Post by Play on Oct 27, 2008 18:27:51 GMT -5
Lakers Fall Again
After yet another season of winning 50+ games, the LA Lakers fell short once again of reaching the BBS Finals. The Portland Blazers were there again to stop Lakers from advancing to the next round of the playoffs by sweeping them in the second round. Players around the locker-room seemed shocked and disgusted on the way the season ended., small forward Ivan expressed the way he was feeling.
“It is a terrible way to go out” Said Ivan “ We got swept, we couldn’t even pull out a win against them and that is what angers me the most. It is fine if you make a series out of it and lose rather than getting kick out especially having home court advantage. We felt like we could put up a good match against them, we felt that we could take them deep into a series but we were obviously wrong. They had a lot of fire power and one way or another they found the way to outscore us. Monta Thad and Emeka were good but it was really their role players that got us. We let ourselves down.”
Captain Josh Smith had a few thoughts of his own.
“ Well it happens” Josh Smith explained “ Its tough to go out that way but we lost to the Champs and that makes us feel a little better. I was played very well and really couldn’t hit my stride. Players on that team did a great job putting players around me at all times playing great defense. We felt like we had a defensive advantage this series but we couldn’t put it together. It sucks, its a very hard feeling to deal with knowing that we wasted another year but now all we can do it focus onto this next season and trying to compete once again.”
The Lakers head into this upcoming season with the same goal they’ve had for the past few years, trying to reach the BBS finals. This should be the toughest season the Lakers will have to go through since it will be the first full season without Tony and Manu. The team seems excited about the season and how they have all bonded together. The season should be a long one but the Lakers are more than ready to make some noise once again.
After yet another season of winning 50+ games, the LA Lakers fell short once again of reaching the BBS Finals. The Portland Blazers were there again to stop Lakers from advancing to the next round of the playoffs by sweeping them in the second round. Players around the locker-room seemed shocked and disgusted on the way the season ended., small forward Ivan expressed the way he was feeling.
“It is a terrible way to go out” Said Ivan “ We got swept, we couldn’t even pull out a win against them and that is what angers me the most. It is fine if you make a series out of it and lose rather than getting kick out especially having home court advantage. We felt like we could put up a good match against them, we felt that we could take them deep into a series but we were obviously wrong. They had a lot of fire power and one way or another they found the way to outscore us. Monta Thad and Emeka were good but it was really their role players that got us. We let ourselves down.”
Captain Josh Smith had a few thoughts of his own.
“ Well it happens” Josh Smith explained “ Its tough to go out that way but we lost to the Champs and that makes us feel a little better. I was played very well and really couldn’t hit my stride. Players on that team did a great job putting players around me at all times playing great defense. We felt like we had a defensive advantage this series but we couldn’t put it together. It sucks, its a very hard feeling to deal with knowing that we wasted another year but now all we can do it focus onto this next season and trying to compete once again.”
The Lakers head into this upcoming season with the same goal they’ve had for the past few years, trying to reach the BBS finals. This should be the toughest season the Lakers will have to go through since it will be the first full season without Tony and Manu. The team seems excited about the season and how they have all bonded together. The season should be a long one but the Lakers are more than ready to make some noise once again.
