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OPEN THREAD: Game 70 - Lakers @ Warriors - Revenge of the Fakers!

Warriors (W-L): 43-26
Lakers  (W-L): 48-22
Time: 7:30pm PST
TV: FSN Bay Area
Radio: KNBR 680


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EPISODE IV
Cali Wars - Revenge of the Lakers


Long time ago but really today, in a Oracle very close to home ...
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EPISODE IV
Cali Wars - Revenge of the Lakers

The Warriors have returned to
their home planet of Oakland in
an attempt to finish off this
series by beating the evil empire.
Baron "Han Solo" Davis
will try to rebound from his poor performance and lead
his team to show Darth Vader who is boss.

Little do the Fakers know
Secretly, we hold the best fans in the world
And our Ewok allies will help us out
with sharp tongues and hilarious posters.
It is now time
To put an end to Darth’s reign
and secure playoffs hopes.

Last episode was a torturous rollercoaster of emotions
Tonight will be about our home advantage
The Oracle,
this ultimate fortress will certainly help
but will it be enough for the alliance?


We might need the princess for tonight’s episode!

If you saw last night’s game you’ll know tonight is going to be even tougher. After sprinting to a 26 point lead in the first half, the Warriors blew it all away and almost lost it in the end. Thanks to a heroic Stephen Jackson, the Staples Center was destroyed. Do we have enough energy to take care of business? I’m hoping our fans bring the force … because we’re going to need it.

Even with Denver’s win last night we still hold a game and a half lead. But interestingly enough, with Dirk’s injury we might have a chance to catch Dallas in the rankings. Half a game behind them, a win tonight would put us tied in 7th.

No Predictions but YaoButta’s contest: Ok so no winners last night. Let’s make this easier. Combined score of the game. If there is a tie please tell me who leads the game in rebounds. Good Luck!

Winners are tallied for end of season YaoButtaMing awards!

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Combined score 232
Lakers, once again, win the rebound title by 15+

by Dubs fan in Boston on Mar 24, 2008 10:27 AM PDT   0 recs

If rebounder has to be a person...
I hate to be boring and choose Odom like everyone else, but who's seriously going to stop him?  Beans is in a funk, he doesn't break out of it tonight.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Mar 24, 2008 11:51 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol
i gotta give props to yaobuttaming for his previews and reviews on the game, guy does a good job of keeping the information fresh. keep it up

by bigbenny11 on Mar 24, 2008 10:31 AM PDT   0 recs

Thanks man!
that actually means a lot!

by YaoButtaMing on Mar 24, 2008 9:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

combined score
229

Leading rebounder, I'll go with Odom doing the same thing again.

Even though Pietey has been playing really well lately, if he wasn't hurt last night, Buike would not of had the same kind minutes. I'd be okay if he's still resting his injury.

I'm probably even more nervous tonight since we won last night. I predict Baron dropping 20+ pts and 10+ assts.


Am I Michael Scott? I don't know. I might just be a basketball machine.

by disguy on Mar 24, 2008 10:32 AM PDT   0 recs

LOL! At least we don't have 2 play him!
Imagine if he was a Sith Lord!

...and it's like that! Coz' that's the way it is... Dubz!

by Tony.psd on Mar 24, 2008 11:09 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wow
Pau makes a pretty good Anakin. same hair and everything...

Would Kobe make a good darth maul? Put the facepaint and horns, I think it could work!

even if Kobe is the true Dark Jedi of the league. Tantrums and all. I can imagine him choking out his teammates on the bridge of a Star Destroyer or the Death Star.

by Baron Von DOOM on Mar 24, 2008 12:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

HAHAHAHA
I couldn't stop lauging, that MF Boom sig is tight!!!

by RubberDubDubs on Mar 24, 2008 3:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

where my real
Hip Hop heads at???!!!

by Baron Von DOOM on Mar 25, 2008 11:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

COMBINED SCORE OF 202
Both teams are coming off last night's game so their legs might be a little jello thus the low combination score (low relative to The Dubs of course). That's a stone cold lock.


copy & paste: geocities.com/nellieballtee

by JonDoe on Mar 24, 2008 10:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Will
Turiaf stop screaming this screaming everytime he is touched? I hope so.. he was driving me bonkers.

