Spurs-Laker: Round Two Game Five Preview/Predictions

So folks, what will happen tonight? Make your predictions here......<br>
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May. 13, 2003 5:45 a.m. <br>
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LA Lakers at San Antonio 9:30 pm EDT Western Conference semifinal Series Tied, 2-2 <br>
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SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Phil Jackson will be back with the Los Angeles Lakers when they try to take a 3-2 lead over the San Antonio Spurs in their Western Conference semifinal series.<br>
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Jackson underwent an angioplasty on Saturday to unclog an artery blocked 90 percent and missed the Lakers' 99-95 triumph over the Spurs in Game Four at Staples Center on Sunday. Assistant Jim Cleamons took over the coaching duties in the contest.<br>
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Jackson has won nine NBA titles - six with Chicago between 1991-98 and the last three with the Lakers - to tie Red Auerbach for the most in league history.<br>
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The Lakers trailed by as many as 16 points late in the second half and 10 points midway through the third quarter on Sunday before they rallied behind Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.<br>
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In a fourth quarter that saw neither team lead by more than four points, the Lakers tied the game, 95-95, on a pair of free throws by O'Neal with 1:17 left. The All-Star center then stole a pass by Tim Duncan intended for Stephen Jackson in the paint with a minute remaining, and Bryant sank 1-of-2 free throws 12 seconds later to put the Lakers ahead for good.<br>
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After making two free throws to give the Lakers a 98-95 lead with 14 seconds left, Bryant then intercepted Tony Parker's terrible inbound pass to Manu Ginobili, and he hit 1-of-2 free throws to cap the scoring with 11 seconds left.<br>
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Bryant finished with 35 points and O'Neal had 29 and 17 rebounds for Los Angeles, which shot just 39 percent (28-of-71) but made 35-of-45 free throws while San Antonio made 20-of-26. Bryant went 14-of-17 from the stripe and O'Neal a surprising 17-of-23.<br>
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Duncan contributed 36 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who lost to the Lakers in five games in last season's conference semifinals.<br>
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<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub179.ezboard.com/bsanantoniospurs62937.showUserPublicProfile?gid=blondie4spurs>Blondie4Spurs</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://homepage.eircom.net/~bray/em/orose.gif " BORDER=0> at: 5/13/03 2:18:46 pm<br></i>

What I hope:<br>
Lakers 345, spurs 67<br>
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What "I" think will happen:<br>
Lakers 96, spurs 93<br>
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What "will" most likely happen:<br>
Spurs 96, lakers 93 (because of homecourt and I doubt you guys will lose 3 important games in a row). <p></p><i></i>

Alright already! We've been predicting Spurs victories for 5 days now. This time we mean it!<br>
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Spurs 97<br>
Lakers 93 <p></p><i></i>

Welcome to the board staples, and thanks for the good prediction<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.myezboard.com/projects/ezboard/ezboard_userimages/spursdominion/images/turquoisesmilewinkgrin.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub179.ezboard.com/bsanantoniospurs62937.showUserPublicProfile?gid=blondie@sanantoniospurs62937>Blondie</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://homepage.eircom.net/~bray/em/orose.gif " BORDER=0> at: 5/13/03 8:27:33 am<br></i>

Spurs 101 <br>
Lakers 91<br>
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well tony better play good tonight... he's been out of it. he needs a big game.. i was so mad at him when he tried to in bound the ball to manu, but hello kobe was ryte in front of manu. anyways spurs win!<br>
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spurs 101<br>
lakers 92 <p></p><i></i>

Jack Nicholson shows up and gets his ass kicked by 19,000 Spurs fans and 1 coyote....<br>
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Spurs: 99<br>
Lakers: 94<br>
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<b>Los Angeles/San Antonio – Game 5</b><br>
http://foxsports.lycos.com/content/view ... Id=1314110<br>
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Do the Lakers have the Spurs all figured out? After watching them handle San Antonio in Games 3 and 4, it would appear so. Going down 0-2, Kobe said not worry, his team would take care of business, and they have. <br>
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Now the Spurs appear to be back on their heels a bit as the combo of Kobe, Shaq and Devean George is finally putting itall together on the offensive end. But the real story here is Phil Jackson. The guy has angioplasty surgery and he only misses one game? Unbelievable. He says he’ll be on the sidelines for Game 5 and that he feels better than ever. Honestly, how can you bet against the Lakers tonight? Even if they are in San Antonio, the Lakers are going to be fired up and feeling good now that Phil is back so soon. <br>
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No more predictions for me. I jinxed us in LA. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub179.ezboard.com/bsanantoniospurs62937.showUserPublicProfile?gid=pitter5008@sanantoniospurs62937>Pitter5008</A> at: 5/13/03 2:39:05 pm<br></i>

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Easily.<br>
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Spurs 94<br>
Fakers 86 <p></p><i></i>

hey Pitt..your in LA??....your not following though on that <br>
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havent been on here since i said... MUST win for the lakers.<br>
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<p>Two Favorite teams in the NBA<br>
The Lakers<br>
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I'll pick the Spurs...hoping that's not tantamount to picking the Generals, but we shall see. <p></p><i></i>

Spurs will win tonight. But I also think they need the next game in order to win the series. Their play has been so inconsistent in both series. <br>
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Go Spurs <p></p><i></i>

Spurs 96<br>
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