NBA Finals = Fun Times
Filed in Uncategorized, May 31, 2009, 10:50 pmHey, I remember you. You’re the Larry O’Brien trophy, right? Wow, you have the same name as the former NBA commish, weird. I know we had some rough times. Remember when I actually thought Sam Perkins’ game winning three-pointer in Game 1 of the 1991 NBA Finals actually meant the Lakers would win it all [...]
Lakers Western Conference Champions
Filed in Uncategorized, May 29, 2009, 9:01 pmFinally. This was what Laker fans around the world have been waiting for. A championship performance. A Laker effort that is more than the sum of its parts.
The Lakers went into Denver and beat down the Nuggets 119-92, winning the series 4-2 and advancing to the NBA Finals for the 2nd straight year in a [...]
Lakers Win Game 5 With Defense
Filed in Uncategorized, May 27, 2009, 9:38 pmIt was the tightest of games as the Lakers and Nuggets entered the 4th quarter, deadlocked at 76-76. I wasn’t worried, though. I liked the Lakers’ chances. Why so calm in such an important game? I was witnessing the most active defense I had ever witnessed the combination of Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom play.
Almost [...]
Lakers Have Only Selves to Blame
Filed in Uncategorized, May 25, 2009, 10:14 pmThere I was a few weeks ago, defending the Lakers from claims that they just don’t want it enough when the Houston Rockets stretched them to 7 games.
I pointed to the match-up problems. I referenced history. Surely this would not happen against a Denver Nuggets team with Carmelo Anthony playing poorly if the Lakers had [...]
Lakers Take Game 3, 103-97
Filed in Uncategorized, May 24, 2009, 12:09 amThe media was selling you the story game after game. Carmelo Anthony has arrived. As if averaging 35 points for a brief stint in the playoffs brings you to the promised land. As if we were to ignore his oftentimes lackluster regular season play.
Kobe Bryant delivers 41 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists on 50% shooting. [...]
Nuggets Take Game 2, 106-103 - Flip a Coin on this Series
Filed in Uncategorized, May 21, 2009, 9:20 pmIf this is what the rest of the Conference Finals on both coasts are going to be like, excuse me while I go out and buy a defibrillator.
Two games in Los Angeles, one game in Cleveland, and a razor-thin hair separates the Lakers, Nuggets, Cavs, and Magic. Every game has come to the final possession, [...]
Kobe Bryant Takes Away Game 1 From the Nuggets
Filed in Uncategorized, May 19, 2009, 9:16 pmThree seconds left, and the Lakers are up, 105-103. JR Smith is at the free throw line, ready to shoot his final free throw. The whole building knows he has to miss on purpose for Denver to have a chance at a rebound, and a chance at the game.
At the three point line, Chris Anderson [...]
Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith Sell Lakers Out on National TV. I Buy Them Back.
Filed in Uncategorized, May 18, 2009, 12:57 pmI must have been dreaming. The Lakers just wipe the floor in a clutch game 7 performance. But all Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith could talk about in TNT studios was how the Lakers don’t deserve to win the championship because of some perceived lack of effort (Barkley making the initial statement, and Kenny Smith [...]
Lakers Dominate! (That’s My Story, And I’m Sticking To It)
Filed in Uncategorized, May 17, 2009, 2:47 pmBefore the start of game 7, I was a nervous wreck. I couldn’t imagine a worse ending to the season than losing to a Yao Ming-less, Tracy McGrady-less Houston Rockets team. And I knew the Lakers were inconsistent enough to make that nightmare a reality.
Funny thing about inconsistency-sometimes it pleasantly surprises you. Take Game 7 [...]
Lakers Will Play Game 7 (I Think)
Filed in Uncategorized, May 15, 2009, 1:18 amThe great psychologists of the world should be attending the NBA playoffs. They should witness game 5, where the Los Angeles Lakers beating on the undermanned Rockets by 40 points, because a crowd of about 20,000 people are cheering for them.
Then they should witness game 6, where the Rockets beat the exact same Laker team [...]
