The Regime

Strong bench play and Artest has been solid. The loss of Perkins is really going to hurt the Celts, giving Shelden Wiliams minutes=FAIL. I still have the Game 4 of the 2008 Finals in the back of my head, we can't get complacent. Finish strong!

When it rains, it pours.

Huge rebounding disparity thus far, this series is over if Perkins doesn't come back.

Great quarter, team leading at the end of 1 is 5-0 in this series. Artest is playing great so far, he's hitting his open shots and forcing Pierce into tough shots. I hope Perkins comes back, last thing Laker fans want to hear is that we won because of his injury.

It's a shame that he has to say this to a championship team, but I have a feeling they are going to respond tonight. Big game from Pau and our bench mob.

Let's go guys, keep them coming.

Smart [expletive] man, he knows this franchise is going downhill.

I'm pumped and confident for tonights game. Pau needs to show up and outplay KG, which hasn't been an issue at home.

Really close call between Hazell and Burciaga, but I went with Hazell.

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Artest is broke as [expletive], and he couldn't play defense to save his life today, absolutely worthless. Pau needs to stop playing like a [expletive], he has been worked by KG the last two games. Good thing we have homecourt in this series though, let's get the next two games.

Down to 6. About [expletive]ing time Odom did something.

Kobe is gonna drain himself guarding Pierce but at this point in the game he doesn't have much of a choice. Our bench could not suck any more today, thank god Sasha is eating up Shannon's minutes or else we'd be [expletive]ed with two guys chucking up crazy shots (referring to Farmar after shooting up that dumb [expletive] deep three).

LMAO!

Couldn't agree with you any more. Odom strategy of just throwing a hand up fails miserably. But honestly who isn't Pierce toying with? Artest has lost track of him a couple times already, Odom is just crap, and Walton just got burned when he checked in.

We're lucky we're only down 6 right now, offense has just been horrible. Had it not been for all those turnovers from the C's we could easily be down double digits. Kobe is forcing up too many shots, gotta credit the Celtic defense so far they aren't letting him get to the hole and all he can do is chuck up deep contested jumpers. Hopefully next half someone can step up, as of right now he's getting zero help. One good thing he has done this half is finding open shooters, but unfortunate for us guys aren't hitting shots. There's only so much the man can do. If our backcourt heats up a little thing will automatically open up for Kobe. Ron needs to do a way better job defending Pierce in the second half, he's scoring at will right now. He needs to stay out of foul trouble though, the last thing I want to see is Luke Walton. Someone off the bench needs to [expletive]ing deliver.

I hate our bench, they've failed to match the intesity of the Celtic bench once again. Someone off our bench needs to step up.

Major kudos to Andrew Bynum, dude is grimacing every time he goes up but he continues to play. I love his aggressiveness thus far, he just needs to realize he'll get his oppertunities. Ball hog Bynum usually gets us into trouble.

Both of you guys are starting to get really annoying around here, and this isn't only coming from me. Can a mod please put an end to this childish [expletive].

Lakers need to treat this as a must win game. We win tonight it's over.

Since when were you the grammer popo?

^haha agreed, we never cease to disappoint though

I'm thinking OKC, they need a true center. If Tyson is truly healthy he can definitely make an impact on that team. He and Ibaka would cause chaos defensively.