NBA Playoffs Rd 2: Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

[King Taharqa]

(5) Houston Rockets (53-29)

PG-#0 Aaron Brooks

6'0 160 lbs

Oregon '07

11.2 PPG, 3.0 APG, 36.6 3PT%

SG-#96 Ron Artest

6'7 246 lbs

St. John's '99

17.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 40.0 3PT%

SF-#31 Shane Battier

6'8 220 lbs

Duke '01

7.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 38.4 3PT%

PF-#4 Luis Scola

6'9 230 lbs

Argentina '02

12.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 53.1 FG%

C-#11 Yao Ming

7'6 310 lbs

China '02

19.7 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.0 BPG

Bench Players

PG-Kyle Lowry

SG-Von Wafer

SF-Chuck Hayes

PF-Carl Landry

Head Coach

Rick Adelman

[King Taharqa]

(1) Los Angeles Lakers (65-17)

PG-#2 Derek Fisher

6'1 205 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

10.0 PPG, 3.2 APG, 39.7 3PT%

SG-#24 Kobe Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Lower Merion, PA)

26.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.9 APG, 35.1 3PT%

SF-#3 Trevor Ariza

6'8 210 lbs

UCLA '04

8.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 31.6 3PT%

PF-#16 Pau Gasol

7'0 260 lbs

Spain '01

18.9 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 3.5 APG

C-#17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

14.3 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.8 BPG, 56.0 FG%

Bench Players

PG-Shannon Brown

SG-Sasha Vujacic

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-Josh Powell

Head Coach

Phil Jackson

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Lake Show will dispose of Yao Ming and Artest in 5 games.

[Kevin Greene]

This is a better match up for the Lakers than Portland would have been. Bynum will be more comfortable against Yao. I agree with KT, Lakers in 5.

But, the competition gets tougher from here on out and the Lakers must resist the temptation to grab a big lead, then relax or it will bite them in the arse.

[frash.exe]

Can't wait for monday....

Go Lakers

[goodlay]

Lakers in 6.

[Kevin Greene]

Rockets take home court. Lakers best wake up or Houston will end their playoff asparations early.

Kudos to Yao for getting up off the floor and kicking ass.

[King Taharqa]

[Murph]

Even if LA wins this, Houston may wear them down enough for Denver to finish them off.

I'm sure Stern is having nightmares of an Orlando/Denver finals. Ratings would be destroyed.

[King Taharqa]

Kobe roughing up Battier

[Kevin Greene]

Kobe roughing up Battier

To quote the great Chick Hearn: "No harm, no foul."

[King Taharqa]

[King Taharqa]

Artest's haircut

[Britneck]

Artest's haircut

Who does he think he is? Mase? Don't really like this guy all that much, but there was a funny interview with him after he went into the stands in the last series. He was joking about the Detroit fiasco.

[chbright]

and artest is the one they call a dirty player???