I'm questioning the NBA "experts." Of the ten men that ESPN proclaimed to be NBA "experts," 9 of the 10 chose the Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA finals. Only one, Tim Legler, picked the Celtics. He wasn't completely correct, as he chose the Celtics in 7 games, but he was the only one man enough to pick Boston.
The NBA Finals are well underway. The Celtics (ugh) are up 3-1 in the series. The Lakers have shown a lack of focus, effort, resolve and toughness. I've been a Lakers fan since the late 90's. They've won three championships since I've been a fan so I won't die if they don't win this year. I'm only dreading them losing because I live near Boston and the resulting celebration would be unavoidable. Radio, tv, newspaper, magazines basically every form of media will remind me that the Celtics are back. Dynasty, championship number 17 blah blah blah. I'm sure the Dropkick Murphys will play an obnoxious concert for an obnoxious audience of young men in scally caps, wearing clever "Fuck me I'm Irish" T-shirts. These class acts will be hollering along to the songs because when listening to a Dropkick Murphys song you can either holler along or plug your ears. I prefer the latter. I hate that Boston acts like the Dropkick Murphys are such a great band. There are other bands Boston. Its ok to like those other bands I swear. Boston jocks the Dropkicks like Liverpool jocks the Beatles. I guess the main glaring difference is that the Beatles were good.
The Celtics knocked the Pistons out of the NBA playoffs last night, meaning that it's going to be the Celtics and Lakers in the finals, just the match-up I was hoping for. This is an old rivalry, and it would be nice to see it revived.
Yesterday, it was somewhat painful to watch the Houston Rockets' 22 win streak get snapped by the Boston Celtics. I guess the Celtics are number 1 in the NBA for a reason.
Tonight, the Houston Rockets got stung pretty badly by the New Orleans Hornets, causing them to take Houston's place in the #1 spot in the Western Conference. I didn't watch the game though, I just read about it in the Houston Rockets' website.
But that's ok. I still love my Rockets! I'm still happy, for as long as they are doing a lot better than San Antonio and Dallas in the Western Conference standings (which is somewhat rare, against the Spurs). I guess I just don't like the fact that the loss against the Hornets brought Houston back down to #3, placing them right under the Los Angeles Lakers at #2...
The video of Houston Rockets' loss against the Boston Celtics:
I can't believe the Los Angeles Lakers are actually ok with this.
Despite suffering a torn tendon and broken bone in his pinkie, Kobe Bryant will play in Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game, according to a Lakers spokesperson.
Bryant suffered the injury -- initially described as a dislocated pinkie -- on Feb. 5 against New Jersey. The Lakers disclosed Thursday that the damage was more extensive than first thought. The injury included a torn radial collateral ligament and an avulsion fracture in the pinkie.
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