|
|
BDL Live Blog: NBA Finals, Game 4
Blog is Now Live
8:50
J.E. Skeets - Live blog you-know-the-drill. June 12th, 2008. "L.A. Lakers, fast break makers / Kings of the court, shake and bake all takers /
Back-to-back is a bad ass fact, a claim that remains in tact." Good evening, sweet Internet. Let's rawk.
8:51
[Comment From laughing hard]
Zero-one-two?
8:51
J.E. Skeets - Might be zero-one-four. I can't remember.
8:51
[Comment From Roivon]
Looks like the C's are favored to win this one by the big brains over at ABC
8:52
J.E. Skeets - Except Worthy. And A.C. Green. He cheers for cuddling. That's it.
8:52
[Comment From Jonathan]
So who just predicted that Gasol will dominate KG tonight? Because I mocked him.
8:52
J.E. Skeets - That was James.
8:53
[Comment From laughing hard]
There should be a motto for these liveblogs -- BDL Liveblogs: Way Better than Mike Breen!
8:54
J.E. Skeets - Jeffrey Osborne? Who are these people? Nice shirt, though, Jeff.
8:54
[Comment From Dr. Evezan]
It would be a stretch for anyone to DOMINATE KG, much less a weak Spainard.
8:54
[Comment From Jonathan]
So according to the outside of Staples Center, There Can Be Only One Half--Kobe's left half.
8:54
[Comment From brotherfromanother]
KG does a good job dominating himself these days.
8:55
J.E. Skeets - Hey, where is my Canadian anthem? Rick Fox is not impressed.
8:55
Matt Moore - "I can't stand it, I know you planned it, I'mma set it straight, this Watergate." What's the story, morning series of tube glory?
8:55
J.E. Skeets - Hey, Matt. For Moses down below: Tonight's crew: Steve Javie, Joe DeRosa and Tom Washington. They have a combined 147-90 (.615) record in favor of the home teams, which isn't all that wild.
8:55
[Comment From charlie]
O Canada, our home and native land.
8:56
Matt Moore - The word is Javie will screw the Lakers, the other two will screw the Celtics. So no one walks away happy.
8:56
J.E. Skeets - I want that oversized trophy on my front lawn.
8:56
[Comment From Jonathan]
If they did the Canadian anthem, then they'd have to do the Yugoslavian anthem for Vlad and the Machine anthem for Machine.
8:56
goathair - Trey? Present.
8:56
J.E. Skeets - Good point.
8:57
Matt Moore - And the Looney Tunes theme for Doc.
8:57
J.E. Skeets - Rondo update, via Celtics Blog: Rajon Rondo walked onto the Staples Center floor at 6:27 p.m., EST. He has both ankles taped, his injured left ankle no more heavily wrapped than his right.
The Celtics point guard is doing some light shooting right now. He's getting good elevation on his jump shot. He's relaxed and joking with his ball boys.
I'm sitting right next to the court, and at this point I see no hitches in Rondo's warm-up. He looks good.
8:58
goathair - To answer KD's question from this afternoon's chat, Pau Gasol is the most Blowtorch-y player in the finals. Bearded Euro? Yes, please.
8:58
[Comment From Saad Farooqi]
Odom needs to show up for the Lakers to live up to the pre-series expectations. He's been MIA for most of the last 2 series.
8:58
J.E. Skeets - It's time to MEET and GREET .
8:58
[Comment From Dr. Evezan]
Since when were the Lakers "brothers?" Until very recently, they were more known for their internal struggles.
8:58
Matt Moore - I may have to call Vlad Rayman from now on. Why? Because he kind of reminds me of this:
8:59
Matt Moore - oh, how did I not get that, Trey?!
8:59
[Comment From cedrick]
Why doesn't Phil Jackson place kobe on pierce, and start vujacic to play against Ray Allen?
8:59
Matt Moore - Much better intro by the Lakers, by the way.
8:59
J.E. Skeets - Foul trouble worries, fatigue issues.
8:59
[Comment From Mark]
What Lakers need is Jordy Farmar to play more, whenever he comes on he's better instant offence than eddie house
8:59
[Comment From inNewZealand]
From here in New Zealand, if Odom doesnt show up tonight I am going to rename all my sheep after the Boston Starting Lineup! GO ODOM! GO LAKERS!
8:59
Matt Moore - A little less discoteque, a little more John Williams.
9:00
goathair - "Baba O'Riley" is a dig at Bynum.
9:00
J.E. Skeets - There is a sheep somewhere in New Zealand named Pau. This make me happys.
9:00
Matt Moore - I can't think of what the HP player is. Been working on it, still can't come up with it.
9:00
KDonhoops - Anyone see Stern's presser?
9:00
Matt Moore - Aw crap, Machine's taken over Skeets!
9:01
Matt Moore - Hi, KD. How are you. Good to have you. Looking forward to liveblogging with you.
9:01
J.E. Skeets - Quick run down, KD?
9:01
[Comment From Trey]
"Machine Skeets love name of sheep."
9:01
goathair - What player hates most other players in the league? Kobe Bryant. Tough break, Matt. I really didn't see that coming.
9:01
goathair - 3 for 1 suits at the Men's Warehouse!
9:01
KDonhoops - On point, as usual. I only saw the last few minutes, I didn't know it was on.
Also, I missed Jeffrey Osbourne? I friggin' love Jeffrey Osbourne. Because my CD rack closely resembles that of a 50-year old African-American woman.
9:02
[Comment From KC]
Kobe keeps cutting his hair shorter and shorter.I think he's trying his damnedest to channel Jordan.
9:02
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
Does all this respect towards KD kind of equate to him being some kind of younger wise old man?
9:02
goathair - He's a young, 50-year old African-American woman.
9:02
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
Does all this respect towards KD kind of equate to him being some kind of younger wise old man?
9:02
KDonhoops - A strong one, too.
9:02
J.E. Skeets - This just in, via Stern, tonight's line is LAKERS -7.5. (It opened at -8 early Wednesday morning.) The over/under is 191.5. (Four points less than Game 3.) Do what you got to do, like, win Papa — aka you — a new pair of shoes.
9:02
[Comment From laughing hard]
We demand host predictions! Go!
9:03
Matt Moore - Lakers by 2. Classic game.
9:03
KDonhoops - Basketball will be played!
9:03
[Comment From Trey]
Don't let his age fool you. KD IS old.
9:03
[Comment From KC]
.and KG looks a little creepy when he's so intense.
9:03
goathair - I'm wearing Bulls shorts. I predict I dislike Jordan comparisons.
9:03
[Comment From at work]
im a laker fan but come on lets cut pierce some slack on him acting.. after all this cat got stabbed 11 times and played 2 weeks later
9:03
[Comment From Simon]
Might as well say KG looks a little creepy always.
9:03
J.E. Skeets - I smell a blow out . so . Lakers by 15.
9:03
goathair - Doc Rivers: "You're goal tonight should be to win."
9:04
[Comment From Trey]
My shorts have no particular team affiliation.
9:04
goathair - That's not true, you have on Bulls shorts, me.
9:04
[Comment From Jonathan]
I'm wearing a Timberwolves jersey. I predict KG destroys LA with his radioactive breath.
9:04
[Comment From MagiCAL]
Pierce faked the stabbing
9:04
[Comment From carter blanchard]
Doc's inspirational speeches get me so pumped.
9:04
J.E. Skeets - Stop jumping up and down like you're going to play, Chris Mihm.
9:04
KDonhoops - I think, at the end of the day, it's all about winning.
That didn't come off as Doc-like as I meant, but it is nearly the end of the day.
9:04
Matt Moore - What we need to do, is do what we do. That's what will get it done.
9:04
[Comment From inNewZealand]
Bryant, Odom, Gasol 20 points + each . Lakers by 20
9:04
[Comment From MagiCAL]
Why hasn't Mihm played at all?
9:05
Matt Moore - KD? I'll let you take this one.
9:05
[Comment From Trey]
There's a remote chance that there's more than one of these "Trey" characters running around.
9:05
[Comment From laughing hard]
Chris Mihm is hoping Boston re-signs him.
9:05
[Comment From Jonathan]
Also, I predict I will find the GMC Denali ads to be incredibly annoying. Ditto for Hancock.
9:05
J.E. Skeets - Just saw this. Top Ten Signs an NBA Game Is Fixed, via Grange at From Deep:
10. Game begins 20 minutes before visiting team arrives
9. Tip-off always goes to the player with the largest salary
8. At the end of the first quarter, the score is 179 to 2
7. Missed three-pointers count for two points if they're "pretty close"
6. One of the Laker Girls looks suspiciously like Pete Rose
5. Whenever he's open, referee takes a shot
4. Scoreboard has disclaimer: "All Scores Approximate"
3. The team loses even though it led in points, delegates and the popular vote
2. Jack Nicholson scores 25 points from his seat
9:05
[Comment From KC]
I have 4 more rebounds in NBA play than Mihm.
9:06
[Comment From s.towers]
Chris Mihm had two injuries in a row and has never been the same
9:06
J.E. Skeets - . and the number one reason an NBA Game Is Fixed .
9:06
J.E. Skeets - The Knicks win.
9:06
Matt Moore - ba-dum, ch!
9:06
KDonhoops - When the Knicks win, we all win. 20 bucks.
9:06
[Comment From Trey]
HOw does Mihm keep getting injured without even playing?
9:06
[Comment From Roivon]
Spike sitting over courtside won't like that
9:07
[Comment From Spike Lee]
hey watch it
9:07
[Comment From s.towers]
KD we could all win UP TO $200 next year
9:07
J.E. Skeets - The LA bench is going to be big tonight. They have a shirt on the way .
9:07 [Image popup] LA 'Bench Mob' shirt View
9:07
J.E. Skeets - (Thanks, Inside The Lakers)
9:07
KDonhoops - Tom Washington's first Finals game? Hard to believe.
9:07
[Comment From JVG]
KG almost just ripped Poseys head off
9:07
[Comment From at work]
spike has wireless internet??
9:07
J.E. Skeets - Here we go! Go basketball! Ya!
9:07
[Comment From Gamepoint]
Things that make you go Mihmmmmm
9:08
[Comment From s.towers]
Do you think keeping up with the BDL live blog will be an excuse enough to start watching the game without my wife?
9:08
goathair - Lamar quick to the hole. He remembers what Phil said 4 seconds ago.
9:08
[Comment From KC]
Odom looking aggressive already. Good sign.
9:08
J.E. Skeets - Ray, limpin'.
9:08
[Comment From KC]
Shuttlesworth is limping.even better sign.
9:08
[Comment From Ski]
Lamar better learn to play some defense. Fast.
9:08
J.E. Skeets - It looks like Michelle's shirt doesn't close.
9:08
goathair - Can we get an official ruling on Ray-jon or Rah-jon?
9:09
[Comment From Kippy]
What is the name of the guy that is sitting next to Jack??
9:09
goathair - Dyan Cannon.
9:09
Matt Moore - Here we go again. We should put out a BDL liveblog primer, with that guy's name and where to watch the game live on in the internets.
9:09
[Comment From inNewZealand]
Okay guys, this is the most serious Lakers Basketball Question you will have to deal with all night: . I have been watching the Lakers for years on ESPN when they play the games on cable down here . Who is the the guy that always sits next to Jack and is he actually alive?
9:09
[Comment From JVG]
Michelle Manfoya is nowhere near as hot as that Allysa Milano
9:09
[Comment From Alfred]
Donald Sutherland
9:10
[Comment From W.B. Smith]
This is a different set of plays for LA.both times down
9:10
J.E. Skeets - It's Lou Adler, folks. Where were you during today's live chat?
9:10
[Comment From Riley's hair gel]
Quiz: which will be more: 1) # points Farmar scores in transition, 2) # celebrities ABC shows during the game?
9:10
[Comment From MagiCAL]
the guy looks like Donald Sutherland but I dont think it is
9:10
goathair - Eeek. We got the New Old Ray Allen back already.
9:10
[Comment From ThatGuy]
some of us have real jobs skeets
9:10
J.E. Skeets - I'm doing a post on celebrities sitting courtside tomorrow because people LOVE celebrities. Book it.
9:11
[Comment From JDHawg]
Where is Erin Andrews.sweet gator love
9:11
goathair - You know who loves celebrities the most? Other celebrities.
9:11
[Comment From JVG]
What are yalls picks for player of the game, im goin derek fisher
9:11
goathair - Mihm.
9:11
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Lou Adler and his wife Paige are the Chairs of the Board of The Painted Turtle, a camp for children suffering from different diseases and stuff like that. The camp is affiliated with the "Hole in the Wall Gang" camps run by Paul Newman
9:11
J.E. Skeets - OK, who caught that? Kobe got a shot after the whistle past KG!
9:11
KDonhoops - Taco Thursday, but I'm back.
I love celebrities. Like Teddy Pendergrass and Jeffrey Osbourne.
9:11
[Comment From Panki]
Scot Pollard
9:12
goathair - Beautiful triangulation!
9:12
J.E. Skeets - 7-2 early, no TV people.
9:12
[Comment From Soupah]
Let the foul disparity begin.
9:12
[Comment From gina]
is Spike Lee sitting anywhere near Clint Eastwood tonite?
9:12
J.E. Skeets - Um, Lakers.
9:12
KDonhoops - I hate that trap. Wait until he drives, Boston.
9:12
Matt Moore - Shirley Temple, Skeets, btw.
9:12
goathair - Doc with the terrific fastbreak killin' technical.
9:13
[Comment From W.B. Smith]
Now we see how Doc responds to questionable reffing
9:13
[Comment From KC]
I would pay to see Gasol box out.
9:13
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
Fisher with the terrific . oh, no, not so much.
9:13
[Comment From JVG]
Im not sure if Doc even knows why he was yelling, he just saw everyone else doing it so he joined in
9:13
goathair - Luckily this isn't on a pay station.
9:13
Matt Moore - +1
9:13
KDonhoops - You don't get two free throws, D-Fish. Breen said so.
9:13
Matt Moore - TicketFAIL
9:13
Matt Moore - Breen just had a little happy moment in his pants about the Lakers looking sharp early
9:13
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
NO DOC! If you get two Ts and your team doesn't have to listen to your nonsense, then your team can only get better.
9:14
[Comment From Jonathan]
ABC clearly has no footage of the actual steal, since we just got 3 replays of Doc yelling about it.
9:14
goathair - Lamar jammin'. Not ruining everything in the history of the world.
9:14
[Comment From jjchoc23]
Too funny. Boston gets a taste of its own medicine with the officiating
9:14
KDonhoops - He does make nearly 80 percent of his dunk attempts.
9:14
[Comment From JVG]
L.O. bites his tongue to keep from having a panic attack
9:14
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
That place is going to implode if Doc doesn't call a timeout
9:14
[Comment From btownlegend]
lamar is blinking
9:14
[Comment From Jonathan]
Laar Odom found his magic socks!
9:14
J.E. Skeets - Kudos to Vlad Man for giving the ball up early to Fish to start that break. So many big guys hold one or two dribbles to long.
9:14
goathair - What in the name of Lamar Odom is happening here?
9:15
J.E. Skeets - 11-6 LA, New Zealand sheep named Ronny.
9:15
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
Perk absolutely swallows Gasol.
9:15
[Comment From actionhenkie]
odom is shining.literally
9:15
goathair - Maybe shoot it right away Pau Gasol. Don't fake eleventy times.
9:15
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Is Odom going to be tonight's Leon Powe?
9:15
[Comment From JVG]
Good tempo to set the game for the lakers, props to odom for not passing out yet
9:15
KDonhoops - Good KG help.
9:15
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
They used to call 3 seconds in the lane, right? Or did that end when Cowens retired?
9:16
J.E. Skeets - No, he's going to be tonight's Lamar Odom, OC.
9:16
[Comment From Travis]
The RAD looks like a create a player on NBA Live 08
9:16
[Comment From Simon]
You can always pencil in a corner three from Space Cadet in the first quarter
9:16
Matt Moore - KD, touch passes.
9:16
J.E. Skeets - Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. LA up 10.
9:16
Matt Moore - Seriously, Breen. Contain yourself.
9:16
goathair - I like when the Lakers see Rondo and start to close out but then realize it's Rajon Rondo. That's gotta hurt his feelings.
9:16
goathair - This is some serious basketball going on right now.
9:17
Matt Moore - You're embarassing yourself. You're going to give yourself another bandaid.
9:17
[Comment From Dr. Evezan]
How many times can the Celtics get deep in the lane, get hacked, and not get a call?
9:17
[Comment From JVG]
The Celts should give Rondo a bonus if he shoots less than 5 jump shots per game
9:17
KDonhoops - Love the Laker play, but Boston is screwing up. Early help, leaving the corner alone, not taling in transition.
9:17
[Comment From Jonathan]
Okay, who replaced Lamar Odom with a basketball-playing robot?
9:17
[Comment From LuLu]
KD, I've been thinking about it and you were quite right earlier: Odom's manifest destiny is to be the greatest second-unit leader of all-time.
9:17
J.E. Skeets - We need more intros like this .
