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Originally Posted by farkedup
remember what happened to Dallas? first seed doesn't mean shit... Look at all those years phoenix had high seeds just to run into a brick wall in the playoffs when shit changes! Stick a guy like Bowen on Kobe and he's not so much of a factor or roll back to when Detroit fucked up the lakers in the finals using tayshaun prince. Kobe simply can't play when there's a guy in his face all game long staying with him.
Anybody see the Lakers winning anything without Kobe putting up 30+ a night? Things get taken up a few notches come playoff time and the lakers just don't have enough toughness. The only thing that can save the Lakers is the refs going soft because of kobe (and all laker fans) being a whiny bitch.
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You obviously haven't watched many Lakers games this year. Commenting off of the 2 minute highlights you see on ESPN probably isn't a good idea. They have been playing and winning games all year without him having to put up big numbers. He has got good numbers but in the flow of the game, not forcing it like he had to in the past couple years.
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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
Nope, that'll be Chris Paul.
Nobody gives the Hornets any love...everyone has the Lakers playing Phoenix in the conference finals, nobody here has even mentioned the Hornets. We are the #2 seed for crying out loud.
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I will give the Hornets some love. They are probably every bit as good as the Lakers (without Bynum) and Chris Paul has played absolutely amazing. But the playoffs are a whole different story for a young team and not sure how they will respond. Teams usually have to get in the playoffs and lose a couple years before they can take it to the next level. Not saying they can't because they have sustained it all season which I didn't think they would be able to do. The let down they had at the end and the fact that they are a young team is probably why they aren't getting much love.
That said I have Lakers vs Hornets for west Finals. Celtics vs Lakers for the Finals.