NBA Playoffs 2002

[Bishop]

Team like that is not looking good.

Can you believe it? Stojakovic scored 6 pts after playing for 25 mins. 8O

[Slider]

Can you believe it? Stojakovic scored 6 pts after playing for 25 mins. 8O

Yeah he is probably one of the main reasons why the Kings can't keep playing on a consistent level. The Kings really need their bench players to step it up if they want to be competetive with the Lakers.

[Flamescreen]

I think the Kings are only stable when they can play against a team that is similar to them or is a lot weaker than them.

Heres a little update
Kings-Mavs 2-1
Lakers-Spurs 1-1
Nets-Hornets 2-1
Pistons-Celtics 1-1

I dont think its the Kings that will go to the next round, but if they do, with such a badly playing Stojakovic, they should prove to be very difficult for Lakers to win. Peja is very unstable(most Europeans are at his age) but he can't do many bad games in a row. I'd say tops 4. It's a good thing for Kings that they can win games without him. Webber is still one of the best.

[Slider]

Well you won't have to worry about Stojakovic having another bad game because because he won't be playing until Game 5 at the earliest.
As for Stojakovic having a couple bad games you can never tell when he can break out of it, thats just how it is especially with a streaky player(s).

[Bishop]

Good to see Mike Bibby doing his work though. It's true that the Kings' bench players are not really contributing.

As for Stojakovic, I think it's really hard to tell how many bad games he will play. As far as we can see, he's not playing at high standard recently.

[Slider]

Did you see that shot by Jerry Stackhouse that was just .02 seconds too late? I mean talk about bad luck. :crazyeyes:

Also David Robinson finally made his comeback it just wasn't good enough to beat the Lakers. And Shaq hurt his finger but didn't stay out. :bad-words:

[Bishop]

The Stackhouse shot...what can u say? May be it will work if it's R. Miller who's doing it. Jerry just don't have the luck.

Good to see D. Robinson. Sadly, they are still losing 3-1 and frankly don't stand a chance. Look as though it's Kings Vs. Lakers. Bobby Jackson's marvellous, seems that the Kings are doing fine w/o Stojakovic. Actually, I think they can use Jackson more since Stojakovic is not delivering the consistency.

And, curse the Lakers! :2gunfire: :bad-words:

[Slider]

And, curse the Lakers! :2gunfire: :bad-words:

Yes curse the Lakers!
:snipersmile:
:2gunfire:

I missed the second half of the game so I had to read about on ESPN.com and the Spurs lost the series to themselves by not closing the games when they should have.

And yeah I agree that the Kings have been getting better play from Jackson and will finish the Mavs within two games at the most.

[Bishop]

Oh, I missed the rifle smiley! Hey, it will be better if you can make the Lakers icon explode.

Yeah, go Bobby, go!

[Piotr]

Too bad Nowitzki couldn't get that last shot to fall. The pressure on the Mavs is just too big for them to overcome that two game deficit. I really had hoped to see a really tight game seven, but hey! That's life!

[Thrillkill]

threepeat.

as Charles Barkley said on inside the nba 8) , LA better start planning their annual victory parade again

just my biased opinioin , living near LA and all

[Slider]

And the Lakers better watch out for the Kings because the way they are playing the Lakers might just get sweeped. :twisted:

Just my biased opinion since I live in bay area and don't like the Lakers

[Bishop]

Oh Boy, have you seen it? Kings are perfect w/o Stojakovic, now even Turkoglu can score! I'm sure no one ever dreamt that it will be a 4-1 series. :onfire:

Accidentally, I don't live near the bay area and I don't like the Lakers.

[Slider]

I missed the end of the game because I was watching the Sharks game but from what I saw the Kings should let Peja get 100 percent healthy because Bobby Jackson is playing very well.

And oh yeah.....
GO KINGS!

[Bishop]

Too bad the Spurs lost a 4-1. Now, what's left w/ is the Kings Vs Lakers. Hope Stojakovic can be in good shape in the next round.

Go Kings, Go! Beat the Lakers!

:onfire: King's time! King's time!
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[Slider]

The Spurs couldn't close a game if they had a 20 point lead so they deserved to lose.

Now we just have to wait until Saturday to see how fast or slow the pace will be for the series(hopefully fast the Lakers-Spurs series was just boring).

[Bishop]

I don't think Jackson will let the Lakers play too fast a game. They may do some denfense and some offense. Don't know, let's see who control the tempo - Lakers or Kings.

[Flamescreen]

I think Jackson will choose to put weight on the defensive side of the team. Kings play very well offensivelly.(Check the stats: when Kings scored close to 110 or more they've won) Unless he see's that Lakers can play even better.
Heh, imagine seeing Celtics-Lakers in the finals!

[Slider]

The Kings averaged 113 points in the last series. 8O

But I think that the Zen Master will slow the tempo down and it will be more like the Jazz-Kings series(talk about boring).

[Piotr]

Me thinks the Kings actually have a pretty good chance of beating the Lakers. Bibby has been really good in both series so far and appears to still get better every game. Turkoglu always has a 2 in 3 chance of a good game; Jackson is performing better than he really is; only Pollard needs to have some more input.

About the east, I think Charlotte might turn out to become the conference champs...