Welcome to Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals.

Sorry everyone, I got here a bit late today, but we are ready to go and take control of this series!

Welcome back TCO! Glad to have you aboard tonight!

Very nice, hahaha… The stats are showing that quite a bit of people saw it today!! Don’t worry about that Mark. People tend not to leave too many comments, but that page is averaging over a minute which means people are stopping to read!

Please everyone, If you get the chance, head over to the TNT site and vote for the cameras to stick to Ronny Turiaf tonight!

Bowen works for me, but I’d almost prefer to see Robert Horry simply for that entertainment factor of someone that rather be on the opposite bench.

I don’t think the refs will change the way they call the game based on a TNT camera. The refs already know there are a million angles of every play and we always know whether the refs were right or wrong.

As someone pointed out (in comments 12&13), Bowen should have been called for a flagrant foul.

Well, yes. However, remember what happened to the Jazz after the Rockets sent in a tape to the league office? A lot more foul called. Bowen’s play would be under more scrutiny.

Are you guys seeing my messages quick enough? I feel like the connection is delayed for some reason.

It’s coming in a jiffy.

Ok, that works. Thanks for the confirmation.

Quick prediction, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher, and Vladimir Radmanovic will all take at least 1 shot within the first 2-3 minutes.

Everyone will be involved early

2 down aready.

Gasol offensive rebound and the put back, thats 2/4 with a quick shot!!

I see Manu taking shots early.

3, now.

Nice call.

I’mnot sure that i’m happy about Odom taking that jumper on the first play of the game.

nice follow by Radman, he really does great when he runs and dives down the lane.

He should have drove to the rim.

One of my own keys there. Prevent Parker from getting to the rim.

Have you guys noticed how calm Kobe has been in the playoffs so far? Every turnover and no call is pretty calm and mimimal arguing.

VladRad could be a great player if he wants to (a Peja-like), the problem is no one tells him he could be better. Or probably he just ignores them.

All starters have shot except for Kobe.

And there’s all four.

Radman with 4 points, 2/3… 0 attempts for Kobe

Gasol is boxing out well so far, perhaps Phil finally got to him and convinced him to rebound.

I hope Kobe doesn’t get passive for 1 quarter

All 5 starters have shot and Lamar is the only one that hasn’t scored. One of the next 2 plays will be for Lamar.

The game has started. Lakers lead 10-4

I know Lakers are gonna come out on fire. They need to keep this one.

9:03 1st Quarter

it’s a 10-2 run.

I’m pretty sure they will be ok.

10-4 Lakers. Timeout Spurs.

Actually, it’s a 6-0 run. Spurs tied it at 4.

A 10-2 run looks much bigger.

lo

*lol

I love this WNBA commercial. But I think too many people missthe ‘She Wouldn’t Say That’ part.

Candace Parker is hot. Shelden Williams isn’t.

How he ended up with her, I’ll never know.

This is true, but if you want a number that looks great is Lakers 7 shot attempts, Spurs have 4. Lakers 2 offensive rebounds, Spurs 0. Lakers shooting 71%, Spurs shooting 50%.

4 - 0 rebound advantage so far.

Shelden Williams makes Sam Cassell look pretty.

I wouldn’t push it that far TCO, Cassell is his own kind, literally.

Ball Don’t Lie has a live blog today.

I think its more of a statement on Sheldon Williams than Sam-I-Am.

Great defense by the Lakers. One of the few times the Spurs don’t convert out of a timeout.

Manu set to check in early, with 8:30 left.

Lakers 12-4, as he enters.

Kobe looks like Kobe on Game 3. The big factor is everyone is making their shots.

It’s tough to compete against Yahoo but I have no doubt that our conversation will be quite entertaining. Yahoo ain’t got anything on LABallTalk.com

Odom will be shooting the first two free throws for the Lakers. Not much of a surprise there.

Fanhouse has a liveblog as well. Good to see Odom still agressive after missing his first two.

haha. now I have to compete with AOL and Yahoo?? Good times…

and FBnG for that matter.

Another offensive rebound, this is what will get us the win. High intensity playing.

nomuskles is doing some.

Push off on Duncan. Good sign so far in terms of officiating.

Pop is too stubborn on putting single coverage on Bowen. Doesn’t he realize that Kobe is way too comfortable with him?

He’s making Bowen look like he’s not supposed to be in the All-Defensive First Team.

The Lakers are up by 10 and the Spurs have taken their 2nd timeout of the game. Pop looks kind of pissed off right about now. Let’s open this game up and not give them a chance to get anything going. 18-8 Lakers

The Lakers are outhustling so far.

Keyword being “so far”.

Anothe broken play out of a timeout!!

Pop can’t possibly be happy about this start for SA.

Where is the T??

Spurs already starting to show frustration. We need to extend the lead, now.

Count on the Black Mamba to stick the dagger in them early.

At last, a rebound for the Spurs.

Great defense once again!

Why is Horry out there, again?

I marked that it was 6:13 or something.

20-8 5:22 1st quarter

Kobe with another step back and Lakers take the lead 22-8

Lakers ball once again after a Robert Horry quick 3 point miss.