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 10:39 AM PDT   0 recs

Air France?
Will Air France be in tonights battle against the dark side?


copy & paste: geocities.com/nellieballtee

by JonDoe on Mar 24, 2008 10:46 AM PDT   0 recs

217 - Odum
Bukie did one hell of a job last night!

by blah2u on Mar 24, 2008 10:58 AM PDT   0 recs

230-Odom
Gasol is definitely a wookie.

Dirk is in a walking boot but no crutches (per Marc Stein @ ESPN.com), hopefully they won't pull a Houston and go on a winning rampage.

My girlfriend hates that I'm into basketball again, and that I yell at the TV during games.

by sfwarriorcvg on Mar 24, 2008 11:10 AM PDT   0 recs

a combined score of 227
is my prediction. Also gonna have to say Lamar Odom as the leading rebounder.

i also wonder if buike will get the start to guard kobe?  probably not, but we all know Nellie is crazy, so its always possible.

go dubz!!!!!!

by Run Dubz Run on Mar 24, 2008 11:31 AM PDT   0 recs

220
final score..
leading rebouder for the lakers would be odom, and for the warriors biedrins

by GSwarrior on Mar 24, 2008 11:45 AM PDT   0 recs

I feel the
Lakers are gonna play extremely hard and way better than last night, because they don't want to lose 2 in a row to the same team. I think its a 50/50 shot for us to win, it just really depends on if we can get our steals and run!
Ballin

by ballin on Mar 24, 2008 11:53 AM PDT   0 recs

Dude Seriously
all these Star Wars references is a bit too D&D crowd don't you think? No better way to clear a room than start referencing obscure quotations from Science Fiction.

by triplesix on Mar 24, 2008 12:03 PM PDT   0 recs

no
... i dont think so... i mean you're already on a internet site that blogs about a sports team.. if you're here posting they chances are you are a little bit nerdy, certainly nerdy enough for a little star wars reference fun.  

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 12:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You were obviously not around for the '70s
Neither was I, but Star Wars was pretty big, not "obscure Science Fiction".  Now, if they were making Star Trek references...

Speaking of which, the JA Adande article referenced in "Warriors getting some more love from the media." also uses Star Wars themes.  Is he on this blog?  Is he YaoButtaMing?!?!?!  Or is he just stealing material...

by Dubs fan in Boston on Mar 24, 2008 1:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

actually i think
it was becuase of something nellie said post game.

"Don't ask the coach," Nelson said. "I have no clue. Sometimes the Force is with you, sometimes it isn't. Throughout the game, the Force can change sides. Which it did tonight."

- JA Adande's article on espn today.

by ilubthedubs on Mar 24, 2008 2:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"obscure quotations"
Are you for real?  I pity the fool who didn't grow up on Star Wars.

game score: 241, Odom leads in boards.


then we will fight in the shade.

by Swamp Thing on Mar 24, 2008 1:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

how
can someone not like starwars? doesnt make sense to me.

by ilubthedubs on Mar 24, 2008 2:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i can
how?

i've been born in USSR lol

while you were growing up on starwars my TV shoved just endless movies about russian heroics in WW2 and what Gorby thinks about corn on workers in Vladivostok

by Lat We N Trash on Mar 24, 2008 3:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

and
that makes you dislike star wars? if you watched it you'd like it too :)