9:17 [Video file] YouTube: hEdJC9OxzIs Play
9:17
[Comment From Super Mario]
ahh, more denali commercials
9:18
[Comment From curtis]
Mark Jackson says "Find a way to get it done" for the first time tonight. All is right in the world
9:18
[Comment From jjchoc23]
Talk all you want about not getting the call Celt fans
9:18
[Comment From JVG]
Can you guys imagine the face Kobe would give Rondo if he were on the Lakers and took shots like that
9:18
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
This is what happens when Lamar sobers up
9:18
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Did Wall-e find that Lamar Odom suit again?
9:18
[Comment From s.towers]
I think Lamar's Destiny is to be a veteran leader on the NYKnicks
9:18
[Comment From Witacume]
ok we need some more machine refrence i suggest 1 every 5 minutes
9:18
KDonhoops - The shot itself isn't really the problem with Rajon, it's the fact that he dives backwards like Bill Russell is in his face.
9:18
goathair - I love that Larry Bird over the head pass.
9:18
[Comment From BKR]
LiveBlogs are the best, just so I get reassurance that other people are also scratching their heads when Lamar Odom starts to go off.
9:18
[Comment From MLunz]
I don't get to watch the game but I can hardly imagine the commentary on TV is anywhere close to what we see on here
9:19
goathair - The shot itself really isn't the problem, it's the result.
9:19
[Comment From s.towers]
This is the Lakers team I've watched all year. I feel like Game 5 could be a classic. Hell, maybe this game.
9:19
KDonhoops - Mike Tirico, talking on ESPN about golf, just said "neat."
9:20
[Comment From NBA fan]
this is why people don't want to watch the NBA, KObe goes in the lane, FOUL! Paul Pierce, gets in the lane, NOTHING< Garnett and pierce have both gotten creamed. I lived in LA so I know Laker fans are about the least intelligent of all fans, but even they have to know this is being poorly called
9:20
[Comment From BKR]
KD: can you remember another player who has ever shown Radmanovic's first quarter talent + rest of game dissappearing acts?
9:20
KDonhoops - When did Pierce get hacked?
9:20
[Comment From Riley's hair gel]
I was daydreaming today - - you know how Big Ben had his gong on the Pistons soundsystem? I think Machine should have a little series of beeps and boops when he drains a 3.
9:20
KDonhoops - Bill Cartwright.
9:20
[Comment From JDHawg]
Those graphics are sweet.must have taken 2 weeks on a Commadore 64
9:20
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Does Lamar think the trophy is a bong? He's looking at it like it's a bong
9:20
[Comment From Jonathan]
Okay, if I clap my hands and chant "I do believe in fairies!" will KG attack the paint?
9:21
J.E. Skeets - 2 fouls on Garnett. Scal, put down the mic, get on the bike.
9:21
goathair - When KG gets two quick fouls he looks like Justin Timberlake on Punk'd.
9:21
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Bill Walton sowed Odom how to make that pose
9:21
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
What did the paint ever do to KG?
9:21
goathair - Skeets can't stop rhyming when he thinks about Scalabrine.
9:21
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Nah, he'll keep trying to get those 18 footers to fall like my tears.
9:21
KDonhoops - Sorry for making excuses, but why is Doc calling a play for KG to leak out and shoot that 20-footer? There's no room for him to drive on that play.
9:21
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
As a Wolves fan (one of 8 remaining), let me assure you it will take a lot more than one person clapping to get him to attack the paint.
9:22
[Comment From Lol]
This game is suffering from a massive lack of Detlef Schrempf.
9:22
Matt Moore - +1
9:22
KDonhoops - Tell me about it.
9:22
[Comment From Jetski]
Can the Celts still win this?
9:22
[Comment From MagiCAL]
When it rains it pours. Pierce has to show up now.
9:22
goathair - Most everything except for Band of Horses albums are suffering from that.
9:22
KDonhoops - Geez, Vladi.
9:22
[Comment From BKR]
Late +1 for Trey on the KG/Timberlake call
9:22
[Comment From Pacer Fan]
why does everyone expect garnet to smash into the paint? have you seen his frame? hes 7feet and SKINNY. he isn't built to smash into the paint. Should he do it more? yes. but some of you guys crazy
9:22
J.E. Skeets - /slow clap > +1's
9:23
goathair - No Sam Cassell, me likey.
9:23
Matt Moore - By the way, those of you that think that having your name be "Donaghy" and making a fix joke? There are about a million of them, and they're implied regardless.
9:23
[Comment From Lost Name]
This game doesn't have enough distractions. Where's Timmy?
9:23
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
It's still really early. It's also soooooooo bad.
9:23
[Comment From Anthony]
When did Radmanovic discover his jump shot again?
9:23
[Comment From JVG]
I love The Machine celebrating on the bench, when is he gonna get his own reality show
9:23
J.E. Skeets - Whoa. Rondo, welcome back, bud.
9:23
[Comment From Jetski]
Eddie House. We are saved.
9:23
[Comment From Pacer Fan]
but i should add. 12 foot jumpers > 20 foot lol
9:23
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Eddie House dribbles like his son
9:23
KDonhoops - That was a pretty good non-travel by Perk. Seriously.
9:23
goathair - Winding up like that will always get you a foul.
9:23
[Comment From Eddie House]
i got on the floor! i knew those pics of Doc in panties would work.
9:24
[Comment From LuLu]
Maybe "Detlef Schrempf" is the trigger word for VladRad's game. Manchurian Candidate-style.
9:24
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
Gotta like Odom's reaction there, like he thought he couldn't get a foul called on him.
9:24
KDonhoops - By the way, it's 20-6 with seven minutes gone.
9:24
[Comment From JDHawg]
Is VladRad the greatest 6'10 yugoslavian three pt shooter ever?
9:24
[Comment From KC]
Kobe was ready to bust out the "Finger Wag"
9:24
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
What is the trigger for Rajon Rondo's game then? Keith Jennings?
9:24
goathair - Is that the most descriptive basketball term ever?
9:24
[Comment From Jed]
What's the biggest lead a team has ever had after the first quarter in an NBA finals?
9:24
KDonhoops - Did Mark Jackson see the part where Kobe almost broke PJ Brown's wrist?
9:24
goathair - He was looking at the cup.
9:25
[Comment From btownlegend]
Eddie House is to Jesus what Damon Jones is to Lebron
9:25
[Comment From Travis]
I need a Machine sighting just to make my day.
9:25
KDonhoops - Mark Jackson is commenting like he knows that Jon Barry is taking his job next year.
9:25
J.E. Skeets - No, no, he was just testing them, KD. Ugh. I loathe Booth Jackson.
9:25
[Comment From emoney]
anyone just catch an artest wearing a mets cap sighting?
9:25
KDonhoops - Booth Jackson, great bass player.
9:25
J.E. Skeets - Lakers are 8-12 from Staples wood. 22-7, LA.
9:25
Matt Moore - That's it. Odom is Nova.
9:25
goathair - Mark Jackson's downward spiral is pretty hilarious.
9:25
[Comment From Lost Name]
http://basketbawful.blogspot.com . ls-meetsbatman.html
9:26
goathair - Nova in the first quarter?
9:26
[Comment From Dave]
After only 6.5 mins this game is over. Even Fisher got to shoot free throws without taking a shot. Admittedly one of his three free throws was on a technical, but the other two? There were a total of only 3 Boston fouls logged at that point. Tell me there is no prearranged outcome tonight. The refs can't afford to back off tonite or everyone knows the truth.
9:26
[Comment From Guest]
My dogs faster than any human plus she can jump and catch. Maybe one day she'll be awarded a multi million dollar contract also.
9:26
J.E. Skeets - Gatorade and sex, Lamar. Gatorade. And sex.
9:26
Matt Moore - It's the start of Nova.
9:26
KDonhoops - Umm, Fisher was fouled while shooting.
9:26
[Comment From Guest]
Remember when the Celtics could get shots to fall? Those were the games.
9:26
goathair - "Gatorade and Sex" by The Skeets Symphony would be my favorite song ever, if it existed.
9:27
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
In this case, it's OK for Artest to be in the stands, right?
9:27
goathair - I really want Will Smith's sunglasses from Hancock.
9:27
[Comment From FLUX]
Serioulsy who is Lamar Odom?
9:27
J.E. Skeets - The C's have 7 points with 3-sumthin' to go in the first Q.
9:27
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
I will pay you guys real money not to let any frothing conspiracy fans through, and I'm a Cs fan.
9:27
[Comment From Anthony]
I think every team needs a guy like Ronny Turiaf. Did you see him jumping off the bench celebrating? Amazing.
9:27
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Do you think Hancock can guard a sober Lamar Odom?
9:28
[Comment From Lost Name]
Is it bad that I'm more interested in this blog than the flood destroying the city i live in?
9:28
[Comment From BKR]
@Trey: Strawberry milk would feel betrayed. KD and Skeets need an iced tea strawberry milk duet
9:28
[Comment From JVG]
If i were the Lakers i would treat odom like a pitcher pitching a no hitter, maybe he doesnt realize hes playing well
9:28
goathair - Ronny Turiaf is the best non-White bench leader in this year's playoffs. Maybe in any playoffs.
9:28
KDonhoops - I hate strawberries. Not sure why.
9:28
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
I need my own Ronny Turiaf. He'd be so pumped when i remember to put the garbage can on the street for pickup.
9:28
J.E. Skeets - Here, I'm going to fire up the Celtics to make this a game. You ready?
9:28 [Image popup] Intense Interviews!! View
9:28
[Comment From LuLu]
When JVG said "Odom, so versatile." just then, he stumbled halfway through versatile and for a second I thought he was saying "Odom, sober."
9:28
[Comment From KC]
Are the C's just not making good looks or are the Lakers.*gasp*.playing D?
9:29
[Comment From Alfred]
Only Chuck Norris can guard a Sober Lamar Odom
9:29
KDonhoops - If it were 1999, that picture would be my wallpaper.
9:29
[Comment From curtis]
I think this is turning into the Loving Day Massacre. For those of you who don't know, Loving Day celebrates the legalization of interracial marriages!
9:29
KDonhoops - (And I love how everyone says, "that's my screensaver," when they mean wallpaper."
9:29
[Comment From btownlegend]
Lamar has the hot hand in the dice game.
9:29
[Comment From Lost Name]
Sorry goat, but ben gordon was in a playoffs once
9:29
goathair - I just had a strawberry poppyseed salad from Panera and the strawberries were the worst part.
9:29
[Comment From BKR]
@KD: Given the offensive struggles so far, wouldn't Powe be the answer: couldn't Doc break his "No powe and KG simultaneously" rule. given that its not like KG isn't able to guard Gasol?
9:29
[Comment From DWM]
Skeets, how come Tasos is never on these?
9:29
[Comment From JDHawg]
Anagram of Lamar Odom: Alarm Doom
9:30
[Comment From Panki]
Where did Paul Pierce go? Box score shows he is in the game but i cant find him anywhere.
9:30
[Comment From diesel]
Are strawberries in season?
9:30
[Comment From JVG]
Wouldn't it be awesome if Turiaf had a show where he just popped out of nowhere and celebrated for people doing everyday things like taking out the trash
9:30
KDonhoops - Yes, more Powe.
9:30
[Comment From Lol]
Michael McDonald.epic choice.
9:30
goathair - Everybody start working on your Lamar Odom puns.
9:30
J.E. Skeets - Work, DWM. The Jones pays us . well . nothing actually. We pay to do The Jones.
9:30
[Comment From Datsright]
Odom must have borrowed some batteries from the machine
9:30
KDonhoops - It's ridiculous that he can't get more minutes, or that Doc doesn't think he could adapt.
9:30
[Comment From curtis]
forget strawberries, Lamar Odom's jumper is in season
9:30
[Comment From JVG]
You guys do realize that Machine has yet to enter the game?!?!
9:31
J.E. Skeets - "O-Dom You Din'nit!"
9:31
[Comment From lamar odom]
trick question - no one can guard me.
9:31
J.E. Skeets - /snaps 'Z' in air.
9:31
goathair - It would just be unfair to put Machine in at this juncture.
9:31
[Comment From Travis]
I'm dying without the machine. He is what I wake up for every morning
9:31
[Comment From btownlegend]
lamar should be a choice in Mario Kart
9:31
goathair - Paint touch?
9:31
[Comment From bigmickyd]
oodds of skynet being up and running today anyone?
9:31
[Comment From yankee]
give Jackson a Gatorade shower before the Celts start their winning comeback
9:32
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
Odom plays much better when he has some of that home cooking. And by "home cooking" I mean "epic amounts of weed."
9:32
J.E. Skeets - Pierce, continue to find that paint, it's there, everytime.
9:32
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Skeets, you just lost my vote for Raptors GM
9:32
[Comment From Datsright]
He's plugged in at the bench- They forgot to re-charge him after practice
9:32
[Comment From sasha vujajic]
i'm open on the bench! i open i shoot!
9:32
goathair - Is that T-Pain behind a Celtics water cooler.
9:32
[Comment From JVG]
HAHA not even KG could understand Cassells alien language
9:32
[Comment From celticsfan]
your doing a really good job j.e. skeets boomshakalaka!
9:32
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
Oh, god, gotta love JVG searching for ways to describe Doc's substitutions.
9:32
goathair - Or ? even.
9:32
J.E. Skeets - You'll find out tomorrow, Goat, in my COURTSIDE CELEBRITIES POST!
9:32
[Comment From kac]
T-pain?!?!? where ?
9:32
KDonhoops - I smell Ron Silver!
9:32
[Comment From Scott Sargent]
It's good to see KVG is able to decipher between Powe and Posey
9:32
J.E. Skeets - People LOVE celebrities!
9:32
[Comment From Travis]
I'm bettng Joakim Noah and Lamar Odom had a little Pow Wow before tonight's game.
9:32
KDonhoops - Seriously, I smell him all over the place.
9:32
[Comment From Bill Simmons]
Oh god. did I jinx us again?
9:33
KDonhoops - Bill Simmons believes in magic!
9:33
goathair - JONAH HILL! LOU ADLER! GUY FROM AMERICAN IDOL! A FAT GUY (not Jonah Hill)!
9:33
J.E. Skeets - 28-12, LA. Bill! Why won't you return my e-mails? We want you on the Jones to see who's voice is higher.
9:33
[Comment From on]
I had Odom "created" in those Wii characters, and just like in real life, he is inconsistent whenever I use him to play
9:33
[Comment From bigmickyd]
is it just me or is this blog getting lik 30 posts a minute
9:33
Matt Moore - it is not just you.
9:33
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Posey is going to get fined for attacking the paint. Celtics don't do that anymore
9:33
[Comment From KC]
Gasol got a rebound and was befuddled at what to do with it. LoL
9:33
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
shirley temple skeets
9:34
[Comment From Scott Sargent]
that's only like 26 posts/minute in canada
9:34
J.E. Skeets - Matt, that Nadal/Gasol YouTube you threw up on HP today is a year old. I think.
9:34
J.E. Skeets - This Shirley Temple is so bubbly! I need crackers.
9:34
Matt Moore - Saw it on With Leather. Assumed it was fresh.
9:34
[Comment From actionhenkie]
my mom is pretty popular among the Odom defenders, wow
9:34
goathair - I just want to say thanks to the other hosts here for calling me both by my government name and my internet name. It makes me feel like a part of the Wu-Tang Clan.
9:34
[Comment From Lol]
Jeff van Gundy just jinxed LA. Thanks van.
9:35
[Comment From bigmickyd]
its 35post/min out here in aus
9:35
KDonhoops - House shot that three-pointer like there was .2 seconds left on the clock.
9:35
[Comment From MagiCAL]
<--- Looking forward to the celebrity post. I want to see a seating chart.
9:35
[Comment From BKR]
@Skeets. I did sense the sarcasm, but i still have to say: we want a TBJ ep where JD co-hosts: not a Simmons cameo.
9:35
[Comment From Anthony]
Your mama's so fat, that when Lamar Odom tried to get around her, he got stuck.
9:35
goathair - I think Rajon Rondo has the smoothest skin in the NBA. Pause.
9:35
[Comment From CMDeep]
Goathair ain't nothin to mess with?
9:35
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
House always shoots 'em like that; he's a catch and release guy. It is what it is.
9:35
KDonhoops - Michael McDonald has the smoothest skin in every league.
9:35
[Comment From Lost Name]
The clouds are rotating. Do you think that's bad? On a better note Boston's shooting percentage is consistant.
9:36
goathair - Trevor Ariza makes a three? Is he Lamar Odom too?
9:36
KDonhoops - 34 points on this defense. Wow.
9:36
[Comment From des223]
Is there a reason why the C's don't drive when they are given a corner 3, instead of chucking up an 'open' shot?
9:36
[Comment From cappadonna]
BDL aint nothin to mess with
9:36
J.E. Skeets - OK, not to jump the gun and/or pool of snakes here, but . Game 5 on Sunday, Game 6 on Tuesday . Game 7 on a Thursday. Yes?
9:36
[Comment From Andrew]
I think we all fans waiting for a classic game will have to wait at least until game 5 at this point
9:36
[Comment From Anthony]
ARIZA CAN HIT THREES?!?
9:36
[Comment From Pacer Fan]
Lamar has massive Boom Tho- ness tonight
9:36
goathair - I always thought Michael McDonald was quite pockmarked.
9:36
[Comment From Scott Sargent]
Daniel Gibson disagrees, Goathair
9:36
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
I love how breen says "whacked!"
