Chippy Mavericks Get Blasted by the Lakers
I’d blame last night’s five ejections in the Lakers-Mavericks game on the grenade Mark Cuban lobbed at Ron Artest the other day, but I can’t. It’s all about Jason Terry. (Well, and the Lakers’ dominance.)
Terry was struggling (2-for-9 shooting). The Mavericks were losing. And it looks like Terry just snapped, shoving Steve Blake to the ground in a manner that definitely warranted an ejection. I liked how Matt Barnes – remember how he went at it against Kobe last year? – sprung to Blake’s defense and shoved Terry, and later broke free from a Mavs’ assistant who tried to restrain him. Barnes is a bad-ass – a guy who doesn’t give a shit and seemingly will get in anyone’s face anywhere, anytime. So now the Lakers have two of those in Barnes and Artest. Maybe they’re teaching Andrew Bynum what it means to be tough?
The Lakers are 16-1 since the All-Star break. They’ve whittled San Antonio’s lead to 2.5 in the race for the No. 1 seed. (A note about that: If the Lakers get the No. 1 seed, they’ll play Oklahoma City/Denver in the second round. Would you really rather face those spry, aggressive teams instead of the Mavericks?) The Spurs have lost five in a row.
Teams I’d fear in the West, in order, right now:
1. Lakers
2. Thunder
3. Nuggets
4. Spurs
This doesn’t mean I think the Spurs are the 4th best team in the West. But based on their age, their current nosedive, and the makeup of their roster, what’s to fear?
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April 1st, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Jason Terry was a little bitch last night. Matt Barnes? An even bigger bitch.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:34 AM
I was going to ask this exact question. Other than the Lakers, the team I would least like to face right now is Denver. And we saw the Thunder not back down from them last year in the playoffs.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Replace “bad-ass” with “thug” and I think you have Barnes correctly labeled.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:38 AM
The way the Lakers are playing, I don’t think any team in the West can beat them. Denver is scary, but the Lakers have been to the Finals 3 straight times for a reason.
I think the Spurs will bounce back once the playoffs start – they just need some rest.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:39 AM
I like Barnes…he’s legit a tough guy for someone with such a skinny frame.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:39 AM
I Heart Matt Barnes…see link
April 1st, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I still can’t figure out why Haywood was ejected.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:42 AM
I agree with you but Denver matches up with them really well right now. They have defensive deficiencies at PG (Lawson/Felton) and SF (Gallinari) but you can hide them against Fisher and Artest respectively. They can also throw a lot of different looks at Kobe.
Denver has 8 guys averaging double figures and #9 is KMart, #10 is Andersen. I really like this team.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Sigh.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:44 AM
If you’ve seen Chris Brown lately, he’s slowly adding to his Shannon Brown-look-alike transformation by getting full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
/ except he looks like Dennis Rodman cause his hair is blonde
// this is what breaking up with an S&M loving Rihanna does to you
April 1st, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Also, why the eff was Blake ejected? A guy pushes you down like that and you can’t at least get up and kinda sorta get in his face?
April 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Poor Jar Jar…
April 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Fuck the Lakers.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:48 AM
I think the matchup that scares me is the PG…the Lakers lose more games than they should when Fisher is guarding a speedy PG in a playoff series (Aaron Brooks from 2009, Ty Lawson, etc).
April 1st, 2011 at 11:50 AM
this “the Lakers have trouble with speedy point guards” business is fucking asinine. who doesn’t have trouble against CP3, Nash, Rondo, Parker, Rose etc?
April 1st, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Not worse than David West slapping Dirk Nowitzki patronizingly in the playoffs and Dirk backing down.
/ part of the reason I respect Dirk less
April 1st, 2011 at 11:51 AM
OH MY FUCKING GOD, ARE YOU SERIOUS WITH THIS SHIT?
April 1st, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Its not just those guys – its even PGs like Brooks and Lawson who give them fits.
Since I’m at work and can’t bother to check, who is the #7 seed and how far back are the Nuggets from moving up? I would think NO would be the 8th seed.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:58 AM
JC can’t pay all them bills and support that posse.
April 1st, 2011 at 11:59 AM
God, I hate Reggie Miller announcing. So. Painful.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Steve Blake is the Jon Crottie of this generation.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:03 PM
I dislike Tim Tebow but that was a stupid article.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:03 PM
karma, Denver is pretty much set as the #5 seed. Portland, New Orleans, and Memphis are all within a game of each other for the 6-8 seeds.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Fact of the day: Lebron James didn’t start actually lifting weights seriously until 2008. He weighs close to 270 lbs.
/ I hate that guy even more now
April 1st, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Crotty, baby. Wahoo Wah.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:05 PM
If LA faces NO in the first round, its going to be a 4 game sweep with an average margin of victory at 15 points.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:06 PM
STEVIE BLAKE!!! Rock on dude, best Terp still goin’ in the NBA.
