Lakers @ Golden State / Preview & Prediction thread

Phil · Retired Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Posts: 10007

Lakers @ Golden State

Game time: 7:30 pm

Televised: KCAL 9 and NBALP

Radio: AM 570 and ESPN 1330

Key matchup: Kobe aginst the flu/sinus infection.

Watching the game in street clothes: Barron Davis

The doubtful: Jason Richardson (ankle).

Record to fall: Kobe needs 10 points tonight to surpass Wilt Chamberlain as the youngest player to score 16,000. ...

The ugly: The Lakers lead the league with 28 games decided by six points or less and are 13-15 in those contests.

Sidebar: Where's the chemistry?

Predicted score: Lakers 99 Warriors 96

Kobe scores 36 while the rest of the starters combined do the same. Brown, Turiaf and George make major contributions off the bench to make the difference.

Lakers avoid falling below .500

Games important to the Lakers standings are the Clippers at Utah and the Kings at the Hawks

Yahoo Sports game preview. LA Lakers (29-29) at Golden State (25-32)
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Game Info: 10:30 pm EST Fri Mar 3, 2006
TV: KCAL, FxBy
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Despite a strong performance from an ill Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers couldn't avoid a loss to woeful Portland in their last outing.

This season, even a big game from a healthy Bryant often isn't enough to bring the Lakers a victory.

Los Angeles looks to avoid falling below the .500 mark when it take on the Golden State Warriors in the teams' third meeting of 2005-06.

Battling the flu, Bryant still managed to score 35 points, but Los Angeles lost 99-93 on the road to the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night for its third loss in four games.

Bryant missed 10 of his first 13 shots, but finished 15-of-15 from the free-throw line. He had 19 points during the third quarter, but the rest of the Lakers only managed four points in the period as Los Angeles was outscored 30-23.

"I'm just achy. You've got to push through it," Bryant said. "My teammates talked about doing a better job trying to pick me up sometimes and not having me shoulder the whole load all the time."

That's something the Lakers have been unable to do all season. Bryant averages 34.9 points per game, almost equal to the combined efforts of the team's next top three scorers. Lamar Odom, Smush Parker and Chris Mihm average 35.7 points.

"We don't play a good offensive game and we can't win," said Odom, who had 16 points Wednesday. "That puts Kobe in a bind. He's got to get 35 or 40 points for us to win. We should be embarrassed. I know I am."

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PhunkyPhil · Starting Rotation Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 186

We are going to lose by 8..

kemi4kobes · Star Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 4135

i want to be optimistic but its time to get real with this team. even if jason rich doesn't play it will be a tough game............

as much as the realist in me says we'll lose, i really beleive in kobe (notice i said kobe, not the rest of the crappy teamates he has).

the lakers squeak this one out imo.

lakers without kobe = worse than the worst team in the nba.

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Philostrator · Starting Rotation Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 171

They've been quite lucky against the Golden State, but I don't think that would repeat.

TACH · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:10 am Post subject:

It's a must win... Lakers had a day off, PJ is making adjustments (LO will be in the post more)... Lakers win by 7....

bounty · Star Player Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 3946

It is a must win. I think we actually beat the spurs and Pistons but we HAVE to go on another win streak of at least 5 games. We cant fight just to make 500, we have to fight to stay above it. For that

we win
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Phil · Retired Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Posts: 10007

If we lose the season may be over as far as the playoffs. It's usually stupid to say that but this IS a must win.

gdballa03 · Starting Rotation Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 263

WIN (Kobe has had enough of the BS)

Kobe: 40+pts, 4 assists, 5 rebs.

LA - 104
GS - 97

showtime1308 · Starting Rotation Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 283

B Diddy and J Rich aren't playing?Well either way Lakers will win by a whopping 7 points. Kobe's teammates pick it up this game so he will chip in with 26 points and 7 assists.

JerryWest_44 · Retired Number Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 25319

Kobe will be under the weather & the rest of the Lakers will play like college team with 300 RPI.

Lakers get torched by 9+ pts tonite.

Flight · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

Lakers 104
Warriors 90

Kobe 48 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists

LA - 30-29 after this one

Socks · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

GS always plays the Lakers very tough. This will be a close one regardless of who is healthy or not. Lakers by 3.

magic_bryant · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 18179

Kobe gets 31 with 7 assists.

The other guys ACTUALLY step up for this one though, most notably...Lamar Odom with a 15+pt, 10 rebound, 5 assist effort.

Most IMPORTANTLY, we WIN.
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Flight · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

ajaxxx · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

If Jason Richardson and Baron Davis are out then I have to go with the Lakers in triple overtime.
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Ank · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

I'm going to this one, so I'm hoping for a great Kobe performance and a win. We do seem to lose to a lot of teams with mediocre records tho. Sad really. I'll keep my hopes up.

angel · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject:

Lakers 102
Warriors 96

Kobe 50 points and 10 assists
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turbulent · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject:

We've got to win tonight..Sacramento is gaining on us. Clippers will hopefully tke care of Utah tonight and buy us some breathing room..
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Stonecold · Sixth Man Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 97

Lost again

BigRedApple13 · Star Player Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 2275

Lakers have to jump on them early, dominate the glass and hit a bunch of 3's to cover for their subpar D.

The Warriors are poor enough defensively where a bunch of Lakers can go off, so I believe the Lakers can actually take this one.

Lakers 110
Warriors 108

Kobe 44, 8, 7
Odom 17, 12, 5
Smush 21, 4, 4
Mihm 15, 11
Cook 15
George 13
Turiaf 5, 3, 2 blks

turbulent · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject:

Drifts · Retired Number Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 28374

Sacto won tonight...that makes them, what? just a game behind us?
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Hector the Pup · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject:

My prediction?

15 redundant threads that get sent to the Chicken Little Piss and Moan thread.

5 threads about how the Lakers should have kept Fisher

6 threads complaining about Odom, 6 threads defending him

12 threads blaming Mitch for something

20 threads screaming for JJ to be signed with someone posting every 5 minutes until it happens, regardless of whether or not the NBA Front Office is open or not.

This will be the case whether it's a win or a loss.

ishi331 · Star Player Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 7258

My heart says Lakers 100, Warriors 95, but my brain says Lakers 90, Warriors 112.