i think rafer's move was awesome and he reminds me of Maxwell. never knew what he was going to do so you have to watch and hold him back once he gets started. i love him anyways!!
I'd like to know what Adelman told Rafer too. He played Vujacic silly, though. Vujacic should've relaxed his defense. Who does he think he is, Scola? I'll admit, I got giddy when he got in his face.
Rafer was show boating. We w ere going to win, he should have just held the ball. That is sportsmanship.
Exactly. If Vujacic wasn't going to foul, and the game was already in hand, then why even D up? Something tells me that Rafer and Vujacic exchanged words earlier, after Rafer blocked his shot on that fast break.
How in the heck is this guy's nickname "the machine"?? more like "the vagine". The guy is COMPLETELY one-dimensional.. he shoots stand-still, wide open 3's, and when he can't get that shot, he just flops wildly. He wouldn't play at all for our team.
Umm why the hell was Sasha playing tight D 40 feet away from the basket? Skip just tried to get away from Sasha. It's not like we're in the 50's or something. A little entertainment can't hurt. Especially after how Skip played and our 22nd straight win. Shasha plays dirty. He hit Skip in the nuts. This isn't the first time he's got into an altercation with another player.
Give me a break. Blame the scrub Laker on being shown up. Maybe if he stopped dry-humping Rafer's leg for 5 seconds, then Rafer wouldn't have embarassed the slow-footed, slow-handed bench warmer.
soembody should hv returned the favor to that guy when he was driving to the basket in the late seconds.
Rafer didn't go Skip no sasha just because he is arrogant or wanted to showboat. Sasha was d-ing him the entire way up the court when Rafer was just trying to get past halfcourt and kill time. But sasha was bodying him up the entire way. I could tell from sasha's body language that he had some beef with rafer and rafer didn't appreciate the excessive bodying when the game was clearly over so he basically showed him "if you wanna mess with me, i can do the same back" so he went Skip on him. Rafer didn't do it to showboat but to basically say "back off or I'll embarrass you more." And the hard foul at the end didn't help. Whatever. I personally thought it was pretty cool. If someone did that to me when the game was already over, I wouldn't just stand there and let him keep bodying me up. Though, Rafer better not let this whole win streak and his awesome play get to his head ... There is a bit of arrogance/swagger about him that's kinda good and kinda bad.
That Laker squad is full of sore losers. Apparently, they have been drinking the cool aid being served up by the national media about them being the team to beat. Sasha was mad that his team unraveled and got embarrassed by a better team down the stretch. Lamar Odom was worse in the closing seconds when Scola gestured to him that he was just going to dribble the ball until the clock ran out and Odom walked over like he was cool with that and then tries a cheap steal on Scola and then starts pressuring him with 7 effing seconds left in the game. That team isn't doing a damn thing in the playoffs if they have a roster full of that kind of character.
I was there, and I agree with the majority of the posts. The game was in the bag, there was no need for Vujacic to be all over him. Rafe was just trying to kill time. Same thing for Odom on Scola. Bunch of sore losers, I tell you huat. Oh, and as far as Rafer's swagger goes, I think he keeps it under control. It's not too excessive, but there are times where I wish he would just relax. Granted, he's been playing terrific ball, so I'll give him the slide.
Lakers are sore losers. Bodying up on D when the game is decided is like diving over the line in football when you know the QB is just going to take a knee. Let it go man. That stutter/jab step turnaround played Sasha like a yo-yo; it was sick. He could have done without the finger point though. Like the announcer said...just smile and take your foul shots. Good game...nice to see some Skip in action.
No kidding. I was like, wtf is he doing? Trying to pad his stats? All he ended up doing was looking like a dill hole.
Sasha is a good defender, but he was asking for it, playing tight D like that against a legendary streetballer with the game already in wraps. Loved it
That was awesome show a la street ball skills from Rafer. I keep rewinding and watching him dribble thru his legs..he was out of his mind the whole game.
