A day after being eliminated from the NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers ARE the first loser. After last night’s Game 6 shellacking, it would be best for the Lakers and their fans to put their tails between their legs and just focus forward toward next season. Kobe Bryant did not earn his right to sit atop the pedestal alongside his ‘Airness,’ Michael Jordan; so that comparison can be left until next season, again.
Tip your cap to the Celtics and their well-oiled, defensive-green machine. The 2008 version of the classic Lakers-Celtic rivalry of yesteryear did not live up to the hype but was way more entertaining than had San Antonio or Detroit represented their respective conferences. That would have been too painful to watch!
As I observed the Tuesday massacre at a local Los Angeles watering hole, I enjoyed panning around the room, peering at the boastful Lakers fan sobbing in their beer. The Celtics battled through injuries to a number of players and STILL managed to dominate the purple pretenders.
Excuses are sure to spew from Lakers fans: “If we had Bynum…” and “We’re such a young team…” Let face it, if the Memphis Grizzlies had not served Pau Gasol on a silver platter, Kobe would still be crying for a trade.
I am thankful for one thing: I won’t have to listen to Lakers fans brag all summer; I’ll be sure to purchase a Boston Celtics Championship t-shirt(in Eleventh Hour green) to keep Lakers fans remembering that luck was not needed by these Irish.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers18-2008jun18,0,7403132.column
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
With the eleventh hour looming, Lakers deliver
The Los Angeles Lakers have survived...for now. In their potential eleventh hour (could the tie-in be any better?), they managed to beat the Boston Celtics to avoid elimination in Game 5. But now the series heads back to Boston and leaves LA still on the verge of elimination. And the Celtics had many missed opportunities to take the momentum and win Game 5. (Not to mention Paul Pierce had 38 points.) Will the Lakers change their fate and pull off the most miraculous comeback in NBA Finals history? Well, we at Eleventh Hour hope so. We have to pull for the hometown team...even if we are a little bit conflicted, considering the Celtics' color scheme is a close relative to ours--just a few shades down on the "Roy G. Biv" scale.
Despite the majority of mainstream media still writing the Lakers off after there less than dominating performance in Game 5, LA bloggers seem to be very optimistic about the Lakers' chances going into Game 6. Even "sports authority,"Pink is the New Blog, is getting in on the conversation, showing exclusive pictures of celebrities courtside. As is Yahoo's sports blog, And Cristela of the Mind of Mencia Blog is talking about how tough it is to be a Celtics fan in LA. Although, I'm not really sure who Cristela is, or why she writes for the Mind of Mencia Blog. Carlos Mencia doesn't even write his own blogs now? But I digress. Check out some of these interesting views in the blogosphere about the series:
http://pinkisthenewblog.com/home/la-lakers-win-game-5-of-the-nba-finals/
http://menciablog.comedycentral.com/mencia_blog/2008/06/lakers-and-celt.html
And for you Celtics fans, CelticsBlog.com is tracking all things Finals, including criticism of KG, Celtics plane issues, and a raffle for Game 6 tickets.
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