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NBA Playoffs Rd 2: Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers


Who will win?  

16 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Houston Rockets
    • Los Angeles Lakers


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(5) Houston Rockets (53-29)

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PG-#0 Aaron Brooks

6'0 160 lbs

Oregon '07

11.2 PPG, 3.0 APG, 36.6 3PT%

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SG-#96 Ron Artest

6'7 246 lbs

St. John's '99

17.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 40.0 3PT%

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SF-#31 Shane Battier

6'8 220 lbs

Duke '01

7.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 38.4 3PT%

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PF-#4 Luis Scola

6'9 230 lbs

Argentina '02

12.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 53.1 FG%

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C-#11 Yao Ming

7'6 310 lbs

China '02

19.7 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.0 BPG

Bench Players

PG-Kyle Lowry

SG-Von Wafer

SF-Chuck Hayes

PF-Carl Landry

Head Coach

Rick Adelman

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(1) Los Angeles Lakers (65-17)

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PG-#2 Derek Fisher

6'1 205 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

10.0 PPG, 3.2 APG, 39.7 3PT%

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SG-#24 Kobe Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Lower Merion, PA)

26.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.9 APG, 35.1 3PT%

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SF-#3 Trevor Ariza

6'8 210 lbs

UCLA '04

8.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 31.6 3PT%

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PF-#16 Pau Gasol

7'0 260 lbs

Spain '01

18.9 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 3.5 APG

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C-#17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

14.3 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.8 BPG, 56.0 FG%

Bench Players

PG-Shannon Brown

SG-Sasha Vujacic

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-Josh Powell

Head Coach

Phil Jackson

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Lake Show will dispose of Yao Ming and Artest in 5 games.

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This is a better match up for the Lakers than Portland would have been. Bynum will be more comfortable against Yao. I agree with KT, Lakers in 5.

But, the competition gets tougher from here on out and the Lakers must resist the temptation to grab a big lead, then relax or it will bite them in the arse.

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Artest's haircut

Who does he think he is? Mase? Don't really like this guy all that much, but there was a funny interview with him after he went into the stands in the last series. He was joking about the Detroit fiasco.

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