Kobe was a great leader tonigh, Lamar played great game too, next round will be tougher, but i hope Lakers players had learned how to win on the road. GO LAKER !

HELLZ YES !!!!!!
Damn am I stoked .... life is gooooooood.

farmar might play bad... but there is no reason to hate turiaf....check out his defense..

ps: why mamba and machine always hugs each other ???

We are going to the WCF getting a hard earned win in the toughest building to play in and we are now 8-2 in the playoffs WITHOUT arguably our BEST interior defender/rebounder and a key perimeter defender and potential starter. Awesome Team.

Great victory from the beginning. By the end of the game I have tres Miller Lite's in me so I was relaxed and chilling like I was in Cabo.

Get some rest, prepare mentally for round 3. Kobe needed the rest of his team to assist in the end. Team concept, don't just let Kobe take over. Help him out.

Colorado loves the Lakers!

pfunk,

Are you saying Lamar's contributions weren't key? Kobe is Kobe, regarding scoring. But defense, rebounding, and the intangibles...that's Lamar's territory, and it made the difference in this series.

Great game Lakers!
KOBE played another great 4th and we beat a great team in the Jazz next up naw-leans in 5!

ONLY WITH MY ORDERS LAKERS CLOSED OUT JAZZ

Another key player, Derek Fisher. After that, Sasha V.

The most important players THIS series are

1. Lamar Odom
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Derek Fisher
4. SAsha V.
5. Pau Girlso

GOLAKE/JUSTIN N

Men I am VERY HAPPY!!!!! I"m aware that the Jazz weren't going to go away easy, I just didn't like at all THE WAY they were losing the lead, Pau flopping, teammates waiting way too long to come to Kobe when he was double teamed and picked up his dribble needing some help, not defensive rebounding at critical Utah misses....... but I digress... A win is a win is a win and I am in HIGH SPIRITS because we are advancing to WCF, we closed out UTAH inTHEIR GYM in front of their rude, whining, tantrum having, object throwing low class fans and we DONT" HAVE TO HEAR HUBIE GUSH over and over at every basket or routine play Utah makes...... I'm glad its over and am going to relax till next game.......LAKERS IN WCF!!!!! YESSSSS!!!! 8 more to go LAKER NATION!!!!!

viva

You think ODOM played a weak game??? Are you talking about LAMAR Odom??? In Game 6????

Are you high, man???

NO WAY we win this game without Lamar.

My suggestion to you is buy yourself a TiVo and watch some replays. Then give your 2 cents.

troy,
what happened when the Lakers guarded the 3 too closely?

Oh I guess you forgot that...well,we gave up 2 easy layups...

You cant take away everything. 3ptr is a low % shot. You will miss more than you make.

If you watch the NBA then you'll know 3ptrs will be made late in the game, but more often than not, it's too little too late.

The Jazz couldnt make 4 3ptrs in a row could they?

THANK YOU.

Case closed.

general strategy point:

The Jazz should have gone for a 2 pointer at the end of the game. Down 3 with 13 seconds to go, go for 2. The Lakers would have let them have that shot, as they would be afraid to foul. Once you hit it, you're down by 1 with about 7 seconds to go. This is a better scenerio,especially because even if you hit the low percentage 3 with time left, the best you can do is go to OT, and the Lakers have plenty of time to beat you at the end. By going for 2, worst case scenerio is Lakers hit both ft, which gives you time to tie in a better way, because the Lakers won't have time to beat you before OT. It also gives you a chance to WIN the game, if the Lakers miss a ft and you go for a last second 3....bad decision by Jazz at the end.

Smiling.

GO LAKERS!

They made it too difficult, but a win is a win...Go LAKERS!

Hubie Brown is not a hater. he just tries to make the game interesting for the fans

after the game he was confident that the lakers will beat the spurs or the hornets

remember: he is not the lakers announcer.

also Pau is like one of his protegee

he just talks too much

Let me try to put all this in perspective. We won both games on the road in Round 1. We won one game on the road in Round 2. The Lakers have proved that they are a team that can win on the road in the Playoffs.

The Lakers have home court advantage in the Western Conference Finals. They are also a team that can win on the road. Whether the Lakers face the Spurs or the Hornets, it is advantage Lakers.

