Tuomas' Live 04 Lakers // Lakers pwn Heat

[WhOwAnTsOmE]

Wow...Chris Bosh with lakers??? This should be very exciting. You probably have one of the deadliest trios at your disposal now. Good luck with that. Im following this. Keep up to the Good work

[Tuomas]

Jazz stop streaking Lakers in Utah
Harpring's late game heroics put Jazz on top

Los Angeles Lakers 100-102 Utah Jazz
( 18-21 , 25-29 , 31-18 , 26-34 )
[Lakers Boxscore][Jazz Boxscore]



1st Half
Utah has been known this season for their great team defense and that is what they showed early on in this game, intercepting passes and forcing turnovers. They also seemed to rely on long range shooting, when the Lakers looked to move the ball inside the paint. Utah got to a good run at the beginning of the second quarter, but Aaron McKie once again made some big baskets to keep the Lakers within seven at the half.

2nd Half
The Lakers took the lead right away with a 13-6 run, lead by Chris Bosh, who seemed to take the upper hand in the battle with Carlos Boozer. Lakers got solid production near the basket, while Utah's plans of taking over with long range shooting seemed impossible. In the fourth Jazz changed their gameplan and started driving aggressively to the hoop and it paid off. Bosh kept the Lakers in the game and his efforts resulted in Boozer's fifth foul early on and opened the door in the paint once again. Kirilenko however made some clutch three pointers and this game was in for a tense finish.
The game was even 96 with 1:41 left. Matt Harpring made clutch three pointer with 32 seconds left to lift the Jazz within one 100-99. After that the Lakers looked for Kobe to deliver the final basket but this time it didn't work. Utah's possession with 8.8 left. Harpring launches yet another three and makes it leaving 1.1 on the clock. The Lakers can't get a good shot and Utah comes out on top.



Andrei Kirilenko - Utah Jazz
Statline:
28 Points
10/14 Field Goals
6/8 Three Pointers
1 Rebound
2 Assists
1 Block
2 Steals


Home Team Best (UTA)
Matt Harpring - 12pts, 4/4fg, 4/4 3pt, 3reb

Away Team Best (LAL)
Chris Bosh - 25pts, 10/16fg, 12reb, 3blk, 1ast
Kobe Bryant - 22pts, 2reb, 1ast, 1blk, 1stl

Worst of Both
Mehmet Okur (UTA) - 5pts, 4reb, 1blk, 2stl, 24mins

[Tuomas]

A bit late, and a cut down version since I didn't have much games





Standings, 13 best teams of the league.


Live 04 is too realistic, Kobe isn't considered a MVP candidate, althought this time he leads in scoring and the team is the best in the league.

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Live 04 is too realistic, Kobe isn't considered a MVP candidate, althought this time he leads in scoring and the team is the best in the league.

Love the ingame screens man, 04 looks great. The stats are also suprisingly accurate, like Arenas scoring 29 per. You very rarely see a point guard scoring big in simmed games in NBA Live. Actually that reminds me, in Live 2003 I used to get absolutely destroyed by Chris Whitney every time I played against his team (which was?). He must of dropped 50+ on me on several occasions

[Tuomas]

Miraculous finish gives Lakers the win
Plenty of highlighs in coastal rivalry shootout

Los Angeles Lakers 121-109 New York Knicks
( 24-25 , 29-34 , 32-29 , 36-21 )
[Lakers Boxscore][Knicks Boxscore]



1st Half
Chris Bosh has been a force in the paint this season and he started off strong in this one, taking over Lakers' offense after Bryant had to sit due to foul trouble. Both team played aggresively in the post forcing things, causing lots of missed shots and offensive fouls. The Knicks opened the second quarter strong but then it was Kobe time again as he cut the lead to six points at halftime.

