And... Thank you Rasheed Wallace for facillitating that win!

THE_SHOES · Last edited by THE_SHOES on Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:09 pm; edited 1 time in total

On these occassions I'm reminded of Rip City Robert constantly wondering why Sheed thinks he should take that shot

Sheed took them right out of that game and, he deserves the game ball!

From the Lakers that is!
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AussieLakerFan · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject:

good call... he shot them right out of it in the 4th...

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THE KEY TO BEATING THE PISTONS IS THROUGH RASHEED

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

Man, I thought he was gonna light it up all night too!!!

THE_SHOES · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:30 am Post subject:

Kwame made it to rough for the fool under the hoop so, Sheed headed for the perimeter, and had a relapse back to his Portland days! Bingo! Here come those missle like shots flying off the rim right into the arms of a waiting Laker!

If Sheed would have had an ounce of sense, he would have looked to set up Billups who was losing his mind out there at one point...
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sodapoppenski · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:32 am Post subject:

What killed Sheed was that in the 2nd-half he was shooting fading
three-pointers. My buddies and I kept mentioning it in that 2nd half when
we'd see him do it.

In the first half his form was better.

Not sure if he was just rushing things or we'd gotten in his head on D, etc.

But I'll drop him a thank-you card too

Krispy Kreme · Franchise Player Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 12252

Rasheed clanking shot after shot in the 4th quarter reminded me of Game 7 in 2000 in the 4th q

Addicus · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:40 am Post subject:

This game took me back to Game 7 of the WCF - go Rasheed!~
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vvbandit · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

Piston fans are quite mad with Sheed as well, he really falls in love with that three pointer.

angel · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:18 am Post subject:

You live by the jumper. You die by the jumper.
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kells1220 · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

Sheed was lignting the Lakers up in the first half. Luckily, he didn't keep it up. It disrupted the Piston's rhythm

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You know something though.

Rasheed ussually has way more of a post game than he showed last night. I have to give Kwame credit for that.

We didn't double Rasheed and also didn't give up too many points in the paint. Credit must go to Kwame bigtime for defending Rasheed and crashing the boards.

If Kwame can just have 25-30 games a year like that, I will be satisfied with him.

angel · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:33 am Post subject:

What I like about Kwame is his ability to tire opposing power players. When they put him on Yao Ming, he also became less effective late in the game. Not every good thing shows up on the stat sheets. Big bodies with quickness are valuable. Cook also merits outside coverage.
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karlmalonefan · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:54 am Post subject:

Supa · Star Player Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 2210

Rasheed doesn't dominate in the post unless it's against Duncan. Most of the time he camps outside and launches jumpers.

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KB8LJ23 · Starting Rotation Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 100

Rasheed only gets hot for a certain amount of time. Once he believes he's hot he will keep jacking up shots. Antoine Walker is the same way. Great effort by the Lakers on this win. I hope they continue this aggressive play. That is how we could become a better team. Consistency and aggresiveness.

Sage_10 · Star Player Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 6668

The thing is the guy can get pretty hot.... when he's wide open. If you start rushing him or putting hands in his face he will miss.

KB8LJ23 · Starting Rotation Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 100

Getting Prince the ball and having him jack up shots too. Don't forget about that. Prince is not a good shooter by any stretch so you get these two guys and ben wallace the ball a lot more than Billups and Rip and you got yourself a win against the pistons. To me those are the weakest links on that team. Mostly cause Rasheed will shoot a lot. Prince is a good defender but hes slow and you can blow by him. Also, he doesn't have a lot of range. He will make some. But even atkins showed us that people are bound to make some shots. Also, ben wallace is a defenseive force but a scorer he is not. That is the way to beat the pistons.

On a side note. Chris Mihm and Kwame Brown always play Ben tough. Both the games they were basically getting points easily over Big Ben. Especially, chris mihm. Kwame needs to learn to catch the ball. Excellent game by the Lakers. Keep it up!

Krispy Kreme · Franchise Player Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 12252

just as long as you keep rasheed from the low block where he can back his man down and use his turnaround j you'll be alright..

THE_SHOES · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:34 pm Post subject: