International Stars Punish the Lakers.

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:18 am

spurs are rolling, having won their 17th straight game and 2nd straight over the lakers. down 2-0, the series now shifts back to los angeles, where the lakers had better be desperate if they want to survive.

so far the lakers "fab four" of shaq, bryant, malone and payton has been disappointing as a unit. meanwhile, the international community has been coming together, so to speak:

france's tony parker shoots 13/23 to rack up 30 pts, many of them during a crucial 4th quarter.

argentina's manu ginobli shoots 6/8 for 15 pts and does his usual stellar job coming off the bench to provide rebounds, assists, defensive presssure and anything else the team needs.

the virgin island's tim "the big fundamental" duncan gets it done in all areas, even shooting 10/14 from the FT lline to show why he's the league MVP of the last couple years.

turkey's hedo turkoglu doesn't have his best night from the 3pt line, but continues to be a dangerous outside shooter with defensive length who does a little of everything.

slovenia's rasho nesterovic, while being overmatched by shaq as most centers are, still makes enough smart fouls, defensive stops and open shots to prevent shaq from going hogwild. not too bad considering shaq was about the only thing working for the lakers this night.

and good ol USA's bruce bowen threw a straight jacket on kobe bryant, making the game's premier one-on-one talent work for everything.

well, any team coached by zen master phil jackson has a shot, so we'll see how it goes...

EDIT: added some pics for fun, thanks to NBA.COM

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:46 pm

cool, a fellow basketball fan.

during the whole armagetron tournament, i was trying to make it like the NBA

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:55 pm

are you rooting for anybody, marrow? and what are your thoughts on this year's playoffs?

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Fri May 07, 2004 7:34 pm

nah, i have no favorites.

subby · Post by **subby** » Sat May 08, 2004 4:28 pm

nicolas.b wrote:are you rooting for anybody, marrow? and what are your thoughts on this year's playoffs?

Ignore if you dont like going of topic......

..... i love it when you guys use the terminology of "rooting for someone" ....

it has a completely different meaning in england and australia, a root is a f^&k and rooting is f%^&*#g, soooooooo anyway
i'g glad you are rooting for a sport rather than for a baby or pleasure

btw, us aussies call it barraking for a team while the english use the opposite as in barraking against a team. I hope all this make your life more bearable by the knowledge you have learnt a very important lesson in something absolutely useless, other than, not looking like a d%^k when comming to oz

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Sat May 08, 2004 9:06 pm

i think this is all big misunderstanding, subby.

when i asked marrow if he was "rooting for anyone" i was trying to find out if he was being paid to have sex by anyone. it's true i then asked about a basketball team, but i really don't see the connection between the two. maybe you were just reading too fast or something...?

seriously, thanks... i enjoy reading about those differences in slang. someone from england told me today that something went together "about as well as chalk and cheese", which was also a new one on me.

n54 · Post by **n54** » Sun May 09, 2004 4:40 am

lol nico & subby

i think it is logical that if i ever go dreamwalking in aussieland i should always say the upside down of what i'm trying to say - if i don't know the upside down word i'll just invent something resembling the sound of a digeridoo. i'm sure i'll get friendly with all the right ppl that way lol

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Sun May 09, 2004 11:00 pm

nicolas.b wrote:when i asked marrow if he was "rooting for anyone" i was trying to find out if he was being paid to have sex by anyone.

yes, but the pay is lousy.

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:18 am

work for me, and i'll double it!

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Mon May 10, 2004 1:46 am

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:37 am

well, i gots to hand it to the lakers.
they held serve on their own court
and evened up the series, 2-2.

kobe was electric, pouring in 42 pts
with 6 boards and 5 assists.

shaq was back in his unstoppable form,
with 28 pts, 14 boards, and 4 blocked shots.

but on a positive note, at least for me,
my new jersey nets played giant-killer,
taking down the feared detroit pistones
featuring the mighty wallaces, ben and rasheed.

jay kidd racked up a triple-double with 22 pts, 10 boards, and 11 dimes.

rising stars RJ had 19 pts and K-mart notched 16 and 15 boards.

and kerry kittles chipped in with 14 pts and 5 dimes,
going against the dangerous rip hamilton
(doing his phantom of the opera impression).

(once again, thanks to NBA.COM for images)

EDIT: friggin tank!

n e w = "old beatup and turdy" now