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Originally Posted by PureHatred
ROFLMAO...close down Kobe....good one.
Kobe had zero points in the first half and pretty much woke up just long enough to put the game away in the 4th. There's nobody on the T-Wolves that can shut him down. Even in the blowout, he was scoring pretty much at will in Game 2. Your Bulls analogy is faulty because if you let MJ get his, the player you had to shut down was Pippen. Scottie Pippen is nowhere near the level of player Kobe Bryant is.
Game 3 was ugly, but I think since the T-Wolves said in the media they were going to foul Shaq, this was the referee backlash, as has been said before. And Joey Crawford is an idiot. Both team were pissed at the end of the game when he just stared at Mark Madsen as he ran down the court hugginq Shaq. He was obviously fouling him intentionally, he was even yelling it. Crawford had no right to make a "judgment call" on an obvious, intentional foul and if the NBA had any brains they would suspend him for the rest of the playoffs.
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close down ***ON***
ON ON ON ON ON ON ON
Obviously you can't shut down Kobe, in the same way you couldn't shut down Pippen. Game 4 the Wolves got hurt in the first half because when they had a lead, Fisher came off the bench and game the Lakers a massive lift. Shaq was almost on or did have a double-double in the first half, but there wasn't a lot else happening other than Fisher coming off the bench big.
The only way the Wolves will win is if they knock down outside shots, don't get beaten so badly on the boards, and don't let the Kobe, Fisher, George, Malone, Payton and co get huge numbers.
Pretty fucking basic.
Doesn't mean it will happen, because it's far easier said than done.
Doesn't help when you can't go within a foot of Shaq without being called for a foul just quietly.