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Looks like the Lakers have thrown in the towel: 74-48 in the third quarter. :shakehead: :shakehead: :shakehead:

What a pathetic showing for a must win game. :grumble:

77-48 right now. How sad. I'm not really a Lakers fan, but weren't they supposed to be the favorite of this series? :sweat:

cori wrote:77-48 right now. How sad. I'm not really a Lakers fan, but weren't they supposed to be the favorite of this series? :sweat:

Only by the oddsmakers apparently. :sweat:

Wow. Rondo came up big. KG came up big. Looks like Pierce and Doc Rivers riled them up from last game.

:applaud:

Goodness, I didn't come home to see that kind of score! :grumble: The Lakers should just ask for the refs to stop the game at this point. Holy cow.

Enjoy it while you can Celtics fans. This is not like the Russell/Cousy, Cowens/Havlicek, or Bird/Parrish/McHale teams that lasted for a decade or more. They'll be competitive for another year or two and thats about it. The Lakers on the other hand, except for Derek Fisher are still a young team with a future. Especially if Bynum comes back.

gaijinmark wrote:Enjoy it while you can Celtics fans. This is not like the Russell/Cousy, Cowens/Havlicek, or Bird/Parrish/McHale teams that lasted for a decade or more. They'll be competitive for another year or two and thats about it. The Lakers on the other hand, except for Derek Fisher are still a young team with a future. Especially if Bynum comes back.

+1

Hats off to Pierce, KG and Allen. It was a hard pill to swallow to see the Lakers lose so badly. :bleh:

gaijinmark wrote:Enjoy it while you can Celtics fans. This is not like the Russell/Cousy, Cowens/Havlicek, or Bird/Parrish/McHale teams that lasted for a decade or more. They'll be competitive for another year or two and thats about it. The Lakers on the other hand, except for Derek Fisher are still a young team with a future. Especially if Bynum comes back.

+2

Yup, youth will be served in the very near future. :victory:

In truth, I don't feel that bad about it, since Garnet, Allen, and Pierce suffered for so many years with mediocre (and worse) teams... And they're not anything like those jerkoff punks from the 80's: McHale, Kite, Carr, Ainge...

bmwracer wrote:
In truth, I don't feel that bad about it, since Garnet, Allen, and Pierce suffered for so many years with mediocre (and worse) teams...

I guess KG didn't want anything to do with another New England meltdown...

:mrgreen:

FarOutFreak wrote:
I guess KG didn't want anything to do with another New England meltdown...
:mrgreen:

And yet Boston was basically one "Eli Manning Drive" away from sweeping the championships from all 3 major sports this past year .... Sox in WorldSeries, Celtics in NBA Finals, and almost with Pats in SB. :banghead:



Spoiled Boston Brats ... :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:Enjoy it while you can Celtics fans. This is not like the Russell/Cousy, Cowens/Havlicek, or Bird/Parrish/McHale teams that lasted for a decade or more. They'll be competitive for another year or two and thats about it. The Lakers on the other hand, except for Derek Fisher are still a young team with a future. Especially if Bynum comes back.

Yup. But the Celtics will still be favored to win it next year probably. Their Big Three are getting old, but not over-the-hill just quite yet. Celtics' window to win championships is probably 2-3 years .... Lakers' more like 5 years. :fingerscrossed:

Takoyama wrote:
Hats off to Pierce, KG and Allen. It was a hard pill to swallow to see the Lakers lose so badly. :bleh:

Well, perhaps ... but I'm sure Lakers fans would've found it more excruciating if they lost 4 close, nail-bitting games. Lakers getting blown out means the Celtics were clearly just the better team in this series.

Wow, Clippers shell out mondo bucks for the W's Baron Davis... :sweat:

Now are the Clips and W's going to trade positions in the standings next season? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Wow, Clippers shell out mondo bucks for the W's Baron Davis... :sweat:

Now are the Clips and W's going to trade positions in the standings next season? :beaten:

At first I was really surprised, but after reading about how Don Nelson is in his final year of contract and with Ellis and Biedrins as restricted agents perhaps Davis just didn't want to stick around with all the uncertainty. Now if the Clips can get Brand back, perhaps they can make a run at the playoffs.

deseipher wrote:At first I was really surprised, but after reading about how Don Nelson is in his final year of contract and with Ellis and Biedrins as restricted agents perhaps Davis just didn't want to stick around with all the uncertainty. Now if the Clips can get Brand back, perhaps they can make a run at the playoffs.

Brand should be back 100%... But alas, these ARE the Clippers. :beaten:

Looks like the Sonics are leaving Seattle to Oklahoma City. What a shame :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
But alas, these ARE the Clippers. :beaten:

Good point. The fact that they are the Clippers makes things uncertain regardless of who they sign. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote: But alas, these ARE the Clippers. :beaten:

Yup, if the Clippers were an F1 team, they'd be called "Minardi" :shakehead: [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: Yup, if the Clippers were an F1 team, they'd be called "Minardi" :shakehead: [/list:u]

LOL. :lol:

Or Team Prost. :hehe: :rofl:

Davis just wanted a huge payday and there was no way the Warriors were gonna give him a long term contract for huge money... with his history of injuries.

(I'm in pure homer mode right now. Screw the guy. I never liked him anyway.)

I'm so depressed. :banghead: