| nba finals game 2 | (06/11/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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10:18
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test test |
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10:19
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alright here we go. sorry for the delay. had to install firefox 2. patting myself on the back for getting it done in 30 secs. |
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10:20
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starting after the 1st TO. Bryant shoots 1st FT after Rondo foul. He’s missed twice already. missed 2nd as well. |
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10:20
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bos 2 lal 9 |
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10:21
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pierce misses |
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10:21
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kobe blocked by rondo, no foul. |
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10:21
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pierce stepback 3 miss. |
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10:21
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la turnover. |
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10:21
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allen shoots 3 |
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10:21
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this coveritlive thing is a bit too slow. dang. need something better i think. |
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10:22
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radmanovic short on shot |
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10:22
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rondo all alone underneath, makes 2 off of perkins assist |
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10:22
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kobe J fallaway |
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10:23
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radmanovic ticky tack foul off of rebound. |
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10:23
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bos 7 lal 11 |
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10:24
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pierce misses of underneath stab |
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10:24
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allen fouls kobe, bit of a flop but a pretty good one |
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10:24
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bos 7 lal 11, 4:59 left in 1st, kobe shoots 1st FT |
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10:25
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posey replaces allen |
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10:25
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kobe shoots 2nd FT |
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10:25
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sinks rather |
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10:25
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rondo turnover leads to fisher J |
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10:28
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rondo sinks all alone perimeter J |
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10:28
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sorry about that. tricky internet connection. |
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10:29
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radmanovic gets 3rd foul off of silly attempt to chase loose ball. posey suckered him on that one. then again, anyone can sucker radmanovic. the man just doesnt know how to play smart. |
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10:32
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end of time out. poset starts FTs |
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10:32
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bos 17, lal 17 2:29 left in 1st |
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10:32
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oops, bos 16 i meant |
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10:33
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vujacic bricks 3 attempt |
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10:33
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pierce guarded well by vujacic |
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10:33
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vujacic fouled by pierce |
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10:34
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his 2nd foul, no points yet. |
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10:34
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vujacic sinks 1st, misses 2nd ft,boston rebound |
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10:34
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pierce assists to pj brown, sinks J |
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10:35
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cassell shoots j |
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10:35
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bos 20 lal 18 52 secs left |
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10:35
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turiaf misses |
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10:35
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cassell bricks 3 |
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10:35
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vujacic misses layup but gets fouled |
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10:36
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leon powe and rondo gets ready to come in |
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10:36
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bos 20 lal 19 24secs left |
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10:37
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some craziness happenning, a whistle is blown bothering vujacic FT |
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10:37
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score tied |
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10:38
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1.3 secs left, powe fouled, allen comes in for possible 3 |
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10:38
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fisher comes in to defend |
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10:38
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posey misses of attempt, end of 1st q |
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10:38
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20 all |
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10:43
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start of 2nd |
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10:43
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sam cassell fouled by farmar |
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10:43
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classic cassell, never met a shot he didnt like |
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10:43
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cassell misses |
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10:44
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kobe shoots j |
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10:44
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unlike game 1, kobe playing in 2nd |
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10:44
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powe misses |
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10:44
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kobe tries to j, gets fouled, on way to FTs |
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10:45
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20-22 lal, 10:48 |
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10:45
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kobe sinks 2 FTs |
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10:45
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vujacic fouls allen |
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10:46
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powe travels, guarded well by walton |
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10:46
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walton misses layup |
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10:46
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allen shoots right side j |
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10:46
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walton and farmar sink 2 off excellent two man play |
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10:47
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powe attempt miss, challenged, results in TO |
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10:47
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22-26 lal 9:25 |
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10:47
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vujacic sinks 3 off excellent lal play |
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10:48
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kh guarded well misses |
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10:48
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farmar and pj brown tussle off bos rebound |
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10:48
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lal timeout 22-29 lal, 8:50 left |
| 10:49 | [Be Right Back Countdown] | 5 minutes |
| 10:49 | [Be Right Back Countdown] | 10 minutes |
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10:54
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kg misses. bryant sinks j, 6 pt lead lal |
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10:54
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offensive foul pj brown |
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10:55
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25-31 lal 6:47 |
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10:55
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farmar sinks all net 3 |
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10:56
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boston turnover, foul by someone |
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10:56
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walton miss |
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10:56
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kg finally scores off ray allen alley oop on fastbreak |
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10:58