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

actually
i dislikes starwars -it's too boooooring for me

probably because one of the worst scripts ever (IMO)  

fifth element > SW
for me

actually i m not big fan of this kind of sci-fi
(when i was a kid i was reading a lot of sci-fi books and believe me those all were better then any SW movie)

my favorite directors are
Gibson
Tarantino
Coen brothers

even after watching The Big Lebowski 100second time i'd say that i don't want to waste time by watching SW

by Lat We N Trash on Mar 24, 2008 3:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ok
the big lebowski was a great movie in my opinion, but for different reasons than starwars.

i dont think people love star wars for the acting or writng. People who grew up watching the star wars movies love it becuase 1. of the entire mythology that surrounds it. and 2. because it was so groundbreaking and revolutionary for its time.

i assume you didnt see it when you were really young and that you watched it for the first time when you were older and had more analytical skills? If so i could see why you wouldnt appreciate it as much as a child would.

Also, my original comment that "i dont see how someone could not like star wars" was somewhat cynical if you didnt realize, i hope you didnt take me too seriously.

by ilubthedubs on Mar 24, 2008 4:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the reason is
exactly as you said -i didn't grew up on this -and when i saw old series they were OLD

and BTW imagine if you are about 11 years old kid and must watch StarWars in crappy quality with even more crappy single-nasal-voice russian translation -then probably you'll like Rambo more lol

no - i actually didn't take it really serious

I MAY BE HOMER BUT I MAY NOT BE DOUBTER

by Lat We N Trash on Mar 24, 2008 4:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wait ... i just crapped my pants ...
did you say fifth element is better then star wars.

if that's the case i won't even begin to argue with you ... this is Blasphemy!

by YaoButtaMing on Mar 24, 2008 4:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Listen
I'm not saying I don't like the Star Wars movies (they were all pretty good, and I was around in the late 70's/early 80's) - all I'm saying is that maybe we shouldn't be consulting our Dungeon Master's or rolling our polyhedral die to breakdown the Warrior/Laker match-up. And I would disagree that in this day and age you have to be "nerdy" to blog about basketball - now if you playing WOW (and purchasing virtual items with real money) - that's a different story. Hell, everyone has a computer nowadays so I guess everyones a nerd.

by triplesix on Mar 25, 2008 8:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

d.
236 - Harrington

by ON THE RUN on Mar 24, 2008 12:27 PM PDT   0 recs

PLAY WITH URGENCY !!!
We have to keep up the same intensity we had in the first half last night!! No getting complacent,standing around on isos waiting for somebody to do something and quite chucking ill advised 3's !!!! During that miserable 3rd quarter the pick and rolls were almost non-existant! When we have a lead,push the petal to the floor and go up by 30 !!! And can someone keep Odom off the glass! Give Perovic some PT,he's taller than Odom.I'd like to see more BW and even Perovic together with Bieds.
GO WARRIORS !!!!
Dr. Jeff

by JEFFSJAZZ on Mar 24, 2008 1:06 PM PDT   0 recs

261 Double OT
Combined score of 261.
Biedrens as leading rebounder 18.

by ron113pnoy on Mar 24, 2008 1:13 PM PDT   0 recs

should be great
all our games should be on tnt because we know drama. that's for damn sure

by AJC3317 on Mar 24, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Prediction
Combined Score: 210
Leading Rebounder: Biedrins (he comes to play today, and it should help to have some different refs)

The 100 point streak continues. Can't say who wins though...

by racsan on Mar 24, 2008 1:45 PM PDT   0 recs

233 - Odom
I love the star wars stuff, tho definitely would be a bit more awkward without tony's awesome photoshop skills...
Section 120 in the house! Hit me up if you're interested in becoming a season tix holder partner, I'm always on the lookout.

by kimoballer on Mar 24, 2008 1:54 PM PDT   0 recs

Me say 226 total
And Lame-R Odom grabs 16 rodmans
Put a little mustard on it

by The Barnes Supremacy on Mar 24, 2008 1:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Prediction
Combined Score 117
Leading Rebounder- Odom

PS... I believe I was closest last night to the answer.  I guessed 55 and I believe they combined for 54 points.  Just wanted to point that out.