The Lakers are a team with five or six players in double figures almost every game. This makes the Lakers difficult to defend, no matter who they are playing.

Even though Kobe and Fish are the only Laker players to have played this deep into the Playoffs, the rest of the team now has impressive experience and confidence after winning Round 1 and Round 2. While the San Antonio players have been together longer as a unit and are Playoff tested, the Lakers after tonight have shown they have Playoff Poise, and are worthy opponents if it is the Spurs who go to the finals. If the Hornets move to the finals, they lack tested leaders like Kobe and Fish.

This is our year. This is our team. Go Lakers!

=== ok, it's official, troy is crazy!!! ===

Pau Gasol was LESS important in this series than Derek Fisher and Sasha Vujacic...

You mean, the same guy who averaged a double double for the series?

The same guy who averaged multiple blocks per game this series?

They guy who had 20/10 and 4 blocks in a close-out game?

You so busy hating on Pau, that you dont give him credit for ballin. Aint nobody perfect, buy you hatin.

Sasha Vujacic was better than Pau Gasol this series!...ahahahahahahaha

The Lakers won so I guess you can have your fun troy.

it's all good.

Lakers are on fire!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE LA

Man. Last time I checked we won the game. If people want to pick out flaws, I guess they can go nuts, but I can't believe they are actually going to get into arguments about it. Lakers won. If you had been told before the game that this exact sequence of events was going to unfold, you would have been an idiot to suggest corrections, because there is no way the situation could improve. Obviously, the Lakers are doing just fine without your endless criticism. Get over it and just enjoy the victory.

I honestly don't know who I prefer, San Antonio or New Orleans, except I believe San Antonio has less to offer as a tourist destination. In terms of basketball teams, we can beat them both. Honestly, I was looking forward to beathing Phoenix at some point, but I guess I'll get over it.

GO LAKERS

KOBE FOR NBA FINALS MVP

Food for Thought...

While tucked away in my cave and watching the game like an obsessed NERD.. I did notice just exactly what Laker Tom, myself and a number of others have brought up in the last couple of months.. We REALLY need Drew in the middle.. No Offense, Love Pau.. he fits our squad like strawberry jam and peter pan.. but.. ummmm I dont really know how to say this without someone taking it wrong so I'll just say it... for a big, he's not aggressive enough... in the short time we were able to see Drew play this year.. there was NO QUESTION where he was going with the ball... Pau tries that soft finger roll, lay in, euro BS and it isnt his fault.. but he needs to have that.. in the paint INCREDIBLE HULK attitude.. its not in his game or nature so it will really be off the hook next season having him at PF and Drew in the middle cleaning up all the nonsense... Ok.. I'm done babbling through my buzz.. I'm going back to the cave and watch the 4th qtr again.. Kobe made some shots that I'm STILL trippin over!!!!

Stranger in the Night:

Goodbye!! Your post is the usual hilariously moronic kind of post we expect from your kind-TROLLS!! Having never seen you anywhere on this BLOG the entire game( or probably the entire year) your credibility is worth absolutely nothing. We here at the Laker Nation understand that you probably do this to ANY team that is winning and advancing. Good for you!!! It's pathetic and sad and laughable that you need to get attention this way, but if it works for you then we're all very very happy for you. So feel free to post your nonsensical rantings where ever you want. We'll just keep on watching the Lakers advance while you keep being miserable...

Cbuck,

You are offensive sir.

You are as classless as the Jazz fans with your ignorant idiotic comments.

If I had to guess, only 30-40% of those fans at ESA are Mormon. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree that Jazz fans as a whole are idiots and classless fans. Unfortunately, a few idiots give that rep to an entire group. But for you to attack a religion is not just ignorant, but pathetic.

Not only that but your accusations are wrong and misled. Get a life. It's like attacking Jews for classles fans at MSG, or attacking Baptists for classless fans in Charlotte etc. etc.

But besides that, you are my Laker Brother, so show some love, not hate.

GO LAKERS WCF!!!

8 to 15!!!!

