Let's see if we got this straight:
2 ejections:
D. Fish - Flagrant 2 and automatic ejection
Ron Ron - 2 Techs for talking crazy
Flagrants:
Luuuuuuuke
LO7
KB24
Scola
Ron Ron
Ejections by own team:
Von Wafer
And 2 on the way home!
Yep, pretty much just another game officiated by Joey Crawford. Holler!
And p.s., we're not complaining about the officiating, we're just saying, it's hilarious that you can expect nonsense when certain refs are involved and it's highly entertaining.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Thursday, November 20, 2008
73 Lakers @ Suns
Last game was pretty entertaining, with FSN Prime Ticket's court side view. Though we missed the spat between Sasha Fierce and The Trevmeister, it was pretty amusing watching everything from a different view and not having to listen announcers. Good times.
A word before the game
Nobody wants to talk about Shaq-Kobe fueds from years ago which didn't matter anyway because they were winning. TNT tonight which means missing the first part of the game without apology from the broadcasters. Lame. But, as much as we hate national announcers, the halftime and pregame shows are kinda more fun on TNT - but not ESPN. Hate for ESPN. Off topic here, so anyway... lets see if everyone can keep their emotions in check tonight hmmm? Oh and don't we get to see one of the Lopez's? We can't be bothered to figure out which one plays Western Conf and which plays Eastern Conf.
We tuned in early, watching chicken being waved in front of Charles' face is hilarious. Almost as hilarious as watching the replay of that one game Shaq-fu and Drew-Drew played against each other. Kobe to the rescue!
1st Quarter
ZOUNDS! TNT somehow managed to pull off airing the opening tip. Excuse us while we dislodge the chicken bone stuck in our throats.
11:11 Already off to a good start with a steal and some free's for Kobe.
9:26 Wow, Andrew is getting worked already tonight, Shaq, Amare...
8:53 The bench finally sits down. When did it become the custom to stand until the first basket instead of the first point? Let me (S) just say this.. when a mo'fo pays good money to be sitting real close to the action, they don't typically mean the action of watching ass cheeks until someone can drop the ball through the hoop. SIT DOWN.
7:24 How many can Derek miss in a row from the same spot on the floor?
6:28 Oh snap, did Radman just show up to the 2008-09 season?
We really hope that everytime the announcers mention Shaq they can find a way to say that he used to play for the Lakers. Really, it makes it more enjoyable.
1:43 Woah, when'd we get this far into the quarter? At least Derek Fisher's not out there with his stellar offense anymore.
31.3 What is Matt Barnes' haircut?
7.9 Ooooooh LA! Trevor needs an inspirational motto like "Making cool shit happen!".
26-24 Los Angeles
2nd Quarter
There's an entire marching band on the floor during the quarter break?? Even if one of us (not saying which) hadn't been in marching band/drum corps for 8 collective years we'd be able to find the hilarity in a marching band not marching anywhere during their performance.
10:01 Watching Sashs whine about his so totally obvious fouls never gets old. Never.
9:02 Trevor has little to no regard for his own body where fetching the ball is concerned.
8:50 UC!!!! That also never gets old either.
Wait! Grant Hill is still alive??
OMG Lamar roadkill, handsome (we think that was Delaney), he should wear a mic every night.
7:05 The general consensus in this room is that Grant Hill should probably be playing in the senior league with the Spurs.
Pau, why homeless?
1:28 I mean are those Derek's first points?
50-44 Lllllllllakers! (And you just know G Hill is upset that he didn't get a foul on that last play.)
Halftime
Lets watch more chicken eating with Ernie, Kenny and Charles. No sarcasm here, we really thought that was hilarious. As for the Lakers, they need to remember the triangle, if it's a matter of shape recognition I'll gladly draw it for them but triangle that was not. Doesn't matter if they're winning or not.
Ok, we're playing with the live ball thingy on NBA.com and looking at just D. Fish is depressing. Especially when you follow this play in the 1st...
7:54 Miss from the paint, which lets the Suns take it back down the court then...
7:29 He gives it a go from just inside the 3 point line and misses
7:25 Someone (foolishly) throws it back out to him and he takes a few steps back to the 3 point range and misses.
If that shit didn't go down from inside the paint, what makes you think it's gonna be all magically in love with you from further away. I don't care if he is 3 point specialist (as seems to be the general belief - even though Helen Keller could tell you he's not) that's just unbelievable for a veteran on a triangle team. Stop it.
3rd Quarter
Holy space balls - either the line at McDonalds is really long or there's absolutely nobody in that building. What the...
10:53 While we're counting on just a few hands how many people are in the stands, Kobe Bryant is having his way with the Suns.
10:29 Derek Fisher just got a foul for assfacing Amare S. on a loose ball. Is this where we insert the "tell me how my ass tastes" joke?
9:02 No clue where we were when Drew got his first 3 fouls but he's now on his 4th. Shaq is one big hunk of um, person so that's hardly surprising. Hmmm.
8:27 Lamar basically mows Stoudamire down and out of bounds.
Meanwhile, Mr. Rambis is looking rather young these days. Younger than he looked during his infamous clothesline incident.
Wow. Shaq's foul on Stuckey (the one that got him ejected this season) was violent looking. He was doing the worm on the ground after Shaqdaddy tapped him.
7:04 Bahahaah, how did Barnes just topple over during freethrow shooting? Are you serious with that? He also got a lane violation for that because standing up right is kind of a requirement of basketball, they should check for that during those mandatory physicals they take.
Is it just us or could Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant be stand ins for Beavis and Butthead?
3:55 Looks like they found the triangle, must have been left in the locker room. Fire the equipment manager immediately!
We forgot what time it was but Amare missed a reverse layup our grandmama's could have made in their sleep.
The commercial for "Sonic Unleashed" (as if Sonic needed to be unleashed, he's a freakin hedgehog, wth?) mentioned that Sonic hits the streets. For whatever reason - probably because we watch it almost daily - this reminds us of "The Breakup" when Jennifer Aniston is asking Vince Vaughn to help her with the dishes and he says,"I'm just gonna run the streets for a bi...GET SOME GET SOME!" and the camera pans to show him playing GTA. Hysterical.
3.6 Odom cuts, Odom scores!!
80-67 Funny how when you play basketball intelligently you have a good lead.
4th Quarter
10:25 Farmar is so fun to watch. We're not really sure why because he's not doing anything particularly amazing tonight.
9:40 We are sure why Trevor is fun to watch. Spinning dunks are fun.
8:33 Lamar is hot like fire. And thank god they managed that chest bump at the time out without anyone falling over. Let's watch Kobe smack Lamar upside the head to congratulate him!
8:02 Perhaps we were a little hard on G. Hill, but seriously, though. We didn't watch basketball back in the day and we remember his name from that long ago. How is he still relevant?
6:46 Jordan (based on this 3 pointer and then the ensuing trip down the court for the Suns) has some serious hops. We need to take more yoga classes.
5:45 Uhhhhhh, Lamar's still on the floor y'all?
5:25 Ok, this is the best part of the game as far as we're concerned. Trevor and I think Diaw have a jump ball... Trevor is "over-anxious" as they say and has to be told multiple times to step back before the ball gets tossed. He loses the tip but whoever grabbed it wasn't very smart because Machine just walks up, snatches it and saunters back to the 3 point line and sloshes it in. Just like that.
Hey! There's a Lopez! Um, on the bench.
Garbage Pail Kids!!!! Man, Luke Walton might make something out of this season afterall. Lol.
3:04 Uh oh. Time out. That doesn't bode well for the GPK. If they get benched we're taking shots. But it was quite nice to see Chrissy up stretching his legs.
Uh, is 12 points a blow out? Anyway we're taking bets on Walton's stat line. My money is on 0-for-all.
Oh shit! Color my wallet empty. Walton got some out there.
105-92 Still no road losses.
Final Comments
No real comments because well, the Lakers took care of business. And with that 9-1 record we're happy. Even if Derek Fisher is ridiculous and Luke Walton makes $4,900,000 more than we do for 376% less effort than we put in daily.
Player of the night goes to Trevor Ariza for continuing to dominate shit all over the court and making it fancy while he's at it.
A word before the game
Nobody wants to talk about Shaq-Kobe fueds from years ago which didn't matter anyway because they were winning. TNT tonight which means missing the first part of the game without apology from the broadcasters. Lame. But, as much as we hate national announcers, the halftime and pregame shows are kinda more fun on TNT - but not ESPN. Hate for ESPN. Off topic here, so anyway... lets see if everyone can keep their emotions in check tonight hmmm? Oh and don't we get to see one of the Lopez's? We can't be bothered to figure out which one plays Western Conf and which plays Eastern Conf.
We tuned in early, watching chicken being waved in front of Charles' face is hilarious. Almost as hilarious as watching the replay of that one game Shaq-fu and Drew-Drew played against each other. Kobe to the rescue!
