The Lakers are DONE!!

[northeast]

Bynum should get a couple games for that.

Odom Technical/Flagrant? sure. Ejection? No

Bullsheet. That was intentional violence. Could have caused a neck , back or shoulder injury that would have destroyed Dallas' chances in the next round.
Pure malicious revenge. Ejection is nothing . He should get a huge fine too, no little slap on the wrist. Phil should have been ejected too if he can't control his team.

Barea should get a portion of Bynum's salary too.

 

[northeast]

Barea should also get a portion of Kobe's salary for Kobe's cheap shot too.

 

[northeast]

Barea should also get a portion of Artest's salary.

 

[jazzrule]

Phil Jackson showed how great a coach he really is when he does not have a super star in his prime. Most of the time he has had two.

 

[Deleted member 365]

LOL.

Phil, Kobe, and the rest of the Lakers just got jimmered.

At least they lost like champions... Oh wait, nevermind. Andrew Bynum, biggest guy on the court, decides to show up after the game was already decided to take out the smallest guy on the court.

What losers.

Maybe if Bynum and Lamar had showed half the intensity on defense as they did taking cheap shots, the Lakers wouldn't have lost by a million points.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'm convinced the entire Lakers team just really hates Kobe, and played like crap all series just to spite him.

 

[Zerol]

The loss was especially embarrassing by taken by Odom and Bynum at the end. Stupid punks.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

What do you mean what Odom did wasn't that bad?? He practically punched Dirk Nowitski during that exchange... It's funny too, because I always thought of Odom as a classy dude...

You know what's really ironic... The two guys who I hate the most on the Lakers... The two guys I would expect would do this kind of thing, Kobe and Gasol, haven't taken any cheap shots and have really kept their heads cool about this embarrassment...

This is not a championship team... This is a bunch of talented egos who are just fine when everything is going well, but when things go south, the true character of some of these guys come out into the open..

I hate this team and organization that much more after today... What a bunch of losers!

Yeah it was bad, but I dont think it was horrible. It was classless because of the score and time left, but it wasnt anything that was going to injure Dirk. That is the point I'm trying to make. I think Odom was trying to get a rise out of Dirk and try to get him ejected in the process too, but the refs nipped it in the butt. What Bynum did is just ridiculous though, didnt even attempt to make it look like a play on the ball.

 

[Deleted member 365]

I'm convinced the entire Lakers team just really hates Kobe, and played like crap all series just to spite him.

I don't think so.

Artest always was a poor fit. And he's losing his athleticism quick. Dude can't even dunk anymore (see his muffed dunk?)

Dfish couldn't start for most NBA teams anymore.

Kobe is nothing more than a glorified Ray Allen or Michael Finley now. He's nothing like the scorer he used to be. He can shoot, but he can't score anymore.

Getting nothing out of your 1 and 3 throughout the season puts pressure on your other 3. And eventually another team is going to figure that out.

Combine this with Pau and Bynum being too slow to help on Dallas' perimeter players, the Lakers were cooked from the start.

I think Magic hit the nail on the head. Too old and too slow.

had they had Ariza instead of Artest, perhaps the Lakers offense could have bailed them out of this one. Instead, the lakers threw up bricks while the Mavs ran circles around them.

This is more about Dallas kicking *** (just like they've done to us) than LA laying a deuce to settle some pissing match with Kobe. Versatile big men surrounded by quick guards and shooters are hell to defend.... On all levels of Basketball. Which is why I'd much rather have the Jazz go after some speed and quickness with Biyombo or Leonard or Knight or some shooter than some stiff euro who can "post up."

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also, I wish Stevenson was on the court during the Bynum hit. He probably would have nailed Bynum in the face.

 

[MDAV28]

The one thing I thought Phil was good at was keeping control of his very talented teams. Guess not.

 

[trigg3r]

The one thing I thought Phil was good at was keeping control of his very talented teams. Guess not.

I am not sure Phil cared.