THERE IS ONLY ONE KOBE BRYANT…

And thankfully, he still wears purple and gold and plays hoops for the LA Lakers. We saw in tonight’s game, the first two rounds of the playoffs, and the NBA regular season that the Lakers are blessed to have Kobe Bryant in his prime and playing his career best. Talk about taking the ball to the rim and putting the pressure on the Jazz defense. Kobe controlled this game from start to finish, toying with a host of Jazz defenders who could never keep him from penetrating the paint and totally destroying the Jazz interior defense. 34/8/6 on just 19 shots with 15 of 17 free throws and a clutch pair of 3-point scores down the stretch were just another MVP performance for KB24. On to the conference finals. Where again there will be only one Kobe Bryant.

THE LAKERS LEARNING HOW TO CLOSE…

That’s 2-0 in closeout opportunities for the Lakers in the 2008 playoffs. While Boston and New Orleans failed to close out their playoff series with 6th game road losses, the Lakers continued their season long trend of improving each game. They lost their first road playoff game to Utah by 5 points, took their second playoff road game to overtime, and finally broke through to win their third road playoff game leading Utah wire to wire. As was pointed out by another poster, the Lakers now account for 1/3 of Utah’s total home losses. That is a real tribute to the Lakers growing confidence and ability to close.

KUDOS TO THE JAZZ FOR A TOUGH SERIES…

You have to respect that the Jazz never quit and actually had a couple of pretty good shots to tie the game and send it into overtime, which could have been disastrous for the Lakers. So give a lot of credit to Jerry Sloan and the Jazz, even though they are still one of the dirtiest and most physical teams in the league. DWill is a force and Mehmet Okur can shoot the eyes out of the basketball and is much tougher than I gave him credit for. Harpring brings it every game and AK47 is a poor man’s Lamar Odom. The player the Jazz needed to show up was Carlos Boozer, who was clearly outplayed by Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol, who turned the league’s top power forward into a non-factor.

THE JAZZ CHAMPIONSHIP WINDOW JUST CLOSED…

That was the loud boom you heard as the final horn sounded in Salt Lake City tonight. Forget the big advantage that the Utah enjoyed on the defensive and offensive boards in this series because next year the reign of Andrew Bynum begins and the Lakers become dominant with the Bynum-Gasol-Odom front court to go with the championship-proven Bryant-Fisher backcourt. Throw in Trevor Ariza as our defensive stopper, a revitalized Chris Mihm as our “first round” pick, and maybe 6-9 point guard Sun Yue from China. Our under 25 crew of Bynum, Ariza, Vujacic, Farmar, and Turiaf will continue to get better and we may see a number of key veteran players looking to win a championship. Williams and Boozer are going to end up title-less just like Stockton and Malone.

BRING ON THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS…

There is something to be said about beating the defending champion. I for one would like to see the Spurs upset the Hornets on Monday night so the Lakers could have the opportunity to take the Spurs out personally. We missed that chance with the Suns and it doesn’t seem right that we should also miss ousting the Spurs. I actually think that the Spurs will give the Lakers more trouble than the Hornets but this may be the last hurrah for the Spurs and I would like us to be the team that kicks them back into the pack. In any event, Spurs or Hornets, it won’t matter. Lakers in 6 games regardless of which team.

Tom

chuck23,

>>>The Lakers need to start looking for a solid backup for
>>>DFish next year because Farmar lacks the fortitude to
>>>keep us ahead in the western conference.

I beg to differ. Jordan is in his second year at point guard,
which is the hardest position to play at the NBA level. And
because he has been behind a seasoned vet this post
season, and Fisher is playing VERY well, Jordan has
never been in a game for very long. He's also shot poorly
(in limited shot attempts), which has probably hurt his
confidence a bit.

In the regular season, Jordan was getting 20 minutes a
game, which is enough time to establish a rhythm & get
into the flow of the game. Thus in the regular season,
he got 9.1 points a game shooting 46% overall and 37% on
3-pointers.

Then against Denver, PJ shortened the rotation, so Jordan
got only 16 minutes a game against Denver, and then 13
minutes a game against Utah, and with each progressive
reduction in minutes, he performed poorer.

I hope the Lakers have at least one blowout game in the
WCF, as it would be nice for Jordan to get to play the
whole fourth quarter to get some shots in and get his
confidence back. The Lakers would have a much easier
time against Detroit or Boston if Jordan was playing like
he played during the regular season when the finals
roll along.

But I still say that there will be at least one game in these
playoffs when Farmar makes some solid contributions.
Remember all those end-of-quarter threes at the end of
the season and the first round? Expect to see a couple
in the next round.