After going to 3 straight Finals, the Lakers got put out by the Dallas Mavericks of all people. Not San Antonio. Not Oklahoma City. Hell, not even the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, or Boston Celtics. On top of that, they got swept. Dallas outplayed, outhustled, and were more aggressive than the Lakers and earned this win.
I do not like the way Andrew Bynum or Lamar Odom ended their season. For all this physicality late, where the hell was it during the series?
After going through all their lazy play, the one thing that made it alright was the fact we were at parades in June. No parade this year. It finally caught up to them, which drove us Laker fans insane. I hoped the Lakers would lose this final game because I am fed up with the lack of intensity they need to play. If they had shown me some fire, some intensity, the same kind they had right after the all-star break, then I would know they would win the title this year. But nope. Same lazy play. Same bad defense. Dallas is knocking down threes by the boatload. The problem is, they are standing there WIDE FUCKING OPEN. This is not Dallas playing better than the Lakers, this is the Lakers playing shitty basketball. If the Mavs were hitting threes with people in their face, so be it.
Makes me wonder. There must be something more than just lazy play. I keep thinking about what Bynum said. "We have trust issues...". Made me think even more. Pau Gasol has not played no where near the level he can play the entire postseason. Is there something going on in his personal life/or amongst the team? This is not like the Lakers who survived and fought through playoff wars. They go out like this against a franchise who is more known for choking than anything else?
I have no idea how far the Mavs will go. I still like OKC to come out the West now, but they got their hands full with Memphis. All I know is, someone, ANYONE, but Miami win the title. Wait, let me take that back. Not Miami OR Boston. The sight of seeing the Celtics winning would drive me insane.
Where do the Lakers go from here? Who knows. The lockout (yea, it is coming....) may tear apart the NBA. Phil is gone. Kobe gets another year older. But the one thing I can always take solace in is that the Lakers will be back. We are the only franchise in NBA history that just keeps coming back. Boston had a huge gap when being relevant. The Lakers will be back. But this just fucking sucks right now.
I do not like the way Andrew Bynum or Lamar Odom ended their season. For all this physicality late, where the hell was it during the series?
After going through all their lazy play, the one thing that made it alright was the fact we were at parades in June. No parade this year. It finally caught up to them, which drove us Laker fans insane. I hoped the Lakers would lose this final game because I am fed up with the lack of intensity they need to play. If they had shown me some fire, some intensity, the same kind they had right after the all-star break, then I would know they would win the title this year. But nope. Same lazy play. Same bad defense. Dallas is knocking down threes by the boatload. The problem is, they are standing there WIDE FUCKING OPEN. This is not Dallas playing better than the Lakers, this is the Lakers playing shitty basketball. If the Mavs were hitting threes with people in their face, so be it.
Makes me wonder. There must be something more than just lazy play. I keep thinking about what Bynum said. "We have trust issues...". Made me think even more. Pau Gasol has not played no where near the level he can play the entire postseason. Is there something going on in his personal life/or amongst the team? This is not like the Lakers who survived and fought through playoff wars. They go out like this against a franchise who is more known for choking than anything else?
I have no idea how far the Mavs will go. I still like OKC to come out the West now, but they got their hands full with Memphis. All I know is, someone, ANYONE, but Miami win the title. Wait, let me take that back. Not Miami OR Boston. The sight of seeing the Celtics winning would drive me insane.
Where do the Lakers go from here? Who knows. The lockout (yea, it is coming....) may tear apart the NBA. Phil is gone. Kobe gets another year older. But the one thing I can always take solace in is that the Lakers will be back. We are the only franchise in NBA history that just keeps coming back. Boston had a huge gap when being relevant. The Lakers will be back. But this just fucking sucks right now.
