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The Lakers are already doing what no team has done.........we are, after all, UNDEFEATED and will remain so after tonight.

The Ja$$ will come out as strong as they can, but if we can win the first 5 minutes of the game and the first quarter with focus, intensity and defense, they're done, we can stcik a fork in 'em! Kobe and Fish will have all the guys on top of thier games for the opening tip!

LET'S GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 TO 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rose,

You wrote "I would pretend they were cheering for me.... Is that lame?"

Maybe at staples when the Lakers are on Offense, the crowd could chant "Offence"

Dum .............. Dum, OFFENCE!
Dum,Dum,Dum,Dum, OFFENCE!

So we would be used to running our offense with that in the background. Then when we are on the road and they are doing the D-Fence chant, the players can pretend its the "Offense" chant @ Staples.

That probably just made no sense. HaHa

:(

SLC

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

10 to 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know we don't usually listen to john hollinger but (from espn.com):

"In the Lakers' case, they could be unbelievably good. Between getting Andrew Bynum back, having another year of Kobe and Pau in their primes, and surrounding them with all the other quality young talent (Farmar, Ariza, Turiaf, et al), the sky's the limit. If everything breaks right, next year's Lakers could be one of the best teams ever."

Happy Game Day, Lakers friends!!!

Charles: I answered your Spanish post from the other day (second to last comment on the "Game 2 will feature an official MVP" post)... I don't know if you've already seen it... just didn't want you to think I'd ignored you. :-)

I know a lot of Lakers/Pau fans in Spain read this blog, even if they don't comment... just to let you all know, if you did know already: tonight's game will be show live at 3:00 am on Cuatro! Yoohooo! No watching fuzzy streaming video on the internet this time!!!

Go Lakers! Make it 3 - 0 tonight!!! (I've got a broom that is itchin' to help out with the sweep...)

From the "Nothing You Can Do About It Now" Department: It's no use crying over spilled milk, but before everyone heaps all this praise on Mitch K. for his brilliant schemes, maybe he should look a little closer before he leaps. He should have had T.A.'s medical history and his physical condition checked out thoroughly before pulling the trigger on the Mo Evans trade. But then I guess if he used the same Docs that said T.A. and Drew would make it back in 8 wks., they would have ok'ed the trade anyway.

Nevertheless, Mo was quite happy here being a Laker and has since showed his worth in Orlando. 9.3 PPG during the season and 8.0 during the playoffs and 3 RPG. Not too shabby. And Cookie? 5 PPG and 2.2 RPG in 45 games with the Magic. So, that's 14.3 PPG and 5.2 RPG that Mitch traded away for T.A. who hasn't been able to give the Lakers anything since early January.

Don't get me wrong. I like T.A. He's a heck of a defender, but he's injury-prone and a slow healer. I know it's not his fault. It's genetic

But I like Mo, too. He was a hard worker and looking forward to being a Laker this year.

So, Mitch, do your homework next time. Unless, of course, it was PJ who wanted you to make the trade, then all is forgiven. BTW, Thanks for Gasol.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO KICK SOME JAZZ AZZ!!!!

Fatty- A real man that knows the secret to a long happy marriage. Two words..... Yes and Dear. Nicely done my man.

I won't be able to log in to wish it to you on Sunday so I'll get it out now......

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL YOU LAKER MOMMAS OUT THERE.

I'm hoping our boys will honor you with the completion of a sweep that nobody (well except for US) thought possible.

David in Spain
Thanks for the reply. Never saw it but, one love!!!

Word to the mothers.

Open letter to Benjamin

like how the article about Sloan talks about what a reliable tough taskmaster he was, but neglects to mention what a raging homophobe he was. It seems fairly likely he would have had a better team had he given Jon Amechi some playing time.

The old-fashioned guys sometimes harken back to the good old days, the good old days of bigotry.

Posted by: Benjamin | May 09, 2008 at 09:54 AM

Why don't you leave your politics and political correctness's for another blog.Most folks would not agree with your statement (proud Americans in the Red States).People like you have ruined America the once great bastion of liberty,being shredded by the anarchy of liberalism.Give a break,good luck sir.

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never,

I'm proud of you for your consistency. During this season and playoffs you've predicted doom-and-gloom so many times, I stopped count it. You like this weather man who never can get it right even 6-hours forecast...

David in Spain,

I know it was horrible. Chavacano reverses a lot of the Spanish origins.

Best,

Josh T."People like you have ruined America the once great bastion of liberty,being shredded
by the anarchy of liberalism.Give a break,good luck sir."

Come on Josh, Benjamin is a loyal God fearing American.
In the words of that great patriot RODNEY KING:"
"Can't we all just get along" Of course from the tone of
your letter you probably would have assisted the God
Fearing police in beating him to death. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but on Benjamin
you are dead wrong. Of course me being African American You will probably
want to Lynch me after reading this.
Peace, Love and SOOOOOUUULLLL!

Derron Williams looked like he found his first rhythm of the series half way through the 3rd quarter in game 2. Hopefully that success won't leak into game 3.

Go Jester, enjoy your natal day. According to Mamba24, I'm a party animal. What animal are you going to feed?

BTW, this is a long overdue follow up AK/BK got the awards, Kobe got his MVP and the crowd at Staples got their T-Shirts. How about these nincompoof bloggers here, where is our blog t-shirts? Compliments of the many sponsors of AK/BK. When the blog was starting three years ago, we used to get follow up on our comments about the Lakers. No T Shirts, No Love.