2nd Half
Lamar Odom ignited a Laker run right away in this offensive highlight reel with lots of dunks and fastbreaks. Bryant once again took over in the fourth hitting shots from all over. The Lakers had a three point lead with 22 seconds left, as Lamar Odom hit a game sealing three. But that wasn't the end of it. With 22 seconds left, the Lakers hit 12 points with intercepted passes and fast ball movement to provide the Knicks fans their money's worth for once this season.



Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers
Statline:
42 Points
17/22 Field Goals
8/9 Free Throws
1 Rebound
1 Assist
1 Block


Home Team Best (NYK)
Jalen Rose - 23pts, 1reb, 4ast, 1blk
Stephon Marbury - 17pts, 1reb, 4ast

Away Team Best (LAL)
Lamar Odom - 26pts, 2reb, 1ast, 1blk
Chris Bosh - 18pts, 6reb, 2ast, 1stl
Smush Parker - 18pts, 4reb, 2ast, 8stl

Worst of Both
Quentin Richardson (NYK) - 8to

[JaoSming]

i still love how only some of the crowd shows up to games; great recaps

[Tuomas]

Thanks. Yea, the crowd system is good, but it's weird because I'm leading the league and still home games are half full 2001 had a great system, the amount of crowd depended on the teams success, it was packed if you lead the league etc., in 2004 it seems kind of random.

Btw, MSG in 2004 is the greatest arena in Live history, looks spaceous like it should.

[Arget]

haha, the graphics look so amazing, do you edit them at all? or are they really that great!? who's jerseys are you using?

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2001 had a great system, the amount of crowd depended on the teams success, it was packed if you lead the league etc., in 2004 it seems kind of random.

From what I remember of 2003, its crowd system was pretty good. I remember Lakers/Kings games being packed and the poors Hawks having close to nobody in the stadium. EA needs to bring that feature back

MSG in 2004 is the greatest arena in Live history, looks spaceous like it should.

Amen.

Proof:



EDIT: The merging of all dynasty into one sub forum was a great idea, most "classic" dynasties go unnoticed when they shouldn't.

[WhOwAnTsOmE]

hey this is a good lookin dynasty! Im enjoying your in-game picture in particular...keep it up and check out my indiana pacers dyansty....

[Tuomas]

haha, the graphics look so amazing, do you edit them at all? or are they really that great!? who's jerseys are you using?

I do resize them and sharpen them but that's all. All jerseys are from Jowe's 2004 jersey pack, still downloadable at nbavg.org
If I do make it to season two I'll make a new recap style, already bored this one but maintain it to retain consistency, and maybe add an effect to the screenshots something like Marquis does.

From what I remember of 2003, its crowd system was pretty good. I remember Lakers/Kings games being packed and the poors Hawks having close to nobody in the stadium. EA needs to bring that feature back

Yea I remember it too now, there was a single value in the dbf files that defined the crowd interest. One single field, and EA took it away I remember it better in 2001 though, since 2001 had better crowds than 2003

hey this is a good lookin dynasty! Im enjoying your in-game picture in particular...keep it up and check out my indiana pacers dyansty.... Thumbs Up

Thanks. Will do.

[Tuomas]

Simmed game

Los Angeles Lakers - Atlanta Hawks : 106-103


Sice I had only three games in March, it's time for another version of


League Leaders




Players Of The Month


MVP Candidates







The Western Conferense is fairly realistic but Rockets at the bottom and Spurs eliminated? More on that later.
The East, not bad. Nice to see New York on playoff pace.




