The Trophy, the champagne, the hats, the T-shirts. Even Bill Russell and Kevin McHale. Everything was in place at the Staples Center for the Boston Celtics to wrap up their 18th NBA championship.
And then the Lakers shoved everything back in its boxes and sent all the Celtics in sight back to their hotels for two more days. With an emphatic, historic blowout win in Game 6 Tuesday night, Los Angeles earned the right to host the grand finale to both the NBA season and this scintillating chapter in the league's most glamorous rivalry. Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Lakers held Boston to the second lowest-scoring performance in the NBA finals history in an 89-67 victory, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 Thursday.
He left that to the Celtics, who fell all over themselves after falling behind by 22 points in the first half. Boston memorably eliminated the Lakers in the sixth game of the 2008 finals with a 39-point blowout -- but this time around, the Celtics lost their series lead and their starting center in one disastrous Game 6.
"We didn't get in any rhythm early, and it affects our chemistry," said Ray Allen, who scored 19 points. "We each tried to make a home run play early. As a starting unit, we take responsibility. We have to do a better job next game."
YEA YEA YEA! We all know that the world runs on politics, not just in the government but in the wonderful world of SPORTS. We know that talent should just be able to flow on the court between two teams, the refs should let them play the game and cal fouls that are actually being committed, in a real world that is how a game would go; and the best man would win! Now the way any game goes with the Lakers is cry baby players, who instead of letting their talent speak for itself they run every offensive play with (the acting skills they learned from the acting coach Kobe) the intension of not shoot to make the basket but shoot to get the foul. Then we are graced with the arguing with the refs, and all the ugly faces they make like their moms just removed her milk supply from their mouth! This is not Basketball and I would be ashamed to be a part of a team where the so called leader talks to his team members the way Kobe does, buddy you are not GOD and you did not create the game of basketball, the game and the media created you! And oh what a monster we have on our hands!!!!
ReplyDeleteGAME 7- GO BOSTON!!!!