1st Quarter
ZOUNDS! TNT somehow managed to pull off airing the opening tip. Excuse us while we dislodge the chicken bone stuck in our throats.
11:11 Already off to a good start with a steal and some free's for Kobe.
9:26 Wow, Andrew is getting worked already tonight, Shaq, Amare...
8:53 The bench finally sits down. When did it become the custom to stand until the first basket instead of the first point? Let me (S) just say this.. when a mo'fo pays good money to be sitting real close to the action, they don't typically mean the action of watching ass cheeks until someone can drop the ball through the hoop. SIT DOWN.
7:24 How many can Derek miss in a row from the same spot on the floor?
6:28 Oh snap, did Radman just show up to the 2008-09 season?
We really hope that everytime the announcers mention Shaq they can find a way to say that he used to play for the Lakers. Really, it makes it more enjoyable.
1:43 Woah, when'd we get this far into the quarter? At least Derek Fisher's not out there with his stellar offense anymore.
31.3 What is Matt Barnes' haircut?
7.9 Ooooooh LA! Trevor needs an inspirational motto like "Making cool shit happen!".
26-24 Los Angeles
2nd Quarter
There's an entire marching band on the floor during the quarter break?? Even if one of us (not saying which) hadn't been in marching band/drum corps for 8 collective years we'd be able to find the hilarity in a marching band not marching anywhere during their performance.
10:01 Watching Sashs whine about his so totally obvious fouls never gets old. Never.
9:02 Trevor has little to no regard for his own body where fetching the ball is concerned.
8:50 UC!!!! That also never gets old either.
Wait! Grant Hill is still alive??
OMG Lamar roadkill, handsome (we think that was Delaney), he should wear a mic every night.
7:05 The general consensus in this room is that Grant Hill should probably be playing in the senior league with the Spurs.
Pau, why homeless?
1:28 I mean are those Derek's first points?
50-44 Lllllllllakers! (And you just know G Hill is upset that he didn't get a foul on that last play.)
Halftime
Lets watch more chicken eating with Ernie, Kenny and Charles. No sarcasm here, we really thought that was hilarious. As for the Lakers, they need to remember the triangle, if it's a matter of shape recognition I'll gladly draw it for them but triangle that was not. Doesn't matter if they're winning or not.
Ok, we're playing with the live ball thingy on NBA.com and looking at just D. Fish is depressing. Especially when you follow this play in the 1st...
7:54 Miss from the paint, which lets the Suns take it back down the court then...
7:29 He gives it a go from just inside the 3 point line and misses
7:25 Someone (foolishly) throws it back out to him and he takes a few steps back to the 3 point range and misses.
If that shit didn't go down from inside the paint, what makes you think it's gonna be all magically in love with you from further away. I don't care if he is 3 point specialist (as seems to be the general belief - even though Helen Keller could tell you he's not) that's just unbelievable for a veteran on a triangle team. Stop it.
3rd Quarter
Holy space balls - either the line at McDonalds is really long or there's absolutely nobody in that building. What the...
10:53 While we're counting on just a few hands how many people are in the stands, Kobe Bryant is having his way with the Suns.
10:29 Derek Fisher just got a foul for assfacing Amare S. on a loose ball. Is this where we insert the "tell me how my ass tastes" joke?
9:02 No clue where we were when Drew got his first 3 fouls but he's now on his 4th. Shaq is one big hunk of um, person so that's hardly surprising. Hmmm.
8:27 Lamar basically mows Stoudamire down and out of bounds.
Meanwhile, Mr. Rambis is looking rather young these days. Younger than he looked during his infamous clothesline incident.
Wow. Shaq's foul on Stuckey (the one that got him ejected this season) was violent looking. He was doing the worm on the ground after Shaqdaddy tapped him.
7:04 Bahahaah, how did Barnes just topple over during freethrow shooting? Are you serious with that? He also got a lane violation for that because standing up right is kind of a requirement of basketball, they should check for that during those mandatory physicals they take.
Is it just us or could Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant be stand ins for Beavis and Butthead?
3:55 Looks like they found the triangle, must have been left in the locker room. Fire the equipment manager immediately!
We forgot what time it was but Amare missed a reverse layup our grandmama's could have made in their sleep.
The commercial for "Sonic Unleashed" (as if Sonic needed to be unleashed, he's a freakin hedgehog, wth?) mentioned that Sonic hits the streets. For whatever reason - probably because we watch it almost daily - this reminds us of "The Breakup" when Jennifer Aniston is asking Vince Vaughn to help her with the dishes and he says,"I'm just gonna run the streets for a bi...GET SOME GET SOME!" and the camera pans to show him playing GTA. Hysterical.
3.6 Odom cuts, Odom scores!!
80-67 Funny how when you play basketball intelligently you have a good lead.
4th Quarter
10:25 Farmar is so fun to watch. We're not really sure why because he's not doing anything particularly amazing tonight.
9:40 We are sure why Trevor is fun to watch. Spinning dunks are fun.
8:33 Lamar is hot like fire. And thank god they managed that chest bump at the time out without anyone falling over. Let's watch Kobe smack Lamar upside the head to congratulate him!
8:02 Perhaps we were a little hard on G. Hill, but seriously, though. We didn't watch basketball back in the day and we remember his name from that long ago. How is he still relevant?
6:46 Jordan (based on this 3 pointer and then the ensuing trip down the court for the Suns) has some serious hops. We need to take more yoga classes.
5:45 Uhhhhhh, Lamar's still on the floor y'all?
5:25 Ok, this is the best part of the game as far as we're concerned. Trevor and I think Diaw have a jump ball... Trevor is "over-anxious" as they say and has to be told multiple times to step back before the ball gets tossed. He loses the tip but whoever grabbed it wasn't very smart because Machine just walks up, snatches it and saunters back to the 3 point line and sloshes it in. Just like that.
Hey! There's a Lopez! Um, on the bench.
Garbage Pail Kids!!!! Man, Luke Walton might make something out of this season afterall. Lol.
3:04 Uh oh. Time out. That doesn't bode well for the GPK. If they get benched we're taking shots. But it was quite nice to see Chrissy up stretching his legs.
Uh, is 12 points a blow out? Anyway we're taking bets on Walton's stat line. My money is on 0-for-all.
Oh shit! Color my wallet empty. Walton got some out there.
105-92 Still no road losses.
Final Comments
No real comments because well, the Lakers took care of business. And with that 9-1 record we're happy. Even if Derek Fisher is ridiculous and Luke Walton makes $4,900,000 more than we do for 376% less effort than we put in daily.
Player of the night goes to Trevor Ariza for continuing to dominate shit all over the court and making it fancy while he's at it.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
76 Lakers @ Hornets
Oh boy! Every game someone says it, but this is honestly the first real test of the Lakers depth. Can they be the catalyst necessary for the second night of a back to back on the road? Only 4 quarters will tell, but we bet all our chips on yes.
A word before the game
It really has been Trevor Ariza kicking everyone's asses this season so far. He's young and spry. We like him. The recipe this season has been to come out of the gate and let the other team get their confidence up (pretty sure the Mavs thought they had the game last night), then when they think they know the Lakers, the second unit comes in and it's like they walked into another game somehow. Run 'em, gun 'em. Oh snap! Just when they get worn down from the second unit, the first unit comes in in full on attack mode! Bam! Just like that the game is out of control. Lost!
Starting Lineup
Not looking to change. We'll let you know if and when it does. Or really, if and when we think it will. Yes Trevor has made his case for deserving to be in the starting lineup, but in case you missed it, that'd only inhibit his skills. There is no shame in coming off of the bench in L.A. - uhhhh, unless it's with the stepsister team.
Also, not having a tape delay is 100% amazing, yet totally confusing. It's odd watching the game this early.
1st Quarter
Ok, one thing we didn't mention last night (we saw it, but we left it out for various reasons) was after Trevor's monster slam home and the ensuing party during the time out, Machine tried to chest bump with him and got knocked to the ground. We love him because he's on our team but we also love his floppiness and wanted to point out that it's obviously just something he can't control. Touch him and he'll fall to the ground. Anyway, they just replayed it (on purpose?) during the intros and S choked on her cupcake. Home made. Red Velvet.
12:00 Bahahahaha, they can't get the lights to come on in the arena. There are talks of having the game start in the relative dark. It doesn't get much better than this. Congratulations New Orleans Arena that apparently doesn't even have a name other than that, I don't know we just googled it.
3 jump balls to begin the game. Jesus.
10:55 Is it really necessary for Pau to touch Kobe's butt? We understand the significance of being a homeboy but it just seems unnecessary most of the time. Like did he mean "good game"? It's only been a minute.
9:30 We voted and we agree we really like the Hornets' warm up unis.
9:17 Kobe wishes he was Peter Pan... wishes he were Peter Pan? Not sure but he went pointlessly flying across the court in front of the shooter. Touched nothing.
8:27 The refs are getting booed already.