He’d honestly have to murder my entire immediate family for me to not love him after bring us the title in ’02.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:08 PM
I always find it interesting that Juan Dixon didn’t survive in the NBA but Steve Blake did.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:08 PM
the two chuckle heads holding up the where are thou tebow are stupid enough to misunderstand what juliet is asking romeo…something most of us learned in 6th grade.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Yep. Portland would be fun to watch.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:09 PM
I would say he’s more of a punk ass. He’s just kind of a chump. He never actually fought Kobe, he just pretending to throw a ball at this face, and is there any doubt that Kobe would beat the shit out of him?
Barnes knows his role as a heel/instigator and does it well. But that doesn’t make him tough or a “bad-ass.” What’s so “bad” about pushing down an assistant coach?
April 1st, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Brenda Haywood further extended his rep for maximizing the value of doing absolutely nothing.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Steve Blake is legitmately intelligent. He deserves almost as much credit as Juan for the title.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:10 PM
because he went to florida or because he apparently is pretty stand up individual.
/Team Tebow
April 1st, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Dixon was a bit of a knuckle head.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Racist.
/warren moon and darrell’d
April 1st, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Racist.
/warren moon and darrell’d
April 1st, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Here’s another example of what I’m talking about re: Brandon Knight. Not big enough to be a 2, and not quick enough/handle/vision to be a PG. The classic combo 3rd guard.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:20 PM
The Nuggets are an interesting team now, but when everyone else’s rotation shrinks in the playoffs, they won’t look as good.
/print
April 1st, 2011 at 12:25 PM
I think there is some doubt.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Kobe in his younger days didn’t come across as very tough (see: Childs, Chris). Since post-Colorado though? I wouldn’t doubt him in a fight.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:27 PM
“Don’t you know what happens when you elbow Ron Artest?”
April 1st, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Um, yeah.
When did Kobe become some sort of hard ass who could fight? Last I checked, there was a picture of Lower Merion High in the dictionary next to “Public High School for Upwardly Mobile Families”. It’s not like he fought his way off of the mean streets of Philly.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:32 PM
When did Kobe become some sort of hard ass who could fight?
You can replace Kobe with about 75% of the players in the league. I dont think Kobe would back down but, I dont see him kicking anybody’s ass either.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:33 PM
I can live with that.
Just because the guy gave himself a bad ass nickname and he is a killer on the court doesn’t mean he can fight.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:34 PM
You know, not saying Kobe can or can’t fight, but fighting has NOTHING to do with where you grew up. You might have more experience getting INTO fights, but that doesn’t make you a good fighter. Give me a guy from the ghetto whose spent 10 years acting tough and talking street versus a guy from the suburbs whose had some training in one of the martial arts, no weapons or friends involved, and I’m taking the trained guy every time.
Growing up in the mean streets has more to do with attitude (i.e – Ron Artest) than actually being able to fight.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Newsflash: growing up on the “mean streets” doesnt make you tough. Also Being from a upwardly mobile family doesnt make you a pussy.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Havent you seen him stick out his lower jaw? Its pretty hardcore.
/wanking motion
April 1st, 2011 at 12:37 PM
It does if you’re Chris Webber
April 1st, 2011 at 12:39 PM
First time he did that, I was wondering what the fack he was doing.
It doesn’t beat Big Baby licking his lips with his eyes criss crossed after scoring a basket in last year’s playoffs though. There’s a .gif of it somewhere, and it is hilariously creepy.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Hey whatever works for you.
If I’m betting on it, I’ll take my chances with the mean streets guy.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Best NBA fight…some dude from the Warriors picking up Shawn Bradley and throwing him on the floor.
Worst fight? Jerry Stackhouse landing 4 combo punches on Jeff Hornacek for no reason while Hornacek just ducked.
April 1st, 2011 at 12:44 PM
It was also hilarious seeing Alonzo fight like a girl against LJ.
April 1st, 2011 at 1:17 PM
I realize I’m late with this, but fuck you.
April 1st, 2011 at 1:21 PM
I saw a guy with martial arts training get the living shit kicked out of him from a guy with no training. In the end, in whatever field of fighting you’re dealing with, it’s about nothing more than being willing to take a punch to give a punch.
April 1st, 2011 at 1:23 PM
I’m not sure this came out how you meant it.
I guess I didn’t mean to imply that Kobe was tough because he could kick Barnes’ ass. I just meant that Barnes is a pussy.
/sticks out lower jaw
April 1st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Agreed, though I wouldn’t make it a point to fight dude’s with martial arts training. Pretty sure most of them could kick 95% of dudes asses.