The Official Los Angeles Lakers Vs Denver Nuggets (Western Conference Finals) Thread
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lakers favored by 6.5 7 depending on where you look, over/under at 215.
i like nuggets +7 with rest since lakers just came off game 7 yesterday. and i loooooooove the under! nuggets may take awhile to get into shooting groove having so many days off, and lakers could be tired like i said just finishing up yesterday...i see under 215 for game 1.
i like nuggets +7 with rest since lakers just came off game 7 yesterday. and i loooooooove the under! nuggets may take awhile to get into shooting groove having so many days off, and lakers could be tired like i said just finishing up yesterday...i see under 215 for game 1.
lakers in 6 or 7 the nuggets got a gift against the mavs whent he refs didnt call that foul which handed them that game if not mavs would have won and been tied 2-2 going into game 5 not down 3-1 and the lakers arent gonna come out and make the same mistakes they made in the rockets series they are gonna come out with a vengence and win games 1 and 2 at home
Game 4 of west finals to be delayed because of WWE RAW??
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to be at the Pepsi Center in Denver next Monday night.
Problem is, so are John Cena and a bunch of wrestlers.
World Wrestling Entertainment says it is booked at the arena for an episode of Monday Night Raw, the same night the Nuggets are slated to host the Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman says the organization secured the Pepsi Center last Aug. 15 and has already sold more than 10,000 tickets for the event. He says the organization expects a sellout, with tickets ranging from $20 to $70.
"Even though the Denver Nuggets had a strong team this year and were projected to make the playoffs, obviously Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke did not have enough faith in his own team to hold the May 25th date for a potential playoff game," WWE chairman Vince McMahon said in a statement.
Denver is usually done with basketball by now. The Nuggets had lost in the first round five straight years, but as the No. 2 seed in the West are in the conference finals for the first time since 1985.
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to be at the Pepsi Center in Denver next Monday night.
Problem is, so are John Cena and a bunch of wrestlers.
World Wrestling Entertainment says it is booked at the arena for an episode of Monday Night Raw, the same night the Nuggets are slated to host the Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman says the organization secured the Pepsi Center last Aug. 15 and has already sold more than 10,000 tickets for the event. He says the organization expects a sellout, with tickets ranging from $20 to $70.
"Even though the Denver Nuggets had a strong team this year and were projected to make the playoffs, obviously Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke did not have enough faith in his own team to hold the May 25th date for a potential playoff game," WWE chairman Vince McMahon said in a statement.
Denver is usually done with basketball by now. The Nuggets had lost in the first round five straight years, but as the No. 2 seed in the West are in the conference finals for the first time since 1985.
WWE boss wants steel cage match vs. Kroenke
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - World Wrestling Entertainment thrives on outlandish story lines and characters, but the company finds itself embroiled in a real-life controversy with the Denver Nuggets. And WWE's bombastic owner is making the most of it.
The plot: Who has rights to Denver's Pepsi Center on Monday — the Nuggets, hosting their first Western Conference final since 1985, or the WWE's traveling TV soap opera?
WWE chairman Vince McMahon, the promoter who helped transform professional wrestling into prime-time television entertainment, fired the first salvo Monday. In interviews with ESPN, he loudly called out Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and challenged him to a steel-cage match. (Is there any other way to resolve a grudge?)
"Quite frankly, it's my view that Stan Kroenke should be arrested, should be arrested for impersonating a good businessman, because he's not a good businessman," McMahon said. "A good businessman doesn't book a World Wrestling Federation live televised event on Monday night realizing that his team in all likelihood would not make the playoffs."
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman said the company reserved the Pepsi Center on Aug. 15 and had already sold more than 10,000 tickets for its the Monday Night Raw event. He said the organization expects a sellout, with tickets ranging from $20 to $70.
But the Nuggets are planning to play Game 4 of the NBA's Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at the Pepsi Center, the team's home floor.
McMahon was not available Tuesday to comment, a spokesman said. On Monday, he told The Associated Press he couldn't tolerate the team "just simply throwing us out on our ear."
A telephone message left for a Nuggets spokesman Tuesday wasn't immediately returned.
Paul Andrews, executive vice president of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, issued a statement Monday night a bit more understated than McMahon. "We are working with the WWE to resolve the situation amicably," he said.
The NBA, which sets the playoff schedule, is leaving it to the Nuggets and the WWE to work out the dispute.
The conflict provides a welcome boost of publicity as the Stamford-based producer of live television wrestling matches tries to fill arenas and sell pay-per-view events amid the weak economy, branches into making movies, and deals with the fallout from a substance abuse and drug testing policy that has resulted in more than 30 suspensions since it began in 2006.
"Vince McMahon is one of the greatest promoters of all time," said Alan Gould, senior media analyst with Natixis Bleichroeder Inc in New York. "Any publicity for wrestling is good publicity. It's almost free marketing for wrestling and the sport."
