You know what the Lakers' problem is?
Karl Malone.
It ain't like I can even approach his game, but he DOES freeze when things get tight. And since the whole game is tight he ain't even shooting. It's like five on four out there. That the Lakers have kept in it is all about Shaq, and Kobe's bizarre talent for making impossible shots more regularly than regular shots.
I'll say this, though…Karl's daughter is FOINE!
Not only Karl, but GP and Brian Russel. The team is loaded with people who never seem to win in the playoffs.
A $1 says Detroit goes riot crazy if they close the Lakers out in 5.
Posted by Pat at June 14, 2004 12:13 AMWhy would they for the NBA, when they didn't for the NHL? Though the rest of the country prefers one to the other, they actually call Detroit "Hockeytown."
Posted by Lester Spence at June 14, 2004 02:49 AMDetroit caught fire after the Tigers won the World Series in 84. So, yeah, it can happen.
And yes - Malone's daughter is a fox.
Posted by Waveflux at June 14, 2004 09:59 AM