6:02 Derek Fisher looks like he might have gotten lit on fire sometime between last night and tonight. Maybe they just had a good old fashioned southern dinner before this game. Mmmm, etouffee - we're making that the next time they play there. ::checks schedule:: Dec 23 - potluck!
5:34 Did Andrew just have 2 blocks on consecutive chance agains? Just asking because we were checking the schedule and making an eVite.
We're just informed that during the commercial Posey (in his warmups still) "escorted" Fish to the bench? and the refs issued a double T. I wouldn't pay that shit if I were D. Fish.
3:36 Tec-fest!
2:34 Oh snap! The refs have laid the smack down on the players. In other words they instructed them to shut the hell up with all of the whining and just play the goddamn game.
2:04 Jordan does a damn good job working two Hornets on the far side of the court and then Kobe gets a steal but Pau does a counter-active job by grabbing a defensive 3 over in the paint. He whines his way back to the bench.
47.6 Oh no... they done gone and did it now. Someone let Trevor wake up with that most of the court pass from LO after a steal.
0.2 Jordan takes it all the way to the end before making his signature "buzzer beater" shot. We've missed that in the offseason, welcome back.
30 -17 Lakers
2nd Quarter
Stuff is going on but we can't see it because someone is standing in front of the TV because it's apparently not rude where they're from.
9:37 Andrew takes some prisoners on his way to the rim after that steal by Jordan. Delicious.
7:48 Kobe Bryant what was that?
5:30ish Coming back from the commercial break they give James Posey a hamburger head. You just can't write stuff like this.
4:20 Tec! Ball don't lie though. The league is getting paid off of this game, is the economy so bad that we have to hand out T's for everything?
Now seems like as good a time as any to point out how making the center of the fleur de lis the body of the hornet bug is not cute, it's ridiculous.
27.1 We love how Derek Fisher's shots arc to the ceiling before coming down to the rim, eliminating most of the chance it being blocked.
A lot - 30 Lakers
Halftime
We're off to make more icing for the cupcakes.
3rd Quarter
Damn that frosting was time consuming. But it's good so it was worth missing the entire quarter. We watched from the kitchen. A few turnovers, a few 3's from Derek Fisher. A few... oh wait, a lot of points still for the Lakers and a few still for the Hornets. Let's rock and roll.
4th Quarter
11:16 Jordan looks good every time he takes off with the ball. Even when it doesn't go in. We can't say the same for his frees.
10:20 Score update since we haven't posted it in a while: 73-56 Lakeshow. Oops.
News from around the 'net is that when the Lakers mopped the floor at this very same arena with actual players from the Hornets team last year, it was the biggest loss they've ever had since moving to that building. Shall we give them an encore?
7:45 In a rare occurrence Trevor gets blocked by the rim. We'll let that slide seeing as how he's been pretty amazing all season.
6:35 Those Hornets are generous. They give balls to whomever asks for them.
5:56 Andrew drops it in as nonchalantly as possible.
4:21 Lets say we let Posey drops 3's on us and then turn around and miss our opportunity to match or semi-match and then foul on the next trip down for the Hornets... where does that put us?
3:54 In a position where, instead of throwing the Garbage Pail Kids out there, we have to take the best 5 off the bench and run it to the end. That's where.
2:41 We smell some home cookin... ok, maybe not after seeing the replay. Fine!
It looks so painful watching PB&J walk =(
3:16 Making the easy shots would be helpful, defending the easy shots on the other end would also be helpful.
2:10 Pau was wide open on the last shot but didn't bother putting it in.
While getting the results in the races Kobe snks a 3 at the buzzer.
54.6 OH GOOD LORD. Pau from Kobe but Peja Stojodkfdjalkjfd smacks him in the face and he hits the deck hard.
We can't talk about how the lead is down to like 5 or something. Nope, can't.
37.8 Derek making one of those Farmar steals to try to swing Mr. Mo back down the court.
It still feels a bit early to start celebrating.
93-86 Laaaaaaaaaakers
Final Comments
The Lakers like to toy with our emotions. Build the lead - lose the lead - steal the lead back. Whatever, be still my heart. Sometimes it's like a Maroon 5 song in here "it's getting harder and harder to breathe".
Player of the Night - Kobe Bryant for hitting the dagger shot at the shot clock buzzer. Struck through the hearts of every fan in Nola. Oh my nola. And Derek Fisher for finding his shot on the second of a back to back roadie.
7-0!!!!!
Oooooooooh snaaaaaaaaaap, the Hawks lost tonight. Lakers remain the only undefeated team in the league. ::party dance::
A word before the game
It really has been Trevor Ariza kicking everyone's asses this season so far. He's young and spry. We like him. The recipe this season has been to come out of the gate and let the other team get their confidence up (pretty sure the Mavs thought they had the game last night), then when they think they know the Lakers, the second unit comes in and it's like they walked into another game somehow. Run 'em, gun 'em. Oh snap! Just when they get worn down from the second unit, the first unit comes in in full on attack mode! Bam! Just like that the game is out of control. Lost!
Starting Lineup
Not looking to change. We'll let you know if and when it does. Or really, if and when we think it will. Yes Trevor has made his case for deserving to be in the starting lineup, but in case you missed it, that'd only inhibit his skills. There is no shame in coming off of the bench in L.A. - uhhhh, unless it's with the stepsister team.
Also, not having a tape delay is 100% amazing, yet totally confusing. It's odd watching the game this early.
1st Quarter
Ok, one thing we didn't mention last night (we saw it, but we left it out for various reasons) was after Trevor's monster slam home and the ensuing party during the time out, Machine tried to chest bump with him and got knocked to the ground. We love him because he's on our team but we also love his floppiness and wanted to point out that it's obviously just something he can't control. Touch him and he'll fall to the ground. Anyway, they just replayed it (on purpose?) during the intros and S choked on her cupcake. Home made. Red Velvet.
12:00 Bahahahaha, they can't get the lights to come on in the arena. There are talks of having the game start in the relative dark. It doesn't get much better than this. Congratulations New Orleans Arena that apparently doesn't even have a name other than that, I don't know we just googled it.
3 jump balls to begin the game. Jesus.
10:55 Is it really necessary for Pau to touch Kobe's butt? We understand the significance of being a homeboy but it just seems unnecessary most of the time. Like did he mean "good game"? It's only been a minute.
9:30 We voted and we agree we really like the Hornets' warm up unis.
9:17 Kobe wishes he was Peter Pan... wishes he were Peter Pan? Not sure but he went pointlessly flying across the court in front of the shooter. Touched nothing.
8:27 The refs are getting booed already.
6:02 Derek Fisher looks like he might have gotten lit on fire sometime between last night and tonight. Maybe they just had a good old fashioned southern dinner before this game. Mmmm, etouffee - we're making that the next time they play there. ::checks schedule:: Dec 23 - potluck!
5:34 Did Andrew just have 2 blocks on consecutive chance agains? Just asking because we were checking the schedule and making an eVite.
We're just informed that during the commercial Posey (in his warmups still) "escorted" Fish to the bench? and the refs issued a double T. I wouldn't pay that shit if I were D. Fish.
3:36 Tec-fest!
2:34 Oh snap! The refs have laid the smack down on the players. In other words they instructed them to shut the hell up with all of the whining and just play the goddamn game.
2:04 Jordan does a damn good job working two Hornets on the far side of the court and then Kobe gets a steal but Pau does a counter-active job by grabbing a defensive 3 over in the paint. He whines his way back to the bench.
47.6 Oh no... they done gone and did it now. Someone let Trevor wake up with that most of the court pass from LO after a steal.
0.2 Jordan takes it all the way to the end before making his signature "buzzer beater" shot. We've missed that in the offseason, welcome back.
30 -17 Lakers
2nd Quarter
Stuff is going on but we can't see it because someone is standing in front of the TV because it's apparently not rude where they're from.
9:37 Andrew takes some prisoners on his way to the rim after that steal by Jordan. Delicious.
7:48 Kobe Bryant what was that?
5:30ish Coming back from the commercial break they give James Posey a hamburger head. You just can't write stuff like this.
4:20 Tec! Ball don't lie though. The league is getting paid off of this game, is the economy so bad that we have to hand out T's for everything?
Now seems like as good a time as any to point out how making the center of the fleur de lis the body of the hornet bug is not cute, it's ridiculous.
27.1 We love how Derek Fisher's shots arc to the ceiling before coming down to the rim, eliminating most of the chance it being blocked.
A lot - 30 Lakers
Halftime
We're off to make more icing for the cupcakes.
3rd Quarter
Damn that frosting was time consuming. But it's good so it was worth missing the entire quarter. We watched from the kitchen. A few turnovers, a few 3's from Derek Fisher. A few... oh wait, a lot of points still for the Lakers and a few still for the Hornets. Let's rock and roll.
4th Quarter
11:16 Jordan looks good every time he takes off with the ball. Even when it doesn't go in. We can't say the same for his frees.
