To all Lakers fans, Can the Lakers give a good fight in the Playoffs and go win the championship?
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LAKERS WILL BOUNCE BACK NO DOUGHT, KOBE WILL PUT ON THE SUPERHERO SHOW ,EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE MVP AND STUNNING THE WHOLE NBA WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP WIN... \n\nLAKERS ALL THE WAY !!!!!
424804
good game??? i am tired of watching the lakers, no... wait kobe play. i dont see a team effort in the lakers team. they have no chance if the keep playing for one player. every guy in that team as soon as he gets the ball checks out where kobe is. when he is on the bench they dont know who to give the ball to. suns in the other hand oh my got.. what a wonderful team. i like the spurs but i would have loved if the suns had amare this year and have gone all the way. tooo  bad maybe next year. this seems like it is going to be detroits year. lakers need kobe to start all the plays not finish all of them. he needs to look at his teammates and pass the ball more. enogh with the record brakings kobe; this is not a one man sport it is a team sport.
426290
Lakers will come close, but thet won't win. Kobe will have a good game, but that means no one else on the team will have 10 points. Lakers can't handle the Suns.
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it depends on the lakers and Kobe. If Kobe can come along with the way the team is playing now and pick his times when to get on a roll, and let Lo (Lamar Odom) do what he is doing now and just play defense. . . . . . . . it is going to be trouble for the west. my lakers are going to put in work. we have to stop Elton brand but other than that. . . . the lakers will be better than the clippers.. . . only if Kobe plays team ball.
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Yes, I think they'll make it but only as a 7th or 8th seed. There are many competitors and contenders in the Western Conference. Some of the things that have to work out is Bobby Jackson's health, Tyson Chandler's defensive presence, and especially Peja Stojakovic's role. He needs to step up. Last game, he had only 7 points. You and other Hornets fans will not accept that. He needs to score like he did in 03-04 (tied second in league in points per game in NBA!). Lastly, I think the team will feed off energy of the crowd. This will be a great season.
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It looks like they'll be facing the Suns.  They have a legitimate chance of beating them because the Suns play no defense and the Lakers are not exactly inept on offense, especially with Kobe on the team.  Speaking of which, his experience and his ability to "turn it up" in the post-season will make the Lakers contenders ... at least until the next round.  The Lakers do play defense on the other hand and can make big stops if they need to.\n\nI am a Laker hater so I must be right!
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Yes the Lakers are going just like they did last year and they will go past the 1st round. Thats an obvious statement.......\n\n\nTo the guy who said the last good Laker team was in Minneapolis...are u @#$%^*! Magic...Kareem, Worthy, SHOWTIME.......or did u forget......
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Pistons are a great team, but i dont think they're goin to win like how the Lakers did or dominate the game like the Chicago Bulls.\n\nPistons dont have the "GOTO GUY" that the Lakers did with SHAQ and KOBE or like JORDAN and PIPPEN of the Chicago Bulls.\n\nI mean of course the pistons have good all around players, but Chauncey Billups or Rasheed or even Tayshaun arent players you call dominating or even threatening. Dont get me wrong, they're phenominal players but they arent KOBE or JORDAN... that is what they lack to get back to back championships.
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The Lakers have a lot of momentum going. Did you see the way they played today? They were moving the ball beautifully and Kobe had less than 20 points, but they won nevertheless. There's no telling how far they can go in the playoffs if they continue playing the way they did tonight.
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It was beautiful - Kobe tried to win it by himself, and of course the Lakers lost.  It was also great to see Jack Nicholson trying to put a useless hex on the Suns - he is the next most annoying Laker after Kobe!  I hope Kobe goes for 60 points the next game.  \n\nBut enough of Kobe.  The Suns were awesome - what a gritty effort with so many things going against them.  That's what a championship team does.  Go Suns, believe in yourselves!!!
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No, they are a 500 club right now and they dont look like they are willing to make the changes to be better.  That puts them roughly in the 8-9 spot in the west. Also, they probably will have a big injury in the next few months.  Maybe Kobe, Mabye Lamar.  A loss of either one of those guys for a few games would pretty much close out any playoff chances.
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It's not going to be the most exciting series. Also, I'm not just saying this because I'm a Laker fan (It's actually been proven), but almost any series with the Lakers is sure to be a great series. The same can be said for like 2 or 3 other teams in the NBA... I think.
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LAKERS WILL BOUNCE BACK NO DOUTH, KOBE WILL PUT ON THE SUPERHERO SHOW ,EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE MVP AND STUNNING THE WHOLE NBA WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP WIN...
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why is this so hard to believe. The Lakers have one of the greatest coaches coaching them in the zenmaster. They have the best player in the nba in kobe bean bryant, and he came in with more chips on his shoulders because steve nash might have robbed the mvp award from him. And like you mentioned, they have a vastly improved luke walton, i have to give him credit for that because he was terrible a year ago, and lamar odom is a triple double threat any given night; he has been fantastic throughout the playoffs thus far. Also, Smush Parker's heroics and shutting down Steve Nash fairly well. Phil Jackson's Lakers have the better formula in their style of play to win in the playoffs, they play slow tempo and try to maintain control. The Suns play a more fast break style added with the three ball that they live or die on. Nash is their playmaker and locking him down breaks down the engine. The games have been close because of the freak of nature shawn marion, without him like you saw in the extra period of the last game, the suns could not buy many baskets other than on the perimeter. It never hurts to have the clutchest shooter in the game today either!
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The lakers Will need a good powerforward like Kevin Garnett, A good center like Alonzo mourning, A good point guard like Sam Cassell. And a bench with players like Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, Sasha Vujicic, Luke Walton, Rony Turiaf, Andwer Bynum, Jim Jackson, Penny Hardaway, Kareem Rush, Brendan Haywood.
502158
No...Heat looks kinda lazy right now but heat will get to next rd. \n\np.s. Lakers win the whole thing? Stop it please...I can't breathe I'm laughing so hard!
356121
Lakers will not only beat the Suns but win the championship. With Kobe anything can happen. And now that Lamar Odom's playing at his height, Lakers are a threat. The Spurs aren't the same because Tim Duncan is not the same as he was a year ago. Dallas and Phoenix are not championship caliber teams. Laker's have a good chance of beating the western teams and come out of the west. After that they will face either Pistons or the Nets. With the Pistons, they have a little chance. But if Nets come out in the east, Lakers truly can beat them. So at the end, the Lakers in my view will win the championship and Kobe will rightfully take his place in the NBA. He is the best player in the game right now.