NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets

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(2) Los Angeles Lakers (57-25)

STARTING 5

PG # 2 Derek Fisher

6'1 210 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

6.8 PPG 2.7 APG 1.1 SPG 80.6 FT% 39.6 3PT%

SG #24 Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Ardmore, PA)

25.3 PPG 4.7 APG 5.1 RPG 82.9 FT% 32.3 3PT%

SF # 37 Ron Artest

6'7 260 lbs

St. John's '99

8.5 PPG 3.3 RPG 2.1 APG 1.5 SPG 35.6 3PT%

PF #16 Pau Gasol

7'0 250 lbs

Spain '01

18.8 PPG 10.2 RPG 3.3 APG 1.6 BPG 53.0 FG%

C #17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph's HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

11.3 PPG 9.4 RPG 2.0 BPG 57.4 FG%

BENCH

PG-Steve Blake

SG-Shannon Brown

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-Theo Ratliff

C-Joe Smith

HEAD COACH

Phil "Zen Master" Jackson

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(7) New Orleans Hornets (46-36)

STARTING 5

PG #3 Chris Paul

6'0 175 lbs

Wake Forest '05

15.8 PPG 9.8 APG 4.1 RPG 2.4 SPG 87.8 FT% 38.8 3PT%

SG #8 Marco Belinelli

6'5 200 lbs

Italy '07

10.4 PPG 1.9 RPG 1.1 APG 41.4 3PT%

SF #1 Trevor Ariza

6'8 210 lbs

UCLA '04

11.0 PPG 5.4 RPG 2.2 APG 2.2 SPG 30.3 3PT%

PF #24 Carl Landry

6'9 248 lbs

Purude '07

11.9 PPG 4.6 RPG 52.7 FG%

C #50 Emeka Okafor

6'10 255 lbs

UCONN '04

10.3 PPG 9.5 RPG 1.8 BPG 57.3 FG%

BENCH

PG-Jarrett Jack

SG-Willie Green

SF-QUincy Pondexter

PF-David Andersen

C-Aaron Gray

HEAD COACH

Monty Williams

[HeatCheck]

Lakers in 5. I want to say sweep but I think the Hornets will get one at home.

[Millions]

Hoping for a sweep so it puts more thoughts in CP3's head to leave the Hornets :lol:

Chris Paul won't allow that though LA wins this series with Chris Paul putting on his best Iverson in the 2001 finals vs Lakers type performance...

[King Taharqa]

LA in 5. Paul wills NO to win a game.

[Kakarot]

If the Hornets still had D West I'd have them in 7, but since he's out the Lakers will win this in 6. I'm still voting for the Hornets, though lol...

The Hornets have a great coach in Monty, so I dont expect them to fold easily. Paul has been off most this season because of that knee, but he's going to explode this series. With Ariza and Paul as premier swipers, the bees are a great defensive team, so I expect them to give Fisher and Kobe problems. Overall, I think the Lakers are too big for the Hornets though. Gasol will rape Landry and Aaron Gray inside

[Kevin Greene]

Pfffftttt, show up and play hard or go home early.

Hornets have home court.

Lakers best remove their heads from their @holes.

[King Taharqa]

wow.

[HeatCheck]

CP3 was just amazing down the stretch, willing his team to the victory. It's not that Kobe was that bad, he did have that one stretch half way through the fourth to shift the momentum, it's just that Paul did better.

Pau's bad shooting was what cost them. They need production out of him so they don't have to rely on Kobe. I guarantee that will happen game 2 and LA will win.

[SOJA]

I love Chris Paul. He is the fuging man. When he is playing his best he is the best point guard in the league right up there with Rose. There is no more argument, he owns D-Will

[HeatCheck]

Yeah I have always backed CP3 as the best PG in the league. I feel like a main reason a lot of people jumped on D-Will's bandwagon was because CP3 was injured last year and people forgot about him. CP3 is the best PG in the league.

[Kevin Greene]

CP3 was just amazing down the stretch, willing his team to the victory. It's not that Kobe was that bad, he did have that one stretch half way through the fourth to shift the momentum, it's just that Paul did better.

Pau's bad shooting was what cost them. They need production out of him so they don't have to rely on Kobe. I guarantee that will happen game 2 and LA will win.

Bobcats need to bring this man to Charlotte.

[Kakarot]

I love Chris Paul. He is the fuging man. When he is playing his best he is the best point guard in the league right up there with Rose. There is no more argument, he owns D-Will

Yessir! Chris Paul went HAM on the Lakers...Mr Unstoppable in the 4th quarter! Best PG in the game! The Hornets only had 3 turnovers in the game. Incredible! They also got some big time help from their second unit, as well. Hopefully, Aaron Gray's ankle isnt too f'd up and CP is going to have to be a monster each and every game if the Hornets are going to make it out of this one. CP is my favorite player, ever! He was definitely putting on for Winston tonight!

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I can't believe I'm pulling for the Hornets. This playoff series is complicated like Denise Richard's colon.