10:20 Score update since we haven't posted it in a while: 73-56 Lakeshow. Oops.
News from around the 'net is that when the Lakers mopped the floor at this very same arena with actual players from the Hornets team last year, it was the biggest loss they've ever had since moving to that building. Shall we give them an encore?
7:45 In a rare occurrence Trevor gets blocked by the rim. We'll let that slide seeing as how he's been pretty amazing all season.
6:35 Those Hornets are generous. They give balls to whomever asks for them.
5:56 Andrew drops it in as nonchalantly as possible.
4:21 Lets say we let Posey drops 3's on us and then turn around and miss our opportunity to match or semi-match and then foul on the next trip down for the Hornets... where does that put us?
3:54 In a position where, instead of throwing the Garbage Pail Kids out there, we have to take the best 5 off the bench and run it to the end. That's where.
2:41 We smell some home cookin... ok, maybe not after seeing the replay. Fine!
It looks so painful watching PB&J walk =(
3:16 Making the easy shots would be helpful, defending the easy shots on the other end would also be helpful.
2:10 Pau was wide open on the last shot but didn't bother putting it in.
While getting the results in the races Kobe snks a 3 at the buzzer.
54.6 OH GOOD LORD. Pau from Kobe but Peja Stojodkfdjalkjfd smacks him in the face and he hits the deck hard.
We can't talk about how the lead is down to like 5 or something. Nope, can't.
37.8 Derek making one of those Farmar steals to try to swing Mr. Mo back down the court.
It still feels a bit early to start celebrating.
93-86 Laaaaaaaaaakers
Final Comments
The Lakers like to toy with our emotions. Build the lead - lose the lead - steal the lead back. Whatever, be still my heart. Sometimes it's like a Maroon 5 song in here "it's getting harder and harder to breathe".
Player of the Night - Kobe Bryant for hitting the dagger shot at the shot clock buzzer. Struck through the hearts of every fan in Nola. Oh my nola. And Derek Fisher for finding his shot on the second of a back to back roadie.
7-0!!!!!
Oooooooooh snaaaaaaaaaap, the Hawks lost tonight. Lakers remain the only undefeated team in the league. ::party dance::
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Finals, Game 1, Lakers-Celtics
Is it normal to be this nervous when you have absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of the game? We couldn't sleep last night, haven't eaten today and are just downright giddy. Looking at the pictures from the blog on the Lakers' website of Boston and all things TD Northbank just pushed us over the edge. We're pretty sure we need to find a way to get to one of these games. No idea how that's going to work but we'll keep you posted. This is the ULTIMATE NBA match up and it just so happens to feature our favorite and only team and we have an even advantage to win? Life doesn't get much better my friends, it really really doesn't.
Oh my god... watching them run out onto the floor is unreal!
Kinda like Maroon 5 said, it's getting harder and harder to breathe. Let's get this pony show on the road. Seriously, let's get going, we can't wait ANY FUCKING LONGER!! LET'S PLAY!
(not sure how we feel about james taylor with the national anthem)
Tip Off
All the people you might expect, and for the Lakeshow that means Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, and Vladimir Radmonovic with the ghosts of Magic, Kareem, Rambis, Wilt, West and whoever else you wanna name, all ready to rumble.
1st Quarter
Kind of surprising nobody has made a bigger deal out of the fact that Son of former Celtic Bill playing in this series.
Also we D-I-G the large statue of the trophy as the starting 5 walk out. Did we mention EPIC?
11:44 Pau takes the first shot for a make! Wooooooo!
10:06 D Fish!
9:50 Celtics barely being guarded and they miss 2 3's in a row and we get the ball, this is how this needs to be played.
7:52 That missed free throw just hurt all of the Garden "ugggh!"
5:10 Wow, 12-all, that's a low score is it not?
Machine gets up to play.
Back court? Back court!?!?!?
2:40 Farm life!
2:26 Gasol for the block leads to Machine for the 3.
23-21 Celtics
2nd Quarter
11:something Get it Ronny :)
10:49 Luke picking up the loose ball foul, how do you make the furrowed brow face on the internet? >:{ ?
8:46 Wow, they waited a long time before starting the MJ talk.
Ronny needs to control himself.
Or he could just pick up fouls so Pau doesn't get them, hmmm, interesting theory.
6:27 NGL, that was all ball and they give KG the frees anyway, poor Pau.
True story: We know someone that knows someone who will be on the season premiere of Wipeout. Her family even rented a club downtown for the viewing party, free food, not free liquor. We invited ourselves.
We want a jersey from this game!!! Can we have Turiaf's?
5:20 Yes we know Kobe's finger is broken, thanks.
5:14 Bye bye Piercey
4:37 Posey for zero
4:18 Posey couldn't convert even after Radman stopped trying and then they got themselves a foul? Certainly that will give the conspiracy theorists some material for tomorrow morning.
3:09 Round of applause for L Odom. Build up that lead darlings.
Bill Russell & Julius Erving... gotta respect the greats no matter what.
1:22 Holler at Rondo for giving it up but then whatever the opposite of a holler is to the Lakers for giving it up at the other end and then we'll give that holler over to D Fish for the 3. That's a lot of holler transferring.
51-46 La la la la lakers.
Half Time
OMG Marines are hott! Even the ones who can't swim. And let's all go see Hancock when this is over?
Magic & Bird split screen = unreal. Rivalries never die.
3rd Quarter
Powder up Kobe!
11:15 Did we honestly just give PP a 4 point play?? Oh yeah, looks like.
9:34 Radman had better get his temper under control ASAP
6:49 What the hell happened to Pierce? Other than Kobe owning? Oh... his own teammate. Now when the Lakers win they'll say it's because of this and not because they can play.
Wheelchair? Oh shit. Good job blocking the cameras backstage though?
And there goes Perkins too?
Their shorts look so funny when they replay the jumps in slow mo.
Voo-Yah-Chich
5:22 Love the entire arena not even paying attention to the game but rather the action in the tunnel. Too bad Pierce looks like he might topple over any second.
4:12 Even with the Odom put in, this isn't going so well is it?
3:40 KG donates 3 easys to the Machine's cause.
3:06 Oh Oh OOOOOOOh! D Fish to KB24. Like buttah!
46.3 All of this back and forthing with the score is killin us.
MADE! After the buzzer =/
77-73 Leprechauns
4th Quarter
11:08 Wasn't that the second loose ball on Walton who's dad predicted the C's for the series?
Oh dear...
8:26 What the hell Derek?
whatever the time is: E.T. er.... Cassell can't tell time. Oops?
5:42 Kobe must begin total domination now.
3:43 We're too close to let this game go tonight. GIDP. Get it done please.
2:57 L Odom might be the wake up buzzer these guys need.
2:34 Ray Allen is a bullshitter.
1:54 Anybody else notice certain players re fuzzy looking on the screen? Can ABC get it together soon?
Must... breathe... in... AND... out...
Wanted to see Wanted quite some time ago, glad it's finally getting around to coming out.
In-N-Out, this game ain't bein played in California so what gives?
98-88 Celtics
Final Comments
From Evil Ted @ Basketbawful:
Early in the game, officials called a backcourt violation on Gasol that wasn't a backcourt violation, why? Because Gasol's location in relation to the centerline was obscured by the fact that the Celtics have plastered an O'Brien trophy logo across the full width of the court. If a bad call relating to the midcourt line is made at a critical point in a critical game, expect to hear more about this unecessary logo. Later in the game, KG saved a ball from going into the back court and the Celtics scored. It was a critical play and it looked like KG's foot stayed on the correct side of the center line, but there's no precise way to tell. Why? Cause there's no centerline, that's why.
and Wild Yams continued:
For Game 2 I'd like to see them go with a lengthwise, full-court Larry O'Brien trophy rather than that half-ass side to side one they have at midcourt. They should have it not only blot out the halfcourt line, but also the painted areas under each basket as well as the 3-point line, the free throw line and the dotted line under each hoop. I can't wait till it's the future and they have motion graphics going underneath the floor and on the backboards. It's going to be super-keen!
Yeah... about that!
Oh my god... watching them run out onto the floor is unreal!
Kinda like Maroon 5 said, it's getting harder and harder to breathe. Let's get this pony show on the road. Seriously, let's get going, we can't wait ANY FUCKING LONGER!! LET'S PLAY!
(not sure how we feel about james taylor with the national anthem)
Tip Off
All the people you might expect, and for the Lakeshow that means Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, and Vladimir Radmonovic with the ghosts of Magic, Kareem, Rambis, Wilt, West and whoever else you wanna name, all ready to rumble.
1st Quarter
Kind of surprising nobody has made a bigger deal out of the fact that Son of former Celtic Bill playing in this series.
Also we D-I-G the large statue of the trophy as the starting 5 walk out. Did we mention EPIC?
11:44 Pau takes the first shot for a make! Wooooooo!
10:06 D Fish!
9:50 Celtics barely being guarded and they miss 2 3's in a row and we get the ball, this is how this needs to be played.