Let's take a look at the Los Angeles Lakers heading into the last month of NBA's regular season. First, here are team leaders in the five categories:

Points :
1. Kobe Bryant - 30.0
2. Chris Bosh - 21.0
3. Lamar Odom - 17.6
4. Smush Parker - 9.4
5. Aaron McKie - 9.0

Rebounds :
1. Chris Bosh - 8.4
2. Chris Mihm - 7.6
3. Lamar Odom - 4.7
4. Brian Cook - 4.4
5. Kobe Bryant - 3.4

Assists :
1. Smush Parker - 2.9
-. Chris Bosh - 2.9
3. Kobe Bryant - 2.5
4. Lamar Odom - 2.1
5. Aaron McKie - 1.3

Blocks :
1. Chris Mihm - 2.3
2. Chris Bosh - 1.8
3. Kobe Bryant - 0.9
-. Lamar Odom - 0.9
5. Andrew Bynum - 0.5

Steals :
1. Smush Parker - 1.8
2. Lamar Odom - 1.0
3. Kobe Bryant - 0.8
4. Chris Mihm - 0.6
5. Chris Bosh - 0.5
-. Andrew Bynum - 0.5




Here is the Lakers' schedule for April :



The Lakers should be able to close out their season victorious, with tough games against Miami, Phoenix and Dallas. The team has already secured it's playoff spot.




Coaches, managers furious towards NBA
Jackson claims new feature as an marketing opportunity

The NBA introduced the Official MVP Candidates Leaderboard brought by NBA's new main sponsor EA Sports this season as a new feature to the NBA atmosphere to accompany current players of the month awards. The first tryout didn't end up as they expected though, and the fans should be scrathing their heads as well.

Currently the board has Tim Duncan ranked number one, followed in order by Jermaine O'Neal, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett and Gilber Arenas. Tim Duncan is playing for the San Antonio Spurs, who have already been eliminated from the playoffs. The fact that the board is being lead by a player of an inferior team has ignited some heated debates about the new feature and the league's deeper motives to promote certain players and teams.

"Duncan currently plays for the worst team and the league and is considered the most valuable player? The new feature is just a marketing gimmick," said Phil Jackson, coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. "This is going too far, there clearly is an officiating issue but this makes it clear that the league is clearly putting players in unequal positions."

It is certainly peculiar that there is no consideration for players from the Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns or Denver Nuggets, who clearly are the best teams in the league in addition to New Jersey Nets, who happen to have Jason Kidd on the list.

Let's take a look at the list in order. Stats can be found again at the bottom of the list.

1. Tim Duncan
Duncan is putting up nice numbers, but the fact that his team is the second worst team in the Western Conference and already been eliminated with a month left certainly shouldn't give him consideration as an MVP candidate, yet he is the number 1 choice? Insane... Duncan isn't even in the top 10 in points per game, where does his status come from? The ugliest shoes?

2. Jermaine O'Neal
Yep, the league has lost it's mind. Indiana is the fourth worst team in the league and JO is posting worse numbers than Duncan, except points. No MVP status here.

3. Jason Kidd
The Nets are second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 15-11, so Kidd's position here is legitimate, out of these five candidates, Kidd is the one who has moderate chance of earning the trophy.

4. Kevin Garnett
The fact that KG is finally getting MVP consideration is good. The bad? The West has six teams above the Timberwolves. Then again, Garnett is competing against Duncan for the best numbers of the PF position of the league, so his spot here is ok, certainly more than Duncan's.

5. Gilbert Arenas
The league's reluctance of promoting Arenas might have come to an end. Arenas, currently in the league second in scoring has Washington 13-11 with the tied fourth place in the East and his spot here is well earned.




Editor's Picks

After all the hussle, here is the editor's picks for the MVP trophy 2006-2007 heading into April:

1. Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers
The best team, #1 scorer, what more do you want Kobe to do? The Lakers have been destroying the league with the Kobe-Odom-Bosh trio and one of them should be awarded, who else but Bryant.

2. LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers
No love for Bron? 22.1 ppg, 5.8 assists, and the Cavs are third in the East.

3. Jason Kidd - New Jersey Nets
The Nets are doing fine and Kidd has been the key, while Carter has diminished a bit and Jefferson has been nowhere to be seen.

4. Kevin Garnett - Minnesota Timberwolves
The Wolves have finally turned it around but have some work to do to keep them on the light side. If they make the playoffs, Garnett can stay in this spot, if not, it's out of the Top 5.

