Hornets almost had the Lakers with a minute to go but they gave up. Such bullshit.

C'est la vie eh?...Celtics and Lakers, may end up meeting again in the Finals...I don't see anyone knocking them off...And if Bynum gets anywhere near back to his old form, Lakers will pick up the hardware

Lakers will be the NBA champions this year....no doubt about it.

I think the Mavs will win it all.

The Mavs killed the Kings last night.

If only....

As a fellow Mavs fan, I'd like to think so as well but we're just not good enough. First off, we have to make sure we even get into the playoffs this year. An 8-8 record doesn't always help in that aspect.

I got great tickets to see the Mavs vs. Thunder game on December 13. We should win that one.

Mavs don't stand a chance in the Western conference it will be an easy Lakers win. All the competition is in the Eastern Confrere.

The Western Conference is better.

Strongly Disagree.

The Lakers will win it here easily. Possibly sweep the finals if they are in top form.

Where as in the east there are alot of good teams. Pistons, Celtics, Hawks, Heat, Cavaliers.

Nuggets, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Lakers, Suns, Rockets, Hornets, Spurs, and Mavs. Better teams.

Jazz suns spurs trail blazers nuggets and mavs arent better than detroit boston atlanta or the cavaliers IMO

ROFL.

Nuggets and Suns could beat any of those teams.

anyone see the lakers-pacers game last night? thats what i call a comeback

Definitely not because Indiana was the better team, Phil Jackson brought in the 2nd string way to early with only a 17 point lead. Should have kept Kobe and everyone else in till 7 minutes left then made subs. Complete managerial error and Indiana got lucky.

Mavs win!

Current Standings
East:
1. * Boston --
2. * Cleveland 2.0
3. * Orlando 4.0
4. Atlanta 6.5
5. New Jersey 7.5
6. Detroit 7.5
7. Miami 8.0
8. New York 10.0
9. Chicago 10.0
10. Philadelphia 10.5
11. Toronto 10.5
12. Milwaukee 11.0
13. Charlotte 12.0
14. Indiana 12.0
15. Washington 15.0

West:
1. * LA Lakers --
2. * Portland 3.5
3. Denver 4.0
4. * Houston 4.5
5. New Orleans 5.0
6. Utah 5.5
7. Dallas 6.0
8. San Antonio 6.0
9. Phoenix 6.0
10. Memphis 12.5
11. Golden State 12.5
12. Sacramento 13.0
13. Minnesota 13.0
14. LA Clippers 13.5
15. Oklahoma City 16.0

Cleveland has been playing damn well lately. The west is definitely on the decline. After Atlanta's hot start, they have struggled with injuries and schedule.

I can't believe the Mavs gave away Devin Harris. The guy had 47 points, 8 assists and 7 boards against the Suns last week and is making a hell of an impact on the Nets this season, more so than Jason Kidd had done in his last year in Jersey.

Harris also sits 8th in the Race to the MVP Rankings right now, averaging 24 points, 6 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game. Better stats than Kidd has as of now, which I don't even dare to look up.

Yet we both have the same records.

Once again the lakers stumble against a piece of shit Sacramento team. We cant keep losing to sub par teams if we want to win the title boys.

I will be going to the Mavs game tonight. They will play the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Do you go to a lot of Mavs games?

We should cruise against the Thunder, but you never know... Also, do you have any info on the Josh Howard injury? Regardless of how well we're doing without him, we could surely use him right now.

Actually that was the first Mavs game I have ever been to (2nd NBA game).

The Thunder were winning for most of the game but the Mavs pulled it out in the end. I have no idea about when Josh will be back.

BTW I gave Kevin Durant a hi-5 as he was walking off the court at the end of the game. He is probably my favorite NBA player, and I kind of felt sorry for him after such a tough loss (also because he had to move to Oklahoma).

Devin Harris and the Nets destroyed the Mavs last night. Harris exploded for 41 points and 13 assists. We should have never traded him. i said that from the start, too.

I agree that we should not have traded him. The Mavs are not looking god right now.

Once again we get fucking robbed. If miami didnt have d wade they would be worse than the OCT.

Magic 106 - 103 Lakers


Jameer Nelson is on fiyahhh right now.

Is that the final score? my brother is playing fifa right now. That sucks for us considering the magic and heat both suck.

Actually they are both very good.

We must be the worst team ever to start with a 20-6 record if we do suck

Your definitely not better than the lakers that's for sure....we probably just had an off day. Radmonovic isn't playing is he?

You should give them credit for the win.

They do deserve credit. Were just lucky we don't have to go through the eastern conference to qualify for the finals or else we would be screwed. There are so many good teams in the east.

Like the Magic, for example


The Celtics are still the beasts of the East, though. They don't look like they're losing a game anytime soon (knock on wood).

The Mavs beat the Wizards to improve to 15 and 11.

Its obvious that the final will most likely be a repeat of last year and im super excited for the game this Christmas to see what happens.

Any thing can happen in the playoffs and I don't think the Lakers will make it to the Finals.

Have you guys been sending in your votes for the all-star game?

No, I forgot all about that.

Who will beat us in the west, and the Mavs dont stand a chance if thats your guess. Jason Kidd is far overrated, and dirk doesnt put up enough points to take the team to the finals.

Denver, New Orleans, and Houston.

How does Josh Howard go by unnoticed to so many people? I feel as though Josh will take over Dirk as our go-to-guy in about two years time. He has really become a great player, he also averages above 20 points per game. I think hes a definite candidate for the All-Star game.

He is good at transition threes.

Have we not beat them all? Didn't we just destroy new Orleans last night?

Did Peja Stojakovic play?

Quite frankly it wouldn't matter, we still have the best team in the west hands down.

I still think the Lakers will not make it to the Finals this year.

Who is going to challenge them? Hornets? Spurs? Blazers?

Hornets aren't even as good as they were last year.

Spurs are too old.

Blazers are too young. They are two years away from a Championship team.

The West is weak this year. The East is strong. It is how the cycle goes.

I think all Laker fans should be worried about LA taking their eye off of the prize and slacking in January or Feb. Boston and Cleveland are going to be fighting it out in the East for home court advantage through the playoffs and LA could become a distant memory. I just hope that LA realizes every game still matters and nothing can be taken for granted.

Big game tomorrow.

The Spurs are never too old. But yeah, the Lakers are the best team in the West. But that won't mean anything come playoff time.

Interesting to see though how a couple of years ago, the West was so much stronger than the East and the gears have all shifted now...