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[Majesty]

No one expected Nash to go down the second game of the season and Blake to go down 3 games later. We got a great surprise having dwight return so early but then we lost nash then blake then gasol.
No one saw that coming.

[fido]

I totally agree Chad.

[Goku]

Possible but I don't think we'll make it unless Jazz and Rockets [expletive] up real bad.

[Alpha Four]

If this was Kobe and Pau with an injured Bynum

Stopped reading there.

[LakerGeezer]

4-3 on this road trip, dropping a pointless game to Phoenix, just about letting Detroit slip away as well, being down by 20 and barely scraping back against them, getting destroyed by Boston and then finishing up with a brain fart performance in Miami is not turning a corner, doing well or improving.

I appreciate the optimism but at some point the reality that this season is done and the Lakers are a bottom tier team have got to set in.

It's one thing being a loyal fan, it's quite another being utterly miopic about the situation at hand. The first step to correcting a problem is recognizing you have one.

It was 4-3, but a whisker away from 3-4, playing only one really elite team and one decent team. This was a trip filled with weak opponents, so my expectations were higher I guess. On the other hand, any winning road trip can be viewed as a good trip I suppose.

[LakerGeezer]

No one expected Nash to go down the second game of the season and Blake to go down 3 games later. We got a great surprise having dwight return so early but then we lost nash then blake then gasol.
No one saw that coming.

No one saw a 39 year old point guard might miss a bunch of games? Would the knee bump at Portland have affected a younger PG the same way for the same length of time? Old folks just get hurt more, check them out sometime in the nursing home with all the bandaids on. With this roster, I am actually surprised there have not been more injuries to the older players. Kobe, Jamison, MWP have held up remakably well so far.

Edited by LakerGeezer, February 11, 2013 - 02:26 AM.

[LakerGeezer]

Who is Scott Brooks?

Shut up..

Scott Brooks is an NBA basketball coach of the Okalhoma City Thunder. Disregarding his first season as coach (extremely young core players), he has a winning percentage of .675, roughly equivalent to the same percentage as Greg Popovich.

[BiGGaVel]

theres hope but even if the lakers make the playoffs its a 1st round Knock out anyway..team dont have any heart they play like scrubs every other game kobe leading a group of sheep

Edited by BiGGaVel, February 11, 2013 - 04:22 AM.

[Ham]

If Portland loses to Miami today, we just have to beat them in our upcoming homestand to take 9th spot unless they lose again which makes us 9th spot anyway. Houston and GS playing today too. Hopefully GS wins. Hopefully Utah loses to the Thunder. Big day

[lakersp4p]

If Portland loses to Miami today, we just have to beat them in our upcoming homestand to take 9th spot unless they lose again which makes us 9th spot anyway. Houston and GS playing today too. Hopefully GS wins. Hopefully Utah loses to the Thunder. Big day

but portland is up by 10 as we speak =/

[Ham]

So what.. lol

[Nak]

what's the point of playoffs when we're gonna get blown out by the thunder/spurs?

We're not getting blown out by the Spurs, I think we would have a huge chance against them.

[manaro90]

will we make the playoffs?

[muncher]

Who even knows!

[manaro90]

justin timberlake might knows...

[TKainZero]

utah and houston are hot right now...

Memphis and Golden state have been playing less good as of late...
it would take a big slide for one of them to fall

[UKUGA]

I expect Houston and/or GS to hit another lull, but its hard to predict when.

We need to sweep this home stand that wraps the AS break. Houston's solid pay of late has been a bit demoralizing.

[Majesty]

Golden state is really in bad strays right now.

[Goku]

Warriors - 5.5 gms
Jazz - 4 gms
Rockets - 3.5 gms

Remaining games between those teams + Lakers:

Tue, Feb 19 Jazz vs. Warriors
Fri, Mar 8 Rockets @ Warriors
Sun, Mar 17 Rockets vs. Warriors
Wed, Mar 20 Rockets vs. Jazz
Mon, Mar 25 Lakers @ Warriors
Sun, Apr 7 Jazz @ Warriors
Fri, Apr 12 Lakers vs. Warriors
Wed, Apr 17 Lakers vs. Rockets (This is last game of the season, lol, would be one hell of a finale for playoffs spot)


Outside of those games, critical games are as follows:


Warriors

Fri, Feb 22 vs. Spurs
Tue, Feb 26 @ Pacers
Wed, Feb 27 @ Knicks
Fri, Mar 1 @ Celtics
Mon, Mar 11 vs. Knicks
Fri, Mar 15 vs. Bulls
Wed, Mar 20 @ Spurs
Thu, Apr 11 vs. Thunder
Mon, Apr 15 vs. Spurs
Wed, Apr 17 @ Blazers

Jazz

Sat, Feb 23 @ Clippers
Mon, Feb 25 vs. Celtics
Fri, Mar 8 @ Bulls
Sat, Mar 9 @ Knicks
Wed, Mar 13 @ Thunder
Sat, Mar 16 vs. Grizziles
Mon, Mar 18 vs. Knicks
Fri, Mar 22 @ Spurs
Fri, Mar 29 @ Blazers
Sat, Mar 30 vs. Nets
Wed, Apr 3 vs. Nuggets
Tue, Apr 9 vs. Thunder
Wed, Apr 17 @ Grizzlies

Rockets

Wed, Feb 13 @ Clippers
Wed, Feb 20 vs. Thunder
Fri, Feb 22 @ Nets
Sun, Mar 24 vs. Spurs
Wed, Mar 27 vs. Pacers
Fri, Mar 29 @ Grizzlies
Sat, Mar 30 vs. Clippers
Fri, Apr 5 @ Blazers
Sat, Apr 6 @ Nuggets
Fri, Apr 12 vs. Grizzlies

Lakers

Thu, Feb 14 vs. Clippers
Wed, Feb 20 vs. Celtics
Mon, Feb 25 @ Nuggets
Tue, Mar 5 @ Thunder
Sun, Mar 10 vs. Bulls
Wed, Mar 13 @ Hawks
Fri, Mar 15 @ Pacers
Fri, Apr 5 vs. Grizzlies
Sun, Apr 7 @ Clippers
Wed, Apr 10 @ Blazers
Sun, Apr 14 vs. Spurs

[Cj2008nw]

^^^ Good job