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Hey, anybody know where I can get a screen cap of the Sam Cassell "big balls" celebration... one of the best taunts I've ever seen.

How did you hit that shot consistently? I love NBA Live 95, and Coach K, and I thought I was pretty good. I might get into emulation just for those games. I'm sure you'd beat my ass though. But I was awesome at 97 & 98 on PS.

Wrong. Unless you don't consider military investigations part of the gov't.

This stuff is freaking badass... I just picked up "Seed" today. It's a blend of traditional West African and Irish music set to some great beats. Highly recommended.

Umm, Rose and Willis eat the Lakers up. If they want intensity, that's who I'd go with... I predict a SA shooter gets hot but LA still wins by 7.

For sure.

Okay how about this...you have to mix it up. Of course, if you go with one strategy all game it will be adjusted to. I don't mind your strategy at all...it makes the guys I like look better than the guy I want traded...

Ummm.... an Al-Qaeda connection HAS been demonstrated and the world DOES approve of the invasion. Where do dumbass news editors who are completely blind get their news?

Ripper, I seriously am questioning your basic basketball knowledge. In order to prevent a drive & dish scenario, the defense cannot consistently collapse 4 players on one guy. You have to strategically allow the faster player to beat you in the direction you want. You have to guard outside shooters, thereby forcing the penetrator to shoot and allowing your big guy to block the layup attempt. Occasionally collapsing works, but if you do it all the time you put your defense at the mercy of the outside shooters. Bowen, Turkoglu, Ginobili, Brown, their not all going to be off enough for that strategy to work. Hoping the other team will miss is not part of a sound defensive gameplan. I agree with you on the zone, but that's because Shaq can't be trusted to do his part for 48 minutes.

It bugs me that the press thinks Shaq's offense is the reason the Lakers won. He finally decided to move his fat ass on the screen roll and get off the ground for some blocks. What a shocker, Payton funnels Parker inside and O'Neal actually does his part, and they win?!

Flat out wrong Rip. Every Parker layup could have been challenged by O'Neal. The Spurs are better, but not because of pure talent.

A couple observations... That Parker move was not that impressive, he crossed over a forward and I knew fatass O'Neal wouldn't get up to block it. TP's behind the back was better. Why is there a question of what the Lakers need to do defensively? A quick point guard who can't be stopped one-on-one must be funneled in to the big men to block the shot. Shaq can't get off the floor. The screen roll must be jumped to stop its effectiveness. O'Neal won't step out. The Lakers are down because Payton's legs have been exposed, and Shaq has been exposed altogether.

...which is why we watch...

I'm confident Kobe & Karl will be on. My doubts rest with Shaq and GP...

Man, Tayshaun Prince is easily one of my top 5 fav. players.

I think he means message board people who like blood.

You'll get no arguments about Shaq from me...I already want him traded for Okafor.

Classic post, raz.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker//cst-ftr-zp29.html

Lakers- Magic That's all I got.

Its called putting the clamps on. Thats exactly what the Spurs did. They put the MOfucking Clamps on and they lakers couldn't figure it out. In the 4th? Absolutely. As did the Lakers. The Spurs have had the best defense the last 5 years... 2 of those years they won, the other 3 they lost. Defense yesterday was big, execution was bigger...many Laker turnovers were unforced.

Really? I saw the Lakers shoot 70% from the field on a 23-9 run, only to crumble defensively and give up their lead.

You must have watched a different game.

2 spins later, All I can say is REPETITIVE. Their singles are easily the best songs off the album. The ballads are weaksauce and boring. Their lyrics are completely lacking in variety.

Nah, Kobe's not fast enough. The problem with GP was his failure to rotate off the ball. As long as Malone & O'Neal let Parker get to the rim unchallenged, the Lakers will be at the mercy of the Spurs. Oh, and they need to shoot better......