im liking the thunder chances only down 6, lakers in the penalty and kobe 4 fouls artest with 5 with 3 min to go
durant seriously needs to improve his playmaking abilities. ron artest is shutting him down, but he really make an impact still if he just pulls in defenders and make the game easier for his other teammates. his shot is not there. he needs to understand that.
Combination of Artest playing fantastic lockdown defense on Durant and Durant playoff nerves = 6-21 Yet, the game is pretty close...what's gonna happen when Durant stops airballing his shots? This series is going to 6 or 7 folks.
durant is stinking it up, and westbrooks has been more than just good. westbrook should force the issue down the stretch with fisher on him, not durant. you're right.
Look who steps up, twice in a row, when the Lakers are up 6 with three minutes to go and desperately need points...
I doubt seriously that the Lakers win this year, I think the Cavs, Mavs, or Nuggets are going to give them a #ell of a time. Possibly win two games in LA.
it's not about that in the playoffs. the cavs were the most impressive team through 2 rounds last year. yet they lost to a magic team that needed 7 games to beat the sixers. it's all about matchups, and teams who play defense. the lakers will come out of the west.
Both teams playing some good defense. Can't believe they keep calling these fouls on Kobe. Jordan would never foul out of the playoff game.
lakers are going to win this in 5. durant is going to have 1 great shooting game and that's it. kobe will continue to struggle b/c he's just not the same with those injuries. but his teammates will step up.
