last few minutes. As much as the refs really screwed us, Baby was the reason we actually lost the game. Whether you want to say "Baby lost the game" or "The refs cost us the game by fouling out KG on a bogus call" or "This just exposes our lack of a good big guy backup"... well, it's all pretty much leads to the same conclusion: a championship-caliber team needs somebody better than Baby as a backup.

Powe wouldnt have been any better and scals injured. People who call out baby after a bad game are boring...he played great in the 12 game winning streak and in KGs abscense, blaming him for a 1 pt loss is a joke

[twinbree]

The winning streaks didnt exactly play to our favor in either games against LA..say that shot rims out in Philli, we taste a loss and get more motivated to get the W against the lakers imo...we just didnt play with anything to prove tonight, and the lakers did

And before you root for cleveland sunday..how exactly is that going to help us? it just wont under any circumstances...cleveland is still our biggest competition as of now, if cleveland wins that game it will just be another sign of them being better than us and will keep them better than us in the loss column...people acting like its a given its gonna come down to LA vs Celtics in the finals are delusional, we have to get through the east first, and I wouldnt count out the living legend duncan in the west

I'll be surprised if they win in Cleveland. I'll be surprised if anyone wins in Cleveland this season. Not to keep harping on the refs but some of the shadiest 4th quarter officiating I've seen this season has been there.

[RockinRyA]

and (put this one on the record) I would've preferred to have Scal or Powe in instead of Baby in those last few minutes. As much as the refs really screwed us, Baby was the reason we actually lost the game. Whether you want to say "Baby lost the game" or "The refs cost us the game by fouling out KG on a bogus call" or "This just exposes our lack of a good big guy backup"... well, it's all pretty much leads to the same conclusion: a championship-caliber team needs somebody better than Baby as a backup.

as we say baby is much better suited for guys like dhoward, shaq etc.. not on guys like gasol, odom. powe plays much better against the fakers than davis but sad to say we need room for paul and rondo to operate.

btw i really though that the davis shot which got blocked was going in.. you could see it from afar.. but you could also see the block too  

no one is saying that rooting for cleveland is gona help the team, but it sure helps some fans feel better. come to think of it theres a bit of a chance that rooting for them would help the team. why? because if it comes down to homecourt advantage, now we cannot do anything about the lakers, other than hoping they would lose more games than us.. in fact, 2 more. but with cleveland its different, the c's can do something about it bec they stil have 2 games to play.

not that its that important but as a fan we the right to choose who to cheer for when two teams battle it out  

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Ick, what is on WEEI right now?, it sounds like an LA show. wow, its whack.
Someone actually just called and ripped Doc for bringing up the refs on the least play, and actually said "Phil jackson would never do that" haha, you cant be serious?
followed by saying the lakers are in the celtics heads? wait, what?

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

and (put this one on the record) I would've preferred to have Scal or Powe in instead of Baby in those last few minutes. As much as the refs really screwed us, Baby was the reason we actually lost the game. Whether you want to say "Baby lost the game" or "The refs cost us the game by fouling out KG on a bogus call" or "This just exposes our lack of a good big guy backup"... well, it's all pretty much leads to the same conclusion: a championship-caliber team needs somebody better than Baby as a backup.

as we say baby is much better suited for guys like dhoward, shaq etc.. not on guys like gasol, odom. powe plays much better against the fakers than davis but sad to say we need room for paul and rondo to operate.

btw i really though that the davis shot which got blocked was going in.. you could see it from afar.. but you could also see the block too  

no one is saying that rooting for cleveland is gona help the team, but it sure helps some fans feel better. come to think of it theres a bit of a chance that rooting for them would help the team. why? because if it comes down to homecourt advantage, now we cannot do anything about the lakers, other than hoping they would lose more games than us.. in fact, 2 more. but with cleveland its different, the c's can do something about it bec they stil have 2 games to play.

not that its that important but as a fan we the right to choose who to cheer for when two teams battle it out  

I could care less about homecourt against the lakers, sorry but we have 0 chance at even getting to the finals without homecourt in the east, we arent a good enough basketball team right now to win a 7 game series against cleveland if they have homecourt.. so i root against cleveland regardless...I hate the lakers, but the cavs just as much

But, again..i would be shocked to see the lakers go into cleveland and shoot 9 more free throws then them, get all the calls that could go either way, etc, because unlike us, the cavaliers get homecooking