9:36
goathair - Rollersnakes! You're right Scott Sargent.
9:36
[Comment From dave]
i kno who can guard lamar odom.rod benson
9:36
[Comment From Super Mario]
odom was ready like spaghetti tonight
9:37
J.E. Skeets - Ron Silver smells like a blow out. And tacos.
9:37
[Comment From Indymex]
what's the score? The game is not on here in Mexico City.
9:37
[Comment From Anthony]
When I listen to Mark Jackson provide commentary, I understand why the Bulls hired Del Negro over him.
9:37
goathair - Machinations, you guys.
9:37
[Comment From Guest]
And. 34-14. Is there any chance NFL Network is replaying the Dolphins-49ers game or something?
9:37
KDonhoops - Lakers up 20
9:37
KDonhoops - 21.
9:37
[Comment From Lol]
Here is Machine.
9:37
[Comment From kmxwhat]
MAchine.i enter for more kill!
9:37
[Comment From rohan]
machine!
9:37
[Comment From Anthony]
MACHINE!
9:37
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
machine in
9:37
[Comment From Travis]
The MACHINE!
9:37
[Comment From Richard]
THE MACHINE!
9:37
KDonhoops - Lakers on pace for 140 points, and Paul Pierce is just shoving people at this point.
9:37
[Comment From Mar Jackson]
Am i talking again? You know, sometimes i lack greatness of word vision and i DO NOT, know when i'm talking.
9:37
goathair - That first quarter was very fast. When is Machine coming in?
9:37
[Comment From mcarthur park]
rope a dope, donhoops
9:38
J.E. Skeets - 35-14, Lakers of Los Angeles. End of 1. Wow.
9:38
[Comment From Super Mario]
MACHINE!
9:38
[Comment From Woosah]
the machine
9:38
[Comment From Tom]
Is this the worst quarter played by any team in the history of the Finals? Seriously?
9:38
[Comment From Simon]
Machine?
9:38
[Comment From Travis]
Machine got he ten seconds.
9:38
[Comment From Datsright]
M-A-C-H-I-NE!
9:38
KDonhoops - Utah Jazz, 1998.
9:38
[Comment From JDHawg]
MACHINE
9:39
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Who decided these Denali commercials were acceptable? The same people that give Tyler Perry and Bill Engval their own shows?
9:39
[Comment From Johan D-bag]
This is the blow-out we all expected on Tuesday.
9:39
[Comment From NBA fan]
1. The Lakers have been able to pretty much do whatever they want, on offense, defense.
9:39
[Comment From BKR]
Jackson and Doc need to swap roles. the Celtics still get a crappy coach, but at least we get a much less annoying announcer
9:39
[Comment From JVG]
I think that zombie in the Denali commercial is Odom, i mean he came out of nowhere
9:39
[Comment From dave]
*cricket*
9:39
[Comment From Guest]
why didn't we vote for a 'machine' cam during the WCF?
9:40
goathair - Can someone please tell me when Sasha Vujacic is coming in?
9:40
[Comment From Javier]
Is What Lamar Odom just did a record or something?
9:40
[Comment From Brooke]
cause the machine is only entertaining ON the court
9:40
[Comment From Baller8184198]
Machine played the best quarter of all the Lakers.
9:40
[Comment From s.towers]
The "toggle autoscrolling" button has changed my life. It's the little things.
9:40
[Comment From actionhenkie]
the Turiaf dance in slo-mo _O_
9:40
[Comment From inNewZealand]
Lamar Odom stars in "The Silence of The Lambs!"
9:41
[Comment From on]
what is the 90s-equivalent to the Machine? all token white guys? i cant think of any now
9:41
goathair - I hope they ask Lamar what happened tonight and he says "Everything is different in the world of me!"
9:41
[Comment From KC]
Unfortunately, if the game stays as wide open as it is now, I doubt if I'll get to see my Sasha Dance.
9:41
[Comment From JPeso]
Tell Lamar to put his tounge back in his mouth.
9:41
[Comment From rick fox]
Somebody put in rick fox
9:41
[Comment From Machine]
What's with all the Machine comments?
9:41
Matt Moore - Just so everyone's aware, there are a LOT of you. And you all love the Machine.
9:42
J.E. Skeets - I can't believe I forgot this on Tuesday. This one's for Lamar .
9:42 [Image popup] red-arrow.jpg View
9:42
goathair - Posey's headband should be on the bench.
9:42
[Comment From s.towers]
I'm not so sure M. Jackson is right about the Celtics finding a way to score.
9:42
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
We're a 20-2 Lakers run from Brian Scalabrine taking off his leather jacket and playing in his Keds
9:42
Matt Moore - That was 100% NOVA from Odom. Although, I do have to say I originally thought this would be a blowout. Wish I'd stuck to my guns in the prediciton.
9:42
goathair - Now all we need are BROOK! and NBA Live 95 or 97 references and this is an official BDL liveblog.
9:42
[Comment From Tomas]
Oh, great, the dribble-around-back-to-basket-at-midcourt patented offense
9:43
[Comment From shums]
Sorry, Leon. You already had the best night of your life. It's all downhill from here.
9:43
KDonhoops - I thought Game 5 would be thee game, but I didn't know this would be this big a bow out.
9:43
goathair - Fantastic push-off by Trevor Ariza.
9:43
Matt Moore - I also think the Lakers are going to wear out their own momentum. A monster blowout like this isn't good for Game 5. The Celtics are not a team you want to put in a corner, much like Baby.
9:43
J.E. Skeets - 37-14 LA. Stop the bleeding, Doc. You're a doctor!
9:43
KDonhoops - Or Michael McDonald.
9:43
Matt Moore - Trevor Ariza is the new Powe.
9:43
[Comment From dean16]
Whoa! That's the first time I've seen Kobe clapping for his teammates on the bench in this series.
9:43
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
ok, so is there a new rule allowing ariza to shove people in the back on a rebound?
9:43
[Comment From laughing hard]
No pushoff there, goat.
9:44
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
How about a NBA Showdown 94 reference? I remember that was the first game where Dennis Rodman had blonde hair and nipple rings
9:44
[Comment From todd.]
Matt, what happens when Glen Davis is in a corner?
9:44
KDonhoops - Farmar is going to kill Cassell.
9:44
J.E. Skeets - Sucks, Mike Breen. Sucks. SAY IT!
9:44
KDonhoops - NIPPLE rings?!? In the video game?
9:44
Matt Moore - Not if Allen's on him.
9:44
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Glen eats the corner?
9:45
[Comment From KC]
They don't annunciate.
9:45
KDonhoops - Ariza is still a little slow in this offense.
9:45
KDonhoops - But he knows the defense.
9:45
Matt Moore - Oh, Farmar, so close!
9:45
goathair - Leon Powe looks like a construction worker.
9:46
J.E. Skeets - Ariza is a chronic asmatic. You'll read that story in 8 different places tomorrow.
9:46
[Comment From Obi-wan]
The Lakers need to put Boston in the corner. They need to face Boston at its best. and win. It means the start of a dynasty, with the mental implications for a young team.
9:46
[Comment From Pacer Fan]
just for all times sakes, someone on the celtics has to decapitate a laker on a fast break. I mean come on. doooooooooooooo it. KG has enough money to cover the fine + 10 game suspension. it woudl be so worth it though. I vote let cassell do it.
9:46
[Comment From JVG]
Try to picture Cassells face with Farmars ears without laughing
9:46
goathair - Chronic Asthmatic has wonderful lo-fi folk releases.
9:46
[Comment From Richard]
Lakers need a timeout. Might be early and we're up but I think we do.
9:46
Matt Moore - Ariza is also Nova. Dual Nova. Very rare.
9:46
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Skeets, did you hear that Leon Powe was once homeless?
9:47
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
Breaking News: Donaghy admits that Vujacic is an actual machine.
9:47
goathair - PIMP WALK IT LUKEY BABY!
9:47
Matt Moore - Luke Walton hitting threes= ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN GO WRONG.
9:47
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
Oh my, is it wrong of me to think Ariza would be starting over Vlad had he not gotten hurt? This would have also taken a lot away from the "Who guards Pierce?" debate going into the series.
9:47
[Comment From Tim Donaghy]
Sooner or later, this game is close. Just wait for the whistles.
9:47
Matt Moore - Look at Farmar talking to Walton. I love that kid.
9:47
KDonhoops - Little Feat?
9:47
[Comment From Henry Ramirez]
ABC Annoucers are non objective, laker fans ( no-lovers ) , They must be getting laid in LA. , the worst I've seen this year. Give us professionals . Please ABC get the message .
9:47
[Comment From Jonathan]
Come on, Breen. "As Trevor Ariza makes a rare mistake."
9:48
[Comment From David Stearn]
Donaghy is a rogue commentor
9:48
[Comment From colin.]
these donaghy jokes are pretty close to ruining this liveblog simply because they're unoriginal. all of them
9:48
goathair - Well, if you don't play THAT much, most everything you do is rare.
9:48
[Comment From Guest]
see, this is why the pistons/spurs series would have been great.no one's watching, so there's no reason for the refs to control the game
9:48
[Comment From Chris]
How do I get heard? This blog is lame, it's suppose to be whoever talks has their chance
9:48
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
The Celtics are just setting up the Lakers. This has Sunset Park written all over it. And Doc kinda looks like Rhea Pearlman
9:48
goathair - Chris Mihm can't even get in the liveblog. He's struggling.
9:48
J.E. Skeets - Above The Rim > Sunset Park. By a lot.
9:49
[Comment From Alfred]
To Henry Ramirez, Did you at all watch the first two games of the series? it was nothing but Boston this and Celtics that.
9:49
goathair - It's time to get live, it's time to represent, BDL Liveblog what time is it?
9:49
[Comment From tron]
Ariza's only mistake was stepping on fisher's foot at practice.
9:49
goathair - 8:49 Central.
9:49
[Comment From inNewZealand]
It is 1:49pm on Friday Afternoon here in Auckland, New Zealand
9:49
Matt Moore - Wife: Am I supposed to answer, "Gametime?"
9:50
J.E. Skeets - New Zealand has already KD's Behind the Boxscore.
9:50
[Comment From inNewZealand]
I am in the future and I can honestly tell you that the Lakers win by 20!
9:50
goathair - That's the answer to "WHAT TIME IS IT?"
9:50
KDonhoops - They have the 10-man rotation, too.
9:50
KDonhoops - Where's Will Smith's heavy metal wife.
9:50
[Comment From LuLu]
Why wouldn't they make the sound-bite at the beginning of that Wade commercial something more positive than "turned the ball over a little bit."? It just seems wrong. like he's self-deprecating his career into oblivion.
9:50
Matt Moore - By the way, Corn checked in and said Kobe Bryant is John Travolta and Lamar Odom is Uma Thurman in the injection scene in Pulp Fiction.
9:50
[Comment From Jonathan]
Celebrity post fodder!
9:50
goathair - WIll Smith and Robert Horry trade haircuts.
9:51
[Comment From Tom]
Gasol is a strange player. For three games he's been abused on the boards. Tonight he's everywhere and the biggest reason the Lakers are winning rebounding 18-9.
9:51
goathair - One has the tiny-Fro, the other has a buzz. Never at the same time.
9:51
[Comment From Anthony]
Will Smith = Bandwagon fan.
9:51
[Comment From shums]
In West Philadelphia, born and raised.
9:51
goathair - Don't besmirch Uma's name like that. She's the best.
9:51
Matt Moore - Smith throws Philly under the bus.
9:52
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Will Smith laughs like Kobe when Kenny Smith is ripping off a week old viral video
9:52
Matt Moore - Odom. Pretty.
9:52
J.E. Skeets - 42-21 LA. "Talk about a turnaround!"
9:52
KDonhoops - Funnier than Kevin James? I've got about 1200 names.
9:52
goathair - Funnier than Kevin James: Brian Regan, Dave Chappelle, Nick Swardson, Demetri Martin, Flight of the Conchords, Crack Fox, etc.
9:52
KDonhoops - Henry Kissinger.
9:52
[Comment From laughing hard]
Lamar Odom was just lulling the Celtics into a false sense of security in games 1-3!
9:52
Matt Moore - In two years, when Farmar hits all those shots? Yikes.
9:52
goathair - Skeets, the Crack Fox video was terrifyingly hilarious.
9:52
[Comment From Anthony]
Funnier than Kevin James: Jeff Van Gundy
9:53
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
All machine references
9:53
[Comment From Joe]
Did my eyes just deceive me or did Cassell have the ball TWICE and NOT SHOOT?!?
9:53
Matt Moore - He's about a year behind Parker for improvement. Not saying he'll get there, but that's the kind of jumps he's making, statistically.
9:53
goathair - Little known fact: in two years, Jordan Farmar will shoot 100% from the field.
9:53
KDonhoops - But what field?
9:53
[Comment From TheMachine]
Sasha is Johnny Tapia from Bad Boys 2
9:53
[Comment From EvilAsh]
Check KD's old site onhoops.com. KD's a sports bookie now.
9:53
Matt Moore - Machine time, commenters. Bring it.
9:53
goathair - Electromagnetic.
9:53
Matt Moore - Intergalactic.
9:54
goathair - BANGARANG
9:54
[Comment From BKR]
@KD: Kobe has 4 steals, and while that can be misleading, i don't think it is tonight: He's playing awesome D.
9:54
KDonhoops - I actually used to work, under a pseudonym, for a tout sheet. Never made a bet in my life, though, that wasn't with Henry Abbott.
9:54
Matt Moore - Dip-trip. Flip fantasia.
9:54
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
So serious question. Rondo went from .418 to .492 from the floor this year; why don't people assume he's gonna continue to improve his shot?
9:54
goathair - Blowouts, like donuts, are best when old-fashioned.
9:54
KDonhoops - Kobe hasn't had to kill himself offensively.
9:54
Matt Moore - The team's playing really well as a whole and feeding off each other.
9:54
KDonhoops - Larry David, bemused as always.
9:55
J.E. Skeets - Can we get a best ball flick of all-time goin'?
9:55
J.E. Skeets - At half?
9:55
goathair - That's why Sam Cassell doesn't pass, you guys.
9:55
[Comment From DWM]
It's nights like this I wish Scalabrine were active. Active-ly pursuing a recording contract.
9:55
[Comment From bigmickyd]
can we get a little counter in the bottum right hand corner for all the times "machine" is said? i think we could set a World record for fastest tacko to tick over
9:55
goathair - Sounds good to me Skeets, but I'm thinking "Hoosiers" is the prohibitive favorite.
9:55
KDonhoops - Mark Jackson said something correct -- Boston's killing themselves defensively. Cutting out all those transition buckets.
9:55
[Comment From Devine]
So I decided to save up all of my "flop, drink!"s for this evening -- given the nature of this contest, mayhaps a wise call?
9:55
Matt Moore - Wait till half, folks.
9:56
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Key point in this timeout: This is the NBA finals
9:56
Matt Moore - I can't keep up with the flop, drinks, with all the scoring and Odom Nova's and machines.
9:56
goathair - We should also discuss the best basketball song.
9:56
[Comment From Tomas]
Someone in Boston needs to hammer real nails in the coffin when Sam goes to sleep tonight.
9:56
[Comment From Alfred]
Lakers up by 24 and Kobe hasn't decided to take over yet. Somewhere Bill Simmons is crying.
9:57
KDonhoops - Damned long voting options.
"When Mike McDonald told him to."
9:57
[Comment From JVG]
Who else is excited that Tony Stark is in the Hulk movie
9:57
[Comment From dean16]
Can we also discuss favorite basketball book/novel at halftime?
9:57
Matt Moore - We all knew it was coming. The Lakers are too good to not have a game like this.
9:57
J.E. Skeets - I can't put 'Pistol' down. I'm actually reading while we live blog. Press Maravich, bad ass.
9:57
[Comment From Simon]
Lakers are now probably the most entertaining blowout team, taking the title from the Suns.
9:57
KDonhoops - Red ass, too.
9:58
[Comment From s.towers]
I got the sense that Simmons thought things would even up when he took the "it's a good day in Boston TODAY" tone in the piece a couple days ago.
9:58
goathair - Names back then are so awesome. Press, Truck, Duke, etc.
9:58
[Comment From Joe]
Books? On a live blog? Barely anyone is literate here. Come on!
9:58
[Comment From marcello]
The way they have been playing I was afraid they might give away the series, but if they step it up like they did in this first half they have a shot
9:58
[Comment From Van Exel]
Best basketball song: I wish by Skee-Lo
9:58
[Comment From myles]
What was the answer to the Ariza question?
9:58
goathair - "Seven Seconds or Less" is really good. "Maravich" is very good.
9:59
KDonhoops - Larry Brown, Myles.
9:59
Matt Moore - "Can I Keep My Jersey" was disappointing.
9:59
goathair - Agreed.
9:59
[Comment From russgamel]
I have never seen worse referees in any other sport!! These guys are criminals.
9:59
J.E. Skeets - Canadian ice dancers disagree.
9:59
goathair - They Call Me Coach.
9:59
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Breaks of the Game by Halberstam is the best basketball book ever. It's about as close of a debate as this game
9:59
Matt Moore - Odom thought about shooting it on the rebound.
