Game 5 Lakers vs Celtics live blog.

it's not sudden death DRE. The US Open has a very unique rule for a playoff. Instead of a 1 hole playoff immediately following the completion of the 18th hole by the last pair, they play a 4th round on Monday.

I just heard them say it, I assumed they would continue. So Monday they play a 4th round!! Son of a gun, I have to work and go to school.

So they play a whole round? Geez, that's another four hours out of my day...

cuz its 18 holes.

Don't worry Meg, even if the Celtics lose this game, the worst case scenario is that they lose game 6 as well but win game 7.

If I were the Celtics, it would behoove me to finish them off tonight, This team isn't in the best of health and you got to wonder if this series gets longer if it's going to catch up. They would be in good shape regardless of the outcome tonight, but as Doc said, they have to play this game like it is a Game 7.

The Lakers SHOULD be confident by the way they closed out the Celtics in Game 4... (ha ha, fack you, Lakers!!! That's what you get for making me cheer for a Boston team!)

No one forced you to root for the Patriots Manny.:)

Swing and Miss by SSR. In other shocking news the Sun is scheduled to rise in the East tomorrow.

Maybe because it's not the NBA on NBC anymore?

I can't believe I wrote an article about this guy...

Just like Chris Paul in the semifinals right?

Yeah... 24, 11 and 4 - he was HORRIBLE.

Did he win the series or takeover down the stretch in game 7?

Did he help his team rally from 20 points down and 17 points down to win a series?

HORRIBLE.

Set up the showdown and I will debate you out of this world.

May I remind you that MVPs make their teammates better, not themselves.

Also, the MVP award is for the regular season.

Just give up SSR. The voters got it wrong (not THAT unusual) and we both know it.

You make it sound so easy...

He's 35 away now.....

32. It'll get closer. Don't worry.

I'm sure he's going to score even more than 40 tonight. He was feeling confident before the game, and he knows how much the Lakers need this win.

Jackson learned from his mistakes and is telling his team to involve more plays with Kobe. He will probably keep him off the bench more and you'll start seeing Kobe make some really good plays.

29....

I still think Kobe needs to attack the basket, but it's only the first quarter.

Kobe has "settled" for not letting his teammates lose the game for him when he can lose the game all by himself!

With another major adjustment on defense from Boston that will make them break from the Triangle Offense. And you know that's coming and THEN we will see how they will react.

Romi, did you skip game 4 altogether?

You mean the live blog? Yep. The game? Just the first couple of quarters? I got a phone call from a friend of mine (Lakers fan) telling me that the Lakers were up by 15 in the middle of the first quarter. I just groaned and said "Yeah OK" and hung up on him. Little did he and I know that the Celts would make a tremendous comeback.

The KOBE Kounter: 11!

That's why I didn't mention it, of course until now.

ED-DIE! ED-DIE!

All they need to do is slow the ball down and keep the ball. The Celtics have to control the tempo of the game, which is what they did in the key parts of their victories. The Lakers have scored on average 90 points in these past 4 games. They need to keep it like that, or the Celtics can forget about a victory in LA.

I can tell Sam Cassell playing well in the NBA ever again WILL not happen. I always liked Walton and Vujacic. They're so valuable off the bench...

Is it because Vujacic got ripped by Allen and Walton can't defend?

Yeah, pretty much.

ever see the episode of south park entitled "Simpsons did it"?

That's why TV as a whole is dying.

ArmchairGM TV will take care of that........

Like he did at the end of Game 5 against the Spurs?

That wasn't as much a breakaway as much it was him being a tool.

Maybe he would have pulled a Rondo and threw it to the top of the key.

Like the Barbados defense in the game today.....

Nobody attends Nets games...

Already, 2 fouls on Mihm......

Turiaf is pretty good to me, and he isn't hurt.

Make that 3.

Gah I'm stupid, it is 2 fouls.

Ariza is in......

Coby Karl!

Ira Newble has made over $16 million in salary in his career. Sometimes I think G-D's sense of humor isn't very funny.

