New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[WLVCA]

Lakers only down by 4 at the half. Brook Lopez leading scorer for the Lakers with 10 points. Lonzo has only played 13 minutes so far tonight.

 

[Steve Williams]

Lakers are looking good. They are a young team with potential.

Blazers have beaten them 12 straight Tonight is very close

 

[Steve Williams]

well count it as 13

Disappointing loss by the Lakers after they overcame an 18 point deficit and held several leads afterwards only to tie it at 110-110 with 15.2 seconds to go. Lillard drains a 3 to go up 113-110 final score

 

[WLVCA]

That was a good game - kudos to the Lakers for playing tough on the road.

Lonzo was quiet tonight but Lopez and Kuzma were the big scorers. For a rookie Kuzma carries himself very well, no fear.

 

[jadis]

Lillard has such confidence in that shot. Just needed a two but went for a 3 leaving virtually no time in the clock. Superstar move.

 

[WLVCA]

It was a dagger for sure. Lillard is a superb player.

Unfortunately for me, I was rooting for the Lakers tonight.

 

[Ronm1]

Good comeback by C's after being down by almost 20. 101-94

 

[jadis]

Good comeback by C's after being down by almost 20. 101-94

Play of the game, Irving with a 5point play.

 

[jadis]

I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me the C's would be in a position of having the best record in the NBA right now after losing Hayward and going 0-2. I had to check twice and the C's are 7-2 while the Rockets are leading the West at 7-3. I'm elated at what or how Brad Stevens did to motivate the gang, and I hope it continues. C's also got Marcus Morris back, he certainly can help in the 3 or 4 position. And Kyrie, though not the fastest of guards, showed some great escape moves to the basket, using his left hand to score 2 baskets even at crunch time. Now most of the C fans in the forums are heralding that they all felt the trade to get Irving was a great one. Yeah. I knew that way back then.

 

[FrantzM]

I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me the C's would be in a position of having the best record in the NBA right now after losing Hayward and going 0-2. I had to check twice and the C's are 7-2 while the Rockets are leading the West at 7-3. I'm elated at what or how Brad Stevens did to motivate the gang, and I hope it continues. C's also got Marcus Morris back, he certainly can help in the 3 or 4 position. And Kyrie, though not the fastest of guards, showed some great escape moves to the basket, using his left hand to score 2 baskets even at crunch time. Now most of the C fans in the forums are heralding that they all felt the trade to get Irving was a great one. Yeah. I knew that way back then.

Hi

I am not a Celtics fan. I am foremost a fan of Basketball. I can't believe how anyone with a modicum of understanding of the game would not see the Kyrie trade as a great one for the Celtics. They haven't had a player for the ages for quite a long time and did not have one on their roster until Kyrie came. Watching the last two NBA Finals, one thing is clear: The Cavaliers would not be able to compete if it weren't for the incredible and frankly unguardable plays of Kyrie. Lebron did his things but they would not have mattered without the threat of Kyrie. He scored almost at will. One of the best defender in the game (Klay Thompson) was so spent on guarding him that his own ( often lethal) offensive output was affected , some would say disappeared, If you can get that kind of player, in his prime and seemingly not brittle a la Derek Rose or I Thomas, you go for it, you mortgage the entire (just adequate) players you have and build a team around him. The Celtics did that and are now reaping the fruit of their dare or better: vision. The Lakers should have gone after him
Lucky Celtics and congrats to Danny Ainge whom I hated as a player and envy now as a GM

 

[jadis]

Hi

I am not a Celtics fan. I am foremost a fan of Basketball. I can't believe how anyone with a modicum of understanding of the game would not see the Kyrie trade as a great one for the Celtics. They haven't had a player for the ages for quite a long time and did not have one on their roster until Kyrie came. Watching the last two NBA Finals, one thing is clear: The Cavaliers would not be able to compete if it weren't for the incredible and frankly unguardable plays of Kyrie. Lebron did his things but they would not have mattered without the threat of Kyrie. He scored almost at will. One of the best defender in the game (Klay Thompson) was so spent on guarding him that his own ( often lethal) offensive output was affected , some would say disappeared, If you can get that kind of player, in his prime and seemingly not brittle a la Derek Rose or I Thomas, you go for it, you mortgage the entire (just adequate) players you have and build a team around him. The Celtics did that and are now reaping the fruit of their dare or better: vision. The Lakers should have gone after him
Lucky Celtics and congrats to Danny Ainge whom I hated as a player and envy now as a GM

Well said, FrantzM. Agreed on everything but I couldn't comment on the status of Danny Ainge the player. I can understand why Lakers, and even Pistons fans hate him then. He was gritty, unrelenting, and even un-fearful.

 

[JackD201]

I hated Ainge and Kite!

 

[jadis]

I hated Ainge and Kite!

Pacers fans too huh. LOL.

Kite, I hardly remember any pertinent play he did to contribute for a ring, but yeah, I'd say he was a bit gritty too and over zealous at times in his position, compared to the Chief.

 

[JackD201]

Well, at least I hated Laimbeer MOST

I was a lakers fan during that era. Keith was the C's fan

I became a Pacers fan because I couldn't stand the Knicks. I called Riley the traitor LOL

As much as I was a Lakers fan, I always loved Bird and DJ.

 

[Steve Williams]

Well, at least I hated Laimbeer MOST

I was a lakers fan during that era. Keith was the C's fan

I became a Pacers fan because I couldn't stand the Knicks. I called Riley the traitor LOL

As much as I was a Lakers fan, I always loved Bird and DJ.

The Pistons in that era were darn dirty players. They had a great coach though

 

[rblnr]

The Pistons in that era were darn dirty players. They had a great coach though

Agreed on both. Rodman and Laimbeer led the way on dirty, Daly was one of the best ever IMO, an incredible guard coach among other things. His Nets team would have done a lot of damage if not for Petrovic's accident.

 

[Steve Williams]

and then there was Isaiah who had some great moments. I remember him scoring a bunch of points against the Lakers in the playoffs in one quarter on a gimpy ankle

 

[rblnr]

Everybody who played with Isaiah said he was underrated.

 

[jadis]

Well, at least I hated Laimbeer MOST

Laimbeer had that 'innocent' look after a rough play, and he was the one who really made Larry Bird so mad, Bird was thrown out of a playoff game for throwing a ball at him. And then Rodman gave Bird an armlock. Oh Dennis...

 

[jadis]

I was a lakers fan during that era. Keith was the C's fan

Gotta chat with Keith one day re our 'heroes' then.

Which reminds me, my brother would clap and hoot each time the Lakers score against the Celtics in one Finals matchup, as we watched on TV. He was a sore Sixers fan as his team got booted by the C's in the playoffs. I couldn't stand his cheering right beside me so I went to another room, but he up'ed his clapping I could still hear his cheering from where I was. Well, today he must still be 'trusting the process' of the Sixers...