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[GZA]

Philly winning in Boston gives me hope.

[Silky Johnson]

LA are going to go in losing. Only positive is that OKC can't possibly shoot this well throughout the game, or the series for that matter, and the Lakers are still within range to comeback when it could be much worse.

[Kei]

Ebanks lol. How pointless was that?

[Silky Johnson]

Ebanks stealing Bynum's patented ejection maneuver, what an ass.

[Silky Johnson]

http://www.grantland...based-reporting

[Kei]

http://sportsillustr...ef=twitter_feed

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Agreement reached on Seattle arena plan

SEATTLE (AP) -- The city of Seattle, King County and investor Chris Hansen have reached an agreement in the effort to build an arena that could bring professional basketball back to the Puget Sound.

The memorandum of understanding announced Wednesday now goes before the City Council and King County Council for approval.

The agreement adds a new wrinkle to an original proposal in that an NHL team is no longer needed to start construction. Only an NBA team, with a non-relocation agreement signed, is needed to begin construction on the proposed 18,500-seat facility.

The city/county investment in the project would be capped at $200 million if both an NBA and NHL team are acquired and would be capped at $120 million if it's only an NBA team. The agreement calls for $290 million in private investment.

[GZA]

Kobe lost the game.

[francis]

Yeah, we let that one slip big time.

[Silky Johnson]

Total joke, Kobe has cost LA so much this post season.

That's probably the series too.

[Kei]

That was the Lakers' best chance at stealing home court advantage. Now I don't see how they turn it around... OKC sleepwalked through the first 40-odd minutes, and STILL found a way to win (kinda like they did vs Dallas, actually).

Blake still has to hit that shot though.

[GZA]

Kei, on 17 May 2012 - 04:37 AM, said:

That was the Lakers' best chance at stealing home court advantage. Now I don't see how they turn it around... OKC sleepwalked through the first 40-odd minutes, and STILL found a way to win (kinda like they did vs Dallas, actually).

Blake still has to hit that shot though.

I don't put much if any blame on Steve Blake. Yes he was wide open but he never even needs to take that shot if Kobe doesn't lose the ball on those two plays. He cause a complete momentum shift.

[Breezy]

Both pretty good games last night. I'd like to see less blowouts as a neutral fan, but hopefully Pacers Heat will be like Game 2, and Chris Paul will actually show up against San Antonio.

I love the month of May!

[Silky Johnson]

Still devastated about last nights loss, one of the worst as a Laker fan. Finally playing like Champions, locking them down on defense, Kobe finally playing like Kobe, Gasol and Bynum at their peaks, only for Kobe to throw it all away with only 2 minutes left in OKC. Would have been a huge exclamation mark to shut those fans up in their own building and take it back to LA level, now OKC only need to steal one in LA for the series to be over.

Blake and Artest will catch a lot of flak but they executed perfectly after that twat Westbrook fell asleep Blake just couldn't clutch up. I just hope Kobe gets slaughtered in the media, hes been the Lakers worst player by far throughout the playoffs based on expectations. Barnes has been incredibly poor too though which is a disappointment because it seemed like Brown was getting the best out of him as we were heading into the playoffs.

[Kei]

Shane Battier and Dexter Pittman starting for the Heat in Game 3. We'll see how well this goes for them.