9:59
[Comment From myles]
The books by Mike Lupica are great: Travel Team and Summer Ball
10:00
KDonhoops - Kobe shoots 17 more times, and the Lakers lose.
10:00
[Comment From Lost Name]
Actually, russ is correct. Some of them ARE criminals
10:00
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
I'm not sure there're any good basketball novels per se. Mike Lupica's Full Court Press was funny, and Harlan Coben's got a PI series with a former college bball player.
10:00
goathair - Offense, according to Mark Jackson, is not about scoring.
10:00
[Comment From shums]
I keep wanting to like Paul Shirley's writing, and every time I read it I forget that it disappoints me.
10:00
KDonhoops - My personal favorite: "Winning One Day At a Time," by John Lucas.
I have it in hardcover.
10:00
Matt Moore - I just wasn't prepared for something that bitter.
10:00
J.E. Skeets - Ray, three. 45-26 LA. P-Jax timeout.
10:00
[Comment From KC]
Call me a killjoy, but I'd keep Gasol in and tell him to act like a big boy down low for as long as he can. He has to learn some day damn it.
10:01
[Comment From curtis]
So, who thinks Laker fans will start leaving now to beat the traffic?
10:01
goathair - Good timeout by Phil Jackson, or Best Time Out Ever by Phil Jackson?
10:01
[Comment From BKR]
@Matt: I can't believe you can correctly pick 90% of the playoff games so far, but couldn't pick that Shirley's work wouldn't be interesting enough to fill a full book
10:01
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
I liked Paul Shirley's witty blogs until Baron Davis entered the equation. It was like Bob Cousy being the best point guard ever until Oscar Robertson stepped on a court
10:01
[Comment From Tomas]
"Color commentating is not about clever insights", M-Jax
10:01
KDonhoops - I liked that one he took in Game 5 of the 1991 Finals.
"Tighten up. That's the phrase. Not you, Horace. Loosen up."
10:01
[Comment From russgamel]
These idiots have not called any shooting fouls against the Lakers and the first half is almost over. Don't tell me they are not dictating who will win. The NBA wants this to last as long as they can make it.
10:01
[Comment From dean16]
I can read "Heaven Is A Playground" by Rick Telander over and over. The movie was weak, though.
10:02
goathair - What was the big rectangle on the side of Horace Grant's goggles?
10:02
[Comment From s.towers]
As a Staples lurker I can tell you the leaving early thing has less to do with traffic and more to do with "I've got somewhere REALLY important to go. much more important than you who would stay here"
10:02
KDonhoops - Name one shooting foul that the refs missed, Russ.
10:02
[Comment From Jason]
Hey Skeets. Thanks for posting the KG football-screens video. He's still getting away with it today though.
10:02
goathair - The Last Shot by Darcy Frey is good.
10:02
goathair - That book about the 84 draft looks to be good, but I'm only about 2 chapters in.
10:03
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
" The NBA wants this to last as long as they can make it. " - just like they always put Yao Ming in the second round of the playoffs for huge payoffs in China .. . oh wait.
10:03
Matt Moore - I am so pissed I didn't record the first quarter. That Odom Nova run was amazing.
10:03
[Comment From russgamel]
Kobe is overrated!
10:03
[Comment From JVG]
Your right Breen, Arizas energy is worth at least 6 to 8 points
10:03
goathair - Hey guys, there's Ira Newble.
10:03
[Comment From russgamel]
There are too many non-called shooting fouls to list on the Lakers.
10:03
KDonhoops - 14 point game.
10:03
Matt Moore - Um.
10:03
Matt Moore - This isn't happening. Right?
10:04
goathair - Helping on the Rondo is pointless.
10:04
[Comment From Jonathan]
Oh my god, it's like the Celtics have got game or something!
10:04
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
I'm not saying I think the Cs will come back, but guys. the Celtics are too good to let the Lakers do this to them all game.
10:04
[Comment From inNewZealand]
Stern was in the last Lakers huddle and politely asked Phil to keep it close until at least halftime.
10:04
Matt Moore - Nice drive by Fisher.
10:05
goathair - At times, it seems like every Laker is left handed.
10:05
[Comment From Guest]
Go Celts! Save all blogger relationships!
10:05
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
Fisher would have never made that layup in Utah. It's like the Great Salt Lake was kryptonite to him.
10:05
goathair - Talking Heads, fellas.
10:05
Matt Moore - Guest- That's the wife, btw.
10:05
goathair - Strange name.
10:05
KDonhoops - "I wanna know ."
10:05
[Comment From KC]
I think I've figured it out. Pau Gasol is the key to the Celtics offense. The worse he plays, the more the C's score. Genius, Doc. Genius.
10:06
Matt Moore - She's. european.
10:06
goathair - Talking Heads are a top 5 band for me. I can't get enough of them.
10:06
KDonhoops - Unlike David Byrne.
10:06
[Comment From Andrew]
Russ is just the proof that the nba can't do anything to stop people from complaining about refs..people will always complain, even when the officiating is ok..but what do i know
10:06
[Comment From DWM]
Assuming the Celtics don't actually make this a close game. What do you think they should look to salvage? Or, are should the just clothesline Gasol? Repeatedly.
10:06
goathair - I think Byrne liked the Talking Heads and hated the Tom Tom Club.
10:06
[Comment From Jonathan]
Wall-E would be a way cooler robot if he did in fact have a basketball for a head. So would the Machine.
10:07
KDonhoops - My gf just saw the Wall-E commercial, and said, "so that's the movie they were telling me about."
"They?" This can't be good. No Celtic win can help this.
10:07
Matt Moore - Well, the Lakers are getting an edge in this game, but it's not proof of a conspiracy, and they're killing it, regardless. And Rondo tried grabbing Fisher's wrist on that drive (a Bowen move, and one I hate, by the way).
10:07
[Comment From nja700]
There's an AP article today that said that Bill Walton calls up Luke and says stuff like "This is Paul Pierce, and you and your team are all bums" to motivate him. He doesn't even change his voice though, apparently. Hilarious.
10:07
[Comment From Riley's hair gel]
Machine only Laker with a sub-zero +/- stat.
10:07
Matt Moore - nja700 needs to read BDL.
10:07
KDonhoops - My Dad fed the Talking Heads a few times in the early 80s heyday. Tina Weymouth, every time, was not the nicest person. Everyone else was.
10:08
Matt Moore - By hand?
10:08
[Comment From BKR]
@Hosts: How long before Behind the Boxscore, Hardwood Paroxysm etc, are able to cheaply and quickly compile extended scouting style video evidence to support their articles. cause i think people would be blown away by how correct you guys are, especially compared to mainstream sports media, if only they could have a visual of what your saying. [eg. KD's talk about the spacing difference for the Lakers in Games 1/2 v 3. another eg Matt's post on Kobe's body control when doing spin moves]
10:08
goathair - I would have guessed it was the other way around. She seems like a sweetheart in Stop Making Sense.
10:08
[Comment From Tom]
Garnett not picking up his third for so long might end up being crucial down the line. Also, can we please establish now that there is absolutely zero psychological benefit from "getting it to single digits before halftime"?
10:08
Matt Moore - Either that or it would be stunning how completely off base my observations are.
10:08
Matt Moore - Shirley temple time, skeets.
10:09
KDonhoops - Good shot, Breen, he just missed it.
10:09
J.E. Skeets - 50-33 LA.
10:09
goathair - Shirley Temple to the face.
10:09
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
I can't figure out how Allen got better looks in Seattle than he does with Boston. Wasn't he the #1 option with the Sonics?
10:09
[Comment From Shaq]
See, guys? You needed me after all. Look at Pau! He's useless!
10:09
[Comment From weston]
gasol has the weeniest dunks.
10:09
goathair - BKR - I don't need stats to make up European accents.
10:09
KDonhoops - A certain Firefox plug-in is not working for me, so the points per 100 possessions will have to wait until tomorrow.
10:09
J.E. Skeets - Breen is afraid to say 'weeniest' too.
10:10
Matt Moore - Perimeter double.
10:10
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
ESPN radio this evening said the Spanish media is all over Gasol. The 27 reporters who came over to cover him in the Finals are pissed he's playing so poorly.
10:10
[Comment From kpelton]
you can't estimate it KD?
10:10
Matt Moore - Breen, do NOT make decisions on calls.
10:10
Matt Moore - That's not why they pay you.
10:10
Matt Moore - That's not why they pay you.
10:10
[Comment From Joe]
I smell a yellow bias here on this blog.
10:10
Matt Moore - one more time, and it's a chorus.
10:10
goathair - If that three would have dropped, it would have been huge.
10:10
J.E. Skeets - No, that's Ron Silver, Joe.
10:10
KDonhoops - I'm horrible at maths, Kevin. I have to bust out the Hollinger book for the equation.
10:11
[Comment From shums]
Do you think they teach play-by-play guys to say "And now it's a THIRTEEN point game," with that indulgently skeptical tone?
10:11
Matt Moore - RespectKobe.com says, "With this lead, there's no way we're losing."
10:11
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
By Hollinger's calculations, the Machine's Finals performance is 11th all time
10:11
goathair - 2 is the weirdest looking number on a basketball jersey.
10:11
[Comment From Lost Name]
Celtics @ 84 pts per 100 possessions.
10:11
Matt Moore - I think zero is weird, too.
10:11
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
As long as we're making unsupported claims about bias, I'd like to note that Fisher eats unicorns for breakfast.
10:11
KDonhoops - That was one of my favorite Simmons lines, talking about the skip in their step when an announcer gets to go, "and now it's an eight to FI-VE ballgame."
10:12
goathair - I wear zero in leagues, so I'm biased.
10:12
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
I hate the way 00 looks
10:12
[Comment From Lost Name]
Lakers @ 118
10:12
[Comment From curtis]
I knew there was a reason Moses Malone looked funny when he played with the Hawks. It was the jersey # not the goggles and gut
10:12
KDonhoops - I would have guessed much more for the Lakers.
10:12
Matt Moore - 118 is about where the Lakers want to be.
10:12
[Comment From Celts Rule]
Is there any reason why all comments don't post?
10:12
Matt Moore - It's good, but not good enough to be unrealistic.
10:12
J.E. Skeets - About 25,000 reasons.
10:13
[Comment From Jed]
Roman numerals on jerseys would be pretty sick
10:13
KDonhoops - LIke 125.
LA averaged 112 after the Gasol trade, and the Suns were tops in the NBA with about 111 per 100. So 118 is more or less dominant.
10:13
[Comment From Devine]
Because you gotta sing for your dinner, CR.
10:13
Matt Moore - Dumb shot, Pierce, you have teammates.
10:13
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
Too much energy from the bench mob.
10:13
goathair - Celtics need to hit something outside.
10:13
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
"Roman numerals on jerseys would be pretty sick " - they really should've gone with Law IV
10:13
goathair - LA is packing the lane.
10:14
[Comment From Celts Rule]
Please note, the host determines which comments are published or not
10:14
Matt Moore - nice game by Gasol as well.
10:14
KDonhoops - Don't overplay on Fisher like that. Let him shoot.
10:14
[Comment From kpelton]
if my math is correct, this first half has been really fast paced compared to the rest of this series
10:14
KDonhoops - More misses for Boston, more running for LA.
10:14
[Comment From Joe]
Gasol just took a LONG walk.
10:14
Matt Moore - Dumb foul by Vlad.
10:15
goathair - Pau's fist pump is really just a fist raise.
10:15
[Comment From myles]
dude. its basketball. forget math. look at the rhythm of the game and you'll notice that the lakers are playing a much better game and a much faster paced game
10:15
KDonhoops - Vlad foul by Vlad.
10:15
J.E. Skeets - I believe KP was kidding.
10:15
KDonhoops - Thanks myles.
10:15
[Comment From Julian in PDX]
Does anyone know if Barkley has commented about the 2002 Playoff accusation by Donaghy? That should be interesting.
10:15
goathair - 16 points isn't a blowout?
10:15
KDonhoops - And now that I've done that . how much better are they playing, and how much faster?
10:15
Matt Moore - Farmar FTW.
10:15
J.E. Skeets - Farmar . sun screen. Try it out, man. It'll save your life.
10:16
goathair - Farmar in the dell.
10:16
KDonhoops - Looked good all the way.
10:16
[Comment From myles]
FARMAR!
10:16
[Comment From cy]
Missed freethrows and half court 3's make Leprachauns cry
10:16
[Comment From DWM]
Farmar is going to be really tired when he plays in the D-League finals later tonight.
10:16
KDonhoops - Why is that a two? He jumped from in back of the line.
10:16
Matt Moore - they changed it to a three, KD.
10:16
[Comment From Tom]
Well, the Lakers have had their one good offensive quarter this game. Celts by 3?
10:17
Matt Moore - Odom is trying not to say "I have NO IDEA HOW I'M THIS GOOD."
10:17
[Comment From s.towers]
Odom has to be in the top-10 NBA players to hang out with.
10:17
[Comment From Lost Name]
121 per 100 for La, 89 per 100 for Boston
10:17
goathair - I think Lamar Odom is a polite fellow.
Fiancee thinks he has a wrinkly forehead.
10:17
KDonhoops - After all that, Boston was just +2 in the quarter.
10:17
Matt Moore - Okay, best Basketball movie.
10:17
[Comment From shums]
That's it, Michelle Tafoya just ruined Odom's perfect game
10:17
[Comment From Spike]
Anyone who's seen enough Laker games knows that Farmar does that way too often for it to be a coincidence. he's got some great speed to close through gaps for shots.
10:17
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Teen Wolf!
10:17
[Comment From JVG]
SPACE JAM!
10:17
[Comment From MagiCAL]
Hoosiers
10:17
goathair - Now she's trying to convince me that Lamar is twins with Greg Oden because their names are similar.
10:18
goathair - And they both have wrinkly foreheads.
10:18
KDonhoops - You're right, Spike. And even the one-foot runner from long range.
10:18
[Comment From kpelton]
I have the Celtics at 40 points in 50 possessions for an 80 rating
10:18
goathair - Hoosiers.
10:18
[Comment From Murray]
Game tape of Game 6 of the '98 finals, Bulls vs. Jazz = Best basketball movie.
10:18
KDonhoops - Ouch.
10:18
J.E. Skeets - Above The Rim.
10:18
[Comment From curtis]
Hoop Dreams
10:18
[Comment From Ahlaker]
KD - are you intoxicated? One foot runner from 3 bank?
10:18
[Comment From kpelton]
Celtic Pride
10:19
goathair - The first And 1 Mixtape with Skip is amazing.
10:19
[Comment From jon]
white men can't jump
10:19
KDonhoops - I've seen him shoot some stuff from half-court that was real close, and always with the running and the jumping and the one-footing.
10:19
[Comment From Older_than_Moses_Shaq]
Still love Basketball Diaries. reminds me of when I grew up
10:19
KDonhoops - And I'm blitzed.
10:19
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
Murray makes me cry into my chocolate milk.
10:19
[Comment From khw]
blue chips was great too
10:19
[Comment From freshmanny]
White Man Can't Jump, and it's not even close.
10:19
goathair - Anyone for Like Mike, Juwanna Mann, or The 6th Man?
10:20
J.E. Skeets - What's that flick about The Goat?
10:20
KDonhoops - My roommate in college had a 6th Man poster hanging on his side of the dorm. The bad roommate, not the good roommate.
It was awful
10:20
J.E. Skeets - I clicked 'No Thanks.'
10:20
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Juwanna Man 2, starring Joakim Noah
10:20
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Rebound: The Earl Manigault Story
10:20
J.E. Skeets - Right.
10:21
goathair - The 6th Man had a Wayans in it that was a ghost who helped a college team with another Wayans.
10:21
[Comment From CarloB]
Blue Chips
10:21
[Comment From Kenyon]
Vote for Rebound. The GOAT blocked Wilt.
10:21
[Comment From Mary J. Wana]
Delirious, starring Josh Howard
10:21
[Comment From OptOut]
Why is Coach Carter not in? It's a great movie.
10:21
Matt Moore - The Air Up There is my choice.
10:21
goathair - Round three is going to have some stinkers.
10:22
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
It has to be Pistol. Anything about Pistol Pete takes the title. Guaranteed.
10:22
Matt Moore - Jimmy-Dolan-Shake-And-Bake is high comedy to me.
10:22
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
Stir Crazy starring Andre Miller. Wait, that's not Andre Miller?
10:22
goathair - What is NUBA?
10:22
[Comment From mgdheavy]
He Sits. He Stays. He Shoots. He Scores. Got to be Air Bud!
10:22
[Comment From curtis]
I feel like this movie contest should be done like March madness
10:22
J.E. Skeets - We'll do it in the summer .
10:22
goathair - What about Above The Rim?
10:22
J.E. Skeets - We'll finish what Bill Simmons started!
10:23
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
My Giant?
10:23
[Comment From Flow]
Kazaam is better.
10:23
[Comment From DWM]
What about "Forget Paris"
10:23
[Comment From laughing hard]
We can't Curtis -- Adriana Lima would win.
10:23
goathair - EDDIE!
10:23
[Comment From OptOut]
Like Mike (2002): When an orphan finds a pair of sneakers previously owned by Michael Jordan, the magic transfers from the sneakers to him and opens up a whole new world of possibilities.
