Game 44 | Cavaliers vs. Lakers | January 21, 2010 | 8:00 EST

[Powerslave]

FOAM FIGHT - ROUND 2

Coach Brown

Philip Jackson

Flashback to reality, oh there goes gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8O55LcVxf4

In one corner, weighing in at 250-270 pounds - Team James!

Mo "Shitting on Fisher" Williams

Anthony "HotSis" Parker

Shaquille "Feed Me The Ball' O'Neal

JJ "Medusa" Hickson

LeBron "No Ceilings" James

In the opponents corner, weighing in at 230 pounds, Team Bitches!

Derek "3 Second Late Reaction" Fisher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfb3pTm2Hw

Ronald "LePostUp Victim #37" Artest

Pau Wow Wow Yippy Yo Yippy Gay

Andrew "Always Focused" Bynum

Kobe "MVFail" Bryant

Tonight's Referee

With special guest - Brother Red!

MVP Repeat? Check My $tats:

LeBron posted the third-best season of the modern era in terms of PER last season, and this year he’s actually improved his scoring efficiency and and assist ratio, with the only reason his PER has taken a slight dip from where it was last year being that his turnover rate has spiked with LeBron adjusting to where the two new big men in his starting froncourt like the ball. (For JJ Hickson, the answer is apparently not his hands.)

LeBron’s jumper has vastly improved. His 44.3 eFG percentage on jumpers would be easily the best mark of LeBron’s career, and is especially impressive considering that 80 percent of LeBron’s jumpers have come off the dribble. LeBron’s midrange game is still a weakness, but he’s utilized his natural shooting range to become one of the League’s best players at making deep jumpers off the dribble; James is making a career-high 36 percent of his threes, and only Steve Nash and Chris Paul take a higher proportion of threes off the dribble than LeBron does.

And LeBron’s racking up assists better than he ever has. And he’s slowly but surely starting to incorporate that elusive post-up game. And he’s playing off the ball better than he ever has, with over 50 percent of his shots at the basket coming off of assists this season. And even though his overall defensive effort has regressed from where it was last season, he’s had some signature lock-down performances to cool off opponents during crucial stretches. And the Cavs might already have more road wins against elite teams than they did last season, even if they already have more home losses than they did in ‘08-09. And all of this is coming off of a near-unanimous MVP campaign and, as was mentioned, one of the best statistical seasons ever.

LeBron’s timing hasn’t been as good this season as it has been in seasons past; the Cavs are 2-3 in games decided by 3 or less this season, which is as many close games as they lost all of last year. In most of the important ways, LeBron’s just as much of a juggernaut as he was last season, if not more so; if he can get some lucky breaks (or make his own), he could be in position to run away with another MVP award by the time all 82 games are played.

An excerpt from SI's Chris Ballard's book:

The last NBA player to average a triple double for a season was Oscar Robinson, who put up an ungodly season line of 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists for the cincinnati Royals during the 1961-62 season. LeBron isn't close to those numbers (28.4, 7.6, and 7.2 for the 2008-2009 season), but that is a product, at least in part, of the era he plays in. In a fascinating comparison Basketball-Reference.com notes that the 1962 Royals averaged 124.7 possessions a agame while James' Cavs averaged 89.2 in 2009 and estimates that if James's '09 Cavaliers played at the same pace as Robertson's '62 Royals, James's line would extrapolate to 40.1 points per game, 10.3 rebounds and 10.0 assists.

Keys to the Game

-Feed Varejao. Jigga what? Cavs are 13-3 when Varejao scores in double figures.
-Attack, attack, attack. The Lakers can be defeated if you attack them early and often
-Bully their soft twin towers with Shaq/Z real towers
-Transition D, Lakers have bigs who can run (Odom, Gasol). I know, I know. Bigs that CAN run do in fact exist
-Take advantage of their poor bench by letting Boobs pour it on
-Shaq's promise -

LBJ Improvement Update

Jump shot form: fixed
Three point shot: done
Mid range J: done
Free throws: improving
Post game: working on it
Lasers in eyes: still technologically impossible

Cavs' Secret Weapon/Powe Watch Update

Cavs Assistant 1: "Hey guys, have you seen Leon's wallet? I gotta pack his stuff for his debut game."
Cavs Assistant 2: "Yeah, it's right there."
Cavs Assistant 1: "Which one is it?"
Cavs Assistant 2: "It's the one that says 'Bad Mother Fucker'".

