Wizards Vs. Lakers: Fake Open Game Thread For Game 6 Of Locked-Out NBA Season

by Mike Prada on Nov 15, 2011 6:23 PM EST in Game Threads

Before we begin with this, a couple thoughts:

My thoughts on the events of yesterday mostly mirror the ones put more eloquently put forth by Andrew Sharp and our own BNIE earlier. It remains to be seen if disclaiming interest is the right move for the players, and you could very well argue that it should have been done sooner, but I certainly understand why they're doing it.
I apologize for missing the Bulls game on Sunday. Nevertheless, let's continue with this series.

On November 15, 2011, the Washington Wizards were supposed to play the fourth game of their season against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. As a Wizards fan, you were supposed to be on here discussing the game in this open thread. Unfortunately, billionaires have decided to lock out millionaires, and millionaires are not willing to accept all the concessions the billionaires are asking them to accept.

So instead, this game thread is merely an open thread to discuss whatever the heck you all want. Below the jump, a look at a classic Wizards-Lakers game from yesteryear.

1996/97 NBA Regular Season
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6-13		14-6
December 7, 2010
At LA Lakers
10:30 PM
CSN
Probable starters:
John Wall	PG	NBPA President
Gilbert Arenas	SG	Bean
Al Thornton	SF	World Peace
Yi Jianlian		Kung-Pau
JaVale McGee	C	Bynum

Fun game, this was. Let's relive it with the following highlights.

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Why do we keep starting Yi?!

"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them" - Alex Ovechkin

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by sami426 on Nov 15, 2011 6:29 PM EST reply actions

major reading fail

"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them" - Alex Ovechkin

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by sami426 on Nov 15, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions

lol

by Dutch Hoopfan on Nov 16, 2011 4:49 AM EST up reply actions

too bad we lost this game

this was one that we could have had last year with a couple of key defensive stops… I left this game with bitter disappointment just as i did with nearly every road game last year

by XAGMNINETY on Nov 15, 2011 8:14 PM EST reply actions

should have been the arenas 60 point game :)

just watched it recently again… damn that team was fun to watch even if it wasn’t great.
hoping our next years (whenever that is…) team will be similarly fun to watch even tho they will probably still suck…

by daca on Nov 15, 2011 8:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

110% agree

most notable Wizards-Lakers game in recent memory, if not ever!

by thewiz06 on Nov 15, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions

There's another Lakers game still on the schedule, don't worry

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by Mike Prada on Nov 15, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions

Nick Young had his usual superb game against the Lakers

going for 30 points (10-18 shooting, 6-11 from three, 4-4 from the line) with 3 rebounds, 1 assist a block and 3 steals
Practically matching Kobe’s 32 points (12-23 shooting), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

But the Wizards couldn’t compete on the boards, as Pau, Metta Peace and Odom dominated the boards – and the Lakers had 22 offensive rebounds and only 10 turn overs – leading to a ton of extra possessions for the Lakers (they took 13 more shots than the Wizards) -

So despite the Wizards having one of their few good shooting nights (50%), they still lost.

I used to have super powers until my psychiatrist took them away.

by Rook6980 on Nov 15, 2011 8:44 PM EST reply actions 2 recs