10:23
[Comment From Bryant (Maybe I AM Him!)]
ANYways, I am too peevish to produce good comments, and if I can't produce good comments I'm just part of the 25,000 making your life hard, and I like what you guys do, so I'm off to. wait. You could care less, I'm just another face in the crowd. So this is how it ends between us!
10:23
goathair - What Jordans were they?
10:23
[Comment From Dr J]
Fish that saved Pittsburgh
10:24
[Comment From Spike]
KD: Farmar actually made a shot from beyond half court I think in Game 1 or 2 after the buzzer, if I remember correctly. Designated push-the-ball-and-shoot-it guy for the Lakers? How would Kobe feel about this?
10:24
[Comment From Murray]
Are they going to out-source officiating in an effort to clean the hands of the NBA?
10:24
J.E. Skeets - "Still though ." Ha. Well played, Scott.
10:24
[Comment From rawr]
They were really really beat up shoes. Nasty looking things goathair. The point was that they belonged to Jordan at one point and were imbued with his magic.
10:24
[Comment From on]
The idea of outsourcing makes it even easier to rig the game by third-parties
10:25
goathair - The basketball scene in Van Wilder is funny.
10:25
[Comment From shums]
"What has distracted everyone are these distracting ideas." Awesome.
10:25
J.E. Skeets - Along Came Polly's sweat scene, too.
10:25
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
You left Pistol out of Round Three! We're done here. Good bye.
10:25
goathair - I still say "raindrops" quite a bit.
10:26
[Comment From on]
I love Forget Paris, I remember the Admiral's acting was BAD
10:26
J.E. Skeets - "You asked for it, you got it ."
10:26
goathair - Travolta's dribbling in Grease is HILARIOUS.
10:26
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Skeets- is Phillip Seymoud hoffman in Along Came Polly that same as watching Tas at the gym?
10:26
J.E. Skeets - Hahahahahahahaha .
10:26
Matt Moore - The scene where he throws Kareem out is funny.
10:26
[Comment From rawr]
Pics of the shoes http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1830459392/tt0308506
10:26
[Comment From inNewZealand]
To Jesse D. Garrabrant from NBAE/Getty Images: Great Black & White Images!
10:26
[Comment From Gabe Kapler]
I know I play baseball, but FAST BREAK was an awesome basketball movie.
10:26
[Comment From khw]
would Airplane count as a basketball movie?
10:26
[Comment From Older_than_Moses_Shaq]
Airplane. Kareem was hilarious
10:27
[Comment From s.towers]
Oh no guys. Cable Guy basketball scene. Don't wanna pull a hammy. http://youtube.com/watch?v=pQvt1JFFHxg
10:27
goathair - They couldn't even get a license to use real Jordans?
10:27
[Comment From MKK]
The refs are great today.
10:27
[Comment From nja700]
Game of Death featured Kareem performing kung-fu, which is pretty awesome.
10:28
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
Like Mike 2: When an orphan (Kevin Bacon) discovers a used pair of Michael Jordan's underwear, things get really, really weird.
10:28
goathair - This might be the best halftime ever.
10:28
Matt Moore - Battle between Air Bud and Kazaam
10:28
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
how about Xavier McDaniel in "Singles"? "Don't pull out."
10:28
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
I'd rather watch 4 episodes of the White Shadow or even . . .Hang Time, then most of the stuff listed in rounds 2 and 3.
10:29
[Comment From Super Mario]
not a movie, but does odom's cameo in dilated poeples music vid count?
10:29
goathair - Now that I've been reminded of all these catchphrases, I'm pumped to play ball tomorrow.
10:29
J.E. Skeets - Yes, but so does Maggette in Common's music vid.
10:29
goathair - "Steve Perry. Steveperry."
10:29
[Comment From 48 Minutes of Hell]
John Salley in Bad Boys II?
10:29
goathair - How about Maggette's cameos in all those Xzibit videos?
10:30
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Did Phil Jackson give Trevor Ariza his diet program?
10:30
goathair - Skeets, best basketball cameo?
10:30
[Comment From OptOut]
Scooby-Doo Meets The Harlem Globetrotters. Classic
10:30
J.E. Skeets - Muresan, ESPN commercials.
10:31
[Comment From curtis]
Magic Johnson - the 1995-96 NBA Season
10:31
[Comment From Devine]
Rick Fox, "Oz"
10:31
[Comment From diesel]
Worst cameo: Melo, Snop Snitchin' DVD.
10:32
[Comment From dean16]
Manute Bol, SNL cruise line commercial.
10:32
[Comment From BKR]
Harlem Globetrotters on Futurama
10:32
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Rick Fox, "Dirt". Most AWKWARD sex scene ever
10:32
[Comment From rawr]
Scary Movie 4, Shaq
10:32
[Comment From Pendles]
Charles Barkley - Hangin With Mr Cooper
10:32
[Comment From KC]
Pau Gasol rebounding.
10:32
[Comment From shums]
I had a dream last night that I was watching Euro 2008 in a bar in Iraq and Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing were there and told me if I worked out enough I could make it in the league. True story.
10:32
goathair - Shaq, Freddy Got Fingered.
10:32
J.E. Skeets - OK . movie time . done. Two thumbs up though, people. Way up.
10:32
[Comment From Devine]
Phil Jackson on the Knicks = David Hirshey, all the time, everywhere
10:33
goathair - Alright, what does Boston need to do to comeback this half?
10:33
[Comment From freshmanny]
To come back: Garnett, Garnett, Garnett. Get it to him.
10:33
[Comment From JVG]
score more than the lakers
10:33
[Comment From OptOut]
If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners.
10:34
[Comment From Panki]
get buckets
10:34
[Comment From Murray]
Make LA pass to Gasol, because he cannot catch a pass, he is a turnover machine
10:34
[Comment From OptOut]
If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners.
10:34
[Comment From Kenyon]
The obvious answer would be score more than the Lakers
10:34
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Borrow some shoes
10:34
goathair - I vote for make something outside.
10:34
[Comment From png]
find some kryptonite
10:34
[Comment From BKR]
@Trey: POWE!
10:34
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
They need to play perimeter ball. Get the ball to Ray Allen. Hitting 3's is crucial.
10:34
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
trade for Machine
10:34
[Comment From actionhenkie]
be the agressor
10:34
[Comment From Mark Jackson]
Play with aggression and make grown man moves
10:34
[Comment From on]
"Ubuntu"!
10:34
[Comment From Devine]
Staying at home's gotta be a big part, right? They got beat on ball swings and streaking cutters a lot in the first half -- hands in the passing lane and not being overeager to double would help.
10:34
[Comment From alewando]
Get out the magic wheelchair
10:35
[Comment From JVG]
force kobe to shoot, break the rhythm of the role players
10:35
goathair - Right on, Devine.
10:35
[Comment From DWM]
I know it's over, but let's not forget the priceless Paul Simon vs Connie Hawkins skit on SNL. Marv Albert: Paul, of course, known as a songwriter. as a singer. Why this one-on-one competition?
10:35
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Get Turiaf to root for them
10:35
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
Get Larry Bird to walk through that door. Get Kevin McHale to walk through that door.
10:35
[Comment From Older_than_Moses_Shaq]
Wait for game 5
10:35
[Comment From Brian Scalabrine]
Put me in the game! Put me in the game!
10:35
[Comment From 48 Minutes of Hell]
I know this sounds ridiculous, but spread it out on D, take a way the perimeter shot and make Kobe and Odom hit tough shots in the lane
10:36
[Comment From Pete]
Ritualistically sacrifice Sam Cassell.
10:36
[Comment From Riley's hair gel]
Read KD's "game to watch" more for tips.
10:36
goathair - The correct answer, per Doc: "Make Plays."
10:36
J.E. Skeets - IMO: It starts with defense. They need to pull out one of those 35 point halfs that we all know they're capable of doing. This game will obviously be decided-decided in the first six minutes of the 3rd. But some stops, a few Ray threes, PP getting LA in foul trouble early . it's possible. Unlikely. But possible.
10:36
[Comment From Ahlaker]
More intensity on the defensive end. Contest everything. Play as if it is game 7.
10:36
[Comment From FLUX]
Suit up Bill R.
10:37
[Comment From rdt]
get the staples center to turn on all the lights instead of just the spotlights on the floor
10:37
[Comment From rawr]
Brain Scalabrine is not the answer
10:37
[Comment From Murray]
The power of the unlikely hero. I agree with Scalabrine
10:37
[Comment From KC]
The C's need to stop shooting so many jumpers. Unless its Shuttlesworth or Pierce, they should be going inside.
10:37
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
The Celtics always play better when Tommy Heinsohn has a 50-50 blood to alcohol ratio in his veins
10:37
[Comment From THEMACHINE!]
do you think sasha vujacic will surpass Wilt's total of women slept with by the end of his lifetime?
10:37
[Comment From DWM]
Scalabrine is not allowed to play. He's inactive.
10:37
[Comment From OptOut]
Dance the Cajones Dance
10:38
goathair - I'm a big fan of the diagrams that they use to review plays.
10:38
[Comment From SB]
The Lakers have amazing ball movement, and they have to keep it up. They still aren't playing great defense, but, unlike the celtics, they are at least getting the job done. The celtics should only have 3 goals in the second half: better defense, get it to garnett in the post, and find ray allen on the perimeter. By doing so, they'll spread the lakers defense which will lead to major points
10:38
goathair - Bassetball time, humans.
10:38
KDonhoops - 15-4 assists advantage, Lakers. Wow.
10:38
[Comment From Ahlaker]
Does anyone see a possibility of a McHale clothesline repeating? I mean, put in Scalabrine and have him lay out Lamar Odom.
10:38
[Comment From dean16]
Sacrifice Cassell? You mean, perform an alien autopsy!
10:38
[Comment From Ahlaker]
Jackson - "find a way to get stops". Congrats on the analysis. Bunch of BDL bloggers agree!
10:38
goathair - Doc's wearing a suit from his Magic days.
10:38
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
They need to bring sexy back. Yay for outdated references!
10:38
[Comment From BT]
MACHINE SEX TAPE
10:38
[Comment From KC]
I dislike Doc's shirt.
10:38
J.E. Skeets - Excellent start from PP. Easy points from the line is key here.
10:39
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Is it funny to anyone else that Rondo was letting the ball bounce up the court already like the end of a game at the beginning of the 3rd quarter?
10:39
[Comment From curtis]
@goat: He never thought he'd need a business wardrobe this late into June
10:39
[Comment From Lukasz]
Yeah you guys keep talking about taking threes and what not. I think key to coming back is feeding the ball down low to KG and getting some open dunks for Powe and KP43. I mean if Allen is open on the arc by all means shoot it but they need to establish a solid inside game to come back.
10:39
[Comment From Guest]
shawn kemps' soul is in the biulding, or maybe one of his kids
10:39
KDonhoops - What about when the Bulls left the guy to your right in the 1998 ECF, JVG?
10:39
J.E. Skeets - 14 point lead.
10:39
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Ariza is a slender, tall figure, but he shouldn't have that many rebounds.
10:39
[Comment From Murray]
Why is KG wayyyyyyyyyyyyy outside. get him on the block!
10:39
[Comment From JVG]
does kg know where that paint is? and that he is being guarded by pau gasol?!?!
10:39
[Comment From rawr]
KG's outside jumpers aren't going to win this.
10:39
[Comment From PJax]
You'd think by now I'd know that Vlad has zero chance of guarding PP
10:39
J.E. Skeets - Benson disagrees, Patriot.
10:39
KDonhoops - That Kobe shot is going to set up so many drives and/or free throws later.
10:40
[Comment From devin]
If they let Kobe get going. game over
10:40
[Comment From J]
KG is channeling his inner Rasheed Wallace
10:40
[Comment From KC]
Celtics Fans: "Oh crap, they still have Kobe."
10:40
[Comment From Riley's hair gel]
Who started the whole trend of Initial/Initial/Number. KB24, CP3, KP43. It takes away from cool names like "Bean."
10:40
[Comment From des223]
KG looked hesistant on taking Gasol off the dribble.why?
10:40
[Comment From BKR]
Kobe first field goal. THATS amazing.
10:40
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
So JVG's advice to get back in the game is to have Rando miss jumpers.
10:40
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Gasol shoots jumpers like a better basketball video dvd
10:40
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
@Riley: Let's just go ahead and guess Stuart Scott.
10:41
[Comment From THEMACHINE!]
how much do sports injuries get hyped up to the point that when they actually play, were not surprised. its almost too much
10:41
J.E. Skeets - Doc Rivers' voice sounds like The Mighty Boosh's Crack Fox when he gets all super creepy.
10:41
[Comment From The Chuck]
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck jumped off a bridge?
10:41
[Comment From BKR]
Any self appointed or allegedly self appointed nickname works for me. We've had Mamba, Machine, and anything out of Shaq's mouth; and they are always awesome.
10:41
[Comment From curtis]
Pau has his Magic Fundamentals down pat
10:41
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Wow, it's a sea of yellow down there, celtics just run for the transition as soon as someone shoots.
10:41
J.E. Skeets - Perkins just popped his shoulder out.
10:41
[Comment From J]
wasn't there a sports figure nicknamed the Gravedigger?
10:41
[Comment From JVG]
haha odoms got crazy eyes!
10:41
[Comment From Machine2.0]
Machine named by Laker Broadcast team. Machine not name self.
10:41
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Pau plays like Lisa Leslie
10:42
[Comment From BKR]
Four on Perk!! will it be Powe?
10:42
[Comment From Avinash]
PUT IN LEON POWE! No.it's PJ Brown. Of course.
10:42
[Comment From Guest]
most underrated article of clothing in this series is ray allen's arm wrap/band/thingy. he didn't wear one all season, suddenly put it on in the ecf and now's he's jesus again
10:42
[Comment From devin]
That shoulder looks way out of place
10:42
[Comment From Javier]
Nah Lisa Leslie Can Dunk
10:42
[Comment From dean16]
Zach, don't insult Lisa Leslie like that!
10:42
J.E. Skeets - Go, Michelle! Go! Chase that man down the tunnel!
10:42
[Comment From s.towers]
Perkins should have known better than to touch Lamar tonight. Lamar has a a Protection charm +2
10:42
[Comment From Devine]
Perk is going to need the Eric Roberts "POP IT, TOMMY!" treatment from "Best of the Best"
10:42
[Comment From Lisa]
I'm tougher, too
10:43
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Pau dunks like Candace Parker. By that I mean, he lays it up and grabs the net
10:43
[Comment From BKR]
Powe should go all Latrell on Doc right now.
10:43
J.E. Skeets - You gotta go TD-glass with that one, PJ.
10:43
[Comment From MagiCAL]
I dub this series "The James Brown Series"
10:43
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Maybe Mr. Miagi is in the Celtics locker room
10:43
KDonhoops - Brown is going to kill this team.
Perkins . shoulder separation sigh.
10:43
[Comment From JVG]
did tom thibadeau die?
10:43
J.E. Skeets - 64-48 LA.
10:43
[Comment From Devine]
Man, you know it's LA's night when Vlad is running the break effectively
10:43
[Comment From JVG]
did tom thibadeau die?
10:43
[Comment From des223]
KG's answer to fire up his team: a 20-foot jumper. Yuck.
10:44
[Comment From nja700]
I find it incredibly lame that Candace Parker won the dunk contest at the All-American game.
10:44
[Comment From J]
I wonder why nobody has told Doc how good Powe is once he's actually in the game? What's the point of holding a talent like that in reserve, untapped untill the last minute? It's as if he becomes a magic genie once the lamp is rubbed
10:44
J.E. Skeets - Does that man have a gold bathrobe in the front row?
10:44
[Comment From Canadian DJM]
Did Tom Tolbert die?
10:44
[Comment From randy]
thibadeau is suffering bad karma by not following the dress code policy tonight
10:44
[Comment From Jim]
same reason why spud webb won a jam contest
10:44
KDonhoops - Brown has to go. Doesn't know the plays, isn't talking, isn't running.
10:44
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Seriosly if the Celtics don't go into desperation mode they are going under. They need to get physically nasty.
10:44
[Comment From s.towers]
Ray Allan has done a good job. JVG is so right. That's one of the biggest surprises to me is how good of a defender he is.
10:44
KDonhoops - Thank you, Doc.
10:44
[Comment From Javier]
No one else gets mad at 7 footers that dont dunk it every time down? if i was that tall id be dunking all the time
10:45
KDonhoops - If I were a baseball player, Javier, I'd hit a hundred home runs a year.
10:45
[Comment From des223]
Powe is the C's biggest energy guy.why put in Posey?
10:45
[Comment From rawr]
Powe looks like he'll forever be the 4th man off the bench for this series.
10:45
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Celtics would be winning if they had Allan Ray and Ray Allen. Lamar Odom's head would explode
10:45
[Comment From Woot]
You gotta have the weight and muscle, not just the height
10:45
[Comment From nja700]
It's also funny when they show Lisa Leslie's dunk in the WNBA commercials as if it happens all the time.
10:46
J.E. Skeets - I'm always amazed by how many NBA players jump to make a pass. If they had played high school basketball for my coach, they'd have run 10,000 laps. He hated me.