$2,108 per each minute of game action he's played!!! (That's $101,148 per 48 minutes!!!)

And then you have Lamar Odom throwing the ball away! My goodness!

Odom's pretty safe, Vujacic not so much...

Phil wants Kobe to lose! I told you this already. Plus he has seen into the future when he loses a finger at his ranch in Montana and decided "Who needs 10 rings when I'll only have 9 fingers?"

Remember when Spencer Haywood wanted to kill Paul Westhead?

Well.....Kobe may not be the violent type....

Way to try to jinx it... You should read more Sports Augury and you can be right before you ever have a chance to be wrong 20 times first!

The Lakers are lucky they didn't face the Suns in the playoffs or they would have never got here to choke this hard...

Oh, and I see Kobe reissuing his petulant trade demands this summer after he sees what it's like to play with capable teammates on Team USA.

Was it because the Suns were too busy choking leads of their own?

Yeah yeah, swing and a miss, I'll say it FOR You.

Dear Sam:

I know you played a major role in the Two championships won by Houston. I should know, I'm a Knick fan that you affected. But with your Celtics on the verge, I kindly request you think of your teammates and not jack up any more of you patented shots. Thank you.

DRE-LO

Kenny Smith and Robert Horry played bigger roles than ET here.....

"major" role is a MAJOR overstatement" They had a guy named Olajuwon, too... (and Drexler the second time) Let alone, Mad Max, Otis Thorpe and Mario Elie who also were intregal pieces of the "WHere's MJ?" NBA Finals...

Yes.

ESPN has no shame anymore.

Every news station this weekend dedicated significant time to acknowledging Russert. Great on all fronts.

We was only the NINTH host in it's history... it's "never been the same" several times already.

Anyone else find it odd that the show is called "Meet the Press" but only the guest does?

It should be called "...Meets the Press"

4th.*

Is this a live "game" blog or a live "ABC's coverage of the game" blog?

Can you sleep in a time machine?

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cross-marketing.

Take something successful that people know and love then interject the angle where they are begging to separate you from your cash.

Familiarity breeds success... and it's the basis of mass mind control.

yeah, Pau Gasol has never led his country to a World Championship before... Or been a multiple time all-star, either. Some might even say he's actually a pretty good basketball player on occasion!

Save your unsinging for after the game...

It was funnier when you weren't beating it like a Barbaro.

Fine, Eight Belles if you phallocentric.

KG is looking gassed.

I didn't realize this fanbox got updated. I thought I was the only one to use it...:)

You wait until he actually plays good before using it, though... Maybe it should say "This user is a FAIRWEATHER Sam Cassell Fan"

It's been on my userpage for a while. I think it was one of the first Userboxes I created

there we go, fixed it to have my favorite picture of any Basketball player ever. There's like a series of these pics that was in SI a couple years ago, and it reminds me of how crazy he is

Trying to get his teammates involved, wasn't that one of his criticisms?

Is he failing? Yes though....because it results in a missed shot or a turnover.

"trying" is not "doing"

With 3:31 to go, in a game in which they can clinch the title, the last thing I'd do is sit down one of my star players.

True.

Van Gundy's mouth will be sore for months with this display......

Nice piggyback, SSR. At least you got plussed for it...

Way to steal my Vujacic joke......

Vujabitch...

Yeah, we DO need that pot/kettle gift, don't we?

And there's no way I could "steal" your "joke" because I don't usually read your comments anyway...

Just like the writers who voted for MVP of the NBA regular season.

Thye played defense? The Cletics handed this game to the Lakers... they can only hold themselves to blame.

KG HAS TO do better than what he did tonight. 13 pts, 14 rebounds. He gives it his all on both ends. But he didn't stay on the floor enough and with Perkins out, it is essential that he does so. I won't be surprised to see Glen Davis play some minutes in Game 6 even if it's to draw some fouls. And unfortunately, a major play in the game will be under some scrutiny, that was a foul by Kobe on that steal from Pierce. This is not what the NBA needs at this point. The Celtics shouldn't have let it get to that point however.