by Number22Drew on Mar 24, 2008 2:15 PM PDT   0 recs

number22drew
you might not be so close on tonight's prediction if you think the two teams are only going to score 117 combined!!

by Bucky on Mar 24, 2008 2:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hahah

Am I Michael Scott? I don't know. I might just be a basketball machine.

by disguy on Mar 24, 2008 2:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Prediction
227, leading rebounder - Odom. You guys crack me up if you think Don will play Biedrins for more than 25 minutes.

by CABANGBANG on Mar 24, 2008 2:50 PM PDT   0 recs

hmmm.
231/Odom

This is gonna be a tough game.

by RubberDubDubs on Mar 24, 2008 3:35 PM PDT   0 recs

vsop
I'll guess 228 with the leading rebounder being Odom.

See y'all at the Oracle.

by ThisIZtheSeason on Mar 24, 2008 3:50 PM PDT   0 recs

i predict a loss
with the hope of being proven wrong, but seriously does anyone see us winning this game? I cant come up with the situation in my mind where we win..... Of course I would have said the same thing last night. Thank goodness I have never bet on the warriors
THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE W'S

by dallaswarrior on Mar 24, 2008 3:52 PM PDT   0 recs

asdf
combined score 215 (tough tough tough game)

rebs -Biedrins (i can't type anything else)

W's FTW!

and one more time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_HYg3_W2hM

by Lat We N Trash on Mar 24, 2008 4:00 PM PDT   0 recs

206 combined
odom as leading rebounder

warriors by 7

by pfree on Mar 24, 2008 4:21 PM PDT   0 recs

hmm
that's impossible:

x + (x + 7) = 206
2x = 199
x = 99.5

by jtoj on Mar 24, 2008 4:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lmao
hahaha....you are right.. guess some people dont think about realism.

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 4:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Round 3 of the Octagon
When I read that the Lakers may have started poorly because the players got the morning off for Easter, I got pissed that the Lakers could have had an "excuse". Let's go beat them AGAIN tonight!

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 4:43 PM PDT   0 recs

Combined Score:
212

Rebounding Leader: Lamar Odom

Tony.psd = Da Man

http://adonalobsessed.blogspot.com/

by Zorgon on Mar 24, 2008 5:21 PM PDT   0 recs

LMAO
tnx 4 this
I MAY BE HOMER BUT I MAY NOT BE DOUBTER

by Lat We N Trash on Mar 24, 2008 5:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha!
Othello Harrington! That's beautiful!

And WTF was up with Pietrus' dance when Biedrins pointed at him? Pietrus is the funniest guy on the team!

by belilaugh on Mar 24, 2008 7:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha
That was some good stuff. It helped to dull the pain of the loss tonight. : (

by olympicmike on Mar 24, 2008 11:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Man I cant wait
Its on TNT tonight? I just got TNT HD added to my Astound account in the last 2 days.
PLAYOFFS IN HD baby! 50 inches of goodness!
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by GreenLightJerky on Mar 24, 2008 5:55 PM PDT   0 recs

207-Andris Biedrins

by Trendostootyfruity on Mar 24, 2008 7:02 PM PDT   0 recs

209-Odom
We are going to lose this, because we think we will win this. Playing to expectations does not equal the Warriors' style.

There's no way the Lakers go as cold as they were in the second quarter, Kobe won't let them. He is going to be coming out firing, and without Bynum/Gasol, he will have the green light all night.

by belilaugh on Mar 24, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

186- Harrington with the rebonds
I can't believe Fisher didn't make that whole StarWars poster! He could've been Anakin or something. You know, since he went back to the dark side.

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by warriorgirl on Mar 24, 2008 7:24 PM PDT   0 recs

game time
Lets get it on Lets go warriors

by mykelala01 on Mar 24, 2008 7:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Anticipation for the start of the game
I expect our crowd to be 10x better than the Lakers crowd.