10:46
[Comment From soupah]
Not to mention you have to go through the seven footer standing in your way
10:46
[Comment From randy]
only thing left is your post on CELEBRITIES skeets
10:46
[Comment From s.towers]
100 homers. solid. And quick.
10:46
[Comment From BKR]
@Everyone who says if they were an NBA centres height they'd dunk all the time: No you wouldn't. You would have knees that HATE coming down after a dunk. You would have other 7 footers trying to body and block you every time. And you would have no energy from trying to run with the athlete guards
10:46
J.E. Skeets - Solid one-dribble jumper from Fish. Lake Show up huge.
10:46
KDonhoops - Thank you for not chucking that three, Kobe. Good offense, Lakers.
10:46
[Comment From Javier]
hey its their job if they dont do it good they should get fired
10:47
goathair - Lamar's doing that tentative thing again.
10:47
[Comment From JVG]
but jumping makes your pass look cool!
10:47
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Skeets, I expect a Create a Caption for the guy with the gold bathrobe
10:47
goathair - What's Gasol's high for boards so far this series?
10:47
KDonhoops - You're fired KG.
Oh, wait, you;re listed at 6-11.
10:47
[Comment From flip]
I don't think Lisa Leslie can play the triangle!
10:47
[Comment From Javier]
and i dont see dwight howard having this problem he dunks it all the time
10:47
[Comment From Chris]
So I just get home and turn on the TV.am I in a different dimension?
10:47
[Comment From Older_than_Moses_Shaq]
19
10:47
[Comment From Ahlaker]
When does garbage time officially start?
10:47
KDonhoops - What, with that Honda commerical, Chris?
10:47
goathair - When Chris Mihm takes the court.
10:47
[Comment From Zor]
ariza need to come in and play pierce, radman is lazy and slow
10:48
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
KG passes out of the post while being single-teamed. Nothing results. Hmm.
10:48
[Comment From Lukasz]
man where are all these Powe lovers coming from? Nobody knew him before he had one good game. C'mon guys, relax. Still a second year player. I mean i liked him coming out of college even with all the injuries and was happy when the nuggets drafted him but man, C's bandwagon.
10:48
[Comment From nja700]
It's worse when people unnecessarily jump to catch something
10:48
J.E. Skeets - Garbage Time starts tomorrow around noon when the GTAS comic goes up.
10:48
[Comment From Ahlaker]
And will Rajon *ever* try a shot when he's under the rim?
10:48
[Comment From LO Is the Package]
I'm sorry, but KG isn't clutch. He's not even stick shift.
10:48
[Comment From J]
Ahlaker, whenever they send Darko Milicic in any game
10:48
KDonhoops - Sorry, Mitsubishi.
10:48
[Comment From Murray]
Where is PP? For that matter, where is the beer guy? I need something to get me through Boston on the offensive end.
10:49
goathair - JazzFan - It's not about scoring. Ask Mark Jackson.
10:49
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Powe has had his moments all season, there's something about it when he does well.
10:49
[Comment From todd.]
Translation of Lucasz: I am cool for liking Leon Powe, you are all lame for liking Leon Powe.
10:49
[Comment From J]
Lukasz, he played more than one good game, that's why we're all on the aforementioned bandwagon, you don't get a bandwagon if you're a one hit wonder
10:49
[Comment From BKR]
Lukasz: Powe was fantastic all year, thats why everyone is on him, not because of his game 2. And the other reason is that: Have you seen PJ Brown this series? He is a stiff.
10:49
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
"man where are all these Powe lovers coming from?" - Cal grad here. I own a Powe college replica jersey.
10:49
[Comment From Roivon]
Let Jesus touch the ball a bit. At least a little.
10:49
[Comment From Murray]
It's not garbage time. Pistons fans know it as "Darko Time."
10:49
goathair - What about Big Baby? What happened to that guy?
10:50
[Comment From nja700]
Why is it that nobody mentions defense when talking about clutch players? I'd say KG is clutch in that respect.
10:50
[Comment From JVG]
ive been trying to drink all night but im playing the drink whenever kg takes a shot from the paint
10:50
J.E. Skeets - Ahlaker: Great point. For all the talk about Rajon's lack of jumper, he really needs to work on developing a better game right near the hoop. He can get there at will. He needs to master the tear drop, tight reverse, etc.
10:50
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Kids taught Vlad Radmanovic how to read. NBA Cares.
10:50
[Comment From Avinash]
Davis is at Roscoe's chowing down on them waffles
10:51
J.E. Skeets - Shoot that every time Kobe. Every. Time.
10:51
[Comment From DB]
My brother Z lost a fight to Leon What's his name in 3rd grade.
10:51
[Comment From Nate]
Don't put Big Baby on the court, Kobe will think it's Shaq and score 30 points over the next 18 minutes
10:51
[Comment From Lukasz]
Thanks for posting all the comments disagreeing with me. Appriciate it. But even when he did have good games, which i know he had, I've been on here every game, and I didnt hear anyone complaining about not putting Powe in the game.
10:51
[Comment From Machinatic]
Forget Hyperdunks- where can I get me some Odominators?
10:51
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
These last six minutes are huge. If the Celtics can't get the lead to 15 or under, it's over.
10:51
[Comment From BKR]
@Skeets: Plus he should work on a signature move. i'd like to see him get fancy and develop a fake-behind-the-back pass or something. [/sarcasm]
10:52
KDonhoops - Every one of Posey's threes, he's falling to the left. And two have gone in, and one just barely spun out.
10:52
[Comment From OptOut]
Boston needs to try something drastic. They never expected for Power to shine. Maybe it's time they bring in someone unexpected. Is Tony Allen still hurt?
10:52
[Comment From J]
Rajon is slightly behind Deron Williams in terms of his progress as a PG, he'll get there with a little more experience, I think he might be further along with better coaching . . .
10:52
[Comment From randy]
jazz fan: espn feature comment?
10:52
[Comment From Avinash]
Skeets, the Lakers are up by 20. Why do you want Kobe to shoot a 23 foot jump shot instead of LA moving that ball?
10:52
goathair - Buddy Lester is embarrassed right now.
10:52
goathair - Kobe's angry.
10:52
[Comment From failed4times]
nowhere near DWill
10:52
J.E. Skeets - Buddy Lester just looked up from his drink.
10:52
[Comment From Ghost of Fo Fo Fo]
Uh oh, there goes Kobe yelling at Gasol again
10:53
J.E. Skeets - Don't get cute, Vladi.
10:53
[Comment From nja700]
I know there's a lot more to it as far as context, but Rondo is still decent enough at scoring down low to shoot around 50 percent
10:53
goathair - "No one's called me Buddy for years. I'm going to get that Jeff Van Gundy."
10:53
[Comment From Barnaby Jones]
Is Machine in sleep mode due to the large margin?
10:53
[Comment From KC]
I've been yelling at Gasol the whole series
10:53
[Comment From J]
I swear, Red Auerbach is watching this game from above and he's pleading with God to ressurrect him so he can remove Doc and actually coach the damn game
10:53
[Comment From Nate]
Williams has a jumper and muscle, there's your difference
10:53
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
I get paid by Hollinger to comment here, randy.
10:53
[Comment From Loren]
Celtics are really struggling with their point guard play. Tony Allen did pretty well as the starting point guard when Rondo was hurt when they visited LA during the regular season. Is he out of the question here?
10:54
[Comment From Machine2.0]
Machine not sleep. Machine waits.
10:54
goathair - And male pattern baldness.
10:54
[Comment From s.towers]
Nice D. Kobe has always had issue with guys taller than him. Remember Prince on Kobe in 2004? That seems it was like when coaches figured that out.
10:54
[Comment From Murray]
Skeets: I agree with Vladi. why toss up that bad off a shot with a big lead? Do you want Boston to get back into the game?
10:54
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
will someone hit control-alt-delete on machine? Please?!?
10:54
goathair - Gasol dunked an alley-oop?
10:54
Matt Moore - Gasol dunked on an oop. Another "nothing can go wrong' moment.
10:54
[Comment From failed4times]
Williams is closer to CP3 than he is to Rondo
10:54
[Comment From Richard]
PAU GASOL ACTUALLY DUNKED ON AN ALLEY-OOP!
10:54
[Comment From rawr]
Gasol can jump?
10:54
KDonhoops - I always thought Kobe was just being lazy with the Triangle in that series (2004), not being aggressive enough, just trying to be the martyr with Shaq waddling up and down the court.
10:54
[Comment From des223]
Gasol dunks! Blizzards are now forecast in the Mid-Atlantic region.
10:55
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
That's a double, skeets
10:55
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
goathair, it was an accident. he lost his balance
10:55
KDonhoops - Buddy Lester is an old comic.
10:55
[Comment From randy]
is it called an alley-oop if no one leaves the floor?
10:55
KDonhoops - Seriously. Hold on, I'll Google.
Um, I mean, I'll Yahoo! .
10:55
[Comment From Murray]
I think Gasol tripped and somehow found himself in the air
10:55
goathair - People aren't too hot on Buddy Lester's prospects right now.
10:56
[Comment From Lol]
KD.Yahoo! and Google are in a partnership of sorts now.so its ok.
10:56
[Comment From Zor]
what are u guys talking about, gasol jumps high for boards when there is nobody 10 feet around him
10:56
KDonhoops - He was in Barney Miller. I'm an old 28.
Buddy Lester.
10:56
[Comment From rawr]
That was an epic rainbow by fisher
10:56
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Buddy Lester is the guy who goes, "hoo-hoo-hooo-hoo" after the organ plays when the Lakers are on offense
10:56
goathair - Then my grandma's a young 84.
10:56
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Way to appease the company. I wonder do they watch these blogs? So you don't praise google?
10:56
[Comment From s.towers]
KD- you might be right. I could be thinking of another game with Kobe/Prince. That series it looked like the Lakers couldn't wait for the Summer.
10:56
J.E. Skeets - Holy crap that Fisher three was high. If this game was in Chicago that inflatable Bulls blimp would be down.
10:56
KDonhoops - Man, screw Google.
Yahooooo-ooh.
10:56
[Comment From Murray]
Fisher's shot didn't go in because it hit a BANNER
10:57
[Comment From Lisa Leslie]
Gasol is still 3 dunks behind me this week.
10:57
[Comment From shums]
"Pretty pass by Eddie House." You may never hear these words in this order again. Ever.
10:57
[Comment From KC]
This looks familiar
10:57
[Comment From Jonathan]
BEST TIME OUT EVER
10:57
KDonhoops - Eddie: pretty house pass!
10:57
goathair - If the Celtics run incessantly they could come back.
10:57
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
Is anyone else excited about the run? Me neither.
10:57
[Comment From devin]
Radmanovic, that was some absolutely terrible defense
10:57
KDonhoops - House, Eddie, pass pretty!
10:57
J.E. Skeets - 11-2 C's run. I, of course, spoke to soon.
10:57
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Kdon is scared. The watchdogs are giving him "the glare".
10:57
goathair - Chrisfromnh is so close to Chris Mihm it weirds me out.
10:58
[Comment From des223]
KD, you just sounded like Machine!
10:58
KDonhoops - Tom Scholz time.
10:58
goathair - Pretty pass, Eddie House.
10:58
[Comment From J]
I think someone should trademark that Eurosoft remark when you're talking about imported Euro players playing defense
10:58
[Comment From rawr]
Whenever I drink sprite before playing basketball I get some wicked cramps. Not advisable.
10:58
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
"I LOVE YOU JOHNNY LUDDEN!"
10:58
[Comment From Javier]
anyone know what its called? i want it for my i-pod
10:58
[Comment From identity]
KG needs to show more heart!
10:58
[Comment From Guest]
just waiting for someone on those sprite commercials to break their spine falling from the rim
10:59
goathair - Is that Matt's wife again? She's vindictive.
10:59
J.E. Skeets - Did we ever decide which NBA player Hell Boy was?
10:59
[Comment From SPINE]
I resent that comment
10:59
[Comment From identity]
I think its time to discuss if KG's softer than Gasol now. It's official.
10:59
goathair - Based on his head, I'd vote Shane Battier.
11:00
[Comment From DB]
Hell Boy is is the Charles Oakley.
11:00
[Comment From Javier]
hell boy= chris anderson
11:00
[Comment From Guest]
damn, was the 70's really that yeallow?
11:00
[Comment From failed4times]
Hell Boy? Kwame Brown fo sho
11:00
[Comment From identity]
Hell boy? I vote Chris Kaman.
11:00
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Based on him being from another world, Cassell
11:00
[Comment From McHale]
Born in hell, ugly as sin? It's me.
11:00
[Comment From shums]
There's no space, Skeets. It's just Hellboy. (I think I just passed failed my Nerd Test.)
11:00
[Comment From s.towers]
Chuck Oakley for sure. I was trying to go deeper.
11:00
[Comment From BitterJazzFan]
hell boy = Antoine Car
11:00
[Comment From Javier]
hell boy= horace grant
11:00
[Comment From Chris Kaman]
Chris Kaman = sabretooth
11:00
goathair - I'm calling him The Charles Oakley from now on.
11:00
[Comment From T. in Shanghai]
Hellboy - Amare
11:00
[Comment From OptOut]
Rick Mahorn
11:00
[Comment From James M]
Hell Boy - Stephan Marbury: Believe it or not, he's the good guy!
11:00
KDonhoops - Antoine Carr had a random awesome Game 5 in the Finals, once.
11:01
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Hellboy=Antoine Walkers' stint in Minnesota
11:01
[Comment From Lol]
Sam Cassell = Abe Sapien.
11:01
[Comment From Guest]
chris kame=captain caveman
11:01
J.E. Skeets - Shums: HellBoy, True Hoop, FreeDarko . I can never tell .
11:01
goathair - Didn't he have like 12 in the first?
11:01
[Comment From Murray]
Leon Powe is the Antoine Carr of these finals?
11:01
KDonhoops - You don't need to do that to Farmar, KG.
11:01
[Comment From shums]
KG Moving Screen sighting!!
11:01
Matt Moore - KG moving screen! Drink!
11:01
KDonhoops - Just sneeze at him next time.
11:01
[Comment From JVG]
chris kaman=homless
11:02
J.E. Skeets - Gasol worked for that trip to the line.
11:02
[Comment From OptOut]
Why don't they give the machine time? Machine needs to be warmed up first
11:02
[Comment From Murray]
Look at Gasol. making a KG move against KG. interesting?
11:02
KDonhoops - Gallant/Goofus split-screen.
11:02
J.E. Skeets - Anyone read that From Deep post from a bit back about Gasol being waaaaaaay taller than 7-feet?
11:02
[Comment From Devine]
Always drinking, Parox. Paroxus. Um, Matt.
11:02
[Comment From OptOut]
"I'm not a softie", Gasol hollered. "Hear me roar!"
11:03
goathair - Great shot, Paul Pierce.
11:03
[Comment From J]
Here's a question, how difficult do you actually think it is to coach in the NBA? Is it as hard as it appears? Or is it more of a how you get the players to play for you than your X's and O's?
11:03
[Comment From Gasol]
You forget, I ate KG up one on one in the first half of Game2. Then no one passed me the ball the rest of the game.
11:03
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Tony Allen cant even pick up PP
11:03
[Comment From Charles Barkley]
Gasol looks like a lesbian Don Quixote
11:03
J.E. Skeets - Is that a "Wheel-chair" chant?
11:03
J.E. Skeets - Wow. Celtics down 9.
11:03
[Comment From Flavor Flav]
The Machine will win Flavor of Love 4
11:04
J.E. Skeets - Single digits going into the fourth = PSYCHE THROUGH THE ROOF!
11:04
[Comment From dave]
reminds me of college basketball.all these runs.
11:04
goathair - I think it's funny that the Celtics three best players are named Ray, Paul, and Kevin while the Lakers' are Kobe, Pau, and Lamar. That seems very Boston/LA separation to me.
11:04
[Comment From Bobby Zee Zee]
Is Perkins gonna come back and knock down two threes to get his team going like Paul Pierce did!?! I think he will!
11:04
[Comment From OptOut]
Coach is the toughest job in the world. If the team wins, the players did great. If the team loses, it's the coaches fault.
11:04
[Comment From Lol]
Gasol just Kwame'd that dunk.
11:04
KDonhoops - Tony Allen gets his legs with the rebound.
11:04
[Comment From rdt]
Machine is more of a bret michaels than a flava flav
11:04
[Comment From JVG]
i was thinking with vinny del negro gettin hired today wouldnt he be a starter on the coolest names in nba history team
11:04
goathair - I thought catching crabs was the hardest job in the world.
11:04
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Gasol dunks like a pregnant cheryl swoopes
11:05
KDonhoops - Kwame wouldn't have even gotten that ball up to the rim.
11:05
[Comment From Mr Miyagi]
Sorry BobbyZee, I used up all my magic on Paul Pierce.
11:05
[Comment From failed4times]
Gasol looks so lost.
11:05
goathair - 6 points!
11:05
J.E. Skeets - Eddie House. You woud.
11:05
[Comment From identity]
KG needs to remind Faramar that he is KG, and faramar is faramar.
11:05
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Kwame gives high school prodigys a bad name.
11:05
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Machine wants Tila Tequila
11:05
KDonhoops - Wow.
