Oh! Oh! Looks like somebody is 'going fishin'. Last night might be the last time San Antonio fans see their team play in the AT&T Arena. Once again we were served with a thriller full of excitement, especially at the last minute of the game. The Lakers established their dominance from the get go, taking an early lead. The key to their victory was offensive rebounds and the Spurs missing their three-point shots, Odom and Gasol just dominated the Spurs on the boards which created second chance points for L.A. San Antonio home loss was their first of the playoffs, the Lakers understood that in order to beat that team they had to cut off one of the three heads. Ginobili performed poorly, he only scored his first points late in the 3rd quarter, good defense or just bad night for him I don't know.
The Lakers had the lead mostly in the game but the Spurs stayed close and tied the game a few times, and then with a minute left, Gasol missed his two free throws, Kobe poorly managed the clock (going for a quick basket that he missed) and the Spurs seized the opportunity to cut the 7-point lead into two. It came down to the last play for San Antonio, Brent Barry has the ball (who by the way had a huge game for the team, 23 points), Fisher is coming from the weak side and gets up in the air, Barry dribbles the ball (the mistake that he made if he wanted a call) away from Fisher, there is contact and the refs don't call it, he misses his shot and the Lakers end up with a win. Call it a foul or not (Fisher's bump on Barry), but remember earlier Fisher attempted a shot that should have reset the 24 second shot clock, the referees didn't see the ball hit the rim, it went out of bounds with 2 seconds left, which forced Kobe to take a crazy shot once inbounded.
My point is with the way the Lakers played the game they deserved the win, it wasn't pretty at the end, but they still deserved it.
So get your fishing poles ready San Antonio, it's going to be over tomorrow in L.A.
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