hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com - 5/22/2008
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Kobe Bryant is better than you. And you. And me. And you. And Ime Udoka. You're cool (Tim Duncan). And you. The Lakers, more so than any team this season (and yes, I'm including the Suns and Warriors), have an undeniability once they awake. It's almost worse than when you've been in a slugfest with them the entire game. The Spurs settled into a groove, and had their usual clamps ...
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Empty the Bench —
- Upside and Motor - The Spurs can’t win this series if Manu Ginobili keeps playing like that.
- Red’s Army - Glen Davis takes a break from the buffet to enjoy the finer things in life.
- Hardwood Paroxysm - The Spurs don’t want to double-team Kobe, but they need to.
- BallHype - Squiggly lines and comparisons have confirmed it: Chris Paul is really good.
- Need4Sheed - Sayeth Rasheed ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Hardwood Paroxysm: "Spurs shot .250 from the arc, Lakers .400. The West has been entirely decided by three point shooting, I've decided." ...
Game One Thoughts
Forum Blue And Gold —
... not have four rings because it folds in the face of adversity.
• And I don’t think this series is the Spurs last chance either. We said that their weakness is their lack of depth, well next year they add Tiago Splitter to the front court and still have an improving Udoka, plus they have some cap room coming up to make another play or two. This team will not go quietly into that goodnight, not in this series or next season.
• If you want to read more good stuff, check out Hardwood Paroxysm’s recap.
• The Lakers hung in there on the boards, which is ...
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