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omg i just realized i mis named this as game 2 when it should be game 3 |
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10:58
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how the hell can i change it? |
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10:58
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oh well |
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10:58
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time out LA |
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11:00
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vujacic sinks J off excellent fake |
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11:00
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he’s playing excellent |
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11:00
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kg misses, bos turns it over |
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11:00
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kobe resting |
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11:01
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vujacic sinks another J, ten points off same spot |
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11:01
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walton blocks pierce |
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11:01
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pierce sinks undergoal stab |
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11:02
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garnett fouls turiaf. holding foul. |
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11:02
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jack nicholson pumping his fist |
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11:02
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bryant comes in, sinks jumper off same spot as vujacic |
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11:02
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ugly pierce 3 attempt airballs |
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11:03
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kobe fouled by rondo on shooting attempt |
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11:03
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gasol fouled hard underneath by perkins |
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11:03
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gasol goes for FTs |
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11:04
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29-40 lal, 3:25 |
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11:04
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18 ft attempts by lal, only 2 by bos |
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11:04
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perkins slams one home off rebound |
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11:05
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pierce fouls gasol trying to help kg guard him |
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11:05
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time  out la |
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11:09
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on ginebra commercial, i recognize helterbrand and caguioa, but who is roberto gomez? |
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11:09
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gasol sinks FTs |
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11:09
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bryant gets TF for complaining when he got bumped. ray allen misses TF FT |
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11:10
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31-41 lal 2:18 |
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11:10
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rondo possession |
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11:10
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posey misses on strong layup but is fouled |
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11:11
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pierce ang kg combined 2 of 16 from floor |
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11:11
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posey sinks two FTs |
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11:11
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22 secs left in 2nd |
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11:12
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oops sorry 1:49 left in 2nd |
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11:12
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vujacic sinks 3 off corner |
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11:12
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sorry thats just a two |
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11:12
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33-43 lal 1:32 |
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11:13
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DA MACHINE |
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11:13
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allen is fouled, misses first FT |
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11:13
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sinks 2nd FT |
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11:14
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gasol pass to outside intercepted, turns it over |
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11:14
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kg travels, struggling, 9 rebounds 2pts |
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11:14
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gasol misses layup off excellent pass by fisher |
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11:15
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terrific pick and roll |
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11:16
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lal Time out |
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11:16
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gasol misses j |
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11:16
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allen sinks 3 |
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11:16
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23s left |
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11:17
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kobe fouled off attack |
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11:17
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37-43 lal 6.3 |
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11:17
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house comes in |
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11:18
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kobe misses two FTs |
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11:18
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rondo misses off of dying seconds. 43-37 lal. clearly heard “GET UP BITCH!” from Kobe, trying to will in his 2nd FT |
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11:20
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end of 2nd |
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11:30
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[Comment From Chino T] Ano po ginagawa nyo? |
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11:31
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liveblogging po |
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11:39
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man seeing anthony keidis is great. I wonder if Jack Nicholson already talks to him. I think Nicholson snubs everybody. |
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11:40
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ok start of 3rd |
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11:40
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rondo travels, turns it over. |
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11:40
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37-43 lal |
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11:41
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odom turns it over |
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11:41
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rondo falls on fastbreak, looks hurt |
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11:41
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rondo walks gingerly back to bench; cassell coming in |
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11:42
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odom misses, previously allen turned it over |
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11:42
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house almost turns it over |
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11:42
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pierce misses |
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11:43
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gasol rebound |
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11:43
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bryant sinks j off the glass, guarded by allen |
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11:43
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house misses j |
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11:43
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kobe misses |
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11:44
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allen gets easy layup off kg pass |
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11:44
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39-45 lal |
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11:44
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kobe shoots j in paint |
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11:44
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bryant fouls pierce |
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11:45
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radmanovic fouls perkins, perkins gets continuation |
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11:45
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41-47 lal 8:50, walton replaces radmanovic |
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11:46
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fisher misses j |
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11:46
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allen sinks layup |
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11:46
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bryant is blocked, but fouled on 2nd attempt |
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11:46
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time out lal |
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11:50
