32-0 run

 

Heat are a good team now, but at first they sucked too, they were all over the place, and their younger, healthier.
Lakers are old team, banged up, they've gone 20-8 since the all-star break, they'd of won two games of the games "if" they had their healthy line up. They were beating the real good teams early April, injuries caught up to them. Yea big difference, have youth youth youth! And basically having 2 Kobe's! "Wade and lebron" and Kobe is far better than those two guys.

 

Miami was never struggling since they signed Bosh and James.
In the first year they went to the finals (lost to Dallas), last season they were the champs and they will most likely be champs this year again.
So their high budget (which is still much smaller than Lakers') is justified.

Lakers got a bunch old old-timers, with no support from the bench ... Even if they didn't had a single injury all season I still don't think they would go far in the playoffs ... 2nd round most likely.

 

For good portion of the first half of that season when the trio signed up together they struggled to performed together.
Yea I they went to finals, and probably get in this year, but they weren't established as they are now. Just made it by Boston. And the bulls.
Their much better this year,

 

They even contemplated on firing the coach, because they weren't performing the way they were planning on them too

 

It took them some time to get adjusted to playing together, but they played the best when it really mattered - in the playoffs.

 

Agreed!!

 

The bulls win!!! The bulls win!!!

 

Is that good?

 

I live on north burbs of Chicago! So yes it's good thing!!!

 

I thought you were a Laker fan

 

With their entire team decimated with injury there was little reason to hope for the Lakers heading in to Game 3. Reality set in as the Spurs controlled the entire game, and the Lakers lost 89-120.

The Lakers D-League backcourt actually shot the ball pretty well (a combined 17 for 32). However they failed to establish any flow to the offense or create for others. It was painful watching the Laker offense struggle to score all night. The Spurs elected to playing 5-on-1 vs Dwight defensively and his teammates were helpless to assist.

On the defensive end the Lakers couldn't stop the rain. Their rotations were slow and frequently incorrect. It's pretty much impossible to overcome the unfamiliarity in the lineups to have the necessary defensive chemistry needed to win playoff basketball games. These guys have never played together and it's quite obvious. It looks very ugly.

Notables:

The Good:
- Back court did alright with all things considered
- No one else got hurt (I think)

The Bad:
- Too many to list

The Lakers will get one more shot tomorrow to avoid elimination. Maybe if they jump on the Spurs early they'll have a chance. At this point though, they've got nothing to lose...

 

Playing for pride

 

Enjoy the off season Lakers!!! Darn bitter Bynum less Sixers fan!!!

 

I like seeing good games, come back teams, I like Kobe as a player, im not gonna root against him.
In late march, April, it was fun to watch them battle back and forth in those last minute games

 

Yea how is Bynum? Still a bench warmer while sitting on millions. Reminds me of Greg oden..haha

 

He's a BUM, if they resign him they are on crack!!!

 

Yea bum is good word for it,
They were fun to watch last season, or two seasons ago when they were playing the bulls in the 2nd round.

 

Friggin rockets lost it again in the final seconds

 

Jeremy Lin had monstrous game!!! 2 points!