7:52 That missed free throw just hurt all of the Garden "ugggh!"
5:10 Wow, 12-all, that's a low score is it not?
Machine gets up to play.
Back court? Back court!?!?!?
2:40 Farm life!
2:26 Gasol for the block leads to Machine for the 3.
23-21 Celtics
2nd Quarter
11:something Get it Ronny :)
10:49 Luke picking up the loose ball foul, how do you make the furrowed brow face on the internet? >:{ ?
8:46 Wow, they waited a long time before starting the MJ talk.
Ronny needs to control himself.
Or he could just pick up fouls so Pau doesn't get them, hmmm, interesting theory.
6:27 NGL, that was all ball and they give KG the frees anyway, poor Pau.
True story: We know someone that knows someone who will be on the season premiere of Wipeout. Her family even rented a club downtown for the viewing party, free food, not free liquor. We invited ourselves.
We want a jersey from this game!!! Can we have Turiaf's?
5:20 Yes we know Kobe's finger is broken, thanks.
5:14 Bye bye Piercey
4:37 Posey for zero
4:18 Posey couldn't convert even after Radman stopped trying and then they got themselves a foul? Certainly that will give the conspiracy theorists some material for tomorrow morning.
3:09 Round of applause for L Odom. Build up that lead darlings.
Bill Russell & Julius Erving... gotta respect the greats no matter what.
1:22 Holler at Rondo for giving it up but then whatever the opposite of a holler is to the Lakers for giving it up at the other end and then we'll give that holler over to D Fish for the 3. That's a lot of holler transferring.
51-46 La la la la lakers.
Half Time
OMG Marines are hott! Even the ones who can't swim. And let's all go see Hancock when this is over?
Magic & Bird split screen = unreal. Rivalries never die.
3rd Quarter
Powder up Kobe!
11:15 Did we honestly just give PP a 4 point play?? Oh yeah, looks like.
9:34 Radman had better get his temper under control ASAP
6:49 What the hell happened to Pierce? Other than Kobe owning? Oh... his own teammate. Now when the Lakers win they'll say it's because of this and not because they can play.
Wheelchair? Oh shit. Good job blocking the cameras backstage though?
And there goes Perkins too?
Their shorts look so funny when they replay the jumps in slow mo.
Voo-Yah-Chich
5:22 Love the entire arena not even paying attention to the game but rather the action in the tunnel. Too bad Pierce looks like he might topple over any second.
4:12 Even with the Odom put in, this isn't going so well is it?
3:40 KG donates 3 easys to the Machine's cause.
3:06 Oh Oh OOOOOOOh! D Fish to KB24. Like buttah!
46.3 All of this back and forthing with the score is killin us.
MADE! After the buzzer =/
77-73 Leprechauns
4th Quarter
11:08 Wasn't that the second loose ball on Walton who's dad predicted the C's for the series?
Oh dear...
8:26 What the hell Derek?
whatever the time is: E.T. er.... Cassell can't tell time. Oops?
5:42 Kobe must begin total domination now.
3:43 We're too close to let this game go tonight. GIDP. Get it done please.
2:57 L Odom might be the wake up buzzer these guys need.
2:34 Ray Allen is a bullshitter.
1:54 Anybody else notice certain players re fuzzy looking on the screen? Can ABC get it together soon?
Must... breathe... in... AND... out...
Wanted to see Wanted quite some time ago, glad it's finally getting around to coming out.
In-N-Out, this game ain't bein played in California so what gives?
98-88 Celtics
Final Comments
From Evil Ted @ Basketbawful:
Early in the game, officials called a backcourt violation on Gasol that wasn't a backcourt violation, why? Because Gasol's location in relation to the centerline was obscured by the fact that the Celtics have plastered an O'Brien trophy logo across the full width of the court. If a bad call relating to the midcourt line is made at a critical point in a critical game, expect to hear more about this unecessary logo. Later in the game, KG saved a ball from going into the back court and the Celtics scored. It was a critical play and it looked like KG's foot stayed on the correct side of the center line, but there's no precise way to tell. Why? Cause there's no centerline, that's why.
and Wild Yams continued:
For Game 2 I'd like to see them go with a lengthwise, full-court Larry O'Brien trophy rather than that half-ass side to side one they have at midcourt. They should have it not only blot out the halfcourt line, but also the painted areas under each basket as well as the 3-point line, the free throw line and the dotted line under each hoop. I can't wait till it's the future and they have motion graphics going underneath the floor and on the backboards. It's going to be super-keen!
Yeah... about that!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Game 5 and beyond, Round 2 Lakers - Jazz
As expected, the boys took care of things at home. We know that it's the playoffs and we understand why, but what the hell happened to Ira Newble, DJ Mbenga, Coby Karl, and Chris Mihm? We're just sayin'.
A few notes:
We're glad Jordan is getting back to himself, he's got a ways to go, but he's getting there.
Kobe's back is like the 6th member of the team at all times, it gets a lot of press, more press than Kobe's fingers got, there might be some jealousy soon. In fact if any reporter out there sees this and would do us the favor of asking Kobe if his finger is jealous of the attention his back is getting, we would love you FOREVER!
How long do Upper Respiratory Infections last?
Sasha did not name himself The Machine, please, for the love of Godot, TNT and ESPN, stop saying he named himself that. Where does this folklore come from? What are you talking about? Please check with your buddies at KCAL/FSN, Joel Meyers & Stu Lantz.
Instead of talking about relevant things that may or may not have happened in game 5, how about we just give you some of the best quotes around the internet pertaining to this series?
There are 9 white guys on the court right now. Kinda rare.
&
(and I'm counting Farmar/Deron as one)
Comment by carter blanchard — May 14, 2008 on Forum Blue & Gold
Referring of course to the following line up in game 5: Pau Gasol, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, and Sasha Vujacic for the Lakers. Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver, and Matt Harpring for the Jazz.
i love going to the game
i love the freaks at the game
i love the hippies the yuppies the gangbangers the lawyers the
corporate suits the trendy teenagers
the flaunters the humble fans the true fans the band wagoneers the
thugs the thoughtful
the fathers and mothers and kids the intelligent observers of the
game the drunken yelling morons
the hot silicone chicks with painted fingernails who parade around and
dont pay attention to the game
the black the white the brown the red the yellow
i love em all at the game
when everyone is rooting together
when we all come together
when we are all one for a little while but like it should always be
thats cool
From Flea's blog on NBA.com
and finally:
Luke Walton: Mitch Kupchak finished second in NBA Executive of the Year voting, and it was well-deserved. For the most part. But the six-year, $30 million contract he gave to Walton was as good a reason as any that Kups didn't come in first. The Son of Bill must have been channeling the spirit of his daddy's feet, because he played a pretty worthless 13 minutes: 1 point, 0-for-1, 2 rebounds, zero assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal and 2 personal fouls. And just think: The Lakers can look forward to five more years of this!
from Basketbawful
Let's go ahead and take care of things in Utah tonight shall we? If the guy with the "Not room service again" doll wasn't enough to make it a we're-gonna-win-so-you-can-shut-the-hell-up game, then surely the guy covering up his eye and screaming at D.Fish was. Maybe he got tuned out, as he should have been, by everyone on the floor and maybe that's why it didn't become personal, but it needs to be this time around. That guy is the reason so many people across the nation HATE the Jazz fans. Hate. We were going to write about how classless that was but we don't even have the energy to waste on such ridiculousness so just let it be said that some guy in Utah might be ball less soon, and we're not talking about anyone on the Jazz team.
Let's go Lakers!
A few notes:
We're glad Jordan is getting back to himself, he's got a ways to go, but he's getting there.
Kobe's back is like the 6th member of the team at all times, it gets a lot of press, more press than Kobe's fingers got, there might be some jealousy soon. In fact if any reporter out there sees this and would do us the favor of asking Kobe if his finger is jealous of the attention his back is getting, we would love you FOREVER!
How long do Upper Respiratory Infections last?
Sasha did not name himself The Machine, please, for the love of Godot, TNT and ESPN, stop saying he named himself that. Where does this folklore come from? What are you talking about? Please check with your buddies at KCAL/FSN, Joel Meyers & Stu Lantz.
Instead of talking about relevant things that may or may not have happened in game 5, how about we just give you some of the best quotes around the internet pertaining to this series?
There are 9 white guys on the court right now. Kinda rare.