Any sign of JW Weathermen? How about Staples24? Any reactions from Gunner24 about the MVP awards. I told Gunner one time that Kobe will get the MVP because of Gunner. Kobe made it because he was reading the posts of Gunner and followed the advice to the letter that led to more assists, high percentage shots, more love from his teammates. Bingo.

Anyway, we are almost half way of the playoffs, time to post again and be counted.

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GO LAKERS!

The Lakers got TA for one his defensive skills at the 3 position that we desperately need. Vlade is wondering aimlessly most of the time allowing his man to score at will. His shooting has suffered in the Utah series. He has open looks to the basket all the time but couldn't knock them down. Walton is a defensive liability in the post and not scoring enough to help out his teammates. Kobe has done a marvelous job at the 3 when Sasha was inserted as a shooting guard.

It will be tough game tonight. I expect Boozer to come out firing to make up for his miserable games at Staple Center. We need Lamar to be active and score in the 20s tonight. Fish and Sasha would also have to contribute when they double team Kobe. Pau has yet to have a breakthrough game and I think tonight could be the one....

Go Lakers!!

Charles,
How are you my friend? I'm here at work right now, getting ready for the game on Tv tonight. I hope we stay undefeated and if so, that would send an extremely STRONG message that we're not going anywhere anytime soon.

Colorado loves the Lakers!

Hello, my Laker family!
We need to take the crowd out of the game early.
The Jazz will be fighting with spit and vinegar in their blood tonight.
This is the perfect time for the Black Mamba and crew to RIP THE HEARTS OUT OF EVERY JAZZ PLAYER AND FAN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
Let's pray they can do it.
MICHGAN LAKER

EDWIN GUECO"BTW, Kobe got his MVP and the crowd at Staples got their T-Shirts. How about these incompoof bloggers here, where is our blog t-shirts? Compliments of the many sponsors of AK/BK. When the blog was starting three years ago, we used to get follow up on our comments about the Lakers. No T Shirts, No Love."

LOL! YOU TELL THEM EDWIN. When we win the title
maybe Kobe will pick up the check like he did the
dinner check! LOL!

ELLE:". Hell has no furry like a Fisher fan scorned"
In that case Elle.... RIP THEIR FREAKING HEARTS OUT!!! LOL!

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Here's a comment from a foxsports.com article where Nash says that Mike will be back, Mike's his coach.

"I see a lot of references to me. Better keep The Big Bust's name outta your mouths, before the diesal comes lookin for ya."

Too funny!

Thorpe says Jazz will win, Accuscore has us at 39% chance to win. I like our odds.

Lakers need to stay focus, limit their TO and be aggressive. Break their spirit.

We are all witnesses. But not everything about the LeBron is worth witnessing. Sure, he has the $400,000 car, Jay-Z in his corner, and Phil Knight wrapped around his diamond pinkie ring. But witness how His Greatness treats the little people, and you may begin to see the virtue of Brendan Haywood's hard fouls.

One of LeBron's favorite places to dine is XO Prime Steaks on West Sixth. Its mix of swank drinks and delicately massaged beef allows the Chosen One to consume calories worthy of his royal digestive system. All of which is swell — except that LeBron is among Cleveland's stingiest tippers.

According to a Punch source, a peer recently quit after tiring of LeBron going Scrooge McDuck on his ass.

It went down like this: LeBron pulls up in his Mercedes outside XO. People stop and try not to stare, but c'mon, it's LeBron James. He enters the restaurant with a group of friends. On this special occasion, the King decides to dine late. He keeps his group there until around 3:45 a.m. During this time the waiter obsequiously pours drinks and fetches anything else His Greatness needs.

The final bill comes to $800. By the feudal laws of decorum, which stipulate that the affluent should administer a 20 percent gratuity, staffers figured they'd be pocketing an extra $160. But when they fetched the autographed bill after His Heinousness bolted back to Akron, their expectation turned to disbelief, then anger.

LeBron stiffed them with a meager $10 tip. This is what French nobles like to call your requisite Bourgeois Bitch-Slap. The waiter wouldn't even take it, tired of being shat on by guys like LeBron.

Still, at least the self-proclaimed King of Ohio didn't pull a Bernie Kosar — who gets sloshed at the bar and then has to remind the waiters of who he is before he stiffs them.
From Clevelandnews.

Two thoughts:

1) Utah is adrift. I would never rule out a team, especially when they're headed to their home court, but I heard an interview with Millsap on local SLC TV this morning regarding if the Jazz could win four of the next five. "We could ... Nothing is impossible." That may sound like a rallying cry -- albeit a weak one -- but everything in his body language and tone said, "We're toast," and he may have said the words, but you could tell he didn't believe them.

2) About Kobe's airballs a decade ago: Some people made him out to be a gunner and a loose cannon because of them, but the plain fact was, there was no one else on the team to take those shots. And the coach confirmed it by saying, "Kobe was the only one who would shoot" or words to that effect. Hey, I loved Eddie Jones, but he was never going to be called Mr. Clutch. The thought of taking a shot with the game on the line would make his eyes glaze over. And Van Exel had already given up, letting everyone else shoot as if to make a point.

So Kobe was left to dangle in the wind. He's missed precious few since then. And when he has, somebody like Robert Horry was standing around to clean up.