Non Football Related; Game 7 The Super Bowl Of the NBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJbVJhgP1U

5 reasons:

1. Can’t stand Rasheed Wallace’s running around and crying every time a foul is called on him. He is the king of the technical and I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets another one tomorrow night. He took 7 shots last game – 6 from behind the arc. Missed all of them. With Perkins out, he especially needs to be the big man, and here he is launching 3’s. Dumb and selfish. Which brings me to my next reason…

2. Perkins is a punk – not glad he’s hurt, but glad he’s not playing. There’s another technical foul specialist. The guy is lucky they called back one of the technicals on him else he’d have been suspended a game. Another selfish guy that can’t control his temper.

3. Big Baby – get over yourself. There’s a reason you’re a bench player. I give you credit for playing hard (at home), but you disappeared last night. Tired of your pump up the crowd, drooling, rah-rah bullshit. Learn to make a layup. I expect a similar game tomorrow night.

4. Nate Robinson – dude was on the bench with the Knicks! Again, there’s a reason for that. Another guy that needs to get over himself, put the pom-pom’s down and actually try being productive away from home. Did you see the one alley-oop attempt last night? His pass was actually way too high for Garnett! It was pathetic.

5. Garnett – anyone else tired of his chest pounding, jersey grabbing, retarded “look-at-me” antics? What’s with him kneeling down the other night and pounding the floor maybe 10 times?

I could go on, but you get the point. Besides, I don’t want another championship going to the New England area…land of the cheaters never lose mentality.

Not sure if it’s going to be anothe blowout, but they got this in the bag.

Pain.

…under 4 hours until the tip. As Chick would say “it’s nervous time at The Forum”

Lakers in 7! Woo!!!

Who won MVP of the finals, Kobe?

The Lakers came out as flat as it gets. Gasol missing lay-ins underneath the hoop and missing free throws. KB turning the ball over and missing shots. Without Kendrick Perkins the Celtics went with veteran warrior Rasheed Wallace and he had Gasol flustered and outplayed. The Celtics had built a 13 point lead midway through the 3rd quarter. To steal a phrase, it was “nervous time” on Figueroa.

Through the haze and the storm with all of the Lakers temporarily blinded by the utter girth of this game the wackiest Laker was the calm in the storm. As Phil Jackson put it in his post game interview “Ron Artest was the MVP of the game tonight.” Seriously, the Lakers don’t win Game 7 of the NBA Finals without Ron Artest.

But Artest did not do it alone. With the Staples crowd standing and screaming with every possession in the 2nd half the Lakers finally came to life. With the crowd waving their yellow Lakers rally rags and 50 waving his “Terrible Towel” Mr. Clutch Derek Fisher hit a HUGE 3 point shot to tie the game. The Lakers went on a 12-6 run to lead by 6 in the late going. Staples was rocking like I’ve never seen it. Not even Guns N Roses rocked Staples like this on “Use Your Illusion.”

At that point the Lakers were not to be denied. Welcome To The Jungle! Gasol (he of 18 large rebounds) found his game in the post against the exhausted Wallace & Garnett. Bryant (with his tank on “E”) hit all of his FTs and grabbed every rebound on his way to a gargantuan 15. The ones he didn’t get Odom and Artest did along with a clutch 3 point shot each.

Down the stretch, every time Wallace or Allen or Pierce made a shot, Gasol, Artest or Bryant answered. When little used Sasha Vujacic was inserted into the game and given the ball with the game inside a half minute the loud and rowdy crowd became silent. After missing FTs all night the Lakers needed these 2. Sasha gave them to the Lakers. When Odom grabbed the final rebound with seconds remaining he heaved the ball down court. KB24 tracked it down as the last second ticked off and he added MVP to the KB24.

All in all a blood and guts back and forth series culminating in a sloppy yet epic come from behind Game 7 win for the Lakers. KB had finally beaten the Celtics paying them back for 2008 and cementing his legacy. With Championship #16 behind them Kobe stated “Let’s get another!” Without Ron Artest and his gritty and gutty play on this night it would have been the Celtics celebrating on the Staples floor. As much as the Laker Nation loved Trevor Ariza, Ron-Ron brought an intangible that a championship team needs and regularly shut down the opponents best offensive threat night in and night out. As Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” blared over the Staples PA I could only hum one song…Ode to The Crystals…Da doo Ron-Ron-Ron Da doo Ron-Ron…

You’re a great Steelers fan and I’m happy you get to enjoy a bonus championship in the summer time. And every time a Boston team’s season ends an angel gets it’s wings.