Jazz-Lakers Game 1
NBA April 19th. 2009, 3:15pm
The Lakers are a very good basketball team. They finished the regular season with a decent record of 65-17 which was second only to the Cavs. Utah is OK at their chosen profession. They kind of backed into the playoffs losing 7 of their last 10 games.
None of that matters now though! The regular season is over and it’s time to start anew. Can the Jazz shock the world and bust some brackets?
I doubt it, but its fun to pretend. Feel free to discuss the first game of the day in the comments section below. It will make Pau think you’re cool.
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April 19th, 2009 at 3:17 PM
That has got to be the understatment of the year.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:18 PM
False. The Lakers suck, and will be exposed as the frauds they are.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:19 PM
I think he was being sarcasistic.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Let the rout begin.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:20 PM
I know Nick, thank you.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Is there a real NHL playoffs post coming today, or no?
April 19th, 2009 at 3:21 PM
/fixed
April 19th, 2009 at 3:21 PM
I cannot understand how there wasn’t an early game today, but I am going to be going to bed before the Hornets play tonight
April 19th, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Would the CHB like to contribute something concise and clever about the NHL playoffs? If the staff wants to pitch in, I’ll post it.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:26 PM
I’ll pitch your staff.
/Hef
April 19th, 2009 at 3:29 PM
28-19 Lakers end of first, this one is already over. Next.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:29 PM
CRM you know I’m not concise. Or staffed.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:30 PM
30-19
got ahead of myself
April 19th, 2009 at 3:30 PM
or clever
April 19th, 2009 at 3:34 PM
The Flyers playing dirty hockey? I’m shocked.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Less than 3 hours until NBA fans are subjected to 40 nights of previews for “House of Payne” and an all-new season of “The Closer!”
April 19th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Indians just Jeffrey Maier’d on a Posada HR
April 19th, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Fetch, is the “real” comment a dig at my post? Since when do you watch the NHL anyway? I seem to recall you constantly whining about how much the NHL sucks.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:48 PM
After further review….Posada’s HR stands. Complete horeshit. The guy in the stands had his glove over the fence and interfered with the outfielder.
One other note: the Yankees throw people out the stadium for trying to pee during “God Bless America,” and this guy is still in the stands, and will no doubt become a “celebrity” in the media.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
If I would have had 5 guesses at who the best Twins starter would be, I still don’t think I would have guessed Glen Perkins. I hope they don’t let him come out for the 8th again though.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Yes Fetch, god forbid those dirty Flyers actually play physical hockey, instead of that cheap shot Cindy who so gracefully just punches players balls from behind.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:52 PM
They got off easy, fuck them disrespecting cunts.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:52 PM
April 19th, 2009 at 3:55 PM
The most meaningful suspension ever.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4081171
April 19th, 2009 at 3:56 PM
A Penguins “fan” complaining about not getting calls? I’m shocked.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:57 PM
And I love Carter for getting “interference” for the guy who skated right at him then dove to the ice.
I just wonder where this energy was in Pittsburgh. These guys seem to realize they’re gonna have to kill off some bullshit penalties, but oh well, good teams overcome that shit.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Explain to me why when other positions get suspended for days they miss games but when pithers get suspended it’s for days and not starts so they can miss games too. Shouldn’t this change? and why don’t anyone complain about it?
April 19th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
After initially tearing the umpires a new one for clearly getting the call wrong on Posada’s HR, the TBS announcers are now attributing the play to “The Ghosts of the Old Yankee Stadium.”
Good Lord.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Kobe’s trying to prove a point, he has less points than Trevor Ariza…that must mean he’s somehow selfish!
/ESPN’d
April 19th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
The Flyers fans’ inferiority complex is sad really, I think they actually have convinced themselves that ‘Crosby Sucks’ is not only funny but true.
I’m sure they think the hit by Kunitz was dirty too. Keep your head on swivel Timmonen.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Oh and HOLY SHIT NBC sucks. They take so many more commercials than FSN, and what the fuck is with this eagle eye view for the power plays?
