Public bettors felt the sting of another LA Lakers fourth quarter meltdown. The Lakers (favored by 11.5) led the Utah Jazz comfortably by a margin of 15 points as late as the fourth quarter. The Lakers led 96-81 with a little over 9 minutes remaining; and, it looked like the game was on the virge of getting out of hand.
POINTSHAVERS.COM 4/22/09 - Public bettors felt the sting of another LA Lakers fourth quarter meltdown. The Lakers (favored by 11.5) led the Utah Jazz comfortably by a margin of 15 points as late as the fourth quarter. The Lakers led 96-81 with a little over 9 minutes remaining; and, it looked like the game was on the virge of getting out of hand.
But almost as if "On Cue" Bryant and the LA Lakers wasted several possessions and played little to no defense on the other end giving Utah a chance to tie the game with under 2 minutes left. Are you kidding me?
Utah's fourth quarter run was fueled by (PG) Deron Williams who recorded a career playoff high with 35 points.
"It's Deron Williams being a bad boy" said Kobe Bryant after the game.
Well, it's easy to be a bad boy in the paint when LA Lakers enforcer (C) Andrew Bynum spends most of the fourth quarter on the bench. Yet another strange move by coach Phil Jackson who wanted the Lakers to win more decisively in Game 2 after coasting to a 113-100 victory in Game 1.
Jackson wants the Lakers to play "playoff basketball" for four quarters en route to their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance. But it's awfully hard to play a high level of basketball with your best defensive player on the bench. It would seem like Phil would want to put Bynum back in the game; but I guess he wants to keep an eye on that bum knee...you know...that same knee that was used to hoist Playmate Nicole Narain on Bynum's shoulders at the Playboy Mansion party a few weeks back. Yeah...bum knee...I get it.
But to add insult to injury...the Lakers had even more drama in store for those brave souls who laid the 11.5 in anticipation of a rare Laker double-digit cover.
Down 109-106, the Jazz missed a golden opportunity to tie the game with a little over 3 minutes left. The Lakers took possesion and responded with a game-changing layup that put the Lakers up 111-106.
And miraculously...after two missed free throws by Gasol, several missed shots by Kobe Bryant, three turnovers by Derek Fisher, and offensive basket interference....the Lakers found themselves up by nine with Kobe Bryant stepping to the free throw line with two shots and 30 seconds left in the game (that's a lot of time in the NBA).
But a wide camera shot on free throw 1 of 1 could not hide the obvious. Bryant hurled a projectile at the rim that hit the back iron so hard that it could be heard in every corner of the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
But all hope is not lost! Bryant hits the second which puts the Lakers up by ten. A Utah miss and two more Laker free throws seal the cover.
The Lakers defense all but escorts Jazz PG Deron Williams to the three point line; but Deron barely draws iron and the rebound caroms over to Laker F Lamar Odom.
After the Jazz refuse to foul, Odom passes upcourt to Fisher who dribbles uncontested to the hoop for an easy layup that would have guaranteed a Laker cover. But not only did Fisher dribble out the clock, he literally dribbled the air out of the building when he gave his former team the cover last night.
Lakers win...but don't cover.... The OVER 212 came in comfortably though....
Unraveling the Enigma of Matter Waves
In the quest to understand the fundamental nature of our universe, the concept of matter waves stands as a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. This article delves into the historical experiments that sought to measure the elusive properties of electrons, and the philosophical and scientific implications of those findings. We'll explore the intricacies of Robert Millikan's oil drop experiment, the charge-to-mass ratio, and the broader context of mass-energy equivalence in the realm of subatomic particles.
Does The Atom Really Exist?
According to recorded history, the atom concept was developed by the ancient Greeks and the mathematician Democritus. The Greeks are credited with the discovery of the atom and the atom concept. Essentially, an atom is an indivisible component of matter. Or ... it can be thought of as matter in its simplest form. Since it is a component of matter ... you would naturally think that it has mass. This is logical and intelligent reasoning.
Who or What Created The Universe?
I would like to thank Kristen Herde for her contribution to this post...I was going to respond to your two earlier questions regarding the Big Bang. I don't subscribe to the theory ... I have a different one...it's a little bit ahead of it's time .. so people probably won't take it seriously until years later. As far as the zones of infinite density and how did they get there ... they got there using an extrapolation technique (if that makes sense)... Scientists / Mathematicians just extrapolated backwards and figured that all the matter in the universe may have come from one point. They have no idea where it came from.