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:28 PM PDT   0 recs

troll watch
me thinks tonite's thread might attract a troll or two.  
"To my dear brother, Noompsy."

by Tim N Chris Burger on Mar 24, 2008 7:28 PM PDT   0 recs

my prediction....
239 combined
odom for sure.

warriors win...though

by sunghan on Mar 24, 2008 7:29 PM PDT   0 recs

unbelievable....
Fan poll on KCAL9 in LA...

"Biggest Steal of the Draft"

Monta Ellis, David Lee or Rony Turiaf.  According to Faker Fans, it's Rony Turiaf.  

by ThermoElectro on Mar 24, 2008 7:31 PM PDT   0 recs

What?
That sounds just about right.

</biggest lie of all time>


"Monta is the MAN." -Bob Fitzgerald

by WarriorForLife on Mar 24, 2008 7:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rony Turiaf
is a quality player for sure. But he's not a Monta Ellis. Not by a long shot.

by sunghan on Mar 24, 2008 7:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i think
208 combined

odom rebound high

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 7:36 PM PDT   0 recs

what brian shaw smoking
gasol, bynum, odom are better than anyone on the cavs outside of lebron. taking lebron off the cavs leaves a much worse team than taking kobe off the fakers.

by the evil monkey on Mar 24, 2008 7:42 PM PDT   0 recs

asdf
haha I live in LA too. My girl saw that and was like who the F is Ronny Turiaf? Haha classic

by Notorious Cruz on Mar 24, 2008 7:42 PM PDT   0 recs

lmao
ronny keep screaming your way to the ft line...

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 7:46 PM PDT   0 recs

Harrington
may not have his shot, but he helps out in other ways with the rebound and the nice baseball pass

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:48 PM PDT   0 recs

Bob and Jim
so glad this is on nba tv don't have to watch the LA broadcast

by Notorious Cruz on Mar 24, 2008 7:50 PM PDT   0 recs

ya
if harrington can rebound well i'll be happy. Thats the thing with barnes, pietrus and harrington.. when their shots arent falling they can always contribute by hustling on the rebounding.

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 7:50 PM PDT   0 recs

argh.
why do i have to watch the gamecast from LA's pt of view :(((

i'm a sad panda.

by jchao204 on Mar 24, 2008 7:53 PM PDT   0 recs

p.s.:
if anyone knows how to watch the gamecast from NBA TV let me knowwww.

by jchao204 on Mar 24, 2008 7:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

biedrins
wats wrong with him? those use to be sure shots.

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 7:53 PM PDT   0 recs

Monta...
gave up 6 straight points by being lost in space and not staying with fisher!!!

by Bucky on Mar 24, 2008 7:53 PM PDT   0 recs

lets
go baron career night!

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 7:54 PM PDT   0 recs

Nice
teamwork play from Al to Andris

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:54 PM PDT   0 recs

Man
Fitz is right. We look like a pair of teams that played last night

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:58 PM PDT   0 recs

lol
monta is really wort nothing at all if hes not making his shots cause he cant even play defense on DFish.. cmon monta make your shots!

by GSwarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:58 PM PDT   0 recs

Go Al
Make this your night!

by IQofaWarrior on Mar 24, 2008 7:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Fisher
Looks like a guy that would steal from his own grandma.

by jtoj on Mar 24, 2008 7:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Lol.
Wtf?!

"Monta is the MAN." -Bob Fitzgerald

by WarriorForLife on Mar 24, 2008 8:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

plzz
al is due for a hot night... please lord.. let it be al's night.

by saintdee on Mar 24, 2008 8:00 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm getting sick of them saying
any variation of "Wouldn't it be great if Harrington could start hitting his threes?"

Nice drive by Montayser.

by belilaugh on Mar 24, 2008 8:00 PM PDT   0 recs

this is fun
whoo go warriors.  sigh ima be up tonite...

by singha on Mar 24, 2008 8:02 PM PDT   0 recs