Lakers Scrapbook


Jordan Farmar and Brandon Jennings: Beef Over Twitter

“Brandon Jennings thinks Jordan Farmar is ‘a groupie’ and should watch out for Shannon Brown taking away his playing time. That much we learned from Jennings’ tweets out of his verified Twitter account. The latter comment was prompted by a fake Twitter account called ‘JFarmar1′ that got Bucks rookie guard Jennings to elaborate on his original postgame tweet Sunday night about Farmar talking too much trash on the court. Mike Trudell of the Lakers’ Web site got confirming word from Farmar in the wee hours Tuesday morning that he had not started up a Twitter account, but by then Jennings had posted in reply, directed toward the fake Farmar: ‘but I’m not going to beef with you. See you should be worried about your spot. Shannon Brown???’ Earlier, Jennings had said this about what happened on the court with Farmar on Sunday night: ‘he told the ref, you better get him off me or ill do it. so i’m like what!!! and he got mad cause i called him a groupie, lol. … But I mean, he started talking, i’m like chill yo. you having the game of your life. like calm down. And that was it; Jennings also tweeted this, alluding to Farmar: “It’s crazy when dudes get a ring, they so hard. (really the face)”’

http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/12/brandon-jennings-calls-jordan-farmar-a-groupie/28291/

Phil Jackon's Lame Diss

“Before Tuesday night’s game between the Lakers and Spurs, Jackson was asked if he had run out of things to do while visiting San Antonio. ‘I took a walk on the beautiful River Walk last night. There’s just some puddles here and there,’ Jackson said. ‘This morning, the ducks were still out playing in the puddles, so it was kind of quaint. I understand they clean it up this time of the year, get in there and dredge it a little bit. There wasn’t much beauty in San Antonio this trip.”‘

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/spo...gn=Feed:+LAT_Sports_Blog+(The+Fabulous+Forum)

Getting ready for the All Star game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71cZMZfi18U


DO NOT WANT

WANT

Bring the hate, haters!
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[JayP146]

Stellar work. One of this year's best.

 

[MDLT]

Can't wait til Thursday.

 

[Imadogg]

Great post. We ain't losing this. Or that would be embarrassing. But nah we're not.

 

[Typhoon]

 

[SoundBreaker]

FOAM FIGHT - ROUND 2

:rofl: :rofl:


Should be a doozy

 

[camakazee]

Great post. We ain't losing this. Or that would be embarrassing. But nah we're not.

Imadogg with credibility like a muthaf**ka!

And I'm sorry to the Cavaliers for having to face the best team in the NBA on Xmas.


Hehe. We won't lose... but losing would be embarrassing...

:rofl:

Embarrassment x2?

 

[NorthCoastBias]

This thread is awesome. One of my favorites this season. The Lakers lineup made me laugh like crazy.

 

[Imadogg]

Imadogg with credibility like a muthaf**ka!



:rofl:

Embarrassment x2?

Haha........ I know. X-mas was super embarrassing...... we won't lose this time right?

 

[Andrew]

I gotta tape this shit, boo.

 

[-Akronite-]

Is Jamario available yet? I don't trust Jawad to fill his shoes against Kobe and Artest.

 

[Imadogg]

Is Jamario available yet? I don't trust Jawad to fill his shoes against Kobe and Artest.

Didn't he shoot like 18-18 against us? Dammit Jamario.

 

[Andrew]

I would have a massive orgy with every Lakers and Clippers girl...

 

[P_Han2]

Bully their soft twin towers with Shaq/Z real towers

I have way too much free time LOL

Great game thread btw one of the best of the year

 

[JayP146]

...what the HELL