adub2adub wrote:That's the problem with the Rockets... they NEED to play great D in order to win. The Lakers just need it occasionally since their offense carries them for the rest.
When Houston gives up 100+pts, they almost always lose. Lakers can often get away with that. :sweat:
Problem is, the Lakers seem to have been doing that a lot more often lately: giving up big leads... Eventually they're gonna floor it and find the tank empty. :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:Sports media feeding frenzy in L.A. for the next couple of days... :sweat:
Reasons to be concerned? Sure. But, it hasn't and shouldn't reach panic point yet .... as it is still very hard to image the Rockets winning 2 more for the series.
Looks like both teams from last year's finals are struggling.
Difference here, Celts actually have a good excuse - no Garnett. Lakers should be at full strength with a healthy Bynum back.
Winning-shot or not ... the Big Baby is no little KG ... that's for sure. :P
^ Yeah, Bynum is back, but he's been totally ineffective... And Lamar Odom was hurt and didn't return to the game... Not that it would've made any difference considering how uninspired the entire team played. :sweat:
By MURRAY EVANS, Associated Press Writer May 15, 5:27 pm EDT
Wherever Wayman Tisdale went, whatever he was doing, chances were he was smiling.
Tisdale was a three-time All-American at Oklahoma in the mid-1980s before playing a dozen years in the NBA and later becoming an accomplished jazz musician.
But those who knew Tisdale, who died Friday at a hospital in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., recalled not only his professional gifts but a perpetually sunny outlook, even in the face of a two-year battle with cancer that took his life at 44.
gI donft know of any athlete at Oklahoma or any place else who was more loved by the fans who knew him than Wayman Tisdale,h said Billy Tubbs, who coached Tisdale with the Sooners. gHe was obviously, a great, great player, but Wayman as a person overshadowed that. He just lit up a room and was so positive.h
Jeff Capel, the current Oklahoma coach, noted Tisdalefs gincredible gift of making the people who came in contact with him feel incredibly special.h
After three years at Oklahoma, Tisdale played in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. The 6-foot-9 forward, with a soft left-handed touch on the court, averaged 15.3 points for his career. He was on the U.S. team that won the gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.