Scola kind of flopped back a little bit. He was just waiting for someone to touch him so he could make it look worse than it was. But kudos for Fisher. Looked like he just had enough of this shit

I disagree. Fisher clearly turned his head and loaded up. He knew exactly what he was about to do.

As usal the Prima Momba gets away with everything. Doesn't matter though - the Rockets can play with LA and IMO have the better team. The only clear advantage the Lakers have is Kobe. After that - the Rockets are better, especially the 2nd team. If the league calls things even and doesn't drool all over the possibility of a Kobe / Labron finals, I like the Rockets chances.

Fisher did it on purpose. And you know what? Good. Teams have been trying to mess withe the "soft" Lakers all year and now they're responding.

This was a good game, not just because they won, but because they didn't take any shit on the court.

So you admit that Kobe is the MVP then. Good for you.

No. Labron was better this year. But regardless - Who Cares? The ONLY clear advantage the Lakers have is Kobe - after that the Rockets are better. Will Kobe be enough? I don't think so - especially if the games are called fairly.

Are you saying the lakers are getting the calls and the rockets aren't? Is that what you're saying?

Hey I like that Fisher had the balls to defend his team, but hes definitely going to be suspended for game 3, it was a real costly move. I wouldn't be surprised if there ended up being some kind of fight this series.

How about Ron Artest vs. Adam Morrison?

Yeah you don't want to see anybody get suspended but sometimes you just gotta say, **** YOU JOBU.

The Lakers had 6 fouls in the first 2.5 minutes of the 4th quarter. Anyone who says the officiating was one sided is reeruned.

That's because the Lakers ARE soft. Desperate times call for desperate measures.I have no problem that he did it on purpose. He did and he should be suspended for game 3. No big deal. What I can't stand is the Lakers denying that it was intentional. I also agree that it was a good game - especially because the Rockets played without Yao for most of it (Funny how that happened as many predicted it would) - and without Artest at crunch time and STILL GAVE LA ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. If LA ever gets into a situation where they have to play without Kobe for any length of time - it's over. Furthermore, if all things are equal - it's over. Yao + Artest is better than Kobe...The Rockets bench is better than LA's. The Rockets are more confident now than they were going in, and rightfully so.

The Lakers didn't look soft when Ariza dunked on Battier last night.

Nope. The number of calls are about the same. The circumstances and who gets them are not. Which has been the hidden NBA rule forever. Kobe is the Superstar - so he will get every benefit of the doubt - and he does. That is what I'm saying.

I think its funny how you keep saying if you take Kobe off the Lakers they have nothing...while it may or may not be true, they have Kobe, so whats the point of saying it?

And of course he's going to get the calls, thats just the way it works. The superstars always get the calls. You can't complain about that shit, your team just has to overcome it. It may suck to hear, but its true.

Oh and as far as your quoted post, The Lakers were up by maybe 9 points or so to begin the 4th quarter, not an insurmountable lead at all. They quickly got called for 6 fouls and Houston was in the Bonus for the rest of the game....If you dont think that was to the Lakers disadvantage in that circumstance then you are and idiot.

What you're saying doesn't make any sense so trying to explain it may be difficult.

It it is very uncommon for a road team to get more fouls than the home team especially in the playoffs.

Yet the Rockets attempted 29 FTs and the Lakers 26. And that was with Houston fouling ON PURPOSE in the 4th quarter to stop time. Game 1 was completely lopsided with Rockets shooting TEN more freethrows than the Lakers.

So, in the playoffs, against the Lakers who everybody knows theres a hidden NBA secret agenda bias for, ON THE ROAD, Houston shot 13 more free thows.

BTW, Kobe attempted 7 FTs which is nothing considering he shot 27 times and was driving in the lane all night. The Rockets "Superstar" Carl Landry led everyone with 13 FTAs.