WWE is promoting the arena dispute as the "Denver Debacle" on its Web site, which it said got 18 million U.S. unique visitors last month, more than than CBS.com, ABC.com, NBC.com, NFL.com or NBA.com.
Jeffrey Thomison, an analyst with Hilliard Lyons in Louisville, Ky., who has been covering the entertainment industry for two decades, said he's never seen a similar conflict.
"I don't think he's putting on an act here," Thomison said of McMahon. "He genuinely is upset."
Monday Night Raw draws almost 6 million viewers weekly, making it one of the top rated programs on cable television, Thomison said.
"The conflict has to be resolved very soon," Thomison said. "Monday Night Raw is a very valuable asset to the company."
The WWE said its crews will be in Denver on Monday night, even if it means putting on a show in a parking lot.
butnugets get swept at 1pm... then they wrestle!!!
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - World Wrestling Entertainment thrives on outlandish story lines and characters, but the company finds itself embroiled in a real-life controversy with the Denver Nuggets. And WWE's bombastic owner is making the most of it.
The plot: Who has rights to Denver's Pepsi Center on Monday — the Nuggets, hosting their first Western Conference final since 1985, or the WWE's traveling TV soap opera?
WWE chairman Vince McMahon, the promoter who helped transform professional wrestling into prime-time television entertainment, fired the first salvo Monday. In interviews with ESPN, he loudly called out Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and challenged him to a steel-cage match. (Is there any other way to resolve a grudge?)
"Quite frankly, it's my view that Stan Kroenke should be arrested, should be arrested for impersonating a good businessman, because he's not a good businessman," McMahon said. "A good businessman doesn't book a World Wrestling Federation live televised event on Monday night realizing that his team in all likelihood would not make the playoffs."
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman said the company reserved the Pepsi Center on Aug. 15 and had already sold more than 10,000 tickets for its the Monday Night Raw event. He said the organization expects a sellout, with tickets ranging from $20 to $70.
But the Nuggets are planning to play Game 4 of the NBA's Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at the Pepsi Center, the team's home floor.
McMahon was not available Tuesday to comment, a spokesman said. On Monday, he told The Associated Press he couldn't tolerate the team "just simply throwing us out on our ear."
A telephone message left for a Nuggets spokesman Tuesday wasn't immediately returned.
Paul Andrews, executive vice president of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, issued a statement Monday night a bit more understated than McMahon. "We are working with the WWE to resolve the situation amicably," he said.
The NBA, which sets the playoff schedule, is leaving it to the Nuggets and the WWE to work out the dispute.
The conflict provides a welcome boost of publicity as the Stamford-based producer of live television wrestling matches tries to fill arenas and sell pay-per-view events amid the weak economy, branches into making movies, and deals with the fallout from a substance abuse and drug testing policy that has resulted in more than 30 suspensions since it began in 2006.
"Vince McMahon is one of the greatest promoters of all time," said Alan Gould, senior media analyst with Natixis Bleichroeder Inc in New York. "Any publicity for wrestling is good publicity. It's almost free marketing for wrestling and the sport."
WWE is promoting the arena dispute as the "Denver Debacle" on its Web site, which it said got 18 million U.S. unique visitors last month, more than than CBS.com, ABC.com, NBC.com, NFL.com or NBA.com.
Jeffrey Thomison, an analyst with Hilliard Lyons in Louisville, Ky., who has been covering the entertainment industry for two decades, said he's never seen a similar conflict.
"I don't think he's putting on an act here," Thomison said of McMahon. "He genuinely is upset."
Monday Night Raw draws almost 6 million viewers weekly, making it one of the top rated programs on cable television, Thomison said.
"The conflict has to be resolved very soon," Thomison said. "Monday Night Raw is a very valuable asset to the company."
The WWE said its crews will be in Denver on Monday night, even if it means putting on a show in a parking lot.
butnugets get swept at 1pm... then they wrestle!!!
"WWE is promoting the arena dispute as the "Denver Debacle" on its Web site, which it said got 18 million U.S. unique visitors last month, more than than CBS.com, ABC.com, NBC.com, NFL.com or NBA.com."
Im not a fan of pro wrestling, but i hate articles like this. what the fuck does "unique" mean? Are they trying to make fun of fans of this shit? The whole article is like that. so theyre basically making fun of the fact anyone would pay to see WWE. It just makes other sports look bad, to act like ur so much cooler for being a bball fan and not WWE. like i said before, Kroenke and whoever runs the Pepsi Center fucked this up, Vince McMahon is not an asshole for acting this way, they fucked them over.
Im not a fan of pro wrestling, but i hate articles like this. what the fuck does "unique" mean? Are they trying to make fun of fans of this shit? The whole article is like that. so theyre basically making fun of the fact anyone would pay to see WWE. It just makes other sports look bad, to act like ur so much cooler for being a bball fan and not WWE. like i said before, Kroenke and whoever runs the Pepsi Center fucked this up, Vince McMahon is not an asshole for acting this way, they fucked them over.