&
(and I'm counting Farmar/Deron as one)
Comment by carter blanchard — May 14, 2008 on Forum Blue & Gold
Referring of course to the following line up in game 5: Pau Gasol, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, and Sasha Vujacic for the Lakers. Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver, and Matt Harpring for the Jazz.
i love going to the game
i love the freaks at the game
i love the hippies the yuppies the gangbangers the lawyers the
corporate suits the trendy teenagers
the flaunters the humble fans the true fans the band wagoneers the
thugs the thoughtful
the fathers and mothers and kids the intelligent observers of the
game the drunken yelling morons
the hot silicone chicks with painted fingernails who parade around and
dont pay attention to the game
the black the white the brown the red the yellow
i love em all at the game
when everyone is rooting together
when we all come together
when we are all one for a little while but like it should always be
thats cool
From Flea's blog on NBA.com
and finally:
Luke Walton: Mitch Kupchak finished second in NBA Executive of the Year voting, and it was well-deserved. For the most part. But the six-year, $30 million contract he gave to Walton was as good a reason as any that Kups didn't come in first. The Son of Bill must have been channeling the spirit of his daddy's feet, because he played a pretty worthless 13 minutes: 1 point, 0-for-1, 2 rebounds, zero assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal and 2 personal fouls. And just think: The Lakers can look forward to five more years of this!
from Basketbawful
Let's go ahead and take care of things in Utah tonight shall we? If the guy with the "Not room service again" doll wasn't enough to make it a we're-gonna-win-so-you-can-shut-the-hell-up game, then surely the guy covering up his eye and screaming at D.Fish was. Maybe he got tuned out, as he should have been, by everyone on the floor and maybe that's why it didn't become personal, but it needs to be this time around. That guy is the reason so many people across the nation HATE the Jazz fans. Hate. We were going to write about how classless that was but we don't even have the energy to waste on such ridiculousness so just let it be said that some guy in Utah might be ball less soon, and we're not talking about anyone on the Jazz team.
Let's go Lakers!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Los Lakers vs. Warriors
A word before the game:
Happy Easter! It's Sunday Night Whites, but not just ANY SNW, it's Noche Latino which means Los Lakers! There's still a lot of bracket madness going on so we haven't even been paying attention to the Lakers enough to have any intelligent pregame conversation about them. Pau isn't playing still :(
Tip Off
Radman, Turiaf (we've perfected saying his name the way he does), Bryant, Fisher, L. Odom
1st Quarter
Well the good news is that we have no idea what happened during the first quarter thanks to the DVR crapping out even though we've only had this one for 1 week (7 days as of today) thanks DirecTv. If you're new around here, we HATE DirecTv even more than we hate USC but there really aren't many options so we have to sit idly by and hate them, crossing our fingers hoping that we get to actually watch the TV we pay for whether it works or not.
2nd Quarter
5:59 Oh welcome back to the TV you're paying for!
4:46 Sasha takes a "I have nothing better to do tonight than blow the game" shot. What do you know, he misses, but then he hustles back so are we mad or not?
4:39 Damn, Luke is sweaty.
3:41 Oh there goes DirecTV again. You know what we didn't want to see this game anyway.
Okay so we've gone to a streaming site in order to watch now because this is bullshit!
2:49 & 2:35 Luke passes to Golden Statesmen... there really should be some sort of class they take where they learn the difference between "my team and the other team".
2:33 Please hit yourself in the face with the ball a few more times Mr. Walton, it might help you see colors better.
2:10 Since we're down by so much Kobe decides to beat the shit out of whoever has the ball so they can have some free throws.
1:03 This is where the downfall starts. Sasha gets nothing from the corner, then Lamar gets stripped by Davis and falls on his ass. Warriors get it done then we're back to the Laker's end of the floor where Kobe misses it, then Derek misses is (or did Derek miss it first?), then someone else misses it before the buzzer. Pretty sure the goal of the game is to put the ball inside of the hole. If the NBA was giving away points for hitting the rim we'd have kicked the shit out of the Warriors in this past minute, but they don't.
Half Time
We'd like to see DirecTv get it's act together so we can watch the rest of the game without squinting at the stream on the computer, but that's probably asking for too much isn't it?
3rd Quarter
11:14 Los Ronny needs to make both of his freethrows because his team is losing still.
10:10 Kobe to Ronny for the zip.
9:37 Have these guys had too much Easter ham? Why not let Karl, Newble and the injureds play instead?
9:11 It's going to be a long night for Kobe and the gang.
7:14 We're not even sure how Derek ended up twirling around on the floor but at least Kobe made the shot.
Kobe has put on his "fuck that" face and you can mark our words from here on out he's going to make everyone on the floor hate their own lives.
5:13 Radman with a Walton shot - nowhere near the basket just the way we like it!
3:30 Coach Nellie looks stressed.
3:16 "A couple of poor decisions" doesn't even begin to describe what Luke did in the first half.
2:55 Kinda like how he laid on the floor while the rest of his team ran to the other side.
2:34 Fisher's got HOPS!!! And nobody was there to stop 'em.
Get there Lakers.
Did Luke just block that?
1:27 Fisher with another of his rainbow shots, love the arc on his shots. Love.
48.3 Lamar's pass to Kobe looked like it wasn't going to work but damn if it didn't.
87-81 Warriors
4th Quarter
9:35 If Jordan is going to senselessly foul people can he at least get his hair cut?
Kobe? Wide open? We'll take it!
7:45 Sasha needs to make shots.
6:48 Kobe takes it, runs it, passes to himself behind his back, spins and passes behind someone elses back to Ronny who gets the 2 and 1. AND TIES IT!
We just seriously yelped. When basketball gets exciting...
3:21 Thank god L. Odom was there to tap in Luke's usual non-make. It's anybodies game at this point.
56.4 1 point game?
We didn't foul them because it's more fun to risk losing.
8.1 The Warriors' little celebratory bullshit is really annoying. They kind of remind us of gangsters at a drive by.
115-111 Warriors
Final Comments
I mean... they had a pretty valiant come back, but the better question is, "Why were we in a position to need to come back?" Think about that Los Lakers.
Due to the lack of solid TV service we're not prepared to give out a bunch of awards but we're certainly giving out the
Player of the Night Award: Derek Fisher for his pretty shots that brought us back from the dead in the 3rd Quarter! And because we still aren't able to release our comments from the Utah game and we need to shout him out for "using his daughters' illness as a convenience"
Happy Easter! It's Sunday Night Whites, but not just ANY SNW, it's Noche Latino which means Los Lakers! There's still a lot of bracket madness going on so we haven't even been paying attention to the Lakers enough to have any intelligent pregame conversation about them. Pau isn't playing still :(
Tip Off
Radman, Turiaf (we've perfected saying his name the way he does), Bryant, Fisher, L. Odom
1st Quarter
Well the good news is that we have no idea what happened during the first quarter thanks to the DVR crapping out even though we've only had this one for 1 week (7 days as of today) thanks DirecTv. If you're new around here, we HATE DirecTv even more than we hate USC but there really aren't many options so we have to sit idly by and hate them, crossing our fingers hoping that we get to actually watch the TV we pay for whether it works or not.
2nd Quarter
5:59 Oh welcome back to the TV you're paying for!
4:46 Sasha takes a "I have nothing better to do tonight than blow the game" shot. What do you know, he misses, but then he hustles back so are we mad or not?
4:39 Damn, Luke is sweaty.
3:41 Oh there goes DirecTV again. You know what we didn't want to see this game anyway.
Okay so we've gone to a streaming site in order to watch now because this is bullshit!
2:49 & 2:35 Luke passes to Golden Statesmen... there really should be some sort of class they take where they learn the difference between "my team and the other team".
2:33 Please hit yourself in the face with the ball a few more times Mr. Walton, it might help you see colors better.
2:10 Since we're down by so much Kobe decides to beat the shit out of whoever has the ball so they can have some free throws.
1:03 This is where the downfall starts. Sasha gets nothing from the corner, then Lamar gets stripped by Davis and falls on his ass. Warriors get it done then we're back to the Laker's end of the floor where Kobe misses it, then Derek misses is (or did Derek miss it first?), then someone else misses it before the buzzer. Pretty sure the goal of the game is to put the ball inside of the hole. If the NBA was giving away points for hitting the rim we'd have kicked the shit out of the Warriors in this past minute, but they don't.
Half Time
We'd like to see DirecTv get it's act together so we can watch the rest of the game without squinting at the stream on the computer, but that's probably asking for too much isn't it?
3rd Quarter
11:14 Los Ronny needs to make both of his freethrows because his team is losing still.
10:10 Kobe to Ronny for the zip.
9:37 Have these guys had too much Easter ham? Why not let Karl, Newble and the injureds play instead?
9:11 It's going to be a long night for Kobe and the gang.
7:14 We're not even sure how Derek ended up twirling around on the floor but at least Kobe made the shot.
Kobe has put on his "fuck that" face and you can mark our words from here on out he's going to make everyone on the floor hate their own lives.
5:13 Radman with a Walton shot - nowhere near the basket just the way we like it!
3:30 Coach Nellie looks stressed.
3:16 "A couple of poor decisions" doesn't even begin to describe what Luke did in the first half.
2:55 Kinda like how he laid on the floor while the rest of his team ran to the other side.
2:34 Fisher's got HOPS!!! And nobody was there to stop 'em.
Get there Lakers.
Did Luke just block that?