11:05
[Comment From Guest]
Hurrah! I knew I would not be abandoned in my time of need!
11:05
Matt Moore - hello, wife.
11:05
[Comment From Lukasz]
Typical Gasol dunk.
11:05
[Comment From DB]
Come on Zach H.! Cheryl Swoopes Dunks better than than Gasol.
11:05
goathair - Hellooooo, nurse.
11:06
[Comment From myles]
can the lakers do anything please?
11:06
[Comment From Shane]
Machine needs to go to the Pink up Artist.
11:06
[Comment From Jav]
Is this going to be one of those comebacks where they shoot they're wad to get back in it and have nothing left to close the deal? I don't think so because the Celts haven't even tried yet.
11:06
KDonhoops - Kobe can't take that last shot. Can't do it. Don't care if he makes it 40 percent of the time. Can't do it.
If the C's had a point guard on the floor, that would have been a transition bucket after Kobe's miss.
11:06
[Comment From rawr]
Anyone else see that Machine try to take a Phantom Elbow from Allen for a charge?
11:06
[Comment From OptOut]
Bring on Prince!
11:06
[Comment From Guest]
Machine needs to score
11:07
J.E. Skeets - This suddenly got ridiculously interesting. The fourth quarter is going to decide who the NBA champion. Not to get all Ctrl-B on ya.
11:07
[Comment From Devine]
Time to reload with more alcohol. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit huffing paint.
11:07
[Comment From DWM]
Lakers fans are in the dark about what's happening.
11:07
[Comment From identity]
Machine. Meet Ray Allen.
11:07
goathair - Geez, what are the Lakers doing?
11:07
[Comment From United Lesbians USA]
Pau Gasol is our hero
11:07
[Comment From Murray]
THE AGELESS WONDER. PJ Brown!
11:07
KDonhoops - Whoa.
Fourth quarter, two point game.
11:07
goathair - PJ Brown is dunking? Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
11:07
[Comment From s.towers]
Gasol inbounding to machine instead of Kobe is VERY interesting.
11:07
J.E. Skeets - PJ, Finals MVP. What did I say?
11:07
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
This is insane, I just put my noose away
11:08
[Comment From Murray]
I can hear Bill Walton. throw it down big man, throw it down!
11:08
[Comment From shums]
PJ Brown does his Bionic Man impression again
11:08
[Comment From Fountain of Youth]
Me and PJ Brown have a secret. figure it out
11:08
[Comment From Ahlaker]
The Boston Celtics, having a "good ole time"
11:08
[Comment From K Dawg]
How does Zen wisdom work on a machine?
11:08
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
What in the Wild Wild world of Sport is a-goin on here?
11:08
Matt Moore - +1 Blazing Saddles.
11:08
[Comment From KC]
yep. Kobe needs 30.
11:08
[Comment From Bob]
Who was that that was asking when garbage time starts?
11:08
goathair - And Chris Mihm comes to grips with the fact that he won't be playing. Again.
11:08
[Comment From DrN8]
GOATHAIR - mad props for the Ghostbusters ref!
11:09
[Comment From Zor]
its not about machine, its lamar odom. where is he? first quarter proves that lamar brings great things
11:09
[Comment From Pissed off laker fan]
Ok what the h-e double hockey sticks is going on?
11:09
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
In all seriousness.Brown is a savvy verteran. Sure the celtics have more than there share of those but P.J is a smart player.
11:09
[Comment From s.towers]
About this time is where the Staples center needs to pick it up. Usually around there the fans sort of go into this full pessimistic mode and don't encourage the players by and large. Drives me nuts.
11:09
goathair - A blowout through three quarters that turns in to a close fourth quarter game seem to be ideal circumstances for a liveblog.
11:10
J.E. Skeets - Towers: They tried with about 2 minutes to go in the third. But the C's just kept pouring it on.
11:10
[Comment From Shine]
Random thought. Is there any correlation bw Spike Lee's presence, and Ray Allen's game being consistent so far this series?
11:10
[Comment From curtis]
Ray Parker, Jr. also appreciates the Ghostbusters reference too. He'd a like a gig even more.
11:10
[Comment From doc rivers]
you mean putting in posey and house and playing 5 on 5 instead of 3 on 5 makes sense? go figure. this coaching thing is really confusing sometimes.
11:10
Matt Moore - So this is Kobe, time, yes? KD, does Kobe get his four minute rest to start the fourth?
11:10
[Comment From todd.]
Did you see the Dan Storytellers, where some guy came up to Fagen once and said, "'Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car.' is the stupidest lyric of all time?"
11:10
KDonhoops - Good session guitarist, Ray was. Too bad he had to steal from Huey Lewis and the News.
You best not steal from Huey Lewis.
11:11
[Comment From steeveo]
Phil Jackson farted!
11:11
[Comment From OptOut]
Zen Wisdom on Machine: Don't seek reality, just put an end to opinions.
11:11
KDonhoops - Todd -- it was a cab driver, and it was Becker.
11:11
Matt Moore - "We've got to compete!" How does that work? I know it does. It's just amazing.
11:11
J.E. Skeets - Momentum is a stange girl. Put THAT on a Vision poster or whatever they're called.
11:12
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Momentum's a strange girl? Is he talking about Machine's herpes infested girlfriend?
11:12
KDonhoops - I love how Tafoya gets the coaches of the teams that blew the quarter previous.
11:12
Matt Moore - Why foul there?
11:12
[Comment From kpelton]
that's why Tafoya gets the big bucks, KD
11:12
[Comment From Lost Name]
Machine not Have Girlfriend. Wall-E Not Give Her Up.
11:12
[Comment From Alvin]
Series decides in this quarter. Lets see how lakers react after that horrible 3rd quarter.
11:13
Matt Moore - Oh. That's why.
11:13
KDonhoops - Knock 'em down, big man. Both of them.
11:13
[Comment From Pete]
She must have interviewed PJ Carlesimo a lot.
11:13
[Comment From Devine]
Someone tell Justin Timberlake that he doesn't need to wear a Thriller jacket to be cool. He's already made it happen.
11:13
goathair - Or neither.
11:13
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
Chug those "Shirley Temples".
11:13
[Comment From Confused]
Pau Gasol scores 20 in the 4th?
11:13
Matt Moore - Nice, KD. Any other words of encouragement?
11:13
[Comment From James M]
Alvin if it comes down to fourth quarter, you have to bet on Mamba, he's done this too much.
11:13
[Comment From Kendrick Perkins]
Hold on guys, Im updating perkisabeast.com. i'll be right back in
11:13
[Comment From rawr]
Powe gets buckets.
11:14
goathair - The way Powe caught, turned, and tried to dunk in the air is tough.
11:14
[Comment From NH Skinny]
And that's why Powe needs to be in the game,
11:14
KDonhoops - Ignore Iowa, Hillary.
Go with Boylan, Pax.
11:14
[Comment From MagiCAL]
My favorite quote of Jackson from this playoffs was before the San Antonio series some asked Phil "What is the theme for this series?" Phil said, "I didn't realize I had to have a theme, how about WINNING?"
11:14
Matt Moore - Lots of offensive fouls tonight. Is that just me?
11:14
KDonhoops - Who has the random SuperSonics jersey in the first row?
11:14
Matt Moore - Nice rebound.
11:14
KDonhoops - Come on, Kobe.
11:15
Matt Moore - Vujacic need Oil. Oil!
11:15
goathair - Wait for Skeets' celebrity post. It's probably Jeff Ament.
11:15
[Comment From dennis]
KD, twas gary payton
11:15
KDonhoops - Allen's getting his sea legs as a PG, meeting the ball, getting to the wing.
11:15
goathair - Let the bodies hit the floor.
11:15
[Comment From Devine]
Ray Allen has quietly done a pretty nice job on the point.
11:15
Matt Moore - Sasha trying to work on his Bowen moves.
11:15
[Comment From Tim Kasher]
Anyone else think that "Machine" has been a little overzealous on the defensive end?
11:15
KDonhoops - Machine kind of a [prick].
11:16
J.E. Skeets - We tied.
11:16
Matt Moore - Powe knows tie ball-games.
11:16
KDonhoops - if Powe would have gone lefty there, I would have started laughing even louder.
11:16
goathair - Tie game. Since Perkins left.
11:16
KDonhoops - Like that shot, Kobe. More, please.
11:16
Matt Moore - There's Kobe.
11:16
KDonhoops - Nice.
11:16
[Comment From Machinatic]
Prediction: The Mamba is about to mambo his way to much buckets
11:16
goathair - Kobe is so smoove.
11:16
[Comment From JVG]
did someone flip the shoot switch in kobes back?
11:17
Matt Moore - Whoever goes to the rack more is going to win this game from here on out.
11:17
Matt Moore - Truth! Answers!
11:17
KDonhoops - It should be said, comment peeps, that Kobe is 1-4 in the quarter.
11:17
goathair - A gun rack? A gun rack? I don't even own A gun.
11:17
J.E. Skeets - This is awesome. How can you not love this game? How!? HOW!?!?
11:17
[Comment From NH Skinny]
Pierce v. Bryant. Classic.
11:17
[Comment From Rick James]
yo paul pierce, that shot was COLD BLOOOODEDDDD!!
11:17
goathair - I'm thinking the Lamar Nova call was a little premature.
11:17
[Comment From KC]
I have not been typing because I'm too busy jumping and screaming like a maniac.
11:17
Matt Moore - Pierce cannot get lured in Bryant's dribble into giving away the baseline. Deadly. Awesome shot, though.
11:18
KDonhoops - Square the shoulders, elbow under the ball for Pierce. Pretty.
11:18
[Comment From Ignorant Sports Fan]
Because all they do in the NBA is travel and dunk. College basketball is WAY better.
11:18
[Comment From Bob]
Pierce is making his case for a place in the HOF during these playoffs.
11:19
J.E. Skeets - I am 100% convinced THIS is the series. Right here. Right now. I'm smiling, even though my pic looks concerned.
11:19
goathair - Pierce doesn't seem like a Hall of Famer to me.
11:19
KDonhoops - Pierce, HOF? He has to wait for 42 other NCAA coaches with .500 records to get in first.
11:19
[Comment From Devine]
Again, guys -- I thank you for helping me be a better basketball fan this year. If not for you all, I wouldn't be seeing this -- worse, I wouldn't know what I was missing.
11:19
[Comment From LO Is the Package]
Finally, an NBA Finals worth watching. i want the Lake Show to win this, but this is awesome,
11:19
goathair - Every picture of Skeets looks concerned.
11:20
goathair - It's from watching so much Crack Fox.
11:20
[Comment From s.towers]
I can't stand the predictable Kobe get-everyone-involved-and-then-take-over-the-game. That's fine in situations, but at this point if I'm the Celtics I know what the Lakers are doing on offense EVERY TIME down the floor.
11:20
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Skeets looks like he just messed with the Zohan
11:20
[Comment From Lost Name]
Skeets and confused go together like peanut butter and jelly.
11:20
[Comment From Shake]
Anyone notice Phil Jackson acted like he purchased some momentum between quarters ?
11:20
[Comment From Ahlaker]
Lakers are 6/22 from the floor in the 2nd half. Wowsers!
11:21
[Comment From nja700]
Somebody at work said he'd rather watch the WNBA because their fundamentals are "better" becuase they can't dunk. I felt like slapping the nearest person smaller than me.
11:21
goathair - Six? 6? Seis?
11:21
goathair - Egad.
11:21
Matt Moore - KD, efficiency check?
11:21
goathair - Yay for Farmar on the court.
11:21
[Comment From Joe]
Celts are collapsing nicely on the boards now.
11:21
goathair - Fish'll be back for the end though, yes?
11:21
[Comment From Pete]
The SAP channel should just have the 300 music playing.
11:22
Matt Moore - Turiaf, Odom, Machine, Bryant, Farmar. Interesting.
11:22
Matt Moore - Kobe time.
11:22
J.E. Skeets - Lakers up 2.
11:22
Matt Moore - Celtics, jump shots, now? Really?
11:22
goathair - Yep. When he's got the two-circle-fakes-then-a-jumper move working, it's tough.
11:22
J.E. Skeets - Farmar with J-Kidd rebound.
11:22
[Comment From Bobby Zee Zee]
Why is Eddie House shooting?
11:22
goathair - That's his thing.
11:23
[Comment From NigerianNBAfan]
Remember the ESPN commentator saying this game was already won before end of 1st qtr? Seems like a long time ago
11:23
Matt Moore - Garnett finally muscles over Turiaf.
11:23
J.E. Skeets - Tied. 77.
11:23
KDonhoops - Pacing, now.
11:23
Matt Moore - Perimeter double.
11:23
[Comment From Mad Hatter]
I find it incredibly worrisome that the Lakers are once again missing out on a statement game
11:23
KDonhoops - Guards have to rebound.
EVERYONE HAS TO REBOUND.
11:23
goathair - The Lakers are going to have to start shooting better if they want to hit that 140 mark.
11:23
Matt Moore - PJ could have just layeed it in, but he had to try and tomahawk it.
11:23
J.E. Skeets - Odom, learning angles. Nice.
11:23
goathair - Yank PJ, play Leon.
11:24
KDonhoops - The offensive rebound/airball special for PJ Brown.
11:24
[Comment From Joe]
Oh Odom is allowed to run over people like a drunken state cop?
11:24
[Comment From s.towers]
Nice flop House. You're better than that.
11:24
Matt Moore - Flop! Drink!
11:24
goathair - Is having length an ability?
11:24
Matt Moore - Gasol back in. Here's his chance.
11:24
Matt Moore - It's a philosophy.
11:24
[Comment From Jav]
3rd team foul for LA this early could be huge.
11:24
goathair - Or an attribute? That's for you, dear reader, to decide.
11:25
goathair - Paul Pierce's knee just exploded.
11:25
KDonhoops - Kobe 4, Pierce nil.
11:25
J.E. Skeets - Farmar started that again.
11:25
goathair - Or he got hit by a sniper.
11:25
[Comment From kobe beef]
Pierce pulling a FIFA move.
11:25
Matt Moore - There's the double pump jam.
11:25
J.E. Skeets - Here come the wheel chair comments .
11:26
KDonhoops - They're all funny, Skeets. Every last one of them.
11:26
[Comment From Larry]
For those of us not in front of a tv for god sakes tell us whats going on
11:26
goathair - All the wheelchairs in LA are made by Mercedes Benz.
11:26
goathair - Paul Pierce stepped on a landmine.
11:26
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Ya Skeets, it's like the Uranus jokes. Always a crowd pleaser
11:26
Matt Moore - Intense!
11:26
KDonhoops - C's just tried a nice Pierce/KG screen and roll, Pierce took a bail out shot.
Kobe took advantage in delayed transition, saw the open lane and blew past the crossmatch, got the dunk.
11:27
KDonhoops - Then Coldplay came on and I started getting angry.
11:27
J.E. Skeets - Addendum: Farmar rebound, head up, ball pushed.
11:27
J.E. Skeets - I'm a sucker for good point guard play.
11:27
goathair - Coldplay makes me really angry as well.
11:27
[Comment From Lost Name]
You can always count on Coldplay to interrupt your final with terrible music.
11:27
Matt Moore - Great D by Kobe, great decision by Farmar, great move by Kobe. Great great great. Let's see if C's can answer. Jump shots are not going to get it done in a game like this.
11:28
[Comment From laughing hard]
Does Phil Jackson stay with Farmar or go back to Fish?
11:28
goathair - Or your Jay-Z record.
11:28
[Comment From cccc]
Coldplay's in a wheelchair?
11:28
KDonhoops - Bill Walton is loaded up on Percocet, and having a grat time.
No idea, Laughing. No idea. I'd go with Farmar.
11:28
J.E. Skeets - Lakers up 4, guy. Less than 6 mins to go.
11:28
goathair - Please stick with Farmar.
11:29
goathair - Big hit, Posey.
11:29
KDonhoops - James Posey can't seem to miss. His one miss spun in and out.
11:29
J.E. Skeets - Posey three. 1 point game. Great play by Ray.
11:29
goathair - Especially since Ray could have taken the pullup J.
11:29
[Comment From JP]
James Posey, ladies and gents, from Twinsburg, Ohio!
11:29
goathair - Posey also missed one from the top of the key very badly in the third.
11:29
Matt Moore - Posey, poor man's Horry?
11:29
[Comment From Jav]
5 minutes for the championship?
11:29
J.E. Skeets - Yes.
11:29
KDonhoops - Six seconds.
11:29
Matt Moore - Nice job by Pau.
11:30
Matt Moore - patient.
11:30
Matt Moore - Gasol really is playing great against Garnett.
11:30
[Comment From BKR]
Ref's not getting involved
11:30
[Comment From kpelton]
we really needed the slow-mo fist pump?
11:30
KDonhoops - I did.
11:30
[Comment From dave]
well if the celtics win this game, i think its safe to say the celtics got the championship.but it doesnt work the other way around - lakers win, celtics still have a good chance to win.
11:30
Matt Moore - It's the only reason I watch.
11:30
[Comment From Steve Patriot]
I think it's safe to say that this series is everthing we hoped for.
11:30
goathair - KG is probably most comfortable shooting freethrows down the clutch, right?