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eddie house almost forces turnover |
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11:50
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bryant rebounds off odom desperation 3 |
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11:50
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trevor ariza sinks 3 |
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11:51
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only 2 sorry |
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11:51
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garnett misses spectacular dunk, is fouled |
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11:51
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43-49 lal 7:29 |
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11:52
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kg misses 1st FT, sinks 2nd |
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11:52
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bryant turns it over |
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11:52
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pierce misses 3 |
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11:52
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boston retains possession |
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11:53
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house sinks 3 |
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11:53
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fisher misses 2 |
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11:53
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allen misses j |
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11:53
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fisher misses lob to gasoll, turn over |
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11:54
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kg sinks hookshot off 1 on 1 with gasol |
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11:54
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gasol turns it over |
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11:54
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kg sinks j off left |
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11:55
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51-49 bos, 4:58 |
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11:55
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bryant is fouled off attempt |
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11:55
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bryant misses 1st, |
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11:56
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i think thats donald sutherland in the background on the 1st row |
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11:56
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bryant sinks 2nd FT |
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11:56
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allen sinks 3 |
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11:56
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lal timeout |
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12:00
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allen has 19 pts |
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12:00
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la possession |
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12:00
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odom sinks excellent power hook |
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12:01
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kg misses j |
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12:01
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ariza misses 3 |
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12:01
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perkins manhandles odom d, sinks hook |
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12:01
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odom miss j |
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12:02
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boston misses |
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12:02
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ariza sinks layup off almost botched lal play |
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12:02
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kg nails j |
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12:02
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58-54 bos |
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12:03
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bryant lays it up |
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12:03
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bryant fouls allen off 3pt attempt, to be given 3 FTs, bryant 2nd foul |
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12:03
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58-56 bos, 3:02 in 3rd |
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12:04
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allen sinks all 3 FTs |
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12:04
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61-56 bos, 1:58 in 3rd |
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12:04
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kobe sinks twisting layup |
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12:05
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kg obvious travel, misses j |
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12:05
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boston retains, gasol fouls pj brown on follow up attempt |
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12:06
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lal timeout |
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12:07
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bryant rests, 26 pts |
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12:08
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pj brown misses 1st FT, sinks 2nd |
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12:08
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gasol excellent semi hook |
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12:08
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pj brown misses |
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12:08
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odom misses |
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12:09
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big missed lal opportunity |
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12:09
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pj brown misses left side j, after ray allen dribbling exhibition |
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12:09
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end of 3rd quarter |
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12:13
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start of 4th |
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12:13
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vujacic sinks 3 |
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12:14
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ray allen sinks 3 off  corner |
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12:14
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powe fouls odom, away from ball |
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12:14
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bryant misses turnaround |
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12:15
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2nd chance points oppty for bos, off brown miss |
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12:15
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house fouls bryant, pulling jersey |
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12:15
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farmar misses 3 attempt |
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12:16
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bryant intercepts ball, stops pick and roll between house and powe |
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12:16
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pierce comes back in |
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12:17
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65-63 bos, 10:08 4th |
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12:17
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pierce misses |
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12:17
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odom called for offensive foul, off powe |
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12:18
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pierce terrific pass to powe, powe is fouled by turiaf, powe talks to turiaf |
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12:19
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powe misses 1st FT, sinks 2nd |
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12:19
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66-63 bos, 9:18 4th |
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12:19
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bryant is fouled off explosion to basket |
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12:20
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bryant misses 1st FT, sinks 2nd |
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12:20
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pierce charges on farmar |
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12:20
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bos timeout |
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12:24
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ok here we go, almost at the end |
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12:24
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vujacic misses 3 |
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12:24
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last touch on vujacic |
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12:25
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turiaf blocks kg |
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12:25
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walton fouled by allen attempting a pass to vujacic |
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12:26
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vujacic sinks j |
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12:26
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posey gets excellent layup off handoff from kg, is fouled |
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12:26
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rondo comes back, replaces house |
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12:26
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66 all, 7:59 in 4th |