1:27 Fisher with another of his rainbow shots, love the arc on his shots. Love.
48.3 Lamar's pass to Kobe looked like it wasn't going to work but damn if it didn't.
87-81 Warriors
4th Quarter
9:35 If Jordan is going to senselessly foul people can he at least get his hair cut?
Kobe? Wide open? We'll take it!
7:45 Sasha needs to make shots.
6:48 Kobe takes it, runs it, passes to himself behind his back, spins and passes behind someone elses back to Ronny who gets the 2 and 1. AND TIES IT!
We just seriously yelped. When basketball gets exciting...
3:21 Thank god L. Odom was there to tap in Luke's usual non-make. It's anybodies game at this point.
56.4 1 point game?
We didn't foul them because it's more fun to risk losing.
8.1 The Warriors' little celebratory bullshit is really annoying. They kind of remind us of gangsters at a drive by.
115-111 Warriors
Final Comments
I mean... they had a pretty valiant come back, but the better question is, "Why were we in a position to need to come back?" Think about that Los Lakers.
Due to the lack of solid TV service we're not prepared to give out a bunch of awards but we're certainly giving out the
Player of the Night Award: Derek Fisher for his pretty shots that brought us back from the dead in the 3rd Quarter! And because we still aren't able to release our comments from the Utah game and we need to shout him out for "using his daughters' illness as a convenience"
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Lakers vs. Magic
A word before the game:
There is no we tonight, it is just I. Longhorns @ Bears (you've seen the mascot right?) got off to an exciting start but I'll have to rely on the DVR to see how it ends. We agreed a long time ago that we like Josh Shipp (before we knew he was J.Far's roommate). "Lets jump Shipp". Is it advantageous to play the team you just got traded from? Wonder what Cookie, Mo, and The Trev have to say about that? I know he wasn't very contributing but I liked/miss Cookie a lot.
One last thing: SUNDAY NIGHT WHITES! Love those uniforms.
Tip Off
Kobe, Our Hero D.Fish, Big Drew, Rad Vlad & L-O L-O L-O L-O-V-E (yes, thats an Ashlee Simpson reference... forgive me)
1st Quarter
11:42 Get it Drew! Thats what we want to see all night long baby!
10:03 Radical!
6:43 Pretty low score across the bar so far.
6:19 Drew's first foul! I think his first foul deserves a shot. New game tradition.
6:11 Bye bye Dwight Howard.
And a nice little PS from our favorite announcers (thank God they're back - sorry ESPN), Drew has 2, go fig.
5:17 I'm going to refrain from Mihm hating and just wait until he produces something I can praise him for...
3:46 Kobe thinks he's at shooting practice? No complaints here.
3:28 Kobe just took flight to catch D.Fish's whatever you want to call that, may as well have been at half court and slams it in. Holla!
52.7 Looks like Cookie is already a Laker Hater. Knock KB to the floor and then stand there and look at him, good plan.
30-24 Lakers
2nd Quarter
11:52 Luke just went tap dancing on Mo's head. No hard feelings we swear.
Love watching the football passes.
8:26 Does Luke play so hard that his shirt comes untucked from movement, or does he order his shorts a size too large making it difficult for it to stay put? I really want to know... he's pretty much the only person who has this problem on a consistent basis.
7:39 Yes J.Far should have made that, but good hustle nevertheless Hustleman.
6:58 Kobe just nutmegged himself. I think someone else on your team was claiming that move already.
5:29 Drew just made a free throw in the middle of play. Effortless.
3:33 Kobe to Drew, "Here ya go." Drew to Kobe, "Thanks man, you're the best." They are so cute together.
2:47 Orlando just missed it 3 times in a row. Oops?
We're gonna have to get used to the fact that the boys rack up turnovers like they add to their own score or something.
1:31 D. Fish gets to redeem himself.
63-55 Magicians
Half Time
Lindsay Lohan seemed to be enjoying a quiet night in - only in LA can sitting courtside at a ball game be considered a quiet night. You can tell by the look on everyones face that they know what they need to do to get this done, but will they do it? Lets not repeat Utah, mmkay?
We learned some terminology today:
One Trillion (or any trillion for that matter)
Home Cookin'
And there's always a good time goin' on over at toomuch <-- you either know what that is or you don't. But phrase of the day has been "Duck duck duck duck duck duck boom tho!" That doesn't have much to do with anything other than the fact that I wanted to mention it. Hmmm, is it pronounced communiKAYtive or communiCUHtive?
3rd Quarter
11:05 (thats 55 seconds into the half) Drew gets his 3rd. Take a shot everytime he gets fouled for the rest of the season. Drew, don't get us love drunk off your humps please.
9:13 Fish is an effective but quiet player. He gets it done though.
7:27 See what I mean? FOR THE LOVE OF (&?) BASKETBALL STOP SHOWING US THE TWO SIDES OF DWYANE SPELLING ERROR WADE PLAYING BASKETBALL. THIS IS LA, WE DON'T CARE. K, THANKS.
4:15 Jump ball 'cause theys be brawlin', not ballin', brawlin' on the ground. Does Kobe take dance classes with his daughters to learn that fancy footwork? Dancing with the Stars anyone?
I'm glad somebody else thinks the Utah booing of Derek Fisher was as ridiculous, disrespectful, and disappointing as we did. Seriously WTF Utah?
What just happened in the FSN commercial where I think they were making LO (or was that Kwame? I was barely paying attention), LW, and DF "rockstars", but all they did was walk to the spotlight, look up, and then look at the camera? Note to self: Must go to Sports Chalet for roadtrip.
32.2 Get up Ronny... now stand up straight... that doesn't look very good :( Fix it Vitti! 77-75 Orlando - are they owned by Disney like the entire town they are from (even though knowledgeable folk know that Disney is in Lake Buena Vista NOT Orlando)? 4th Quarter
11:12 Somebody tell Jordan that he can socialize with The Laker Girls after the game is over.
10:54 Mihms for the make!
9:33 No comment.
Shirtwatch 2007 - officially we're going to take shots every time Luke's shirt is untucked now.
6:09 Kobe with the assist goes to the ground and LO drops it in.
5:12 Jordan DOIN THE DAMN THANG! No matter the outcome.
Shirtwatch: Only this time I'm pretty sure someone almost ripped it off of him.
Patrick Ewing got fat. I only mention this because people very very regularly think my dad is Patrick Ewing and um, I'm pretty sure that won't be happening again anytime soon.
2:25 Ronny has a concussion. Not happy.
1:44 There goes the tacos.
18.3 I'm not really sure how it is that we're set up to lose this one right now but that's what it looks like.
17.2 Fish or someone (I find it hard to watch this now) just took a seat at the scorers table. Why not rest right?
Hey, I thought we were gonna see The Trev play tonight because he knows the Magic's style?
104-97 Magic
Final Comments
Nice losing bookends for Saturday... as nice as losing bookends can be I guess. At least it wasn't a shameful loss though. Listen to some TuPac on your drives home gentlemen... Keep Ya Head Up.
Our player of the night: Derek Fisher. He may have only had a handful of points but he's so smooth with it. And he was such an amazingly collected person after being booed by the Utah assholes the other night and didn't let that affect him one bit, how could we not vote for him?
Proof that LA fans are better: Booing Lindsay Lohan who's obviously working on her "health" from the side of the court instead of booing people who put their family above little orange balls.
The Get Your Act Together award of the night: NBA.com and the UCLA Bruins tie.
There is no we tonight, it is just I. Longhorns @ Bears (you've seen the mascot right?) got off to an exciting start but I'll have to rely on the DVR to see how it ends. We agreed a long time ago that we like Josh Shipp (before we knew he was J.Far's roommate). "Lets jump Shipp". Is it advantageous to play the team you just got traded from? Wonder what Cookie, Mo, and The Trev have to say about that? I know he wasn't very contributing but I liked/miss Cookie a lot.
One last thing: SUNDAY NIGHT WHITES! Love those uniforms.
Tip Off
Kobe, Our Hero D.Fish, Big Drew, Rad Vlad & L-O L-O L-O L-O-V-E (yes, thats an Ashlee Simpson reference... forgive me)
1st Quarter
11:42 Get it Drew! Thats what we want to see all night long baby!
10:03 Radical!
6:43 Pretty low score across the bar so far.
6:19 Drew's first foul! I think his first foul deserves a shot. New game tradition.
6:11 Bye bye Dwight Howard.
And a nice little PS from our favorite announcers (thank God they're back - sorry ESPN), Drew has 2, go fig.
5:17 I'm going to refrain from Mihm hating and just wait until he produces something I can praise him for...
3:46 Kobe thinks he's at shooting practice? No complaints here.
3:28 Kobe just took flight to catch D.Fish's whatever you want to call that, may as well have been at half court and slams it in. Holla!
52.7 Looks like Cookie is already a Laker Hater. Knock KB to the floor and then stand there and look at him, good plan.
30-24 Lakers
2nd Quarter
11:52 Luke just went tap dancing on Mo's head. No hard feelings we swear.