April 19th, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Given how badly they’ve been outplayed, I’ll take being down by 1. The role players gotta step it up a bit.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:06 PM
NBC makes me wish this game was on Versus
April 19th, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I like how Eddie O can’t pronounce Orpik’s name, and he fucking coached him. He is so bitter about not being able to win with Mario and Sidney.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Seeing NHL on NBC makes me miss NBA on NBC.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Kobe has helped Shannon Brown develop his game so much.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I just wish Darren Pang was the sideline guy instead of Pierre, he is a complete moron. I don’t care for Emerick’s voice at all, but at least he has some idea of what’s going on.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Yea that’s true. I actually like Doc’s voice. NBC did a good job in 06 at the Olympics if I remember correctly so I hope they bring it next year.
and LeBron’s
April 19th, 2009 at 4:22 PM
jackie chan is a commie bastard.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:29 PM
That’s what Kobe does. People actually isolate “assists” as the lone measure to making your teammates better…how about how the guys perform around you. Smush Parker and Kwame Brown were made infinitely better than they really are b/c of Kobe and ONLY Kobe. But his haters will never acknowledge that.
I also used to joke that all the shooters that were brought in to help LeBron actually got worse around the King (David Wesley, Damon Jones, Donyell Marshall, Lucious Harris). But remember, I was only joking.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Here’s the pic from the Posada HR, in case you haven’t seen it.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Kwame Brown is the same guy now on the Pistons that he was with the Lakers. He’s actually rebounding better this year than ever before. Could Kobe not get him to crash the boards?
Plus “infinitely better” is the type of hyperbole we generally reserve for SuperAndy.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Wow Jay its good to see even instant replay can’t stop the Yankees from getting Jeffrey Maier calls. Unbelievable.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Good to see Gonchar is still being lazy back to the puck, inevitable shorty.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Nice even NBC can see these shitty calls
April 19th, 2009 at 4:42 PM
I’m telling you Nick, all the broadcasters that year and beat writers talked as if he was turning the corner and becoming a viable player. He actually had a use on the court that year. Now we’re seeing, that Kobe really did make him much more viable than he really was.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:42 PM
It’s kinda like the “tuck rule,” cracker jack. I don’t care which obscure rule you use to justify it. I know what I just saw. And that was a Yankees fan reach his glove over the fence and interfere with an Indians outfield who may or may not have been able to come down with the ball
April 19th, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Uh no its not. What rule is there that allows fans to reach over the fence, knock a ball out of the outfielder’s glove, and call it a homerun?
April 19th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
What did I do for you ro bring me into this?
And by the way, I’m never wrong about anything I say. It just seems wrong to you because you arn’t as advanced as I am. I’m way ahead of my time. I’m like Galileo, people thought he was crazy too.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:49 PM
The pussy rule? If a professional lets some drunk fan out feild him he deserves it.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:49 PM
What rule is there that allows fans to reach over the fence, knock a ball out of the outfielder’s glove, and call it a homerun?
The announcers came out with the rule that if the outfielder reaches over the fence for the ball, whatever happens happens (paraphrased). They think the umps ruled that way. Plus, I don’t think he ever had the ball.
However, he never had the ball because the Yankees fans were reaching over the fence to interfere with him. So we’re back to square one.
One other note. The ball never went over the fence. After the Yankees fans touched it, it bounced off the top of the fence and back onto the warning track.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:52 PM
But was the outfielder reaching over the fence? Didnt look like it, it looked pretty obvious that it was interference, so this is either extreme ineptitude or a screw job.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Of course not. Especially when you say the Cavs “suck.”
April 19th, 2009 at 4:56 PM
If they really don’t want fans to reach over put up a fence and end it.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:56 PM
There was no interference because the ball went over (by a foot or more) his glove. Please check the replay and not a still – thanks.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Should’ve been a penalty shot, no call, yeah they’re clearly in the bag for the Penguins.
April 19th, 2009 at 4:59 PM
The ball didn’t go that far over his glove. I watched the entire game. And it may not have gone over his glove if there weren’t two Yankees fans between his glove and the ball.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:06 PM
haha NBC is hilariously terrible
April 19th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
That’s game 1 in the bag. Your move, Cavs.
Great game by the supporting cast.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Kobe’s dunk on Milisap was sick.