Holy crap - I haven't posted since April 17! Yeesh.
In any case. I called the Lakers winning Game 3, and I called the Lakers winning Game 5. But if the Celtics - my team in this round of the playoffs - don't close the series out in Game 6 on their home court, then I'll eat my shoe.
The Lakers were lucky to win this game. KG hasn't had a really powerful performance this entire series, and Paul Pierce (though he had a monster of a game for the Celts) does not have the stamina to play an entire game. I was rooting for Ray Allen to really stand out tonight, like he did on Thursday, but he also had a fairly quiet game. He played the entire game on Thursday and was huge (should have won Player of the Game), but wasn't as huge a factor in tonight's game.
Game 6 - I want to see Allen blow out the Lakers. I want to see KG punish Pau Gasol. I want to see the same thing from Pierce that we got tonight - though perhaps he'll need a breather here and there. And I want to see the Celtics not only win, but to hand the Lakers a huge, embarrassing defeat.
I was born and raised in L.A., but I cannot stand the Lakers. I can't stand their pseudo-fans, who leave before the game is over in order to beat the traffic. I can't stand the goddamn Laker flags on every other car on the highways. I can't stand Kobe's drama-queen theatrics.
I respect the hunger and determination that the Celtics have been playing with all season long. I respect Doc Rivers' excellent coaching throughout the post-season, and I hope he gets a win and a championship ring on his late father's birthday. I hope Ray Allen kicks Kobe's ass (have you guessed that I'm a Jesus Shuttlesworth fan?), and I hope KG leaves his all out on the floor (also a fan of the Big Ticket).
Celts in 6. That was my prediction for the start; here's hoping it comes true on Tuesday (I really don't want to have to eat a shoe).
Expect a huge post-graduation post coming your way later this week!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
NBA Finals
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I'll be nice and let you pick the shoe.
And that bit about the fans is kind of insulting... Like Celtics fans have been any better in the past 2 decades? I haven't heard a blip from any of them until this season. It's a bandwagon kind of world, I suppose.
They were there; it's the bandwagoners that you hear, but the true fans were there all along.
And the honest-to-goodness Laker fans aren't horrible. It's just the pseudo-fans - the ones that leave early, the ones that are on their phones throughout the entire game. That sort of thing.
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