Love watching the football passes.
8:26 Does Luke play so hard that his shirt comes untucked from movement, or does he order his shorts a size too large making it difficult for it to stay put? I really want to know... he's pretty much the only person who has this problem on a consistent basis.
7:39 Yes J.Far should have made that, but good hustle nevertheless Hustleman.
6:58 Kobe just nutmegged himself. I think someone else on your team was claiming that move already.
5:29 Drew just made a free throw in the middle of play. Effortless.
3:33 Kobe to Drew, "Here ya go." Drew to Kobe, "Thanks man, you're the best." They are so cute together.
2:47 Orlando just missed it 3 times in a row. Oops?
We're gonna have to get used to the fact that the boys rack up turnovers like they add to their own score or something.
1:31 D. Fish gets to redeem himself.
63-55 Magicians
Half Time
Lindsay Lohan seemed to be enjoying a quiet night in - only in LA can sitting courtside at a ball game be considered a quiet night. You can tell by the look on everyones face that they know what they need to do to get this done, but will they do it? Lets not repeat Utah, mmkay?
We learned some terminology today:
One Trillion (or any trillion for that matter)
Home Cookin'
And there's always a good time goin' on over at toomuch <-- you either know what that is or you don't. But phrase of the day has been "Duck duck duck duck duck duck boom tho!" That doesn't have much to do with anything other than the fact that I wanted to mention it. Hmmm, is it pronounced communiKAYtive or communiCUHtive?
3rd Quarter
11:05 (thats 55 seconds into the half) Drew gets his 3rd. Take a shot everytime he gets fouled for the rest of the season. Drew, don't get us love drunk off your humps please.
9:13 Fish is an effective but quiet player. He gets it done though.
7:27 See what I mean? FOR THE LOVE OF (&?) BASKETBALL STOP SHOWING US THE TWO SIDES OF DWYANE SPELLING ERROR WADE PLAYING BASKETBALL. THIS IS LA, WE DON'T CARE. K, THANKS.
4:15 Jump ball 'cause theys be brawlin', not ballin', brawlin' on the ground. Does Kobe take dance classes with his daughters to learn that fancy footwork? Dancing with the Stars anyone?
I'm glad somebody else thinks the Utah booing of Derek Fisher was as ridiculous, disrespectful, and disappointing as we did. Seriously WTF Utah?
What just happened in the FSN commercial where I think they were making LO (or was that Kwame? I was barely paying attention), LW, and DF "rockstars", but all they did was walk to the spotlight, look up, and then look at the camera? Note to self: Must go to Sports Chalet for roadtrip.
32.2 Get up Ronny... now stand up straight... that doesn't look very good :( Fix it Vitti! 77-75 Orlando - are they owned by Disney like the entire town they are from (even though knowledgeable folk know that Disney is in Lake Buena Vista NOT Orlando)? 4th Quarter
11:12 Somebody tell Jordan that he can socialize with The Laker Girls after the game is over.
10:54 Mihms for the make!
9:33 No comment.
Shirtwatch 2007 - officially we're going to take shots every time Luke's shirt is untucked now.
6:09 Kobe with the assist goes to the ground and LO drops it in.
5:12 Jordan DOIN THE DAMN THANG! No matter the outcome.
Shirtwatch: Only this time I'm pretty sure someone almost ripped it off of him.
Patrick Ewing got fat. I only mention this because people very very regularly think my dad is Patrick Ewing and um, I'm pretty sure that won't be happening again anytime soon.
2:25 Ronny has a concussion. Not happy.
1:44 There goes the tacos.
18.3 I'm not really sure how it is that we're set up to lose this one right now but that's what it looks like.
17.2 Fish or someone (I find it hard to watch this now) just took a seat at the scorers table. Why not rest right?
Hey, I thought we were gonna see The Trev play tonight because he knows the Magic's style?
104-97 Magic
Final Comments
Nice losing bookends for Saturday... as nice as losing bookends can be I guess. At least it wasn't a shameful loss though. Listen to some TuPac on your drives home gentlemen... Keep Ya Head Up.
Our player of the night: Derek Fisher. He may have only had a handful of points but he's so smooth with it. And he was such an amazingly collected person after being booed by the Utah assholes the other night and didn't let that affect him one bit, how could we not vote for him?
Proof that LA fans are better: Booing Lindsay Lohan who's obviously working on her "health" from the side of the court instead of booing people who put their family above little orange balls.
The Get Your Act Together award of the night: NBA.com and the UCLA Bruins tie.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Reasons we'd be ashamed if we were from Utah
Anybody who saw the game last night knows that Utah won, in fact, Utah pretty much bent us over their collective knee and spanked us. Naturally any pre-established Utah Jazz fan should be rejoicing. And in turn, I offer a round of applause and a blessing from The Tabernacle Choir to the men of the Jazz for a job well done, without two of their star players in rotation.
Who doesn't get a round of applause are the "fans" who attended that game, and anyone else who would have liked nothing more than to be sitting there joining in the antics of the crowd. I'm sure everyone knows the Derek Fisher story by now, but just in case:
He was a Laker long long ago (remember the last handful of back to back championships?), then he went up the coastline for a brief stint with the Warriors. Warrior I'm sure he did, but he kept on going and landed in Utah for a good minute. When his daughter became ill, his nearly newborn daughter, he naturally put his family first and traveled to the best care he could find for her. The most heroic part of this tale comes on the day he was in New York by her side through treatment, immediately after it was over he flew back to Utah, suited up near the end of the playoff game they were in the middle of and threw it down!! winning the game for the Jazz. What a great guy right? Realistically he didn't need to rush back to that game. It's just basketball, and when compared to the life of a child where does it stack up?
At seasons end he respectfully asked out of his contract with the Jazz so that he could go work somewhere that allows him to focus more on his daughter's health, and the well being of his family. The Jazz being the stand up folks that they are, let him go. He landed back in Los Angeles and put his old jersey back on.
Flash forward to the first meet up in Utah since then on Friday, November 30th 2007. A night when you might think that Utah Jazz fans would be overwhelmed to see Derek Fisher, his daughter healthy. Nope. Okay, okay, the man is a great talent and it sucks that he's not there helping out their team anymore, okay fine, we sympathize with that. So it's understandable that they would not cheer for him, because they got their feelings hurt, and might even be a little bit scared that he could help the Lakers beat their home team. Nope. Utah chose instead to show just how caring they really are by booing him all night long. Now, I'm not saying they needed to make "We love you Derek Fisher" posters or anything, but how about the middle ground where they kept their mouths shut? How about sitting quietly in their seat until it's time to cheer for their own team? Hell, we wouldn't have minded if they'd just booed the entire Laker squad. Nope. Lets boo Derek Fisher for putting his family at the top of his priority list.
Not only was the booing obnoxious and distracting (although not for D.Fish - more on that later), but it was downright disrespectful. The fans should have been charged with a collective technical billed to the team for unsportsmanlike conduct. Furthermore, if we had been in the arena, trust and believe there would have been a whole lot less booing (and cowbelling) going on. After that showing we couldn't bring ourselves to support Utah in any venture any longer. Utah needing support for political campaigns? That's nice. Utah being booted from the United States? Oh well. We're not even making sense but at least we're not booing. What's next? Is Utah going to have a natural disaster and then boo FEMA when they come to help? Sounds like a positive experience to me.
Anyone who's already left Utah should be proud of themselves, anyone still there and not by choice (minors, hospice patients) should know we're praying for you, and anyone proud to boo for respectable human beings should walk with their heads hung in shame. Don't call yourself a fan if that's how you intend to act. Seriously. What is wrong with you people?
Stay classy Utah,
Ron & Burgundy
P.S., If PB&J had to apologize for making jokes about movies with homoerotic themes shouldn't these people have to apologize for being douchebags?
Not only was the booing obnoxious and distracting (although not for D.Fish - more on that later), but it was downright disrespectful. The fans should have been charged with a collective technical billed to the team for unsportsmanlike conduct. Furthermore, if we had been in the arena, trust and believe there would have been a whole lot less booing (and cowbelling) going on. After that showing we couldn't bring ourselves to support Utah in any venture any longer. Utah needing support for political campaigns? That's nice. Utah being booted from the United States? Oh well. We're not even making sense but at least we're not booing. What's next? Is Utah going to have a natural disaster and then boo FEMA when they come to help? Sounds like a positive experience to me.
Anyone who's already left Utah should be proud of themselves, anyone still there and not by choice (minors, hospice patients) should know we're praying for you, and anyone proud to boo for respectable human beings should walk with their heads hung in shame. Don't call yourself a fan if that's how you intend to act. Seriously. What is wrong with you people?
Stay classy Utah,
Ron & Burgundy
P.S., If PB&J had to apologize for making jokes about movies with homoerotic themes shouldn't these people have to apologize for being douchebags?
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