Round 2, (1) Lakers vs. (5) Rockets

Either Lakers in 5 or 7. Depends on whether Rockets win game 4.

Lakers in 6. Kobe will have one bad shooting game but the Lakers are just too big and too good in the front court with Bynum, Gasol, and Odom. Also, I don't think Aaron Brooks strikes fear into any of the Laker players.

This von wafer seems legit haha he can really dunk the ball and has a decent 3 point shot. He's a free agent huh?

Rockets somehow manage to make the Lakers struggle, especially with Artest and Battier taking turns on Kobe and Scola and Yao being pretty tough in the paint. I don't think the Rockets win the series, but they will give the Lakers some trouble.

Houston could steal this.

Oh yea, I forgot, I was going to mention....

OH SNAP!

My Rockets 1 Lakers 0

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This should be good tonight.

Kobe came out all snarky and now look at the score...my Rockets 56-53 just-about-at the half.

Watchin' it. Houston is strong. They look like they can beat the Lakers big and small. Ricky Adelman. Man knows his ball.

Kenny needs to stay away from the teleprompter.

I'm not catching at the half...I think thats prolly a good thing.

Artest > Kaobi

That was a pretty weak foul for Fisher on the 3.

Ruh Roh Raggy.

I like Scola..you know, ready to rumble.

LOL...fish might be gone.

Fish = gone. I wonder if he might get another game. I doubt it, cuz he is a Laker.

Rocks were only down a lil then the 3 pt foul on Fish brought them back.

Artest and the Rocks can fight back...I hope.

Sasha V fights hard too.

Lakers D is just sagging in the 4th...challenging the Rocks to shoot it outside it looks like.

Game looks on the verge.

Lakers D is just sagging in the 4th...challenging the Rocks to shoot it outside it looks like.
exactly. They need to get back to reversing the ball around the arc.

Did you just hear all that crap about the bench player from Houston? WTF?

There it is. Perimeter passing, gets the ball to to hoop. Now the Lakers are in the penalty.

Dude can't be stable named "Von Wafer".

LOL Bynum is a brick.

Yao needs to step up

Kobe turning into a pussy-ass chucker in the crunch. That's what you want.

OH SHIT! This is getting good

There goes the Artest bomb.

Seriously...WTF?

Oh, Artest says Kobe hit him in the throat. LMAO

Kobe actually did swing that fucking arm of his...again.

Would love to see Artest just eat Kaobi

He was about ready to eat him, but the ref got in the way.

Look at Kobe talkin mess now that Artest is gone.

This is going to be a damn good series folks.

Artest is my favorite Piston btw.

I'd sign that lil shit in a heart beat. He's a time bomb like Sheed that actually gets it done.

Seriously, this was the meanest game I've seen in a long, long time.

I think Kaobi was taunting a fan that he knocked over there. He's so tough.

BTW, if I played against Kaobi all game long I'd say only one thing. "But you have to rape them." Over and over.

Remember No Quarters thead? In the Ass? YOu had to put 'in the ass' after every something or other.

I'd add that to your verbage.

I couldn't hang in a game like this. I know I'd get in a fight and get booted. I prolly won't be able to sleep for a lil while. Sports flat out fire me up. I love all of them.

Fuck you Derek Fisher. How about you use your daughter's illness to get your bitch ass out of another contract.

I've always kind of liked the Lakers when I was a kid. Who didn't like Wilt. But I'm begining to really get a good dose of dislike for them.

I think Phil Jackson is dying. Or maybe I just hope so.

The "Houston don't fuck me mother fucker Rockets"

What I like about Arests offensive game is that the dude has zero rhythm. He just makes shots. Its a bit like Danny Granger in that Granger doesn't ever look like he's in a rhythm to me. He just makes the shots he takes.

Yeah, he looks like one of those guys that could play football, baseball, hockey or basketball and he would just be a mean-ass competitor...and prolly win a lot of battles.

I just hope Stern keeps his got damn hands off this series and lets it be like the old Celts Pistons series.

LOL, Artest telling stories about kids stabbing other kids in the heart with table legs and killing them on the court.

BTW, if I played against Kaobi all game long I'd say only one thing. "But you have to rape them." Over and over.

LMAO - that's exactly what every defender should do.

Except Rip - who could probably say "I fucked your wife" and have Kobe think it's true.

Chauncey Billups guarding Aaron Brooks.

I don't think so.

I agree with Jalen Rose on the Kobe elbow. because it was the two of them jockeying for position I wouldn't suspend him either. It was maybe worth a flagrent or tech, but it wasn't after the play like Alston did. It wasn't any worse than a Malone elbow really.

Yao out for the rest of the season.

Yao out for the rest of the season.

Man, it looks like that is going to be the story of his career. The guy is dominant, but he can't stay on the floor. Maybe he can talk to TMac about that.

Man, Houston are missing their window cause of their injury prone stars.

I wonder what they're gonna do this off-season?

McGrady's deal expires soon and Artest can opt out IIRC

Ow Ming.

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I turned it on when it was 17-1, that was pretty cool.

The deciding factor in Gm7 will be FT disparity.

If it's close, the Rockets have a shot, and if not, then LA wins.

I wish the game could be played on a neutral floor with robot officials.

So LA loses by double digits a second time to a team without their best two players?

LOL

No Yao, no TMac, no Dikembe.

Their defense and 1/2 court offense is mising all of those guys, but they can make up for it some by playing faster, at least.

They make up for it cause they have a real Coach and fuckers who play hard.

Remember when we used to have all of that?

And they're starting a 6'6" guy at center against a team with two 7 footers. I hope they beat LA. Have you heard Jackson and Kobe talking about game 7? They act like it doesn't matter, like they have this series in hand still.

Adelman is my favorite coach as this point.

Took seven games but the lakers finally remembered they're a lot taller than the rockets.