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12:27
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posey sinks 1st and 2nd fts |
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12:27
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gasol misses 2nd chance off kobe miss |
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12:28
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kg misses a prayer, bos ran out of shotclock, excellent double team lal |
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12:28
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lal possession |
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12:29
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bryant sinks all alone 3 |
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12:29
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lob to kg miss |
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12:29
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fisher is fouled by rondo off attempt |
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12:29
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both fall down, horrible flopfest |
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12:30
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68-69 lal, 6:27 4th |
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12:30
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fisher sinks both FTs |
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12:30
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pierce bad pass, odom intercepts |
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12:31
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bryant is fouled by rondo, goes to FT |
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12:31
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rondo still slow due to injury |
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12:31
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bryant sinks 1st FT and 2nd |
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12:31
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5 pt lead lal |
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12:32
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rondo with rebound, follows up off allen 3 pt miss |
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12:32
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tip by gasol goes in from odom undergoal miss |
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12:33
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allen miss 3 |
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12:33
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odom rebounds to kobe |
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12:33
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odom is stripped |
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12:33
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pierce is blocked by vujacic |
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12:33
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lal timeout |
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12:34
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this is certainly one of the most exciting games in the series. la is finally playing well, boston is far from that but is still close |
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12:37
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gasol sinks 2 off odom missed dunk |
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12:38
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70-77 lal 3:50 |
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12:38
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pierce sinks layup |
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12:39
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pierce misses FT |
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12:39
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fisher misses 3 |
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12:39
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kg fouls gasol off rebound play |
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12:40
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gasol misses first FT, |
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12:40
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now is not the time for trivia, henson |
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12:40
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gasol sinks 2nd ft |
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12:40
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pierce is bailed out by ref, foul by bryant |
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12:43
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testtest |
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12:43
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dang internet dont fail me now |
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12:44
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pierce sinks 1st, |
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12:45
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73-79 bos, 3:22 |
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12:45
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pierce sinks both FTs |
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12:45
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vujacic to gasol |
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12:45
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gasol absolutely horrible shot, flopping to pretend he was fouled, terrible |
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12:46
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kg sinks excellent j |
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12:46
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vujacic misses 3 |
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12:46
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house misses good attempt |
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12:47
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vujacic nails 3 on corner, after bos gambles on double teaming bryant |
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12:47
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bos misses |
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12:47
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fisher drives in is fouled |
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12:47
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76-81 lal 1:33 |
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12:48
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fisher sinks both FTs |
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12:48
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bos timeout |
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12:49
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76-83 lal |
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12:50
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fantastic pick and roll by bos, kg all alone dunk |
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12:51
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on a HALFCOURT |
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12:51
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bryant with a dagger j on top of key |
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12:51
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house with 3 |
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12:51
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big big big big shots |
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12:51
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bryant sidestepping move sinks j, 36 points |
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12:52
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87-81 lal, 38 secs left |
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12:52
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is this bryant’s mj moment? |
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12:53
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house misses j, bos still poseess |
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12:54
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house tries 3 again, bos is called for offensive foul |
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12:54
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bryant almost turns it over |
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12:54
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odom is called for offensive foul after trying a dunk |
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12:55
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lakers win game 3 of nba finals, 87-81 at la |
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12:55
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Man liveblogging is hard, and coveritlive.com’s software is a little difficult to use. I want something that’s more like chatting, where you enter text and press (enter). In this case, I have to use the mouse to publish every entry. Annoying if you’re using a laptop sitting in your living room.
Anyway, this is one of the best games this season, with Bryant doing what he knows he needs to do – do an MJ impersonation. I felt that was what was needed anyway, for Kobe to have an MJ moment. And it looks like he did. What’s to lose anyway? Either way, win or lose he’ll have his rest after a few more games, so just let it all hang out.
Vujacic brought on some serious game, and made up for the disappearance of Odom and Gasol, who both looked frustrated by their non performance. They should be thankful KG disappeared as well, along with Allen somewhat, who produced at the start but was also missing afterwards. Then there’s Pierce, who couldn’t convert, and flopped far too much for my taste.
This is a great way to assess LA in the clutch. Their failure to produce, after all starters sat down in the 2nd brought on their doom in the 2nd game, but they definitely showed what they could do in the run up in the 4th, chasing down a 20 point lead. They just ran out of time.
This game marked several lead changes and was always close, so it was a great way to see which team would produce when things get really tight. I thought LA performed better, their defense occasionally producing turnovers and shutting KG firmly.
If Boston is to win, they’re gonna need to have Pierce produce an MJ like performance of his own. Never mind the team play, when the game is close in 4 mins. or less, the ball has to start in Pierce’s hands. It might not be him who scores at the end, but it still has to start with him.
On the LA side, their game went well today. Gasol and Odom disappeared, but that happens. Players like them aren’t reliable. Only superstars are, and even they can only be relied on approx 80% of the time. You have to play your game assuming they’d show up, and if they didn’t, that’s what the bench is for. LA’s bench, in the form of Vujacic brought game today and that’s what brought the W.