Owner Real Deal Posted October 30, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Pippen on the Lakers winning 72: "The Lakers have a chance. They have the luxury of a young center like [Andrew] Bynum, a young power like [Pau] Gasol and even Josh Powell is a guy who deserves minutes. They have a lot of depth. If anybody can challenge [the record], it's them." Reggie Miller on 72 wins: "They are going to chase that Chicago Bulls' 72-game record if everyone stays healthy." What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 They've got a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 They have a shot but it wont happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Possible but unlikely. Injuries, letdowns, four high quality opponents and being based on the west coast can all combine to keep them from 70. I give them a shot at it but they'd have to get lucky in a few wins and avoiding injury. Wrong mountaintop anyway. Rings are all that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliCurbStomppa Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 They won't do it but they will win at least 60 games i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 They have a shot but it wont happen. Have to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 No, Def' Not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knickmatic Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 66 at most. A lot questions surrounding Pau, but even with him healthy I don't think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I don't think the Lakers could get 72 wins this season, they would probably get around 65 to 68 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nissan Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) No because the Lakers don't play hard every night and they have a history of losing to below .500 teams like the Bobcats. Edited October 31, 2009 by Nissan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Last nights performance was disgusting. The bench still doesnt impress me, but I cant wait till Pau comes back and Odom goes back to the bench to provide a spark. With that said, I dont think we will will over 70 games but we'll come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 No because the Lakers don't play hard every night and they have a history of losing to below .500 teams like the Bobcats.plus 1. Hope they can prove me wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 plus 1. Hope they can prove me wrong though. Plus 1 means to rep them, not only to agree with them. FAIL. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I think that if they can lose the tendency to lose the teams like the Charlotte Bobcats and other weaker teams, then I believe they have a real chance to challenge that record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Plus 1 means to rep them, not only to agree with them. FAIL.+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Here's a good article about the thought of the Lakers winning 70 games this year. There’s no denying that the roughest part of the NBA schedule comes in the form of back-to-back games. I find it funny that today’s players complain about back-to-backs when it wasn’t that long ago teams would play in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas on three consecutive nights. Since this Lakers team has all but two players returning from last season’s squad (and that’s if you count Sun Yue) it wouldn’t be crazy to see how they fared on the second night of back-to-back games last season as an indicator of how they might do this season. Last year’s world champs, who finished the season with a 65-17 record, went a remarkable 14-5 on the second night of back-to-backs, including road wins over the Hornets (twice), Spurs, and Celtics. This year the Lakers have 20 sets of back-to-backs, including a stretch in December that sees them playing three consecutive back-to-backs in only 10 days. Of those six games, only the first one is at home. Of their 20 sets of back-to-backs, their games on the second night are on the road an eye-catching 18 times—including games at Houston (twice), Denver, Utah, Detroit, Dallas (twice), and Portland. There are also games in Sacramento (twice), Indiana, and Charlotte—three teams that not only beat the Lakers in their home buildings last season but always seem to give the Lakers fits in front of their hometown fans—regardless of their won-loss records. http://sircharlesincharge.com/2009/10/28/how-realistic-is-70-wins-for-the-lakers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Crap now we will only win 69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revis Island Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 people don't realize ariza is just better than artest and I said this before the Rockets got him. I said before the free agency before even started that I would LOVE to swap Artest for Ariza and we pretty much did. we look like the winners so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Like Mike Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 We certainly have the talent to do it, but the schedule makers are making it very hard with the early home heavy schedule. March is gonna be a killer month for us, 11/15 road games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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