Posted 05 June 2009 - 05:28 PM
ndubya your signature is not supposed to be that wide and it can only have 2 images, not 3. Read the signature rules.
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| But Kobe and the Lakers are way different than the Cavs and James, mostly cause Kobe has other offensive weapons other than Lebron who only had himself. the Lakers also have guards and Forwards that can actually guard against Hedo and Lee. |
I don't like when people say "This Player and the Team", it's all one team, when I go to the cavs site I don't go to www.lebronandthecavs.com, I go to cavs.com, the Lakers logo doesn't say Bryant, I just don't like that because it's pretty much saying "hey this player is way better than you and leads all of you and without him you'd suck" which even if it's true it just sounds bleh.
Anyway, of course the Lakers and Cavaliers are different. Two different teams.
What you're saying is highly incorrect. Lebron isn't the Cavaliers first option. Lebron plays when baskets need to be made, on fastbreak, he'll shoot when he's open, on mis-matches, he'll GET his points no matter what without people having to make plays for him. Z, West, and Mo all average above 10 points. Anderson Varejao, Joe Smith, and Wally Szczerbiak all average around 7 points and the rest of the bench helps too.
Three of the games were decided by 2 or less points. They won 2 of those. The Cavaliers couldn't close out. We only won the 3rd one because Lebron made a miraculous shot. If we (i.e., the Cavaliers) would have won all 3 games we would be in the playoffs. If we had won 2 of the 3 we would have had a chance to win in 7, and a good one.
It's simple as this: The Lakers match up much, much better against Orlando. Their guards are bigger, Luke Walton can guard Hedo, Kobe can guard Lee and Pietrus easily and score on them easily, Bynum can guard Howard better than Z ever could and they have help from Gasol and Odom. They also know how to stop Dwight from scoring a ton even if it meant getting a lot of fouls on their big men. Odom is a power forward but he can still take the ball up the court, shoot 3's or mid-range shots, etc.,-- he's a great match against Lewis, a power forward who also plays a lot on the 3-point line or mid-range, with drives on occasion.
The exceptional win is because the Magic lost their scoring ability in the 2nd and from then on. Pietrus also wasn't making his 3's early on. Not to mention Lakers have home court advantage and they're a great home team (as well as a good team as a whole) which also explains why the Lakers were able to beat them by 25 points.
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