11:31
[Comment From freak]
Hi guys. Just wanted to share my disappointment I just got up to watch the 2nd half, I open yahoo webpage to read about the lake show rockin' in LA and then I see the game and the Lake Show is off- off-off-broadway. Fortunately guys are gettin' it together lately
11:31
Matt Moore - Perimeter double.
11:31
Matt Moore - Odom just (insert expletive of your choice) that ball.
11:31
Matt Moore - Well, well, well.
11:31
J.E. Skeets - 84-83 Boston.
11:31
KDonhoops - Eddie House just put Boston ahead. In Game 4.
11:31
goathair - Posey is destroying Odom by stepping away from him in the post when Lamar's making a move.
11:31
[Comment From Mad Hatter]
I didn't like that shot, but it went in so I guess it's ok
11:32
KDonhoops - This crowd is stunned, too.
11:32
[Comment From kpelton]
editors around the country prepare their Eddie House headlines
11:32
[Comment From Zillion RPM]
And another stop. Welcome to the Celtics defense, ladies and gentlemen.
11:32
Matt Moore - Nice observation, Trey, +2
11:32
KDonhoops - GREAT call JVG.
11:32
goathair - You don't like a shot? Eddie House doesn't know what you're talking about.
11:32
[Comment From shums]
@Mad Hatter: you just described every Eddie House shot ever.
11:32
[Comment From Flow]
Classing pull the chair move by posey
11:33
KDonhoops - it also helps to have KG being your soft guy on that S/R D, plus getting back to Pau Gasol in the lane in about a half second.
11:33
[Comment From CNoteHolla]
"The House Always Wins"
11:33
[Comment From JVG]
not in our house?
11:33
goathair - Posey gives up a lot of size to Odom, so pulling the chair is pretty effective. And annoying if you're the guy posting.
11:33
[Comment From Breeny & Golic]
Mike Breen is like Eddie House, both are there chucking crap whether you like it or not.
11:33
[Comment From Kebo]
Are my eyes really seeing this happen? No, Celtics can't win, this doesn't happen, not in reality. This is obviously just a dream. Why am I dreaming about a live chat blog? Weird. Am I waking up soon?
11:33
KDonhoops - Ray Allen with nine boards. That can't happen.
11:33
[Comment From Zillion RPM]
A lot of this game is whether or not Posey can get 'em the lead with his D before he fouls out.
11:34
J.E. Skeets - Wow. Learn that Rondo.
11:34
Matt Moore - Allan with 9 rebounds, getting his Rondo on.
11:34
KDonhoops - Kobe's gotta recognize that.
11:34
KDonhoops - Get the ball in bounsd.
11:34
Matt Moore - What a game.
11:34
[Comment From curtis]
I guess I should put my glasses on now
11:34
goathair - Why do the Lakers keep trying to post Odom? Let Kobe create.
11:34
[Comment From Adrian]
Kobe looks tired. He doesn't looks like he's got enough gas to go 1 on 1 for the rest of the game
11:34
[Comment From rawr]
Wow, hell of a game.
11:35
KDonhoops - Lakers screwed up by not going to Kobe when the play broke down, and then Kobe screwed up by not taking that runner.
11:35
goathair - Fisher's got to be coming in, right?
11:35
J.E. Skeets - Not clutch, eh? Jeesh.
11:35
KDonhoops - And, yeah, hell of a game.
11:35
[Comment From Joe]
I am shocked, even as a Boston fan.
11:35
goathair - Even if it's not his doing, Phil will want the shooters and veteran-ness.
11:36
[Comment From nja700]
Kobe does that pissed-off steal-attempt-after-a-miss more than anyone I know
11:36
[Comment From failed4times]
wow. 5 point lead?! when did KG turn clutch?!
11:36
goathair - Skeets, this might be that legendary game we were hoping for.
11:36
[Comment From LAL]
Laker fan: Ray Allen slo-mo mojo - oh no!
11:36
[Comment From jordan]
i hate my life
11:36
[Comment From mclinnard]
im calling it now OT
11:36
[Comment From Ahlaker]
10/33 from the floor in the 2nd half. That is some D. Lakeshow completely discombobulated!
11:37
KDonhoops - Allen had a space the size of a regulation basketball to get that ball through, both under the net and past Odom's hands.
11:37
[Comment From Joe]
If this comes down to free-throws: Advantage Boston, clearly.
11:37
[Comment From Zillion RPM]
Celtics bench: 31. Lakers bench: 15.
11:37
KDonhoops - This is a cool one.
11:37
[Comment From Ahlaker]
Ray Allen hang time - is that allowed on his ankles? And yes, this game deserves OT!
11:37
goathair - Whoa. This there can only be one is amazing.
11:37
KDonhoops - I kind of missed that piano music after two months.
11:37
KDonhoops - I miss all these guys, already.
11:38
[Comment From rdt]
it is so weird seeing this commercial with the full faces
11:38
J.E. Skeets - Odenized, post that commercial NOW!
11:38
Matt Moore - Chills.
11:38
KDonhoops - Getting dusty in here.
11:38
goathair - BEST.
11:38
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
25 points in the 2nd half for Lakers. Celtics defense anybody?
11:38
goathair - Leg bumps, eyes welling, happy.
11:38
J.E. Skeets - What did I say at half? They needed a 32'er?
11:39
Matt Moore - Wow, the refs were ready to blow that whistle as soon as Kobe entered the lane.
11:39
KDonhoops - Kobe, two free throws, took about two seconds off the clock.
11:39
[Comment From s.towers]
Bynum coming back next year is great and all, but Kupchak needs to sign somebody mean. This Lakers team is way too nice except for Kobe. Someone like Najera or something.
11:39
goathair - Remember when the Lakers were throwing over the head passes in the first half?
11:39
[Comment From yeyeyeye]
Do you think that Kobe is getting angry with his teammates in the timeout? Schilling will be disappointed in him if he is.
11:39
Matt Moore - Problem is, now what do the Celtics do? What do they turn to? Pierce is obviously slowed.
11:39
[Comment From mclinnard]
thanks for talking bout the commercials --- i was about 30 seconds in the past with TIVO -- never wouldve realized
11:39
KDonhoops - Slow down, guys. KB hits these, one possession game with two to play in LA.
11:39
Matt Moore - Now he hits his free throws.
11:39
goathair - 3 more shots for Kobe and the Lakers lose.
11:39
J.E. Skeets - Boston up 3.
11:40
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Sounds dumb, but go to KG. I think he has it in him right now. He's playing with some confidence
11:40
goathair - Tired Kobe vs. Hobbled Paul seems fair.
11:40
KDonhoops - Plenty of time.
11:40
[Comment From Bob]
That actually was a bad idea by Kobe. If he had waited until after 2:00 then Boston wouldnt have been able to use a cheap foul w/o free throws.
11:40
[Comment From chrisfromnh]
This 1:44 is going to take an hour
11:40
Matt Moore - Pierce fought through four players to get to the paint.
11:40
Matt Moore - And Pierce misses now.
11:40
[Comment From Mark]
Anyone know the over under on the game?
11:40
goathair - Then missed the freethrow.
11:40
J.E. Skeets - 191.5
11:40
[Comment From Zillion RPM]
Pierce looks exhausted.
11:41
KDonhoops - Tired, tired, tired.
11:41
J.E. Skeets - PP makes 1. 4 point game.
11:41
goathair - "What do free throws do? They win games." --Crazy old lady at my HS basketball tournament, 2000.
11:41
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
Wow Skeets. that was quick. have money on this game?
11:41
J.E. Skeets - I posted it 3 hours ago.
11:41
KDonhoops - Gorgeous move by Kobe.
11:41
Matt Moore - One on one defense inside 2 minutes on Kobe? Really? Really, Doc?
11:41
J.E. Skeets - No whistle. Excellent shot.
11:41
goathair - Man shot, right there.
11:41
[Comment From Travis]
Ask the Memphis Tigers about free throws and how important they are.
11:42
[Comment From KC]
I could go for a little bit of Nova from Kobe. I'd buy everyone ice cream for that.
11:42
Matt Moore - Posey!
11:42
goathair - POSEPHER SON O THE MORNIN
11:42
KDonhoops - Whoa, Posey .
11:42
Matt Moore - You beat me to it, trey.
11:42
[Comment From Funky Bassist]
BANG!
11:42
KDonhoops - A two?!?!?
11:42
J.E. Skeets - This is AWESOME. I can't keep up.
11:42
goathair - That's why Fish is there. Stupid foot, though.
11:42
Matt Moore - Foot on the line.
11:42
[Comment From JVG]
i just peed a little
11:42
Matt Moore - Flop! Drink! You need it!
11:42
[Comment From kpelton]
what is Kobe thinking there?
11:42
[Comment From s.towers]
I HATE that call.
11:42
KDonhoops - Move your feet, Kobe.
11:43
goathair - BEEEEEEEG free fros.
11:43
[Comment From Rick]
What else is new, Kobe doesn't agree with a call against him.
11:43
Matt Moore - He's screaming before the contact.
11:43
[Comment From Lost Name]
Yeah that hip check wasn't contact at all.
11:43
[Comment From omg]
Kobe, it was a foul because you hit him in the knee. with your invisible arm.
11:43
[Comment From curtis]
James Brown should show Kobe some better footwork
11:43
[Comment From MagiCAL]
I feel sick
11:43
[Comment From failed4times]
Paul Pierce for the Oscars.
11:43
[Comment From Bob]
Pierce got away with one there, but hey Kobe would do the same exact thing
11:43
KDonhoops - Everyone remember that -- people make bad calls, regardless of the situation.
Cassell's pumping ME up.
11:43
goathair - ABC won't even cut to commercial this is so good.
11:44
[Comment From s.towers]
I still smell overtime.
11:44
Matt Moore - Pierce has nothing left.
11:44
goathair - Yes, please.
11:44
[Comment From kpelton]
the Celtics have held the Lakers to 31 points in the second half and Thibodeau can't get an interview? unbelievable
11:44
[Comment From Bob]
Makes me sad thinking that if the Celtics win this season is pretty much over.
11:44
[Comment From Max]
that's it, I'm pressing record on the Tivo to get the last half hour and whatever comes next
11:44
goathair - People don't usually interview coaches that are still active.
11:45
J.E. Skeets - GREAT CALL, Max.
11:45
Matt Moore - Looong way from over with 24 on the floor.
11:45
[Comment From dennis]
i bet this blog this won't go the extra 5 mins
11:45
J.E. Skeets - Ha.
11:45
KDonhoops - 35 in the first quarter, 31 in the second half. John Paxson turned his TV off after the first quarter.
They do, goathair. It's up to the team to allow it.
11:45
goathair - Leon Powesy.
11:45
[Comment From shums]
Fact of the game: Posey has had 5 fouls since the third quarter. What if he had fouled out earlier?
11:45
goathair - That's what I meant, KD. Thanks for clarifying.
11:45
[Comment From karl]
40 year Laker fan- this might be the worst loss I've ever watched- serious choke
11:45
Matt Moore - Truth. Ice.
11:45
J.E. Skeets - PP hist 'em both. 5 point game.
11:46
J.E. Skeets - Oh. 94-91.
11:46
KDonhoops - Three point game, C's have no point guard.
11:46
goathair - Great pass. Quick score on Pau dunk.
11:46
[Comment From Zach H.- Talkhoops.net]
My dog couldn't be picking a worse time to want to play fetch
11:46
Matt Moore - Watch it, Machine.
11:46
J.E. Skeets - Here we go .
11:46
Matt Moore - Ray Allen!
11:46
KDonhoops - Wow.
11:46
goathair - What, Machine? What happened there?
11:46
[Comment From O.C. Matt]
Machine say Ole'!
11:46
Matt Moore - What did I say, Machine?
11:46
KDonhoops - That's OK, JVG. Phil likes to go from three-quarter court sometimes.
11:47
[Comment From Devine]
Like I said: Ray Allen has quietly played a helluva one spot.
11:47
goathair - Where were the rest of the Lakers?
11:47
goathair - 5 out formation for the Celtics.
11:47
KDonhoops - Lefty layin. Gorgeous. What a game by Allen.
11:47
goathair - Paul is HAPPY.
11:47
J.E. Skeets - 96-91 Boston. 15.7 seconds left.
11:47
[Comment From Thisthe]
Lakers are all dehydrated because of the drought in California.
11:47
Matt Moore - Skeets, what's the call?
11:47
[Comment From nja700]
I think Sasha's idea of good defense is to grab at the ball with at every available chance
11:48
goathair - Allen could extend his career another 3 years by becoming a point, right? His shooting plus whatever PG skills he develop could be great.
11:48
KDonhoops - No, Jeff. You of all people know that Phil doesn't like doing that all the time. Give Kobe a full head of steam. You can cover huge gobs of ground and shoot in 3-4 seconds.
11:48
Matt Moore - Kobe, PnR, to just to the right of the key.
11:48
J.E. Skeets - Kobe needs to hit a three with Posey in his grill. That's the play.
11:48
[Comment From karl]
Kobe to the hole- kick out to Sasha or Fish for 3
11:48
KDonhoops - I don't even wait for the screen, Matt.
I'm wrong, Phil wants to move it up.
11:48
[Comment From s.towers]
Silver lining= losing this series will be the best motivator for the Lakers possible. It's good for 5-7 more wins in the regular season.
11:48
goathair - I have a bad feeling Kobe will drive, jump pass out for a three, and it won't go in.
11:49
KDonhoops - That and the 21-year old 7-footer with franchise skills.
11:49
Matt Moore - I'm personally not betting against the MVP.
11:49
[Comment From Mos Def]
Lakers have already accepted the loss. You cant win like that.
11:49
[Comment From Devine]
And then he'll have to run laps, Trey.
11:49
[Comment From Krazy807]
I dont see Kobe passin here, no matter what Phil called in the huddle
11:49
Matt Moore - Holy crap.
11:49
Matt Moore - They did it.
11:49
Matt Moore - Defense wins championships.
11:49
KDonhoops - Stop taking 20-footers, NBA players. They are low percentage, and only worth two points.
11:50
J.E. Skeets - Hmm. That was interesting. What a come back. Amazing.
11:50
goathair - Great switch by KG.
11:50
Matt Moore - KD+1, notice how the Celtics started winning when they stopped doing that.
11:50
[Comment From Max]
greatest celtic victory since Larry Bird.
11:50
[Comment From Unbelievable]
I just wish I'd watched the first half and turned off the TV. damn.
11:50
Matt Moore - What a comeback.
11:50
[Comment From curtis]
add this right under 1995 Finals Game 1 in terms of great comebacks
11:50
[Comment From Krazy807]
Amazing game. Ray Allen is the new Boston PG.
11:50
goathair - Wowsers.
11:50
KDonhoops - Wow.
We got our classic, Matt called it, but I didn't think it'd happen like THAT.
11:51
[Comment From Travis]
Pierce is dead tired.
11:51
goathair - The guy on the hallway billboard is creepy.
11:51
Matt Moore - *does a little "I'm a genius" dance.
11:51
[Comment From Shenanigans]
Odom has to be the key to the Lakers, when he's playing well up by 20, when he's not, Lake Show loses.
11:51
[Comment From Evan]
And here I left at halftime because the bartender wouldn't keep the bar open for the whole game and i figured it was over then.
11:51
goathair - Next time, on Touched By an Angel.
11:51
[Comment From Guest]
The big C's came through.
11:52
[Comment From rawr]
Pierce is sooooooooo gassed. He just mumbled "oh my god"
11:52
[Comment From God]
Sports bore me.
11:52
[Comment From KC]
Maybe the Lakers make history.maybe I just cry myself to sleep.who freakin knows.
11:52
[Comment From Zillion RPM]
Two days to rest before game five.
11:52
goathair - Do the Lakers have any chance of winning three in a row?
11:52
[Comment From Unbelievable]
The young guys on the Lakers got too comfortable. This has happened all season. They get comfortable, they get taken advantage of, no surprise.
11:53
KDonhoops - I thought that rest was going to help the C's more than the Lakers heading into tonight, mainly because I assumed the Lakers would win tonight.
11:53
KDonhoops - Tired?
Pierce wants to play right now.
11:53
Matt Moore - By the way, Garnett killed every question on his clutch down the stretch.
11:53
[Comment From cy]
I guess David Stern is trying to prove that he doesn't rig the games.
11:53
goathair - I've never seen Paul Pierce that smiley.
11:53
Matt Moore - I love how Pierce always comes back.
11:53
J.E. Skeets - Oh, now Stern is reverse-riggin'.
11:54
Matt Moore - I want Pierce to be HP. Very badly.
11:54
[Comment From s.towers]
I can't think of a worse loss in Lakers recent history. probably the last Dell Harris season.
11:54
goathair - Why couldn't Ariza get on the court in the second half.
11:54
Matt Moore - This was a great one. Thanks commenters, you brought it again. Thanks Skeets, thanks Trey, KDon. Awesome.
11:54
[Comment From failed4times]
hi,my name is Lamar Odom.could you direct me to Staples Center? I have to get back to play the 2nd half.
11:54
KDonhoops - It was a pleasure, readers, Skeets, Matt, Trey.
That was so much fun. Sweet dreams, all.
Does this go back to Boston?
Answer Now
Yes ( 69% )
No ( 31% ) |
|
发表于 2008-6-13 11:56