5. Anyone from the Pistons, Mavericks, Suns or Nuggets
In addition to the Lakers, these are the only teams to have less than 10 losses with great team play. Billups, Nowitzki, Nash or Melo, anybody?

[Marquis]

Good update. EA's MVP candidates are dumb, that's sure.

Suns and Mavs are on the serious winning streak now, don't let them take the 1st place.

[Lamrock]

Just checked out the dynasty. Pretty nice, although it sucks there is no CHA. I love NBA Live 2004 too.

[WhOwAnTsOmE]

this is looking pretty good. keep it up

[Tuomas]

Just checked out the dynasty. Pretty nice, although it sucks there is no CHA. I love NBA Live 2004 too.

Damn, I forgot to add it via dbf-editing. Ah bummer.

[Lamrock]

Oh well, it isn't like they are any good. Can't wait to see how this pans out. I wish I could have Live 2004 with updated rosters, next-gen graphics and the intervene feature. I would play it all the time.

[Tuomas]

Simulated game :
Los Angeles Lakers 137-89 Philadelphia 76ers
wow...





Lakers humiliate Heat in Miami
Los Angeles scores 78 in first half

Los Angeles Lakers 136-98 Miami Heat
( 39-17 , 39-25 , 25-30 , 33-26 )
[Lakers Boxscore][Heat Boxscore]



1st Half
The game opened with the Lakers playing the best basketball all season, especially on the defensive end. But on the offensive end, Miami had no answers. They got into foul trouble very early and Los Angeles would just keep coming at them, while Miami was forced to take desperation threes. At the half the Lakers had scored 78 points and lead by 36, the same number of points Kobe Bryant had that moment.

2nd Half
The Lakers started the second half a bit sloppy but picked up their pressure pretty quick. Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade and Antoine Walker picked up their fourth fouls early in the third and left Miami without offensive firepower, and the Lakers were once again on cruise control. Dwyane Wade had his moments in the fourth, but this one was a blowout, an offensive one.



Kobe Bryant - Los Angeles Lakers
Statline:
45 Points
18/25 Field Goals
5 Rebounds
1 Assist
1 Block


Home Team Best (MIA)
Jason Williams - 24pts, 8reb, 10ast
Dwyane Wade - 19pts, 2reb, 1ast

Away Team Best (LAL)
Lamar Odom - 27pts, 5reb, 4ast
Chris Bosh - 22pts, 9/11fg, 9reb, 1stl, 6blk
Smush Parker - 10pts, 5ast, 4stl

Worst of Both
Shaquille O'Neal (MIA) - 5pts, 1reb, 14mins
Udonis Haslem (MIA) - 2pts, 5reb, 14mins

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Wow... 78 points at the half and a 36 point lead is rediculous. Smush/Kobe screens look real nice. Kobe 18/25 is pretty damn crazy, even if it is a video game. Good luck against the Suns, SUns/Lakers games are always good. By the way, boxscore should say 'Heat' rather than 'Knicks'.

[Tuomas]

Hehe thanks for the heads up.

This was one of the most fun games I've ever played for the fact that everything was dropping. Actually I went to the pause menu to check if some option had been changed, but no, it just was like that.

[JaoSming]

damn dude you destroyed them

[Lamrock]

OMFG. First that huge simmed win, then you KILL Miami. Can't wait for the playoffs.

[Marquis]

Great games 78 at the half was crazy

[Tuomas]

I just realized I haven't updated this for a while, got caught up in other things. I tried to finally make the last edit on my 2004 Mixtape but the program fu*ked it up so...

I won't retire this dynasty, no no... jsut don't feel like updating it now. After SUM07 release, I might start a 07 dynasty but not still sure which team and what kind of dynasty. I'll keep this dynasty alive, since I never know when I feel like returning to 2004 again.